Blackstone
Coverage of fund launches, acquisitions, people moves and other news about alternative investment giant Blackstone.
- Manager News
Blackstone establishes real estate office in Toronto
Blackstone has hired Janice Lin to head its real estate business in Canada, officials announced. She has been tasked with…
- Real Estate/Infrastructure
Blackstone expands real estate team in South Korea
Blackstone recently relocated to a new office space near Seoul’s central business district of Gwanghwamun and hired Chris Kim to…
- Investor News
Blackstone performance revenues soar as AUM nears $1trn
The first quarter was one of the best quarters in the 36-year history of Blackstone, Chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman…
- Private Equity
Blackstone attracts $1.6bn for life sciences fund
Blackstone closed its inaugural royalty and structured credit-focused life sciences fund with $1.6 billion in investor commitments. The Blackstone Life…
- Real Estate/Infrastructure
BioMed Realty makes big entrance into Boulder market
BioMed Realty just gained a foothold in Colorado’s booming Boulder metropolitan area, and this was no small step: the Flatiron…
- Private Equity
Blackstone Life Sciences backs Sanofi clinical trials
Patients with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer affecting white blood cells, may have new treatments available thanks to a €300…
- Real Estate/Infrastructure
Blackstone builds Indian logistics and industrial real estate portfolio
Blackstone launched Horizon Industrial Parks, a portfolio of logistics parks in India owned and managed by Blackstone Real Estate funds.…
- Investor News
Blackstone AUM soars 42% in 2021
Blackstone () reported its fourth-quarter earnings today, and thanks to $270 billion in inflows, the firm saw its assets under…
- Real Estate/Infrastructure
Former Chicago treasurer joins Blackstone Infrastructure Partners
After serving as a senior advisor to Blackstone (), Kurt Summers, Jr. is joining the alternative investment giant full-time as…
- Research & Data
Private equity fee-earning AUM way up, along with dry powder
Demand for private equity funds by institutional investors reached an all-time high in 2021. And as assets under management (AUM)…
