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“Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners to acquire software maker Smartsheet for $8.4 billion”

“Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners will acquire Smartsheet in an $8.4 billion deal. The all-cash bid of $56.50 per share is about a 41% premium to the company’s unaffected average share price. The collaboration software maker went public in 2018… Continue Reading…

Business, Real Estate

“Blackstone head Steve Schwarzman plans to spend billions buying up dorms, warehouses, and data centers across Europe…”

“…The private-equity firm with roughly $1 trillion in assets under management plans to invest in real estate across Europe, Schwarzman told Bloomberg on Monday after the Global Investment Summit in London. Blackstone has raised about $200 billion in recent months, according to Schwarzman, who… Continue Reading…

Business

“Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets drop nearly 90%”

“Blackstone plans to close a fund that exposes investors to a variety of hedge funds and trading strategies after assets fell almost 90% in four years, the company told Reuters on Tuesday… Assets under management in the fund peaked at… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Blackstone REIT Announces Major Asset Liquidations As Redemption Requests Continue”

“Blackstone real estate investment trust (BREIT), which recently made news for exercising a clause that restricted owner withdrawals for several consecutive months, has not taken the news lying down. Blackstone recently announced the sale of $3.1 billion worth of its… Continue Reading…

Business, Real Estate

Blackstone Is Having Trouble Trying To Figure Out How To Steal As Much Money As Possible

“Blackstone real estate investment trust (BREIT) is known as one of America’s largest and most dependable privately held REITs when it comes to delivering investor returns. However, 2023 has proven to be a difficult year for real estate investors, and… Continue Reading…

Business, Real Estate

“Blackstone in Talks With Lenders on Maturing Chicago Office Loan”

“Blackstone Inc. is in discussions with lenders on a $310 million mortgage backed by a struggling Chicago office tower. The commercial mortgage-backed security on the property, 350 North Orleans, was transferred to special servicing ahead of its July maturity, according… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Blackstone, Thomson Reuters Selling $3 Billion of LSE Group Stock”

“A consortium of investors including Blackstone Inc. and Thomson Reuters Corp. are looking to sell £2.4 billion ($3 billion) worth of stock in London Stock Exchange Group Plc, two months after their last disposal of the company’s shares. The group,… Continue Reading…

Business

“Spanx—Founded With $5,000—Is Now Worth $1.2 Billion in Blackstone Deal”

“Sara Blakely founded Spanx Inc. in 2000 with $5,000 of her personal savings earned from selling fax machines door-to-door. She just struck a deal with Blackstone Inc. that values the company at $1.2 billion…” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackstone-buy-majority-stake-spanx-155152406.html This just goes to show… Continue Reading…