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 expands investment grade private credit team
BlackRock has hired a senior executive from Pacific Life to lead the firm’s investment grade private placement platform

BlackRock keeps up issuance with new middle market CLO
In a flurry of activity, BlackRock followed its Magnetite XVII reset last Tuesday with a new middle market CLO deal the following Wednesday, just outside the tightest such deal recorded so far this year

BlackRock creates ESG-focused credit fund
BlackRock launches new strategy as interest in private credit and sustainable investments continues to grow

BlackRock eyes next infra debt fund
BlackRock Alternatives is looking to launch a second global infrastructure debt fund, shortly after the departure of its European head of debt

Nomura Private Capital taps BlackRock for new senior role

Nomura Private Capital hires new head of opportunistic private credit from BlackRock. 

LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit

BlackRock prints middle market CLO via two arranging banks
BlackRock priced a new CLO named Mt Hood CLO X on Tuesday, the first new transaction pbacked by middle market loans to print in three weeks

Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

BlackRock closes £1.7 billion private debt fund with wide mandate for UK pensions
The firm has deployed around 60% of the fund, which invests across US and European direct lending, US and European real estate debt and the firm’s global opportunistic strategy

Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments

LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners

Mid market CLO sales explode with BlackRock, Churchill and Monroe printing deals
Middle market CLO sales flared on Friday, with managers pricing three deals worth a combined $1.2 billion

Blue Owl hires BlackRock veteran for private wealth role
Blue Owl Capital has hired a managing director and head of North American distribution from BlackRock

Panagram takes on 'structure advisor' role for mid market CLO as two deals price
Panagram Structured Asset Management has taken an advisor role for a BlackRock mid market CLO - one of two mid market deals Natixis arranged this week, with another for Nuveen Asset Management

Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each

Mid market CLO league tables: stalwarts Golub and Natixis reign supreme again
It may have taken seven months, but the mid market CLO league tables have familiar faces at the top with Golub Capital and Natixis leading the way in manager and arranger issuance, respectively

BlackRock issues low levered, mid-market CLO with two arrangers
BlackRock has priced its second CLO of the year backed by loans to middle market companies

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures

BlackRock issues mid market CLO after refinancing warehouse line with Morgan Stanley
BlackRock has priced an unusual middle market CLO that refinances a warehouse line Morgan Stanley provided 

BlackRock holds $940 million first close on global private debt fund designed for UK pensions
BlackRock has collected $940 million on a first close of its new private debt fund BlackRock Diversified Private Debt Fund 

LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates