Blackstone prints its second static deal for 2025
Stratus Funding CLO 2025-1 comes six weeks after the manager's prior non-reinvesting CLO so far this year

Blackstone hires ex-Lazard co-head of US financial institutions
Joseph Cassanelli will work on the team behind Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities strategy, which allows Blackstone to invest across asset classes, industries and geographies

Blackstone resets former AIG CLO
The 2021-vintage deal reset with a slight reduction in the spreads for its triple As

Kayne Anderson to debut private BDC to tap affluent investors
EXCLUSIVE: Private BDCs, pioneered by some of the largest direct lenders in the market, are becoming a common vehicle across the private credit manager industry

News in brief
Blackstone plays offense amid volatility

Blackstone prices static BCRED CLO
The transaction is the first non-reinvesting deal to price under the BCRED shelf

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

JPMorgan enters private credit big leagues with USD 4bn Boeing unit financing
EXCLUSIVE: The bank takes down the third-largest piece of the giant unitranche, lending shoulder-to-shoulder with direct-lending giants

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

Blackstone prices new US CLO using a print-and-sprint strategy
Hook Park CLO, arranged by Bank of America, follows AGL’s similar such deal earlier in April

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, BlackRock among managers attempting “print-and-sprint” CLO deals
EXCLUSIVE: Around five CLO managers are attempting to issue deals that take advantage of market dislocation

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard partner on public-private investment products
The three asset management giants are joining forces to offer individual investors access to multi-asset portfolios once only available to institutional investors

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

Blackstone prices second new US CLO in a week
Bayard Park CLO was a half-billion-dollar issue that printed relatively tight, even as deal activity slowed across the market

Blackstone prints second new US BSL CLO of 2025
The top of the stack priced 12bps wider than the manager’s earlier deal

Blackstone receives SEC approval for private credit interval fund
The new fund will invest across private corporate credit, asset-based credit, real estate debt, structured credit and liquid credit

Blackstone partners with ITE to push into IG private credit
Blackstone Credit & Insurance has been focused on building its private origination pipeline for IG private credit

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 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