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BlackRock keeps up issuance with new middle market CLO
2 days ago
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 creates ESG-focused credit fund
6 months ago
BlackRock launches new strategy as interest in private credit and sustainable investments continues to grow -
BlackRock eyes next infra debt fund
7 months ago
BlackRock Alternatives is looking to launch a second global infrastructure debt fund, shortly after the departure of its European head of debt -
Nomura Private Capital taps BlackRock for new senior role
Nomura Private Capital hires new head of opportunistic private credit from BlackRock.
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LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
11 months ago
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 -
BlackRock prints middle market CLO via two arranging banks
11 months ago
BlackRock priced a new CLO named Mt Hood CLO X on Tuesday, the first new transaction pbacked by middle market loans to print in three weeks -
Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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BlackRock closes £1.7 billion private debt fund with wide mandate for UK pensions
1 year ago
The firm has deployed around 60% of the fund, which invests across US and European direct lending, US and European real estate debt and the firm’s global opportunistic strategy -
Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
1 year ago
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments -
LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
1 year ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners -
Mid market CLO sales explode with BlackRock, Churchill and Monroe printing deals
1 year ago
Middle market CLO sales flared on Friday, with managers pricing three deals worth a combined $1.2 billion -
Blue Owl hires BlackRock veteran for private wealth role
2 years ago
Blue Owl Capital has hired a managing director and head of North American distribution from BlackRock -
Panagram takes on 'structure advisor' role for mid market CLO as two deals price
2 years ago
Panagram Structured Asset Management has taken an advisor role for a BlackRock mid market CLO - one of two mid market deals Natixis arranged this week, with another for Nuveen Asset Management -
Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
2 years ago
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each -
Mid market CLO league tables: stalwarts Golub and Natixis reign supreme again
2 years ago
It may have taken seven months, but the mid market CLO league tables have familiar faces at the top with Golub Capital and Natixis leading the way in manager and arranger issuance, respectively -
BlackRock issues low levered, mid-market CLO with two arrangers
2 years ago
BlackRock has priced its second CLO of the year backed by loans to middle market companies -
Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
2 years ago
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures -
BlackRock issues mid market CLO after refinancing warehouse line with Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
BlackRock has priced an unusual middle market CLO that refinances a warehouse line Morgan Stanley provided -
BlackRock holds $940 million first close on global private debt fund designed for UK pensions
2 years ago
BlackRock has collected $940 million on a first close of its new private debt fund BlackRock Diversified Private Debt Fund -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
2 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates -
Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
2 years ago
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers
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