Blackstone, CIC to Buy Japanese Loan Portfolio

Private equity firm Blackstone Group has teamed up with China Investment Corp. to buy a Japanese loan portfolio from Morgan Stanley, Reuters reported, citing an article in the Financial Times. Blackstone and China Investment Corp., the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, paid only 35 cents on the dollar for the portfolio, which had a face value of $1.1 billion, Reuters said.

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