NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that Laura Coady, formerly Head of International Securitised Markets and Global Head of CLOs at Jefferies, has joined Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) as Global Head of CLOs and European Head of Liquid Credit Strategies (LCS).
Based in London, Coady will oversee BXCI’s CLO activity globally, including CLO formation and investing, and lead the liquid credit business in Europe. BXCI’s LCS business manages $120 billion across corporate bonds, leveraged loans, CLOs and Multi-Asset Credit. Blackstone is the largest global manager of CLOs and loans, and the most active loan trader. The firm set a record for global annual CLO issuance in 2024, beating the previous record set by Blackstone in 2021.