(Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) has secured $3.4 billion from investors for its first fund dedicated to investments in the life sciences sector, targeting $4.6 billion in total, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. At its ta... More »
(Reuters) – Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) is taking a majority stake in MagicLab, the parent company of dating app “Bumble” and “Badoo”, valuing the company at about $3 billion, the private equity firm said in a statement on Friday. Following the deal, Andrey An... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Private equity firm Blackstone Group (BX.N) said on Tuesday it would launch a tender offer for Japan’s Unizo Holding (3258.T) at 5,000 yen ($46) a share, firing back after its earlier bid for the hotel chain was rebuffed. Blackstone said in a... More »
(Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc said on Wednesday it has raised the largest ever real estate fund, amassing $20.5 billion to be invested in property assets around the world. Large buyout firms such as Blackstone have been attracting a... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group (BX.N) has secured EU antitrust approval to acquire a majority stake in Thomson Reuters’ (TRI.TO) Financial and Risk unit, the European Commission said on Monday. The EU enforcer said it did not se... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alternative asset manager Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is still open to doing deals in Italy despite political turmoil in the euro zone country, President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Gray said on Wednesday. “Sure. It’s a function of pric... More »
Tom Hill (L), Chairman of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, and John McCormick, President and CEO of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, pose for a portrait in New York, U.S., January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson BOSTON (Reuters) – After nearly ... More »
Private equity giant Blackstone Group has called off the sale of its A$3.5 billion ($2.8 billion) Australian shopping mall portfolio, a source said, as the looming arrival of Amazon.com spooks buyers of bricks-and-mortar stores. More »
The headquarters building of Anbang Insurance Group are pictured in Beijing, China, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co [ANBANG.UL] is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets from Blackst... More »
