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Blackstone Becomes First $1tr Private Equity Manager

Private Equity Insights

It rose to prominence with leveraged buyouts, the kinds of transactions made famous by “Barbarians at the Gate” and other chronicles of 1980s finance. It has also moved into hedge funds, credit trading, infrastructure investing and more. These firms have since branched out into nearly every corner of finance.

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Tariff turmoil freezes debt markets, stalls PE-backed financing deals

Private Equity Wire

A sharp escalation in US trade tensions has sent shockwaves through global credit markets, bringing leveraged buyout financing and corporate debt issuance to a standstill a move that is already disrupting PE dealmaking and refinancing activity, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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