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BlackRock and Oaktree reset and upsize legacy CLOs
2 years ago
BlackRock and Oaktree Capital Management have reset legacy CLO deals with both managers opting for an upsize -
Barclays' CLO and loan strategist set to join large asset manager
2 years ago
A highly respected CLO strategist is taking on his first CLO buy side role -
Mid market CLO league tables: stalwarts Golub and Natixis reign supreme again
2 years ago
It may have taken seven months, but the mid market CLO league tables have familiar faces at the top with Golub Capital and Natixis leading the way in manager and arranger issuance, respectively -
BlackRock upsizes 2020 CLO by $270 million with reset
2 years ago
BlackRock has pulled off one of the largest CLO upsizes of the year by resetting its 2020 deal Magnetite XXVI via Goldman Sachs -
BlackRock issues low levered, mid-market CLO with two arrangers
2 years ago
BlackRock has priced its second CLO of the year backed by loans to middle market companies -
BlackRock new issue takes Euro CLO 2021 volume to €1.5 billion
2 years ago
BlackRock has taken its European 2021 European CLO issuance to close to €1.5 billion, after pricing its latest new issue BlackRock European CLO XI -
US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
2 years ago
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money -
CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
2 years ago
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner -
Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Coronavirus tiers up old ranking script
2 years ago
Forget everything you thought you knew about CLO manager tiers. Apollo and Blackstone are mainstays, but smaller, more nimble issuers are finding new ways to stand out from the crowd -
Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
2 years ago
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures -
CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
2 years ago
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year -
BlackRock joins 110bp club with CLO market-tight triple As
2 years ago
BlackRock has joined the exclusive group of managers to print CLO triple As at the market tights, pairing with Goldman Sachs on Tuesday to issue its latest deal with first-pay notes coming in at just 110 basis points over Libor -
BlackRock European ABS head joins USS
2 years ago
USS Investment Management, the wholly-owned investment management arm of the UK pension Universities Superannuation Scheme, has hired a head of asset backed securities -
Mid market CLO league tables: BlackRock takes new issuance lead with unusual deal via Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
BlackRock became the third mid market CLO manager to price two new issues this year and in doing so took the lead from Golub Capital in mid market CLO new issue league tables -
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD -
BlackRock adds to Euro CLO deal size with reset
2 years ago
BlackRock has reset a 2017 vintage CLO, increasing the deal size slightly and offering a higher return on the lower part of the capital structure -
BlackRock issues mid market CLO after refinancing warehouse line with Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
BlackRock has priced an unusual middle market CLO that refinances a warehouse line Morgan Stanley provided -
BlackRock holds $940 million first close on global private debt fund designed for UK pensions
2 years ago
BlackRock has collected $940 million on a first close of its new private debt fund BlackRock Diversified Private Debt Fund -
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 -
ESG factors show up in leveraged loan pricing in US
2 years ago
Environmental, social, and corporate governance factors are filtering through to the US CLO market and influencing loan prices -
Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
2 years ago
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date -
BlackRock wins €400 million ESG private debt mandate
3 years ago
BlackRock has won a mandate to manage an ESG focused European private debt fund from a Munich-based firm -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
BlackRock fills opening on European CLO management team
3 years ago
BlackRock has filled a gap ithat opened up on its European CLO portfolio management team in January
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