BlackRock’s $12 billion purchase of HPS gives firm a bigger chunk of red-hot private credit market
BlackRock has clinched its third big acquisition this year. The world’s largest asset manager is buying HPS Investment Partners in a $12 billion all stock bid to create a leading global credit manager.
BlackRock’s $12 Billion Acquisition Bulks Up Private Markets Business
The all-stock deal adds New York-based HPS, which manages approximately $148 billion in client assets, bolsters BlackRock's position in the private credit market.
BlackRock Jumps Deeper Into the Private Markets
But this year, BlackRock has been aggressively claiming a major foothold in the private markets. On Tuesday, it made its latest push, announcing a deal to buy HPS Investment Partners — a firm that specializes in making private loans to companies — for roughly $12 billion.
BlackRock’s HPS deal seals Netflix-like strategy
BlackRock , oddly enough, is looking a lot more like a streaming service. The index-fund goliath agreed to buy private lender HPS for $12 billion, to get its hands on the hottest new content to push through its formidable pipes.
BlackRock's $12 billion deal for HPS vaults asset manager into private markets big league
BlackRock will acquire global credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a $12 billion deal, marking the giant's latest acquisition in private markets that increases its private credit assets to about $220 billion.
BlackRock acquires HPS for $12 billion, taking it deeper into private credit
BlackRock agrees to make a $12 billion acquisition that will take it deeper into the hottest trade on Wall Street.
BlackRock Targets Private Credit Growth With $12 Billion HPS Acquisition
The HPS deal, which will create a private credit franchise with about $220 billion in client assets, will also increase BlackRock's private markets fee-paying assets under management and management fees by 40% and about 35%, respectively.
BlackRock Buying Credit Investment Manager HPS Investment Partners in Approximately $12 Billion Deal
BlackRock is buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a stock deal valued at about $12 billion, giving it more ways to service its insurance clients
BlackRock To Buy HPS Investment Partners In About $12 Bln Equity Deal
Asset manager Blackrock Inc. (BLK) announced Tuesday its agreement to acquire privately held credit investment manager HPS Investment
BlackRock Elbows Into Private Credit Arena With HPS Deal
BlackRock Inc., once seen as punching below its weight in private markets, is shedding that stigma as its purchase of HPS Investment Partners makes it a force in the credit industry, Bloomberg's Sridhar Natarajan says on "Bloomberg .
BlackRock to Acquire HPS Investment Partners to Deliver Integrated Solutions Across Public and Private Markets
HPS Investment Partners is a leading global credit investment manager that provides creative capital solutions across $148 billion in client assets -- This combination creates an integrated private credit franchise with $220 billion in client assets -- Expected to increase private markets fee-paying AUM and management fees by 40% and 35%,
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