BlackRock is buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a stock deal valued at about $12 billion, giving it more ways to service its insurance clients. BlackRock said Tuesday that the transaction includes equity issued by a subsidiary,

BlackRock has agreed to acquire private credit firm HPS Investment Partners in a deal valuing the company at about $12 billion, as BlackRock continues its push into the growing sector.

In a $12 billion all-equity deal, BlackRock (BLK, Financials) is going to buy HPS Investment Partners, a worldwide credit investment manager. BlackRock's purchase seeks to enhance its private credit products and link them with its $3 trillion public fixed-income platform,