BlackRock names head of US CLO business, reports Reuters
BlackRock has appointed Owen Butler to lead its US CLO business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters

Tetragon confirms appointment of former BlackRock US CLO co-head Snell
Scott Snell, former head of BlackRock's US CLO unit, has joined Tetragon 

Private credit specialist rejoins Ares in Los Angeles
Ares Capital Management has appointed managing director Michael Zugay to its private credit team in Los Angeles 

Benefit Street Partners taps Monroe and BlackRock for private debt origination hires
Benefit Street Partners has made two senior appointments to its private debt origination team

BlackRock prices CLO reissue at market-beating levels
BlackRock continues to issue CLOs at market-beating levels, yesterday reissuing a 2015 deal with triple As at Libor plus 112 basis points

CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum

BlackRock prices US CLO triple As 4.9bp tight of market average
BlackRock has priced a reset of its 2015 CLO, Magnetite XII

BlackRock completes Tennenbaum acquisition
Global asset manager BlackRock has completed the previously announced acquisition of Tenenbaum Capital Partners

Experienced CLO investor tipped to join Tetragon
A high profile CLO investment specialist is set to join Tetragon in New York, according to market sources

BlackRock's co-head of US CLOs set to leave the firm
One of the most experienced names in the CLO investment market is leaving BlackRock

BlackRock seeks $1 billion for new multi-strat opportunities fund
The new trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 40% in special situations, SEC filings reveal 

BlackRock prices its fifth CLO reset of 2018
BlackRock priced a $502.25 million reset of its 2016 CLO Magnetite XVII yesterday

CLO b-wic line up: equity in Apollo euro deal with low funding costs goes on sale
European CLO equity is so often described as being the most illiquid part of the global CLO market, but the last few days there has been a significant amount of trading in this area.

BlackRock prices CLO triple As at 101bp in its largest deal of the year
BlackRock priced its largest CLO transaction of the year to date on Friday by resetting its second largest deal

BlackRock's US CLO reset volumes pass $1 billion following latest deal
The manager priced its second US CLO reset of the year on Friday

BlackRock expands US private debt capabilities with TCP acquisition
BlackRock has agreed to acquire $9 billion asset manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners

BlackRock's iShares contribute to strong AUM growth despite volatile quarter
BlackRock has reported a 17% year-on-year growth in AUM at the end of first quarter 2018, as well as a 28% year-over-year growth in first-quarter earnings

BlackRock raising $2.5 billion for direct lending fund: report
BlackRock is seeking to raise $2.5 billion for a private credit fund – and has already hit the $1.5 billion mark in sales, according to a Bloomberg report

Spreads tighten once more as manager becomes first to price five 2018 CLOs
A CLO manager has become the first to price a fifth CLO transaction this year

Ohio pension backs BlackRock multi-asset and BlueBay direct lending funds
BlackRock and BlueBay have each won commitments from a $14.7 billion Ohio pension fund

BlackRock adds new ETF to $1.8 trillion iShares platform
BlackRock has unveiled a new addition to its suite of target maturity fixed income ETFs, with the iShares iBonds Dec 2024 Term Muni Bond ETF (IBMM) rolling out this week

BlackRock cuts Pine River from its sub-advisory role on alternatives fund
Following a wave of departures, Pine River has suffered another blow, with BlackRock removing it as the sub-advisor to one sleeve of a $100 million multi-strategy fund

BlackRock hires two arrangers as it markets first new US CLO of 2018
BlackRock is preparing its first new issue CLO in the US market since June last year

BlackRock's latest global credit fund rakes in $388 million
BlackRock has raised $388 million for its new Global Credit Opportunities Fund in what appears to be a first close

B-wic round up: investor flips 2018 CLOs without waiting for the closing date
Flipping CLOs is not an unusual trade. But it is when it's done before a transaction has even closed