Blackstone’s Jane Lee to leave the firm
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone's head of CLO capital formation who spearheaded its CLO issuance has resigned to take time off

Blackstone resets benchmark-setting 2022 Euro CLO
Blackstone has reworked Otranto Park CLO, one of the tightest 2022-vintage European CLOs, in a EUR 411.4m transaction via Citi

Blackstone, State Street Investment Management launch Euro CLO ETF
The new fund will invest in floating-rate, triple A-rated European CLO tranches

Blackstone readying to launch European CLO ETF
EXCLUSIVE: The world’s largest CLO manager is prepping an ETF that focuses on CLOs in Europe

Blackstone prices tightest European CLO since April
The new-issue CLO priced at the tight end of investor guidance for both the triple As and mezz, as European CLO investors clamour for new-issue paper from tier-1 and tier-2 investors

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.

Euro pipeline remains strong with Blackstone, Voya and ICG among those readying new issues
The pipeline into the August break remains strong as a number of managers look to take advantage of a still-benign issuance environment in advance of the summer break

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.  

Barings moves toward second Euro private credit CLO as Blackstone, Apollo mull initial deals
EXCLUSIVE: The firm that cracked the European private credit CLO market open last year is working on its second such deal, while Blackstone and Apollo eye a market entry

Blackstone prices tightest Euro AAAs in more than 10 weeks
Ringsend Park CLO lowered the tariff-era benchmark to Euribor plus 131bps

Blackstone hires Laura Coady from Jefferies to head CLO business
The alternative asset manager has poached Jefferies's top CLO banker to become its global head of CLOs and head its European liquid credit strategies

Investors optimistic, bullish on European structured credit – BofA, King Street, Blackstone, Federated Hermes
PODCAST: Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee catches up with Bank of America's Alex Batchvarov, King Street's Young Choi, Blackstone's Alex Leonard and Federated Hermes' Andrew Lennox at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona

Blackstone makes it a Euro trifecta for May with latest reset
The manager’s reworking of its Wilton Park CLO showcased the market’s trend toward tightening in the lower mezz

News in brief
Blackstone plays offense amid volatility

Blackstone prices second new European issue after market pause
Tully Park CLO priced with the tightest triple As for a Euro deal since dealmaking resumed at the end of April

Blackstone prices Euro market’s first reset in a month
The deal is the first European repricing since Sculptor European CLO IV was reset on 3 April

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

European CLO issuance begins to re-emerge as Blackstone and PGIM ready deals
Following two new-issue Euro deals on Wednesday, the pipeline is beginning to rebuild with more set to price next week

CLO market turns to print-and-sprint deals as volatility spikes
EXCLUSIVE: Napier Park, TP Birch Grove, and BlackRock attempt print-and-sprint deals as the maths gets tougher; AGL and Blackstone pull off deals

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

Long-term CLO investments require strong distributions, healthy equity NAVs, and an extended life

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

Alcentra's USD 165m fundraise for own European CLO deals heralds dramatic shift for the region
EXCLUSIVE: The dedicated amount forms part of the USD 1bn fundraise announced by the firm earlier this week  

Blackstone kicks off Euro CLO issuance program for 2025 with tight new issue
Manager's Ravensdale Park CLO priced as the second-tightest European deal so far this year  

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