Blackstone

Finance

24 April, 2020

Blackstone's first-quarter profit rises but coronavirus weighs

Blackstone Group Inc, the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, reported a 4% ......

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Finance

20 April, 2020

Why new FDI rules have put PE fund managers in a quandary

The Indian government’s hardening of stance over foreign direct investment from China has thrown private equity fund managers in a ......

General

17 April, 2020

Grapevine: Blackstone, Warburg, NIIF join race to buy stake in Concor

Global investors Blackstone and Warburg Pincus as well as India’s sovereign fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have joined ......

Finance

08 April, 2020

KKR sets up international coronavirus relief fund, founders forego salary

KKR & Co Inc has established a $50 million global relief fund to help people affected by the new coronavirus, ......

General

03 April, 2020

Grapevine: IndusInd in fundraising talks with Blackstone, Apax, TPG, Carlyle, others

Hinduja family-backed IndusInd Bank is looking to raise up to $750 million (Rs 5,705 crore at current exchange rate) in ......

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Finance

01 April, 2020

PE deals sink to decade-low in Jan-March on coronavirus caution

Private equity dealmaking in India plunged during the January-March quarter to hit the lowest level in at least a decade ......

Finance

19 March, 2020

Coronavirus sows doubt over completion of M&A, PE deals

The coronavirus pandemic has virtually eliminated shaking hands. Its economic impact now has investors doubting whether many companies who shook ......

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TMT

17 March, 2020

Blackstone's biggest India deal just got a little bigger

Blackstone Group Inc, the world’s largest private equity investor, has raised its exposure to an Indian software services firm as ......

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Finance

17 March, 2020

How the rupee's slide after the virus outbreak may hurt PE, VC firms

Ever since the coronavirus outbreak became a global pandemic, world markets have been in turmoil. The pandemic, which has already ......

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Finance

12 March, 2020

How are PE firms managing risk in light of frequent black swan events?

Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman has often explained how the private equity firm’s failed 1986 investment in Edgcomb Steel helped it ......