Blackstone Group
Self-Employed? Weird Credit Profile? Unconcerned By Soaring Inflation And Mortgage Rates? Venkat Would Like To Get You Into A Nice New Semi-Detached
Where others flee, Barclays boldly doubles down.
Working For, Keeping Safe Donald Trump Not A Big Enough Challenge For David Cho
Ken Griffin is ready to show the retiring Secret Service officer some real tough times.
COVID Skeptics Leon Cooperman, Donald Trump Reduced To Penury By Pandemic
With a mere $2.5 billion each, they are both among the 332.8 million poorest Americans.
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Steve Schwarzman Ensures He’ll Be Remembered For More Than Just Making A Ton Of Money
His obituary will now include lines like, “providing aid and comfort to an insurrectionist” and, maybe, “man whose odiousness inspired the legislative dismantling of the private equity industry.”
Ordinary People Invested In Hedge, Private Equity Funds Unsure That More Ordinary People Should Invest In Hedge, Private Equity Funds
That’s the gist of it, anyway, when you cut through the legalese.
Surprisingly, Dan Loeb Doesn’t Want To Be In The International Tourism Luxury Goods Business Anymore
Please don’t make him. (You probably can’t, anyway.)
Steve Schwarzman ‘Incredibly Proud’ Of ‘Vital Role’ That’s Earned Him $17 Billion
That’s five times as much as Leon Cooperman, by the way.
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Blackstone’s Not Saying There’s A Recession Right Around The Corner
But they’ll have the money to buy your office building/warehouse/retail location if it happens.
Private Equity Firm Acting Like A Private Equity Firm
The Blackstone Group will take your money and then the dividends that could be used to pay you back.
Anyone Not Named Steve Schwarzman Or Jon Gray Best Not Get Too Comfortable At Blackstone
The “S” in GSO Capital Partners is taking his leave.
Plucky Private Equity Firm Sells Some Property For Pocket Change
Steve Schwarzman just moved a skyscraper for $640 million to get the week started off right.
Warren Buffett Defends Non-Existent Gun Investments
Don’t be ridiculous about Berkshire divesting from companies it doesn’t own but might if they get cheap enough.
Byron Wien Undaunted By Clear Lack Of Prescience
He’s back with 10 more things he’s got at least a 50% chance of being wrong about.
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Blackstone Buying All The European Office Space Because Brexit
Those leaving London have to go somewhere, and wherever it is, Blackstone will own it.
Blackstone Associate Regrets Sending Threatening Emails After Being Called Out For Sending Threatening Emails
Max Salk is not having a great morning.
Steve Schwarzman Not Above Kicking Hedge Funds While They’re Down
The Schwarz is sorry that he's not sorry.
Steve Schwarzman, Tony James Have Different Strengths
One worries about "populist-backlash fears," the other not so much.
Steve Schwarzman Confronting Harsh Reality Of Conceivably Voting For President Trump
"I would do Donald": Steve Schwarzman
Blackstone Taking Advanced Reservations For The Steve Schwarzman Suite At The Cosmopolitan
Blackstone is going to turn the Cosmopolitan around if it has to offer a deluxe package that includes Steve as pillow-fluffing butler.