BlackRock

Two of the largest global alternative asset managers are taking financing roles in two AI infrastructure transactions totaling $103 billion, with Blackstone backing a $63 billion arrangement for Anthropic and Apollo leading a $40 billion equipment financing for Elon Musk’s ...

U.S. public pensions are finding different ways to work with hedge fund managers, while university endowments and asset management giants are reporting gains from existing hedge fund investments.

EQT agreed to take Qiagen private in a €10.8bn deal, six years after Davidson Kempner helped sink Thermo Fisher’s takeover bid for the diagnostics company.

BlackRock’s 2026 survey finds newer family offices favor infrastructure and PE secondaries as governance, succession and liquidity concerns grow.

BlackRock is looking to expand financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure beyond individual data center transactions, as demand for computing capacity creates opportunities for private capital. The firm’s Q3 net inflows reached $205 billion, while private markets assets reached $336 billion.

Digital infrastructure and contech highlight today’s deal flow, with Bain Capital completing a fiber investment and BlackRock joining a venture financing. Elsewhere, investors are pursuing exits, raising capital and financing projects across private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure.

AI continues to make its way into investment operations, with Balyasny Asset Management bringing Google Gemini into its workflows and SS&C rolling out its WorkHQ AI orchestration platform, among other moves. We also noticed significant activity involving private equity-backed service ...

SS&C founder Bill Stone reflects on 40 years in business as the firm rolls out its WorkHQ agentic AI platform and adds tools for RIAs and wealth managers.

GIP and CPP Investments will jointly own 50% of a new AT&T fiber venture combining Gigapower with assets acquired from Lumen.

Credit managers packed plenty into the first day of the fourth quarter. Ares Management disclosed a $4.2 billion fundraise and two billion-plus deployments. One of those deals put Ares in the same lender group as Apollo Global Management, which had ...