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 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’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

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

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

Blackstone makes it three new European CLOs this year
Blackstone’s third new European CLO of the year priced on Wednesday, reflecting the growing market weakness in the lower mezz

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 chooses static structure for new European CLO
Blackstone’s sixth CLO deal of the year priced yesterday in the market’s third static European deal of 2024

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 CLO gets bushier as delayed draw tranche issues
Blackstone added its contribution to 2024’s accelerating run of delayed draw single-B issues yesterday, as it priced a drawn-down class-F tranche

CLO rankings: 2023 turns out OK
Last year may not have seen records in the primary CLO market, but it was a very solid performer with a strong finish. 

European CLO market stirs as first refi of the year prices
BNP Paribas injected some life into the sluggish European CLO market on Monday with the first European refi of the year

Blackstone is back as the largest CLO manager in the world: 2023 manager rankings by AUM
Our full-year 2023 rankings for CLO managers by total CLO AUM are out, with Blackstone moving into top place.

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

3Q23 manager rankings by AUM
Carlyle Group is now the largest CLO manager in the world, according to the latest update to our rankings of the CLO manager universe published today

HSBC takes co-placement role on new Blackstone deal
HSBC took a co-placement agent role on the latest Blackstone European CLO, arranged by Morgan Stanley

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 rethinks captive equity strategy
Blackstone has announced proposals to wind down its existing risk retention vehicle, Blackstone Loan Financing Limited (BGLF).

Blackstone prints new euro CLO with 2023's longest reinvestment period
Blackstone Credit has priced the first European CLO of the year with a reinvestment period that exceeds five years

Blackstone and CVC reveal price guidance on upcoming Euro CLOs
The duo are aiming to price deals as early as next week 

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

CLO structurer tipped to join Blackstone in London
Blackstone Credit has added to its CLO origination team