Former Mastercard president and CEO Gene Lockhart has been hired by Blackstone as a senior advisor, with a focus on the firm's growth equity and opportunistic investment units.
Private equity giant KKR, Carlyle and Blackstone are reportedly circling Rolls Royce's £1bn Spanish business ITP Aero.
Blackstone's secondaries arm Strategic Partners has closed what is believed to be the world's biggest infrastructure secondaries fund on $3.75bn.
Private equity giants attempting to take over eBay's classified advertising unit have been dealt a blow amid reports the web auction titan is nearing a $9bn sale to Norwegian trade player Adevinta.
Blackstone, one of the biggest real estate private equity operators in the world, has hauled in $1.9bn for the final close of its latest secondaries fund dedicated to the asset class.
Oprah Winfrey and Natalie Portman were among superstar investors joining Blackstone's growth arm in leading a $200m investment round for Swedish oat milk producer Oatly.
Blackstone has seen its heavily-reduced buyout offer for Dutch Bank NIBC accepted by the lender, giving the business a valuation of just over €1bn.
Blackstone's credit platform GSO Capital Partners is reportedly out raising up to $7.5bn for its latest mezzanine debt fundraise.
Blackstone-backed Vivint Solar is set for a $1.46bn buyout from industry peer Sunrun Inc in a deal which will create a $9.2bn residential solar power giant.
Blackstone has agreed to pick up a 49% stake in a trio of Hollywood film studios and five on-lot or adjacent offices at a gross portfolio valuation of $1.65bn.
Former Google and Morgan Stanley veteran Ruth Porat has joined private equity giant Blackstone's board of directors.
A string of private equity giants are reportedly circling Unilever's tea business for a buyout which could see it valued at more than £5bn.
US private equity giant Blackstone has slashed its previously agreed buyout offer for Dutch bank NIBC by about 25% due to the coronavirus crisis.
