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

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

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 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    

BlackRock refinances 2017 vintage US BSL CLO Magnetite XIX
BlackRock has printed a USD 469.25m refinancing of its Magnetite XIX with Wells Fargo servering as the arranger

BlackRock resets middle-market deal from 2022
BlackRock has reset a middle-market deal called BlackRock Maroon Bells MM CLO, simplifying the top of the deal’s structure in the process

HPS deal is expensive but catapults BlackRock into private credit top five
BlackRock is poised to become one of the largest private credit managers in the world after agreeing to buy private credit manager HPS Investment Partners at a rich 30x multiple

BlackRock acquires HPS in USD 12bn deal
BlackRock has acquired HPS Investment Partners for USD 12bn in an all-stock transaction, creating a private credit franchise with a combined USD 220bn in client assets

New US CLOs price from Ares, Benefit Street Partners, Fortress, BlackRock, Trinitas and Voya
Most of the triple-A spreads confirmed the tightening of the senior portion of the primary market, including prints at 129bps, 130bps and 131bps, all tighter than the benchmark just a week ago

BlackRock prices US CLO at new 131 AAA benchmark
US BSL CLO triple As reached their tightest levels since early 2022 after the pricing of Magnetite CLO XLII yesterday

BlackRock prices two CLOs in a day, including big new issue
As well as pricing a US reset BlackRock has also printed one of the largest, and tightest, new US deals of the year with triple-As at 133bps

BlackRock returns to CLO new issue market with bumper USD 610m pricing
BlackRock has priced a mammoth new US BSL CLO issuance sized at USD 609.5m via Nomura

US spreads stay tight as BlackRock resets CLO at 135bps
Investor demand for senior CLO paper appears to be as strong as ever with the latest BlackRock reset pricing at 135bps for the triple-As

Three becomes five as BlackRock resets 2021 vintage CLO
BlackRock printed a reset of its US BSL CLO Magnetite XXIX today, a 2021 vintage deal noteworthy for its short timeline.