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Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
7 days ago
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today. Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed. -
Calpers allocates $2.5 billion to two large private debt managers
14 days ago
Pension giant Calpers has revealed $2.5 billion allocations to two private debt managers -
Starting Clover: Blackstone completes AIG CLO acquisition with rebrand
24 days ago
Covenant CLO Advisors, the investment manager of AIG’s CLOs, has rebranded to Clover CLO Advisors and is now a Blackstone affiliate -
Triple B spreads reach new tights as Blackstone prints European CLO
1 month ago
Blackstone Group has got off the mark in 2023, pricing its first European CLO and in the process taking triple B spreads to just 520 basis points -
Blackstone pre-markets European CLO via BofA
1 month ago
It follows just over two months after Blackstone priced its last European CLO, Edmondstown Park CLO -
Blackstone buys $3.6 billion US CLO manager
1 month ago
An affiliate of Blackstone has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to buy a CLO management business -
Blackstone promotes Marshall to global head of private credit strategies
2 months ago
Blackstone has promoted Brad Marshall to global head of private credit strategies -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and BofA rise above competition in volatile 2022
2 months ago
A tumultuous year in the US CLO market led to total issuance dropping from a record $391.2 billion in 2021 to $134.8 billion in 2022 -
Global 2022 CLO league tables
2 months ago
Global 2022 CLO league tables -
CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
2 months ago
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now. -
Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
3 months ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
3 months 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 -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub scores in 90th minute as Natixis leads banks
3 months ago
Golub Capital left it late, but the prolific mid market CLO manager wrestled the lead in new issuance from Blackstone Credit last month -
US CLO league tables: BofA and Citi going down to the wire but Blackstone set to clinch manager crown
3 months ago
20 US CLO managers priced last month to take year-to-date new issue volumes to $114.2 billion. This is $54.7 billion less than 2021’s total new issuance, but $34.1 billion more than 2020 and $6.1 billion more than 2019 -
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
3 months ago
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD -
Euro CLO league tables: Final whistle beckons in close manager race as Jefferies looks to park the bus
3 months ago
Last month, just shy of €3 billion of European CLO paper was priced in the primary market, the most since March and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
Polus 2022 European CLO tops Fitch ESG ranking
3 months ago
Cairn CLO XV has scored the highest ESG score among Fitch-rated European CLOs -
Blackstone's new Euro CLO volumes pass €1 billion for 2022
4 months ago
Blackstone Credit's new European CLO volumes for 2022 passed €1 billion on Friday after it priced its third new issue named Edmondstown Park CLO -
European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
4 months ago
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
Virtus to step in as collateral admin on several Blackstone CLOs as US Bank resigns
4 months ago
US Bank has resigned as collateral administrator on a set of Blackstone Credit European CLOs -
Blackstone targets next week for Euro CLO via BNP Paribas
4 months ago
The €380.36 million deal is anticipated to price next week and is around 59.5% ramped -
US CLO league tables: Usual suspects keep market rolling as Citi moves within $1 billion of BofA
4 months ago
October experienced $7.1 billion of US CLO issuance with over half of that priced by the managers that occupy one to eight in the US CLO new issue league tables -
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
4 months ago
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD -
LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
4 months 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
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