BlackRock expanding in private credit, buys HPS Investment Partners for $12 billion

• Here’s how investors will be affected by BlackRock’s $12 billion purchase of private-credit provider HPS

  In a widely anticipated announcement, BlackRock said it had reached an agreement to buy HPS Investment Partners for $12 billion in stock.
  
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• BlackRock Acquires HPS, a Major Lender of Private Credit

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