Blackstone and L&G have signed a $20 billion private credit tie-up deal to originate investment-grade private credit deals for L&G's annuities business.
As much as one-third of the $6 trillion held by US life insurers is now allocated to private credit investments, with a growing trend of alternative asset managers partnering with insurers for market growth.
Blackstone's strategy involves partnership deals with annuity providers like L&G, unlike competitors Apollo Global Management and KKR & Co who have acquired such providers.
L&G, housing the UK's largest asset manager LGIM, aims to boost its private-markets capabilities, targeting £85 billion in assets under management in that division by 2028.