US private credit CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone’s latest USD 1bn BCRED print helped it to the top of Creditflux’s year-to-date private credit CLO issuance rankings for February, ahead of Blue Owl and BlackRock/HPS. Scotiabank, meanwhile, emerged as the top arranger, with 17.8% market share

Loan ETFs see massive outflows as retail investors react to software, Iran
EXCLUSIVE: The software sell-off and Iranian conflict have rattled the retail market and led to a spike in outflows, according to Octaura data

BlackRock prices unusual single-tranche static CLO
The USD 399m deal, arranged by Morgan Stanley, was split almost evenly between a single triple A-rated loan tranche, and LP interests

Mid-market CLO rankings – full-year 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Golub extended its reign at the top on the manager tables, but BlackRock/HPS vaulted into second place ahead of Apollo, while Wells Fargo secured the arranger crown

BlackRock, Onex issue at tighter end of recent deals with new US CLO prints
Both Magnetite LII and OCP CLO 2025-48 issued with weighted costs of debt under SOFR plus 150bps

BlackRock rockets up after HPS buyout
After its acquisition of HPS, BlackRock has risen from 18th place to seventh in the US BSL AUM table. The highest-profile faller is UBS, which dropped out of the top 10. It was top in 2024

New Euro deals issue from BlackRock and Bain
The managers priced new European CLOs via Natixis and SocGen

BlackRock launches securitised fund investing up to 30% in CLOs
The BGF Securitised Fund has a remit to invest in AAA to BBB tranches of European and US CLOs 

US CLOs hit SOFR plus 120bps benchmark as BlackRock prints tight
Magnetite LI also issued particularly tight in the lower mezz, with all tranches including single Bs pricing at par

US CLO spreads grind in as Onex and BlackRock issue at 123
US CLO spreads dipped further on Wednesday, as Onex priced a new issue via Citi and BlackRock teamed with Santander to print its latest reset

End of week sees private credit CLO issuance rush
The mid-market saw a flurry of issues from Eldridge, Churchill, StepStone and BlackRock toward the end of last week, with the total value of the four deals across Thursday and Friday totalling over USD 1.5bn

The top five holdings of July’s CLO ETF launches in Europe
A round of high-profile CLO ETF launches by BlackRock, PGIM and UBS in Europe and their top holdings in July

BlackRock prices first Euro CLO since January
The reset of the three-year-old deal included some EUR 9m of additional equity

BlackRock prices tight with latest new BSL print
Magnetite 50 matched the current market tight for triple As and set a new low for double Bs

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

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

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

Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

BlackRock shifts European CLO leadership with veteran departing
EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock is seeing changes to their CLO team in Europe after agreeing to purchase US-based alternative asset manager HPS

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