Risk
Property Loan Securities Are the Latest Problem
How reduced office occupancies and other obstacles slam the CMBS market.
Tag: Blackstone
Asset Allocation
UC Investments Gives $4 Billion Boost to Blackstone Real Estate Fund
Investment from $152 billion manager comes one month after BREIT had a run on withdrawals.
Asset Allocation
Private Markets Keep Growing, Even Amid Slowdown, Says PitchBook
Venture capital and private equity boosted their valuations mightily in the past 20 years.
Newsmakers
Guru Wien’s Investor Read Is Downbeat
They are worried about the pandemic, GDP, inflation and Ukraine, he finds.
Asset Allocation
New York State Pension Invests Over $3 Billion in Alts in June
The $280 billion retirement fund allocates the majority of its $4 billion in total monthly investments to real estate funds.
Asset Allocation
Private Equity Cashes In as Student Housing Deals Surge
KKR sells seven college lodging projects for $725 million.
Asset Allocation
New York State Pension Invests Over $2.6 Billion in Alts in December
The Common Retirement Fund allocates nearly half of the month’s commitments to real estate investments.
Asset Allocation
Does the Office Real Estate Market Have a Pulse? Look at Blackstone’s Big Buy
Its purchase of a stake in a swanky NYC tower shows there’s demand for the new stuff. But older buildings are struggling.
Manager Selection
Blackstone Taps SASB Founder Jean Rogers as ESG Head
It’s the latest in a slew of recent ESG-related hirings by the private equity giant.
Corporate Moves
The Curious Case Against Hedge Funds in Kentucky
Missouri’s new CIO is still fighting a nearly four-year-old lawsuit in Kentucky over investments that appear to have performed as intended.
Newsmakers
Blackstone Hires Global Head of ESG for Private Equity
Amisha Parekh joins the private equity firm from Bloomberg’s sustainable finance unit.
Alternatives
Why Private Equity Is Building an Arsenal of Giant New Funds
The buyout firms are increasingly popular among institutional investors—Carlyle just raised $27 billion.
Alternatives
Private Equity Sees Record-Breaking Dealmaking in First Half of 2021
With $580 billion in new deals already, EY says the industry is on pace for its first trillion-dollar year.
You Think M&A Is Hot Now? Wait for the Tax Effect, Says Schwarzman
Blackstone chief sees Biden’s planned boost for the capital gains levy as spurring more deals.
Exclusive: Why Sam Zell Is Bullish on Offices—But Won’t Invest in Them Anymore
And where the Grave Dancer is branching out into other things instead, juggling businesses like logistics, health care, and energy.