BLACKSTONE INC (BX)

Blackstone Sells Canadian Mortgage Bond Backed by Warehouses

Blackstone Inc. sold Canadian mortgage bonds backed by warehouses in areas including Toronto and Montreal, an unusual transaction for the Canadian dollar market.

Blackstone Snaps Up a Rare Type of Junior Loan in Hunt for Yield

Blackstone Inc. is buying up a portion of a rare, junior-ranked loan in Europe’s leveraged finance market, as investors look to pick up riskier, higher-yielding debt amid falling interest rates.

Blackstone Provides $600 Million Private Credit Loan to Acuity

Blackstone Inc. has provided a $600 million private credit loan to Acuity Knowledge Partners, a research and data company owned by Permira Holdings LLP., according to a person familiar with the matter.

Blackstone Set to Provide Over €250 Million Debt to Italian Firm

Private credit fund manager Blackstone Inc. is nearing a deal to provide a debt package of more than €250 million ($329 million) to refinance the existing debt of Wateralia SpA, in the latest example of an Italian borrower seeking financing from a direct lender.

Blackstone Asia Tac Opps Veteran Chee Retires After 15 Years

Blackstone Inc.’s Menes Chee, one of the founding members of the firm’s tactical opportunities team, left after 15 years with the US alternative-asset manager, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Blackstone Italy Head Sees Its Private Markets Luring Foreigners

Italy’s appeal for international investors in private markets is growing, according to Blackstone Inc.’s country Chairman Andrea Valeri.

Blackstone Spies ‘$30 Trillion Opportunity’ in Private Credit

Blackstone Inc. expects the private credit market to balloon to $30 trillion in size, fueled by lending for infrastructure projects and greater participation from pension funds.

Blackstone Leads Private Credit Deal for Anti-Theft Tech Maker

Blackstone Inc. provided a $550 million private credit deal for Graham Partners Inc.’s Gatekeeper Systems, which makes technology for shopping carts designed to detect theft, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Blackstone Taps Värde, Jefferies Alums Amid Credit Push

Blackstone Inc. is hiring a pair of credit veterans, as it looks to grow beyond corporate debt investments and into asset-based finance and infrastructure, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Stock Market Rally Hits Fresh Highs, Fueled By Micron Earnings, China Stimulus: Weekly Review

The S&P 500 hit record highs, fueled by Micron and Chinese stimulus.

Blackstone Signals Deal Exits Will Remain Muted This Quarter

Blackstone Inc., the world’s largest alternative asset manager, signaled that profits from selling deals will remain subdued this quarter.

Private Equity Calls in Experts to Fix Companies They Can’t Sell

Buyout heavyweights are increasingly resorting to the old-fashioned way of making money — actually running the companies they’ve bought.

Rich Chinese Chase 22% Yields in Private Credit Despite Risks

Sliding stock and property markets are pushing wealthy investors from Hong Kong and mainland China into private credit to chase big yields in the $1.7 trillion industry despite warnings of rising defaults.

Blue Owl Leads Private Debt Deal for Smartsheet Buyout

Blue Owl Capital Inc. led the $3.2 billion private debt financing supporting Blackstone Inc. and Vista Equity Partners’ buyout of software firm Smartsheet Inc., with 20 other lenders participating, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Blackstone, Vista Reach $8.4 Billion Deal to Buy Smartsheet

Blackstone Inc. and Vista Equity Partners have agreed to acquire software provider Smartsheet Inc. for about $8.4 billion in one of the year’s largest take-private deals.

Vista, Blackstone Sweeten Smartsheet Debt Terms as Deal Nears

Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone Inc. have made several concessions to a group of private lenders backing their proposed acquisition of Smartsheet Inc. as they inch closer to a deal with the software maker, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

KKR, Blackstone Executives Tout Japan as Next Big Opportunity

Top executives at KKR & Co. and Blackstone Inc. said private equity is in its infancy in Japan, and there’s ample room for buyout firms to grow.

Blackstone to Sell Motel 6 Brand to Oyo in $525 Million Deal

Blackstone Inc. agreed to sell the company behind budget hotel brand Motel 6 to India’s Oyo Hotels for $525 million in an all-cash deal.

Global Travel Technology Company OYO to Acquire G6 Hospitality from Blackstone Real Estate

Blackstone Sees Asia as Growth Engine as US Rate Cut Gives Boost

Blackstone Inc., one of the largest asset managers in the world, sees Asia as a “growth engine,” according to Amit Dixit, the firm’s head of private equity for the region.