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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 -
Blackstone secures $8.75 billion for lending fund
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has collected $8.75 billion on the final close of its latest credit opportunities fund, Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund IV, above its $7.5 billion target -
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 -
Blackstone Credit names tech investing head
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has promoted a New York-based official as its global head of technology investing -
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 -
New York pension favours credit as it pumps $1.1 billion into tech, loans and distressed
2 years ago
New York State Common Retirement Fund has splurged over $1 billion in credit, topping allocations it made in equities and real estate -
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 -
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 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 -
Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
3 years ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
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 -
Blackstone raises $1.1 billion for mezz and $1.7 billion for direct lending
3 years ago
The New York-based manager had a strong final quarter of 2020, adding $13.1 billion in credit assets under management in the quarter -
Blackstone amasses $1.8 billion investable capital for inaugural non-traded BDC
3 years ago
Blackstone says it has raised $814 million for its 7 January public offering of its non-traded businesses development company, Blackstone Private Credit Fund -
They said it: "It’s been a tale of the haves and the have nots"
3 years ago
At Creditflux’s US Private Credit event, binary outcomes in direct lending were discussed -
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 -
LP round up: private credit drive gains momentum as Calpers backs Pimco
3 years ago
Private credit continues to be viewed as an attractive investment strategy for institutional investors, with four global allocators outlining new buckets, or increases to the asset class -
GSO prepares inaugural non-traded BDC
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners, the credit-focused business of the Blackstone Group, is preparing to launch an inaugural non-traded business development company named Blackstone Private Credit Fund -
European direct lending fundraising dropped 77% YoY in Q2
3 years ago
European direct lending fundraising figures plunged in Q2 2020, as the effects of the covid-19 pandemic were felt across the globe -
GSO reaches $7 billion for real estate debt fund
3 years ago
GSO’s latest real estate debt fund pulled in $2.1 billion across the second quarter and the vehicle’s AUM has now reached around $7 billion, according to Blackstone president and chief operating officer Jonathan Gray -
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 -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux
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