
Surging Vix would turbocharge Blackstone Credit strategy
Unique high-yield systematic strategy has outperformed equivalent ETF by 18% over five years

Blackstone is using the vast trove of data it has gathered as the world’s fourth-biggest private debt manager to enhance its already market-beating systematic credit strategies. The firm is so sure its new approach will work that it is looking forward to the return of volatile, chaotic markets.
The team behind Blackstone Credit’s Systematic Strategies unit has beaten the iShares High-Yield Corporate Bond ETF by about 18% net of fees over the last five-and-a-half years, according to the company
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