Blackstone plays ‘banker with a balance sheet’ to find lending deals
Blackstone’s BDC retreated to deploying in the upper middle market as the broadly syndicated market reclaimed large cap deals  

Blackstone is seventh this year to print a new US BSL CLO at current market tights
Lake George Park CLO is the first new issue BSL-backed deal from the manager this year

Reset of 2022-vintage CLO from Blackstone knocks 28bps off AAAs
The reset of Blackstone's Milford Park CLO has priced a tranche of triple-A notes at SOFR plus 116bps  

Blackstone prints new-issue European CLO
Blackstone has priced Waterstown Park CLO, its sixth new European issue of 2024, in a EUR 405.3m transaction  

Blackstone resets short-dated CLO from last year
Blackstone has priced a short-dated reset of the 2023 vintage deal Hartwick Park, a US BSL CLO

Blackstone buys billion dollar infra loan portfolio
Blackstone Credit & Insurance-managed funds agreed to acquire interests in a USD 1bn portfolio of global infrastructure loans from Santander

Blackstone resets Reese Park CLO for a second time
Blackstone Liquid Credit has reset its 2020 vintage US BSL CLO Reese Park, the 10^th reset of a US BSL CLO by the manager this year

MM CLO triple-As hit 150bps as new BCRED deal prices
Blackstone Private Credit has priced a new BDC CLO with triple-A prices that set a new tight for the market

Blackstone survey shows PE sponsors expect private credit to take lion-share of financing deals
Blackstone sees a “super cycle” in private credit occurring next year, according to Brad Marshall, boosted by an expected pick-up in M&A and usage of direct lending

Blackstone’s Buckhorn Park CLO gets partial refi
Blackstone has printed a partial refinancing of US BSL CLO Buckhorn Park, reworking the top five tranches of the 2019 deal

Blackstone backs CLO captive equity fund for Brigade Capital
Blackstone has made a USD 300m investment to Brigade Capital, including USD 150m for a CLO captive equity fund 

US direct lenders anticipate M&A “super cycle” in 2025
Senior direct lending deal flow has returned in the US with third quarter deployment rebounding to highs not seen since 2021

Blackstone resets 2022 vintage US CLO
Blackstone, working with BNP Paribas as arranger, has reset Valley Stream Park CLO, a little more than a year after the pair refinanced the same deal

Blackstone resets – and complicates – a US BSL deal from 2019
The reset of Niagara Park CLO added 6 extra trachnes to the cap stack of the 2019 US BSL CLO

Blackstone prices ultra-tight private credit CLO
Blackstone has followed fellow US behemoth KKR in rethinking its approach to private credit CLOs, with the first such deal under the Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) shelf

Blackstone raises USD 22bn for senior direct lending
Blackstone has raised USD 22bn, inclusive of leverage, for its institutional US direct lending fund and related vehicles

Blackstone prices new US CLO
Blackstone has priced its latest new US BSL CLO in a USD 405m deal arranged by BofA

Blackstone prices new US issue amidst market frenzy
Blackstone has priced its latest new issue US BSL CLO, a USD 557.625m deal arranged by Goldman Sachs

Blackstone makes two senior hires for infra lending and asset-based credit
Blackstone has hired two senior managing directors to focus on infrastructure and asset-based lending as members of the greater BXCI team

Blackstone resets 2022 vintage US CLO
Blackstone has priced a reset of a 2022 US BSL CLO in a deal worth USD 457.75m via Citi

Blackstone prints its 12th new US BSL CLO of year
Blackstone has extended its lead as the most active issuer of new CLOs this year with a 12th US BSL deal

Blackstone’s head of liquid credit Rob Zable set to leave firm
One of the biggest names in the CLO world is making a change, with Rob Zable leaving Blackstone by the end of the year

Blackstone keeps the ball rolling with 15th new CLO of 2024
Other managers may be focusing on resets but Blackstone remains a new issuance engine, pricing its latest US BSL new issue CLO

CLO market wrangles over direction of liability spreads after August volatility
Investors are seeking to get wider spreads on CLO primary deals, but Blackstone and other managers are trying to keep firm on US triple-As at 135bps

What August slowdown? Blackstone prices new CLO in Europe
Blackstone prints new European CLO with triple-A spreads at 135bps via BNP