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.

BlackRock prices short-dated CLO reset at 125bps
BlackRock Financial has printed a short-dated reset of its Magnetite XXII CLO, pricing the triple-A notes at SOFR plus 125bps

ORIX USA realigns private credit business with addition of BlackRock exec to team
ORIX Corporation USA has hired a BlackRock alumni as group head of direct lending, as the asset manager revamps its private credit business

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 confirms 145bps as the new benchmark for US AAAs
BlackRock, working with Citi as arranger, priced a new CLO last week with triple-A spreads that tied for the tightest in a non-short-dated US BSL

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 CLO PM lands at Carlyle
BlackRock’s lead US CLO portfolio manager is moving to Carlyle, according to market sources

BlackRock launches securitised asset fund
BlackRock has launched a new securitised asset fund dubbed the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund with at least 65% exposure to ABS and no more than 35% to CLOs

BlackRock matches recent tights for the latest 2022 vintage CLO reset
The steady stream of 2022 vintage CLOs resetting continued today, with BlackRock resetting Magnetite XXXV

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

SocGen keeps up activity in middle market CLOs
The French bank priced a new middle market CLO for BlackRock last week

Short-dated US CLOs are in fashion with BlackRock pricing new deal
Magnetite XXXIX features a one-year reinvestment period and triple-As at 155bps

US triple As reach 165bp as BlackRock CLO prices
Nomura priced the tightest vanilla CLO of the year for BlackRock yesterday, a $504 million new US CLO called Magnetite XXXVII

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

BlackRock markets new CLO indicating spreads to tighten dramatically
BlackRock is marketing a new $503.15 million CLO via Nomura that appears on track to become the tightest US deal of the year to date

Angelo Gordon brings in BlackRock exec for credit team
Angelo Gordon expands distressed debt and special situations team with new hire from BlackRock

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

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD