Citi, HPS strike EUR 15bn private debt program
BlackRock-owned HPS and Citi are working together to offer private capital solutions to sponsor-backed and corporate-owned borrowers

Goldman launches private credit fund for retirement portfolios
The product will be used in a retirement product backed by Great Gray, BlackRock and Wilshire Advisors to give individual investors access to public and private assets

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 names new head of private credit for India
BlackRock's Maheshwar Nataraj gets a promotion as Dhruva Agarwal departs. 

Indonesian sovereign wealth fund hires former BlackRock credit exec
Former BlackRock executive Christopher Ganis has been hired by the Indonesia Investment Authority, or INA, as managing director of investments, overseeing the hybrid capital solutions division

BlackRock raises EUR 1.25bn for venture debt fund
BlackRock-owned Kreos Capital held the final close on the Kreos Capital VII fund with commitments of EUR 1.25 billion

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. 

BlackRock buys European direct lender
BlackRock has announced that it will acquire full control of Kreos Capital, a European direct lender specializing in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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

Pemberton hires former BlackRock official for new Dubai office
Pemberton has become the latest credit manager to expand its presence in the middle east with a new Dubai office

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