
Blackstone Senior Floating Rate 2027 Term Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by The Blackstone Group L.P. It is managed by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in senior secured, floating rate loans that are issued by corporations, partnerships, and other business entities. It seeks to invest in securities that are rated below investment grade. The fund invests in securities across the…
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC, an affiliate of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (collectively, and together with their affiliates in the credit-focused business of Blackstone, Inc., “Blackstone Credit & Insurance”), announced monthly distributions for the three listed closed-end funds it advises, Blackstone Senior Floating Rate 2027 Term Fund (NYSE: BSL), Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund (NYSE: BGX), and Blackstone Strategic Credit 2027.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone Senior Floating Rate 2027 Term Fund (NYSE: BSL, the “Fund”) announced that the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Board”) approved an extension of the Fund's reinvestment period (the “Extension”). The Fund continues to have a limited term and is scheduled to dissolve on or about May 31, 2027 (the “Dissolution Date”). The Extension will permit the Fund to continue to reinvest proceeds generated by maturities, prepayments and sales of investments until the effect.

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