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Partners Life appoints new chairman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... leadership based on principles and values, makes him a perfect fit for Partners Life." In May 2016, private equity firm Blackstone announced a NZ$200 million minority investment in Partners Group Holdings Limited, the immediate parent of Partners Life. ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Blackstone has purchased a portfolio of 16 US multifamily apartment assets for US$748 million. Purchased from SPIRE CAPITAL, the sale is part of SPIRE's progressive exit of the underlying US ROC II fund managed by SPIRE's US private equity real estate ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... portfolios." Globally the research found Macquarie Group to be the largest infrastructure manager with over $95 billion, Blackstone is the largest private equity manager with over $94 billion and the largest real estate manager with also almost $94 billion. ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Professor of Investment Banking, Josh Lerner, who still advises the firm to this day. At the time he was helping US giant Blackstone turn itself from an asset manager into a diversified alternatives manager. He pointed out to Sowerby that Blue Sky's ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... world. Globally, Macquarie Group is the largest infrastructure manager with $96bn and tops the overall rankings, while Blackstone ($70bn) is the largest real estate manager. The Goldman Sachs Group is the largest private equity manager in the ranking ...

Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... of AIA Australia Pty Ltd and a member of the RBA Payment System Board. Until recently, he was Chairman of the Blackstone Group in Australia and New Zealand. "Paul's insights and acumen will be particularly valuable as we continue to navigate ongoing ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... a consulting team working firstly with multinational private equity firms KKR Australia and subsequently with Blackstone Group on a proposed takeover of Spotless. The ASIC found that at the time Mr Lindskog purchased the shares in Spotless, he possessed ...

Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... related to inside information concerning the acquisition of Valad Property Group Limited by affiliates of the Blackstone Group L.P. announced on the Australian Securities Exchange on 29 April 2011, ASIC said. It is understood Rietbergen gave Levi inside ...

Blackstone appoints Future Fund's Costello

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The former general manager of Australia's Future Fund has been appointed as non-executive chairman for the Blackstone Group for Australia and New Zealand. Paul Costello will help guide the investment and advisory firm's development in the region, while ...

Blackstone closes real estate fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
While many real estate trusts struggle to find investments, Blackstone Group has closed its latest real estate fund which was oversubscribed by 20 per cent. The Blackstone Group has announced the final closing of its latest real estate fund, Blackstone ...