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Blackstone replaces chief legal officerSimpson Thacher M&A chief John Finley will fill the vacancy left by retiring CLO Robert Friedman.
- Blackstone holds off on closing sixth fund
The Blackstone Group has granted a number of investors additional time to make commitments to its Blackstone Capital Partners VI fund before making a final close.
- WL Ross joins $100m bank investment
The distressed investment shop of Wilbur Ross has joined a group that is buying a 25% stake in Sun National Bank.
- Tsunami warning
Is it just us, or does anyone else sense that the long-delayed secondaries deal wave is finally on its way? David snow explores.
- Blackstone backs Japanese telco merger with $180m
The firm joined investors including Goldman Sachs in a $514m fundraising round for mobile data company Emobile, ahead of its merger with eAccess.
- Blackstone invests INR2.75bn into Indian power
The investment will see the private equity firm take a minority stake in Monnet Power, a subsidiary of CX partners' Monnet Ispat and Energy.
- Relationship scars
The fragile nature of the relationship between firms and public pensions was highlighted recently by two events - an SEC ban on unregistered placement agents, and a controversial speech given by a Blackstone executive. Christopher Witkowsky explores.
- Shanghai Ace backs Blackstone RMB fund
The Shanghai-listed company will commit around $44m to Blackstone’s maiden RMB-denominated fund, which aims to raise roughly $735m.
- Blackstone, Bain fund interests back at par
Two bellwether mega-funds are trading at or near par on the secondaries market, a big change from 2009, when these stakes were valued nearly 70% beneath GP-assigned values.
- CVC buys into £2.25bn Merlin
Blackstone retains a ‘significant stake’ in the entertainment group, which owns iconic brands like the London Eye, while DIC has exited completely.