The Blackstone Group
Healthscope: A healthy deal
Blackstone joins TPG and Carlyle in $1.5 billion bid
Blackstone opens Oz office
The Blackstone Group has announced the opening of an office in Australia to capitalize on local LBO opportunities.
Goldman Sachs close to Taikang win
A consortium led by Goldman Sachs is close to finalizing negotiations for the 15.6% stake in the PRC's Taikang Life Insurance Corp. owned by France’s insurance giant AXA, for about $1 billion.
Keeping LPs happy
Fund administration services becoming more popular as investors become more demanding
Caveat emptor
Only a few weeks ago it was all looking so easy for Asia Pacific dealmaking.
HKMA new alternatives tilt, KKR investment revealed
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's de facto central bank and manager of the territory's c.$1.5 trillion Exchange Fund, will invest more into private equity and hedge funds, having already committed to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and other...
Blackstone invests world's biggest newspaper with Jagran
In its latest India deal, the Blackstone Group is planning to invest some $50 million in the holding company of print media player Jagran Prakashan, for an undisclosed minority stake.
The mill wheels churn
Two big investments in one week follow two major trade sales in the previous week.
Blackstone, Capital International make China agro play
$600 million Dili pre-IPO deal brings in Atlantis, Warburg Pincus
Japanese private equity: Mount Fuji rumbles?
Report from the Tokyo frontline
Blackstone, CapInt, Atlantis, WP put $600 million in China agro
The Blackstone Group, Capital International, hedge fund Atlantis Investment and Warburg Pincus have all reportedly participated in a $600 million pre-IPO investment into Dili Group Holdings, an agricultural markets operator in China, due to list shortly...
Blackstone targets India power stake with Monnet
The Blackstone Group is reportedly targeting 12% of an Indian power project in Orissa state backed by metals and power conglomerate Monnet Ispat, in a deal that could be worth up to $58 million.
Blackstone secures three LPs for RMB fund
US investment giant the Blackstone Group has reportedly secured three investors for its first RMB fund; one of them reportedly the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the PRC’s fast-growing national pension fund.
BoA will retain Merrill Asia property funds
Bank of America is no longer selling Merrill Lynch's $2.65 billion Asian property fund business, which the US bank had originally planned to divest among other non-core businesses following its acquisition of Merrill at end 2008 during the financial crisis.
Carlyle’s BJ RMB MOU breaks cover
Not second, but significant, RMB announcement
Japan’s niche businesses for changing times
Mid-market plays in mature economy
AXA Taikang sale hits delays
The proposed c.$1 billion auction of AXA’s 15.6% stake in PRC insurance major Taikang Life, which has already apparently attracted the interest of the Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., and Temasek Holdings, has reportedly been postponed.
LP mythbusters miff GPs?
Another week: another milestone along the fundraising trail.
CIC at the Apax?
PRC SWF picks up secondary, management firm positions