Dublin to benefit from loan group’s acquisition

GSO Capital Partners, the global credit platform of the Blackstone Group, has acquired European leveraged loan manager Harbourmaster Capital.

Harbourmaster manages and advises on about €8 billion assets and the combined European leveraged loan platform will have approximately €11.5bn in assets under management.

The acquisition will help GSO’s ambition of increasing its scale in Europe and creating more balance between the US and European operations.