European new issues re-start as HPS prices EUR 407m CLO
The deal – the first new European deal in almost four weeks – priced its triple As at Euribor plus 140bps

HPS prepping to issue a European CLO, the first for the market in three weeks
EXCLUSIVE: The manager is looking to price a new European CLO via Jefferies next week, with expectations of wider spreads than before the April volatility 

HPS undertakes second reset and renaming of 2017-vintage Euro CLO
The deal takes the manager’s total European issuance for the year to over EUR 1.2bn

Private credit managers consider smaller fund targets
ANALYSIS: Some private credit managers are considering a smaller fundraise, bucking the convention of always aiming for bigger funds 

HPS, Capital Four print 2019-vintage Euro resets
Both deals widened spreads on their triple As and increased their overall cost of funding as part of the repricings  

HPS issues new BSL CLO with AAAs at SOFR plus 115bps
The second deal from the manager so far this month printed with triple-A coupons 3bps tighter than the first  

HPS achieves sub-120 AAA spread deals with new US CLO
Having already printed new European and private credit CLOs in 2025, HPS priced its first new US BSL deal of the year  

HPS's massive deal sets new low for private credit CLO spreads
HPS has priced its first new private credit CLO since its purchase by BlackRock, clearing a massive USD 1.25bn deal 

HPS and Palmer Square CLO AAAs hit 125 in Europe
The two new-issue deals that priced last week were among the tightest to price since the start of the year

HPS upsizes latest European new issue
HPS Investment Partners has increased post-pricing its latest new-issue European CLO – Aqueduct European CLO 10 -- by EUR 153.4m to EUR 610.8m

HPS fundraises to invest in CLOs
HPS Investment Partners has been fundraising for CLO investments and has made two registrations for CLO funds in Luxembourg

HPS prints new vanilla deal as European market maintains momentum
A new EUR 457.4m BSL CLO from HPS continued the unusually strong bout of December issuance momentum

HPS deal is expensive but catapults BlackRock into private credit top five
BlackRock is poised to become one of the largest private credit managers in the world after agreeing to buy private credit manager HPS Investment Partners at a rich 30x multiple

European CLO market expects to maintain deal momentum far into December
European CLO market is bracing for a unusally busy December with deals expected from HPS, Polus and PGIM

BlackRock acquires HPS in USD 12bn deal
BlackRock has acquired HPS Investment Partners for USD 12bn in an all-stock transaction, creating a private credit franchise with a combined USD 220bn in client assets

HPS prints fourth new US BSL CLO of 2024
HPS Investment Partners has printed its fourth new US BSL CLO of the year: a USD 403.75m deal dubbed HPS Loan Management 2024-22

Post-reinvestment 2015 US BSL CLO from HPS gets a partial refi
HPS has priced a partial refinancing of HPS Loan Management 5-2015, a CLO that was reset in October 2018, and has been out of reinvestment for a year

Guardian transfers USD 30bn of assets to HPS as partnership deepens
Insurance company Guardian will increase its minority equity stake in HPS and transfer USD 30bn of assets as part of expanded strategic partnership 

2023-vintage Euro CLO reset sees major tightening
HPS Investment Partners returned to the market yesterday with its seventh deal of 2024, a reset of an early 2023-vintage European CLO

CLO manager Boswell leaves Ninety One for HPS
Jeff Boswell has departed Ninety One to manage European CLOs at HPS

HPS adds a loan tranche in refi of 2021 triple-C flex CLO
HPS Investment Partners last week refinanced a triple-C flex US BSL CLO from 2021, restructuring the top of the stack to add a loan tranche.

HPS closes one of the largest direct lending funds ever
HPS held the final close of its Specialty Loan Fund VI, or SLF VI, together with parallel funds and accounts, having raised USD 21.1bn in investable capital

HPS refinances 2018 vintage CLO with 113bps spread for triple-As
HPS Investment Partners has priced a partial refi of HPS Loan Management 13-2018, a US BSL CLO from the pre-COVID period

HPS prices its second US BSL CLO of the year
HPS Investment Partners this week priced its second US BSL CLO of 2024, a USD 407.96m deal called HPS Loan Management 2024-20

European CLO triple As hit 146
European senior spreads hit a new tight last week in a new CLO with the tightest weighted average cost of capital of any European CLO so far this year