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...Other private equity groups including CVC have prepared plans to go public, creating expectations of a second wave of listings following the crisis-era floats of Blackstone, Apollo and KKR....
...There will also be an undisclosed amount of debt financing provided by a group of private lenders including Blackstone Credit, HPS Investment Partners and Blue Owl Capital....
...Meanwhile, listed groups including TPG, Brookfield and KKR have in recent years struck ambitious acquisitions....
...That strategy has meant that firms that were close to Warburg’s size 15 years ago, such as Blackstone Group, have grown more than 10 times as large by assets....
...Back in March General Atlantic, which manages $77bn in assets, said it was teaming up with an Abu Dhabi state fund and the emirate’s largest listed company to launch an investment group....
...estate groups in North America, Europe and Australia....
...obtains €140mn freezing order against Gupta’s Liberty House (FT) Atom takes valuation hit as it raises £100mn in new equity (FT) India tightens foreign investor rules after Hindenburg report on Adani (FT) Blackstone...
...Over the past 16 years, big buyout groups such as Blackstone, KKR, Apollo and TPG have transformed from clubby partnerships into publicly traded corporations with large public market valuations....
...associated with some marquee buyouts including Elliott Management’s takeover of technology business Citrix, Elon Musk’s purchase of social media company Twitter and Apollo’s acquisition of telecommunications group...
...Groups including KKR, Apollo and Ares have recently hit record highs, while Blackstone was recently included in the S&P 500 index....
...Dechert has hired Brian Miner as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group. He joins from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he co-chaired its M&A and securities group....
...Vista used a similar manoeuvre in its $4.6bn sale of events planning software company Cvent to Blackstone in March....
...about a series of large deals, including a $2.2bn investment by the private equity group into insurer AIG....
...The corporate shape-shifting comes as it and competitors Blackstone and Apollo Global Management have also reoriented their operations in recent years to appeal to the tastes of stockholders....
...Were it to decide to press ahead with a public offering, General Atlantic would be following in the footsteps of larger groups such as Blackstone, KKR and Apollo, all of whose stock has performed strongly...
...Blackstone and Apollo declined to comment. Some consider all of this borrowing risky....
...of the year — the roughly $15bn buyout of Toshiba Corporation — is happening in Tokyo, not New York, and involves Japan Industrial Partners and not any of the typical American buyout stalwarts, such as Blackstone...
...The new conditions will test industry giants such as Blackstone and Carlyle, and dozens of fast-growing firms including Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity Partners and Platinum Equity, which have seen their assets...
...Kaplan said the industry’s largest gain was on Blackstone’s buyout of hotel group Hilton Worldwide, which yielded more than $11bn in gains....
...Freepoint, based in Connecticut, is involved in energy, metals and agricultural markets....
...Even at Blackstone the number is “only” $1.8mn. And the profitability is wild, with most of it clean profit....
...Smart reads Blackstone’s bet US private equity group Blackstone made a savvy investment in 2021 into a little-known tech group active in the US’s booming online betting industry, writes the FT....
...Blackstone will integrate its insurance and credit arms in a move signalling the importance of its fastest-growing businesses....
...Top managers from the likes of KKR, Blackstone, GIC, Norges Bank and Temasek were hosted last week by Kishida during a “Japan Weeks” government campaign....
...Blackstone’s head of European and Asia-Pacific private credit Paulo Eapen will leave the group at the end of this year due to personal reasons....
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