CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q2 2026
The latest Creditflux CLO manager AUM rankings sees stability in the top rankings following a shake-up in the top 3 last quarter – but a little further down, CIFC has moved ahead of UBS to snare seventh overall behind Ares, while Benefit Street Partners edged out CVC to move into the top 10

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater

Gearing up private credit CLOs in Europe
Hybrid deals are the latest attempt to make private credit CLOs work in Europe. They aim to combine private credit and leveraged loans to create a vehicle that delivers yield and liquidity

US private credit CLO rankings – June 2026
Sustained strong issuance through its BCRED shelf over the first sixth months of the year has seen Blackstone claim the top spot in our private credit CLO issuance rankings for H1 2026, with an 11% market share, ahead of Golub and Bain

European private credit CLO market sparks back to life
ANALYSIS: After a brisk start, the European private credit CLO market has stalled somewhat over the past year, but a new issue in the space and the expectation of incoming hybrid issues has breathed new life into the sector

European CLO issuance kicks into gear as spreads tighten in
European triple A spreads tightened this week to a new low of 124bps, with new issues hitting the market from Blackstone, Palmer Square, Apollo, Spire and ICG

European CLO rankings – May 2026
Blackstone matched its strong US issuance performance for the year-to-date by rising to second in our European manager rankings for May, behind CVC

US private credit CLO rankings – May 2026
Substantial BCRED issuance sees Blackstone power to the top of Creditflux's private credit CLO manager issuance rankings for May, ahead of Golub, Bain and BlackRock/HPS

Three firms look to issue market-first hybrid European CLOs
EXCLUSIVE: At least three managers are working on so-called ‘hybrid’ BSL/private credit CLOs, sources have told Creditflux

Blackstone sees exit of key CLO leader
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone is seeing the retirement of one of the main builders of its European CLO business

Blackstone’s big effort on private credit
As the world’s largest CLO manager by AUM, Blackstone is a prolific issuer, but rarely has it priced such large volumes in a single day

Blackstone prices billion-dollar static BCRED CLO
The deal follows a similar, but smaller, transaction from the manager in March

Blackstone prints new European CLO at 126bps, Silver Point issues second Euro deal
Blackstone’s latest European CLO printed this week as a EUR 403m transaction via Jefferies, while Silver Point followed up its debut European offering last October with a second deal arranged through Barclays

Blackstone to invest in Warwick Capital’s CLO equity
The world’s largest CLO manager is establishing a relationship with Warwick which will see it investing in Warwick’s CLO equity, according to a statement from the firm

CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q1 2026
Creditflux’s latest quarterly CLO manager AUM rankings see a shake-up in the top 3, with BlackRock/HPS displacing Carlyle from the final podium spot

US private credit CLO rankings – March 2026
Blackstone led Creditflux's rankings for private credit CLO issuance in 1Q 2026, pricing around USD 340m more than established market leader Golub, while BNP Paribas raced ahead in the arranger tables, accounting for more than a quarter of all deals issued

Blackstone prices rare static private credit CLO amid challenging market conditions
Wednesday’s issue saw the pari passu triple As price at SOFR plus 128bps, reflecting the significant widening out seen in private credit CLO spreads over the past month

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