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Global investment giant to acquire Investa fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... distribution-adjusted proposal represents a 13.2% premium to IOF's ex-distribution closing price on 25 May 2018. Blackstone has yet to make a decision regarding the future investment management arrangements for IOF, and intends to discuss the prospect ...

Glaucus defends Blue Sky allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Glaucus said. Glaucus called on Blue Sky to "match the level of disclosure of other alternative asset managers like KKR, Blackstone and Apollo (to which Blue Sky compares itself) and disclose its fee earning and gross AUM by asset class and at the fund ...

US hedge fund slams Blue Sky

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... and attracting further capital." The statement noted that while Blue Sky "likes to compare itself" to Apollo, KKR and Blackstone, these companies have an enterprise value that is, on average, 13% of their fee-earning AUM. "If we apply the same ratio ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... cash rates and increased competition from the banks resulting in the tightening of margins." US private equity giant Blackstone recently purchased an 80% stake in La Trobe. The credit specialist manages investment mandates in excess of $14 billion. Andrews ...

La Trobe Financial appoints client partnerships manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
Following on from its acquisition by Blackstone, La Trobe Financial has appointed a new senior manager of client partnerships. Mark Simmons joins La Trobe Financial from Choice Home Loans, where he was a business development manager. Before that, he ...

Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and GIC, have purchased a 55% of the equity in a new corporation ...

US investment giant buys La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... one of the largest non-bank lenders in the country, struck a landmark deal with New York-based private equity giant Blackstone. In a deal announced this morning, Blackstone has taken an 80% stake in the privately-owned firm for an undisclosed sum. Chief ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... alternative asset managers, with Bridge Associates (US$116.8b) leading the pack, followed by TH Real Estate (US$105.5b) and Blackstone (US$102b).

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 ...