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Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
US-based Blackstone Group has acquired Colony Capital's industrial real estate assets unit for US$5.9 billion (AU$8.7 billion) to capitalise on the e-commerce boom. Blackstone said the deal comprises of 60 million square feet across 465 warehouses in ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Blackstone portfolio company La Trobe Financial recently expanded its executive team with the appointment of three senior banking veterans. With assets under management of $9 billion, alternative asset manager La Trobe Financial announced the appointment ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... well-positioned for future growth in an evolving landscape," the LSE said. The proposed deal comes less than a year after Blackstone bought a majority stake in Refinitiv, with a private equity consortium, from Thomson Reuters in a US$20 billion deal. ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Australia's fintech industry is catching the interest of international investors and raked in US$600 million of funding last year, according to KPMG analysis. KPMG's 2018 Pulse of Fintech report showed Australian-based Avoka and its sale to ...

La Trobe Financial prices $750m RMBS issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... investors. La Trobe Financial has $6.2 billion in assets under management. It is 80% owned by alternative asset manager Blackstone.

Investa Office Fund's Canadian bidder ups the stakes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A Canadian real estate group has topped private equity juggernaut Blackstone's bid for the Investa Office Fund. Oxford Properties Group offered to pay $5.60 per share in cash to acquire 100% of IOF, according to company filings on Friday. This is 10 ...

Macquarie acquires Investa Office Fund stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... from voting on any of the resolutions proposed by the Investa Office Fund in relation to a possible acquisition by Blackstone. In May, Blackstone submitted an all cash, indicative proposal to acquire the ASX-listed Investa Office Fund. At the time, Investa ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... issuers) were acquired by major private equity firms. KKR acquired a majority stake in Pepper Group in October 2017, Blackstone acquired a majority stake in La Trobe Financial in January 2018 and Cerberus acquired Bluestone Holdings Australia in February ...

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... high quality and compliant advice business, if your licensee closes it can be painful," he said. Elsewhere, Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers is already investigating the possibility of a class action against Dover on behalf of affected authorised representatives ...

Investa mulls Blackstone deal, possible insto partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... to acquire the Investa Office Fund. On Monday, Investa Listed Funds Management - RE for the office fund - announced Blackstone had submitted an all-cash proposal to acquire IOF at $5.25 per unit, reduced by distributions declared or paid prior to acquisition. ...