Blackstone to launch new private multi-asset products for affluent individuals
The new products, expected to come in the following months, will offer exposure to multiple private market asset strategies at once

Regulators will see the benefits of private credit – Blackstone
The resilience of private credit will become clear following a review of the sector by UK regulators, says Blackstone’s Daniel Leiter

Blackstone raises USD 1.6bn for new high-yield ABF strategy
The alternative asset management giant is targeting USD 4bn for its new high yield, private-asset-based finance fund

Blackstone IG private credit reaches USD 115bn off insurer interest
The alternative asset manager is focused on raising capital from this investor segment without becoming an insurer itself.

Blackstone inks new private credit partnership with L&G
PRECIS: The partnership will see L&G gain access to IG private credit assets and the two firms create new public-private credit products.  

Private credit’s golden era never really ended – Blackstone’s Michael Zawadzki
On the Credit Exchange podcast, Lisa Lee speaks with the CIO of Blackstone Credit and Insurance about opportunities in volatile markets and the durability of private credit premiums

Tariffs will increase defaults – Blackstone
The alternative asset management giant also said the private credit market is providing financing that previously would not have been available in times of dislocation like this

Blackstone hires Goldman alum to head European private credit origination
Dominic Ashcroft previously served as head of leveraged finance for EMEA at Goldman Sachs

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 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 reports 18% return from private credit over last 12 months
Blackstone's private credit and liquid credit returns outperform private equity investments in the last 12 months

Blackstone’s private credit fund for European retail investors gains traction
Blackstone has been eyeing one of the world’s biggest pools of wealth — and after a slow start, the asset manager’s push to sell private credit to affluent Europeans is gaining traction

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Blackstone partners with Finland's S-Bank for European private credit fund
Blackstone has partnered with Finnish S-Bank, making it possible for individual investors in Finland to tap into the European private credit market

Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years

Blackstone loses head of private credit in Europe and APAC
Senior managing director will stay until the end of the year before stepping back for personal reasons

Blackstone Credit hires Euro capital markets head in newly created role
An experienced official from Morgan Stanley has landed at Blackstone Credit to oversee capital markets origination in Europe across liquid and private strategies

Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
Credit funds are extending their run of inflows into the end of the year, but investment grade momentum took a dent last week due to investors in one big fund pulling their money

LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds