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Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
4 months ago
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years -
Blackstone Credit hires Euro capital markets head in newly created role
11 months ago
An experienced official from Morgan Stanley has landed at Blackstone Credit to oversee capital markets origination in Europe across liquid and private strategies -
Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
1 year ago
Credit funds are extending their run of inflows into the end of the year, but investment grade momentum took a dent last week due to investors in one big fund pulling their money -
LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
You seem familiar
1 year ago
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
2 years ago
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side -
State Street and Blackstone target US CLOs, high yield and senior loans for ETF
2 years ago
State Street Global Advisors has teamed up with Blackstone Credit to launch a new exchange traded fund named SPDR Blackstone High Income ETF -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
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 -
Co-head of Blackstone's GP stake-buying business to join Angelo Gordon
2 years ago
Angelo Gordon has snapped up a big name from Blackstone -
Woah, we’re halfway there
2 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
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 -
Blackstone opens up new horizons with CIO hire for multi-manager business
3 years ago
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management has launched a new platform named Blackstone Horizon and hired a hedge fund veteran as chief investment officer -
Blackstone hires Carlyle co-head of illiquid credit as senior managing director
3 years ago
The New York-headquartered manager has hired a Carlyle official as a senior managing director in its opportunistic investing platform, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. And Carlyle has subsequently promoted two officials on its team -
Blackstone refinances mezz tranches of 2018 bond-heavy CLO
3 years ago
Blackstone Credit has teamed up with GreensLedge to refinance the mezzanine debt notes of a 2018-vintage inaugural bond-heavy CLO named Cirrus Funding 2018-1 -
Blackstone buys $7.5 billion quantitative credit manager
3 years ago
Blackstone has bought DCI, a $7.5 billion technology-driven quantitative credit manager -
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 -
GSO names additional portfolio manager for three listed credit funds
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners has added Robert Post as a portfolio manager to three listed credit funds, effective 1 August -
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 -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Europe’s newcomers find ways to stand out
3 years ago
Last year’s new European CLO managers needed to provide something different for investors. In general, they’ve succeeded, with Capital Four having one of the smallest overlap figures in our data -
On-site due diligence rules pose fundraising challenge
3 years ago
Stipulations in some fund limited partner bylaws dictating strict due diligence could pose a challenge for asset managers, sources say
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