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, the world's largest asset manager, has entered an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $12bn to acquire private credit manager HPS Investment Partners. This move is set to create an integrated private credit franchise with $220bn in client assets.

BlackRock has agreed to buy private credit manager HPS Investment Partners in a roughly $12 billion all-stock deal that would substantially add to its coveted private asset pile. The deal would give Chief Executive Larry Fink a significant foothold in what is now one of the hottest markets on Wall Street.