Blackstone
Clifford Chance taps Blackstone for new private equity partner
Magic Circle firm bolsters London transactional offering
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Blackstone, BNY line up government meetings as Labour continues charm offensive on finance
Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to meet finance giants on US tour
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Blackstone’s private equity returns trail the S&P 500
Private equity is having a tough time beating stock market returns
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Blackstone to grant equity to most employees in future US buyouts
Effort follows a broad-based ownership push by KKR and others
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Blackstone stock punished amid Breit, economic concerns
But are those fears warranted?
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Blackstone co-CIO Lionel Assant slams Met Police for ‘openly Jewish’ comment: ‘Antisemitism is racism’
'If my Christian or Muslim friends were arrested for wearing a cross or hijab during a demonstration against anti-semitism, I would be equally very angry'
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Blackstone says private equity’s two-year ‘hibernation’ could be ending
Firm’s first-quarter profit rises as dealmaking picks up after a roughly two-year slump
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund agrees to $1.4bn Concord takeover
The offer price is a 32% premium to the company’s closing price on 17 April
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AI’s unlikely benefactor: Blackstone’s 77-year-old CEO Steve Schwarzman
The private equity billionaire has donated more than half a billion dollars for AI education and research
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Thomas Nides to join Blackstone as vice-chair
Former Morgan Stanley executive, ambassador to Israel to focus on strategic initiatives, client relationships
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Blackstone pays $2.4bn for minority stake in NiSource unit
Infrastructure deal also includes capital injection as alternatives giant targets green reindustrialisation
Blackstone raises $2.6bn for real estate secondaries fund
The private equity giant has announced the close of Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII
Blackstone executive Byron Wien dies aged 90
The Wall Street prognosticator widely known for his annual Ten Surprises lists worked to the end
Blackstone stock slides after earnings miss
Alternatives giant says it's hard to know when transactions will pick back up
Blackstone’s Schwarzman: Private equity can’t put its ‘head in the sand’ on AI
Technology will revolutionise the sector rapidly, according to the veteran investor
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Why Blackstone’s Verdun Perry is no longer embarrassed about the borrowed suit he wore to his first job interview
Today he is the global head of Blackstone Strategic Partners, overseeing one of the largest secondary fund managers, with $68bn of assets under management
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Blackstone becomes first private equity firm to reach $1tn
Firm is the first among its peers to reach landmark asset level
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Blackstone limits Breit withdrawals again
Investor redemptions outgrow limits for the fourth month in a row
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How Blackstone’s Breit bets left it with bruises
The private equity giant built a new customer pool of small investors with its Breit real estate fund, but the market downturn caused many to try to sell
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