Private lending is now Blackstone's largest business by assets, up 22% since last year.
Inside Blackstone's growing "credit juggernaut."
By contrast, Blackstone's private-equity business manages $344.7 billion, and its real-estate investing arm, the firm's largest business at the start of the quarter, has $325.1 billion.
The largest third-party lenderWhile Blackstone now claims to be the largest third-party credit provider, Apollo is the largest non-bank lender with $562 billion in private credit assets under management.
Blackstone's private credit arm has generated 16.7% in returns over the last twelve months, though falling interest rates "put some pressure on absolute returns," Gray said.
Persons:
Jon Gray, —, Blackstone, Jonathan Gray, CLOs, Gray, Steve Schwarzman, that's, We're, It's, Schwarzman
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