Blackrock breaks through 150bps barrier
BlackRock hit a significant milestone on Friday, matching the tightest new US print so far this year with its half-billion-dollar BSL CLO

Blackstone prices second US new issue CLO of 2024
The world’s largest CLO manager Blackstone has priced its third US deal of the year, the USD 412.13m new issue Belmont Park CLO

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 goes big for new US CLO
Blackstone yesterday priced its second deal of the year and first new issue, an upsized US BSL CLO that is the second-largest deal 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 prices BDC CLO
The past few days have seen a bevy of action in the middle market CLO space – alongside Barings’ double deal and the new Athena II CLO from Blue Owl, Blackstone priced its first offering in the private credit space, with an upsized USD 492.665m transaction.

Blackstone chooses three-year reinvest for latest US CLO
After kicking off November with its Bayswater Park CLO, Blackstone has this week followed up with a new short-dated US offering, the USD 348.8m Hartwick Park CLO

European static CLO market continues to grow as Blackstone deal prices
Blackstone engaged Bank of America to arrange its newest static European CLO, which priced on Thursday valued at EUR 319.1m

Blackstone prices latest US CLO
Blackstone kicked off what promises to be a busy end of the year with the pricing of a USD 500.6m new-issue US CLO arranged by Morgan Stanley

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

BNP Paribas and Blackstone make it two refis in 2023
BNP Paribas has refinanced a 2022 vintage US CLO for Blackstone, called Valley Stream Park CLO 

Blackstone hires sell-side CLO trading head
Blackstone Credit is beefing up its team with a new hire to the liquid credit strategies group. 

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 returns to US CLO new issues after seven months
Blackstone Credit priced its first new US CLO in seven months on Friday

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

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings

The Last Tranche with Blackstone's Zable: regional banking volatility could lead to tighter triple A pricing in CLOs
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Robert Zable, global head of Blackstone's liquid credit strategies, discusses the fallout of the regional banking crisis sparked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on the CLO market

CLO market needs a deeper investor base, conference hears
CLOs are toughing through the fallout from this month's banking crisis, but speakers at Creditflux's CLO Investor Summit in New York on Wednesday bemoaned that the market's investor base is lacking depth

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

Starting Clover: Blackstone completes AIG CLO acquisition with rebrand
Covenant CLO Advisors, the investment manager of AIG’s CLOs, has rebranded to Clover CLO Advisors and is now a Blackstone affiliate

Triple B spreads reach new tights as Blackstone prints European CLO
Blackstone Group has got off the mark in 2023, pricing its first European CLO and in the process taking triple B spreads to just 520 basis points

Blackstone pre-markets European CLO via BofA
It follows just over two months after Blackstone priced its last European CLO, Edmondstown Park CLO