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

20-year Credit Suisse veteran joins BlackRock in New York
BlackRock has hired Brent Patry, the former vice chairman of Credit Suisse's acquisition and leveraged finance division

US CLO round-up: who's going to be first to break 100bp?
US CLO spreads continue to rally and the question on everyone’s lips right now is: “when [not if] will triple As dip below 100 basis points?”

BlackRock prices second short-dated reset with additional junior tranche
BlackRock has priced its second short-dated CLO reset in as many weeks, this time teaming up with Citi to arrange the deal

BlackRock adds new single B tranche in unusual CLO refi
The manager priced a refi with a twist yesterday its first CLO deal of 2018 yesterday 

BlackRock's AUM increases 22% in a year as ETFs contribute to growth
BlackRock’s assets under management have surpassed $6.2 trillion following “a record year” for the firm in 2017, company officials said in a recent earnings call

Alcentra hires former BlackRock US loan and CLO chief
Alcentra has announced the appointment of Leland Hart as managing director and head of US loans and high yield

US CLO debt tranches trade at a premium in secondary market
CLO secondary market in 2018 opens with four positions trading at a premium

Manager sells 2017 CLO to 67 investors and claims top spot in Creditflux ranking
Creditflux's CLO syndication survey results are in and its a large asset manager that claims top honours

BlackRock shakes up top credit roles
BlackRock is shaking up its credit leadership team, with two top positions set to be shuffled in the near future

BlackRock joins the 118bp club as BAML prices three US CLOs in a day
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s US CLO team put in the overtime yesterday to price three transactions

BlackRock looks to bolster its CLO and ABS research operations
BlackRock is on the lookout for a structured credit specialist to lead its CLO and ABS research function

Citi cuts 2014 CLO’s triple As to 100bp in latest US refi
Citi has priced a refinancing of a 2014 US CLO, according to market sources

BlackRock cuts triple-A coupon by 33bp as it prices $477 million refi
BlackRock has priced its first deal in the CLO primary market this year, according to market sources.