US private credit CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone’s latest USD 1bn BCRED print helped it to the top of Creditflux’s year-to-date private credit CLO issuance rankings for February, ahead of Blue Owl and BlackRock/HPS. Scotiabank, meanwhile, emerged as the top arranger, with 17.8% market share

US BSL CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone leads Bain and Palmer Square after two months of 2026 US BSL issuance in Creditflux’s latest league table rankings. Among arrangers, it's Bank of America that leads from Citi, but it's SMBC Nikko that is making waves, ranking fifth ahead of JPMorgan

New US CLOs see mezz widening even as issuance maintains steady pace
Over USD 2.4bn of new CLO paper priced on Tuesday and Wednesday as Blackstone, Nuveen, Voya, Sixth Street and KKR all printed new BSL transactions

More than USD 2bn of new US BSL CLO paper prices on a busy Thursday
Blackstone issued a sizeable USD 710m BSL CLO that matched the current triple-A market tight for new US issues, on a busy Thursday that also saw fresh BSL deals price from Aristotle Pacific, MidOcean, and Elmwood

First BCRED deal for 2026 lowers AAA tight for private credit CLOs
The deal issued its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 137bps

‘This is a perfect storm for the loan market’
Investing Corner with Michael Sobol, global head of investing at Blackstone

Apollo takes crown as 2025’s top issuer
For the first time, the combined issuance of Apollo Global Management’s three CLO brands has secured it top spot in the Creditflux ranking. The firm beat second-placed Blackstone by USD 1bn

CLO manager rankings by AUM – FY 2025
Blackstone once again ended the year on top, but Apollo broke through to secure the second spot

Blackstone exits GP stakes position in Marathon after CVC buyout
Blackstone to receive USD 280m for stake; the asset manager first invested in Marathon in 2016

Blackstone US resets prices AAAs at SOFR plus 121
DeWolf Park CLO, a 2017-vintage US BSL deal, was more than three years past the end of its reinvestment period and had paid down more than half its total capitalisation

Zable returns to CLOs at Guggenheim, citing its experience and brand
CLO veteran Robert Zable always planned to return to the market. He’s now taking the reins at Guggenheim Investments to build out the manager’s CLO and liquid loan efforts

BlackRock rockets up after HPS buyout
After its acquisition of HPS, BlackRock has risen from 18th place to seventh in the US BSL AUM table. The highest-profile faller is UBS, which dropped out of the top 10. It was top in 2024

Laura Coady takes the helm of Blackstone's global CLOs
Coady, who will also serve as head of liquid credit, steps into the role as the firm’s former head of capital formation, Jane Lee departs

Blackstone matches 120 floor for AAAs
The BSL deal saw its triple As and mezz match BlackRock’s Magnetite LI that also priced last week

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 2021 Nyack Park CLO
The manager teamed with Nomura for its latest US reset that priced Monday, issuing as a USD 481.6m print

Strong reset momentum as US managers price USD 2bn of CLOs in one day
US reset issuance maintained its strong momentum into the close of last week, with five deals worth a combined USD 2.04bn pricing on Friday

Blackstone lowers US reset spread tight to 124 as Golub and Napier Park also price narrow
Market heavyweights Blackstone, Napier Park and Golub each priced US BSL resets to close out last week, with Blackstone lowering the triple A spread level below the now-established SOFR-plus-125bp benchmark

Sixth Street and Blackstone match 125 benchmark with latest US resets
The repricings of both 2021-vintage deals priced their triple A paper at the current market tight

US triple A floor reinforced at 128 as Blackstone prices latest new US issue
The deal priced with a weighted cost of debt six bps inside the rolling two-week average for new US CLOs

Blackstone prints seventh US CLO reset of 2025
The deal included an equity upsizing of USD 20.8m

Blackstone prices US private credit CLO – its third static deal of 2025
The manager has issued its third non-reinvesting CLO for the year in a near-USD 600m transaction

Blackstone matches current AAA market tight for new US BSL deals
The half-billion-dollar Higley Park CLO priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 128bps

Blackstone reprices 2022-vintage US CLO
The USD 460m deal issued its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 133bps

Blackstone resets 2021 Tallman Park CLO with lineball AAA spreads
The USD 370m deal saw a small reduction in the overall cost of funding