Blackstone and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed the buyout of Genstar Capital’s Advarra, in a deal believed to value the business at about $5bn. Genstar and Linden Capital Partners will continue to
Blackstone and BV Investment Partners have picked up new fund commitments from the $21.6bn-managing Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. The post Successor to world’s biggest PE real estate fund gets ATRS pension backing first appeared on
Private equity giant Blackstone is said to be nearing a deal to buy pharmaceuticals and regulatory consulting business Advarra from Genstar Capital at $5bn valuation. The post Blackstone near deal to buy Advarra from Genstar
Blackstone has hired Mark Glengarry from Anchorage Capital Group as head of Asia Pacific origination, Blackstone Credit (BXC). The post Blackstone hires Mark Glengarry to expand credit business in Asia first appeared on AltAssets Private
Private equity giant Advent International has raised the second-largest private equity fund in history by bringing in $25bn for its new flagship investment vehicle, GPE X. The post Advent pulls in $25bn to close second-largest
Private capital firms Bain Capital, Blackstone, KKR and Canadian investment firm Brookfield are among the ten potential investors filing interest for Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Group after the group had solicited buyout offers. The post Bain,
Blackstone has hired mobile gaming giant Zynga's former COO Matthew Bromberg as a senior advisor. The post Blackstone brings in former COO of mobile gaming giant Zynga as new senior advisor first appeared on AltAssets
A string of private equity heavyweights are reportedly circling Reckitt Benckiser Group’s infant nutrition business for a buyout which could value the business at up to $10bn. The post Private equity giants said to circle
UK buyout firm Cinven has hired Julia Kahr from Blackstone to be partner and head of North America. The post Cinven hires Blackstone exec Julia Kahr to head North America businesses first appeared on AltAssets
Buyout giant Blackstone has hired data science pioneer Len Laufer as its latest senior advisor. The post Blackstone brings in data science pioneer Len Laufer from Cerberus as new senior advisor first appeared on AltAssets
Private equity giants Blackstone and KKR are reportedly considering buyout offers for French video games giant Ubisoft, the developer of the Assassin's Creed series. The post Blackstone, KKR said to eye Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft
Blackstone has closed its first life science yield fund on with $1.6bn of capital commitment, the largest first time fund of the nature. The post Blackstone closes biggest-ever first-time life sciences yield fund on $1.6bn
Pension fund giant CalPERS has made $6.6bn of new alternative asset fund investments - with almost half of those going to private credit firm Oak Hill Advisors. The post CalPERS reveals $6.6bn of new alternatives
Blackstone and global commodities trader Trafigura Group are said to have fell through talks aiming for a $2bn to $3bn investment from the buyout giant in the company's preference shares. The post Blackstone, Trafigura’s $3bn
Blackstone Growth has led a $200m financing round in cloud-based biomedical data analysis software DNAnexus. The post Blackstone Growth leads financing round in biomedical data analysis software DNAnexus first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Blackstone has agreed a £140m strategic investment in Palamon Capital and Corsair-backed digital foreign exchange business Currencies Direct. The post Blackstone buys into long-held Palamon, Corsair FX business Currencies Direct first appeared on AltAssets Private
Global buyout giant Blackstone has made a trio of senior appointments targeting healthcare dealmaking, including for its newly-created global head of healthcare investing role. The post Blackstone names Jagannath to new global healthcare investing role,
Blackstone has hired Sara Clemens, former COO at media companies Twitch and Pandora, as senior advisor to advise across the firm's businesses, with a focus on Blackstone Growth. The post Blackstone hires online media veteran
Blackstone's growth arm has helped online visual media business Cloudinary to a $2bn valuation through a new investment round. The post Blackstone investment helps Cloudinary to $2bn valuation first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
A string of global buyout firms have been reported as shortlisted bidders for Hitachi's minority stake in its transportation unit, Bloomberg reported quoting sources. The post Private equity giants queue up to bid for stake
