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Blackstone China chairman departsAntony Leung will join Hong Kong-based real estate group, Nan Fung, as CEO in Febraury 2014.
- How big can be beautiful
Employment growth isn't the right PR lever for large-cap firms to pull, but they do have a good story to tell
- Blackstone-backed Merlin soars on London debut
The UK-based leisure group - which has seen its revenues grow from £50m to more than £1bn under Blackstone's ownership - was valued at £3.2bn when its IPO priced on the London Stock Exchange this morning.
- NY Common commits to Blackstone separate account(2)
The $161bn pension has committed $500m to Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities fund, marking New York Common’s first investment in its opportunistic asset class.
- HgCapital seals 2.7x cloud computing exit
The sale of electronic marketplace provider Epyx marks the fourth exit from HgCapital’s Fund 6. The four exits together have generated a gross IRR of about 45%.
- Blackstone seals €1.2bn manufacturing exit
The sale of packaging manufacturer Mivisa will generate a 35% IRR for Blackstone and co-owners N+1 Mercapital and Dinamia.
- Merlin IPO could raise £3.3bn
Blackstone and CVC-backed Merlin Entertainments, which owns The London Eye, has set an expected share price implying a market capitalisation of between £2.86bn and £3.34bn.
- Take-private targets trending smaller(2)
De-listing undervalued Chinese companies from foreign exchanges is expected to continue into 2014, with most of the activity in the mid-market, according to Carlyle-owned Duff & Phelps.
- Blackstone formally launches in Singapore
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman was in Singapore this week to open the firm's 24th office globally, which will support and grow its activities in Southeast Asia.
- Blackstone in $625m China deal
The firm will lead a group of investors to take private US-listed technology company Pactera, which is based in China.