Former Goldman, Blackstone analyst pleads guilty to insider trading
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Goldman Sachs and Blackstone analyst admitted to an insider trading charge on Thursday, after prosecutors accused him of passing tips to two friends…
Muddy Waters is short Blackstone Mortgage Trust REIT
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Blackstone’s Mortgage Trust shares fell as much as 9% on Wednesday after short-selling hedge fund Muddy Waters said that it had taken out a short position…
Blackstone to raise $400 million to boost credit fund’s lending power – FT
(Reuters) – Blackstone is in the final stages of raising about $400 million for its Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) to secure additional investment advantage, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The…
Blackstone and Airbnb set to join S&P 500; shares climb
(Reuters) – Shares of Blackstone and Airbnb rallied in extended trade on Friday after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the two companies would join the S&P 500 index. Blackstone was up 4.1%,…
Blackstone China unit gets nod to raise funds for overseas investments
By Roxanne Liu and Selena Li (Reuters) – Blackstone’s newly established China unit has received regulatory approval to raise funds that will be invested overseas, joining other global asset managers in seeking…
Blackstone to invest $150 million in London-based hedge fund Astaris
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP is to invest $150 million in London-based Astaris Capital Management which will be split between the firm’s existing hedge fund and a…
Blackstone, TPG vie for U.S. fund administrator Standish -sources
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) – Buyout houses including Blackstone Inc. and TPG Inc. are evaluating competing bids for a U.S. fund administrator, in a deal that may…
Blackstone weighing offers for Bellagio casino stake – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – U.S. investment giant Blackstone Inc is fielding offers for half of its interest in the real estate of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The…
Blackstone mulls sale of Dutch bank NIBC –sources
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Amy-Jo Crowley and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. buyout house Blackstone is weighing options for Dutch merchant bank NIBC, including a possible sale, people familiar with the…
Blackstone limits REIT investor redemptions again in April
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Inc on Monday said it had again limited withdrawals from its $70 billion real estate income trust in April as investor redemption requests continued…
Blackstone closes PE secondary funds at record $25 billion
(Reuters) – Blackstone Inc raised a record $25 billion for two funds that dabble in secondaries and co-investments, the asset manager said on Wednesday. Strategic Partners IX raised $22.2 billion, the world’s…
Blackstone offers backstop to lure University of California in redemption-stricken REIT
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) -Blackstone Inc on Tuesday said it had secured a $4 billion investment from the University of California in its unlisted real estate income trust (BREIT) that has been…
Blackstone may slow the launch of private equity fund after investor withdrawals -FT
(Reuters) – Blackstone Inc has warned of possible delays to the launch of a new private equity fund designed for wealthy individuals, as it copes with heavy investor withdrawals at two other…
Blackstone CEO says financially distressed investors driving REIT redemptions
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Wednesday that redemptions in his firm’s $69 billion non-traded real estate income trust (REIT) were driven by…
Blackstone to sell stake in MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay to VICI Properties
(Reuters) -Blackstone Inc will sell its 49.9% stake in the joint venture that owns the MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay resorts to co-owner VICI Properties Inc for about $1.27 billion…
Benettons, Blackstone reach more than 95% of Atlantia after bid – Reuters calculations
MILAN (Reuters) – A buyout offer launched by the Benetton family and U.S. investment fund Blackstone for Italy’s Atlantia has breached the 95% threshold, Reuters calculations showed, allowing the bidders to squeeze…
Atlantia’s big investors tender shares in Benetton, Blackstone bid – sources
MILAN (Reuters) – Atlantia’s long-term investors, Singapore sovereign fund GIC and Italian banking foundation CRT, have tendered their shares in the takeover offer launched by the Benettons and U.S. investment fund Blackstone,…
Blackstone in talks to buy Emerson’s assets for up to $10 billion – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Emerson Electric Co is in talks with U.S. buyout firm Blackstone Inc to sell a part of its commercial and residential solution business assets, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing…
Byju’s pays $234 million to Blackstone related to Aakash deal – source
By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – India’s Byju’s has paid 19 billion rupees ($234 million) to Blackstone Inc, settling its dues owed to the private-equity firm as part of a $950 million deal…
Blackstone draws over $24 billion commitments for latest real estate fund
(Reuters) – Buyout giant Blackstone Inc has secured commitments worth $24.1 billion for its latest real estate fund, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The size of the new fund, called…
Benettons, Blackstone obtain Italy’s green light on Atlantia takeover bid
MILAN – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone secured a green light from the Italian government for their takeover offer for infrastructure group Atlantia, their vehicle Schema Alfa said on Thursday.…
Italian court rules in favour of Blackstone in RCS property dispute
MILAN – A Milan court has ruled in favour of investment fund Blackstone and rejected an appeal by Italy’s RCS Mediagroup against an arbitral tribunal decision on the disputed sale of the…
Benetton, Blackstone on track to secure Italy’s nod for Atlantia bid – sources
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone are on track to secure the green light from the Italian government for their takeover offer for…
Benetton, Blackstone seek green light from Italy’s govt for Atlantia bid
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone have notified the Italian government about their takeover offer for Atlantia to secure Rome’s green light before…
Benettons, Blackstone set to launch bid for Atlantia late summer – sources
MILAN – The Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone are expected to launch their 58 billion euro ($61 billion) bid for Italy’s Atlantia at the end of the summer, three sources said,…
Blackstone to buy ACC for $12.8 billion
(Reuters) – Blackstone Inc, the world’s biggest alternative asset manger, has agreed to buy American Campus Communities Inc for $12.8 billion including debt, the student housing company said on Tuesday. (Reporting by…
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