BlackRock plans private markets LifePath retirement fund for 2026
The asset manager, which closed its HPS acquisition earlier this month, looks to launch its own proprietary private-public market target date fund

BlackRock prices first Euro CLO since January
The reset of the three-year-old deal included some EUR 9m of additional equity

BlackRock prices tight with latest new BSL print
Magnetite 50 matched the current market tight for triple As and set a new low for double Bs

BlackRock pushes private markets for revenue diversification
The world’s largest asset manager is planning to launch three new private credit products for the wealth channel, in addition to its purchase of private credit shop HPS

BlackRock cuts almost 74bps off funding cost in reset of 2023 CLO
The reset of Magnetite XXXVI is the latest in a series of 2023-vintage repricings from multiple managers

BlackRock issues new private credit CLO with triple As at emerging mid-160 level
BlackRock Mt. Lassen CLO XV is the manager's first new mid-market deal since July last year

Direct lenders ‘cruise,’ but watch for tariff impact
Private credit managers, investors of all types and service providers gathered in Nashville for DealCatalyst’s annual private credit conference

BlackRock prices new US issue with three triple B tranches
A senior tranche of triple Bs priced at SOFR plus 315bps, while two pari passu junior tranches pay 335 and 320bps

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, 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

BlackRock, a traditional asset manager no more – CEO Larry Fink
In his latest annual letter to investors, Chairman and CEO Larry Fink lays out his ambition to index private markets and bring these illiquid assets to the masses

Apollo poaches BlackRock’s head of APAC private credit
The new hire will start at the end of June to lead Apollo’s hybrid private capital efforts in the Asia Pacific region.  

BlackRock and Emirates NBD to launch private credit, alts products for UAE wealth clients
BlackRock and Emirates NBD Asset Management are partnering to create evergreen alternative investment products for wealthy individual investors in the United Arab Emirates

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale
Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired

BlackRock prints first new-issue US BSL CLO of 2025
The deal priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 115bps

Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

BlackRock shifts European CLO leadership with veteran departing
EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock is seeing changes to their CLO team in Europe after agreeing to purchase US-based alternative asset manager HPS

CLO veteran Geoffrey Horton leaves portfolio manager role at BlackRock
After a decade in CLOs, the US-based PM is decamping from BlackRock to make a move outside the structured products space  

BlackRock launches new CLO mezzanine ETF
BlackRock has added to its ETF suite, its second to provide access to CLOs and moving further down the stack  

BlackRock prices inside guidance throughout stack with latest Euro CLO
BlackRock has priced its first European deal of the year and printed the CLO notably tighter than prior guidance 

European BB spreads set to tighten as "fast money" chases yield
Mezzanine spreads on European CLOs look as though they will fall significantly lower as investors take on more risk

BlackRock marketing Euro reset with tightening spreads
BlackRock has been marketing a European CLO reset with talks of triple-As in the mid-120s  

BlackRock envisions private credit in retirement accounts
BlackRock seeks to be a pioneer in bringing alternative investments such as private credit to the retirement channel.

Spreads move lower as BlackRock CLO reset hits triple-A of 124
BlackRock has priced a second reset of a deal that has maintained a historically low cost of funding