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Blackstone prices BDC CLO
5 months ago
The past few days have seen a bevy of action in the middle market CLO space – alongside Barings’ double deal and the new Athena II CLO from Blue Owl, Blackstone priced its first offering in the private credit space, with an upsized USD 492.665m transaction. -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
1 year ago
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end -
Mid market CLO league tables: KeyBank notches first new issue credit
1 year ago
Managers priced one new issue and one reset in the mid market CLO space in June for a total of $603.1 million, the lowest monthly figure since January when $590 million was priced -
Blackstone follows up static CLO with mid market deal
1 year ago
Blackstone Credit has begun July on an issuance spree as on Tuesday it priced its second new issue mid market CLO this year -
Mid market CLO league tables: Familiar feeling as Golub and Natixis lead after tumultuous month
1 year ago
Only $1.15 billion of mid market CLO issuance was priced in May, for the quietest month in the space since January -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Mid market CLO league tables: diamonds are for 2019 and BCRED is for now
2 years ago
Middle market CLO issuance is off to a fast pace in 2022 as a busy February welcomed three new issue CLOs and three resets – adding $3.8 billion to this year’s tally of $4.39 billion -
Blackstone prints largest CLO in $1.1 billion mid-market deal
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has produced the fourth US CLO under the BCRED shelf with the firm pricing a $1.09 billion middle market CLO on Thursday -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
2 years ago
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
2 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
2 years ago
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO -
Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
3 years ago
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress -
Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
3 years ago
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers -
Blackstone cuts spreads on post-reinvestment mid market CLO
3 years ago
Blackstone Credit has refinanced four tranches of a 2019 middle market CLO just over four months after the deal left reinvestment -
Credit fundraising: January proves anything but dry for manager inflows
3 years ago
After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch -
Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
3 years ago
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close -
Covid could trigger 'mega trend' into private debt, says Blackstone's Gray
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic could spark a 'mega trend' of investors into alternatives in private credit, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer said on the firm's second quarter earnings call on Thursday -
European corporate loans can fit into various fund types and this year there has been an increase in managed accounts targeting these assets. But CLOs are still the best structures to house loans4 years ago
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New kids on the block dominate awards
Two firms that have been in the market for fewer than seven years were named the top managers at the Creditflux awards last month. Manager of the year Spire only issued its first CLO in 20154 years ago -
Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
4 years ago
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II -
Creditflux reveals finalists for most competitive Manager Awards ever
5 years ago
To compile the shortlist for the annual Creditflux awards, we select the best performers in credit using a combination of detailed, data-driven metrics. The winners will be announced on 8 May -
GSO to add two North American offices in 2019
5 years ago
The credit manager anticipates the offices will help expand the firm’s origination efforts in North America -
Blackstone builds on multi-asset approach with fifth fund
5 years ago
The new vehicle will invest directly into Blackstone deals across its alternatives platform
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