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Blackstone is bullish on the region and believes it will benefit from geopolitical uncertainty, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray tell Private Equity International.

Jamie Hill and Michelle Cheh are both 10-year veterans of the firm.

Incentivisation and ensuring Britain’s status as an attractive place for investment professionals were at the heart of this week’s update.

Tapping the wealth channel in Europe is a top priority, despite burgeoning interest from APAC and the Middle East, according to the firm’s head of wealth Luc Maruenda.

LPs cite seven issues that they wish fund managers better understood about their needs in exclusive research for PEI’s NEXUS event.

At NEXUS 2025, PEI Group got to the heart of the LP-GP relationship – from the irritations to the aspirations – and incorporated them in our live illustration.

The firm expects its PE portfolio to be mainly Europe-dominated, with no plans to accelerate US investments in the near future, according to co-head of private capital Bert Janssens.

Delaney Brown, formerly head of capital solutions at Bregal Investments, joins the investment bank as a senior director in London.

Mark Oliver’s appointment is the latest in a string of regional developments for the alternatives platform, including a tie-up with Japan’s Resona Bank and KKR last year.

The $88bn pension system is 'exercising a degree of caution' in the US, according to head of global PE Lori Hall-Kimm.