Blackstone

Joseph Baratta, head of private equity strategies and a key dealmaker at Blackstone, is in talks to leave by year-end, marking another senior departure from the firm

Crux AI, a joint venture between the two companies, lands debt financing from 10 banks to scale compute capacity for AI labs without relying on Nvidia's dominant GPU ecosystem

Blackstone President Jon Gray argues private credit's return premium over liquid markets will sustain inflows despite a backlog of redemption requests at the firm's flagship fund.

Tel Aviv startup's platform sits atop existing firewalls to distinguish benign AI agents from threats, reaching $100M valuation in six months

The private equity firm sells 25 percentage points of India's largest office REIT at a 4.7% discount to last week's close, its biggest such transaction of 2026.

Private equity's portfolio backlog doubled to 33,575 companies in a decade, blocking distributions to pension funds and endowments while delaying carried-interest payouts to Apollo, Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle

The modified Dutch auction runs Aug. 20 to Sept. 24, offering $29–$33 per share for up to 9.8 percent of shares outstanding, financed by Blackstone and La Caisse proceeds received in full today.

Nonperforming loan ratios at all four funds exceeded 2023 stress levels, with software exposure — 20 percent or more of most portfolios — the sector's next fault line.

Blackstone and Canadian pension funds are reportedly close to acquiring a combined 25 percent stake in Aeroplan, giving Air Canada capital to fund fleet upgrades and cabin renovations.