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Blackstone’s cash pile tops $30bn

The world's private equity firms are coming under pressure to deploy more than $820 billion in unspent capital

Blackstone’s cash pile tops $30bn

Blackstone Group has $30 billion-plus in unspent private equity cash, according to new Preqin figures, almost $10 billion more than any other firm.

FN's sister publication Private Equity News reports that, in total, the private equity industry had a record $822 billion in disposable capital at the end of 2016. Of that total, Blackstone accounted for $31.9 billion.

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