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☆ Special Education, Inc.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

AdvertisementNate Smallwood for BITo some, private equity's business model appears antithetical to special education. (The average public school district in Pennsylvania, where New Story operates the most schools, spends about $23,000 per child across all types of public education. "Private equity has no place in education — especially special education," Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio told BI. For instance, two Pennsylvania education directors left in spring 2023, according to records obtained by BI — one after just months in the role. AdvertisementNickie Coomer, a Colorado College education professor who has written about the privatization of special education, told BI that this data gap is a major regulatory hole, one that private-equity companies are happy to exploit.

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☆ Blackstone's data-center bets have climbed 10-fold to $100 billion in just 3 years. And it's just the start, Steve Schwarzman says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Schwarzman said QTS was now "the largest data center company in North America" and that data centers were one of Blackstone's "highest conviction investment themes today." Jon Gray, Blackstone's president, suggested Blackstone's data center portfolio would continue to grow. The size of Blackstone's investments in data centers reflect an astonishing rise for a once-obscure industry that's gaining importance in the race to develop and commercialize artificial intelligence. Around the country, there has been a boom of data center construction. Late last year, QTS won local approval to build one of the country's largest new data center projects in Virginia.

Persons: Steve Schwarzman, Schwarzman, Blackstone's, Blackstone, QTS, Jon Gray, Gray, Michael Chae, We've Organizations: Business, Blackstone, Google, Income Trust, Digital Realty Trust Locations: North America, QTS, Virginia, Frankfurt, Paris

☆ Blackstone hires Walmart AI whiz to supercharge its portfolio companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private equity is ramping up its AI hiring efforts, with Blackstone snagging a key executive to oversee how AI will be applied at its some 230 portfolio companies. Mehrotra will lead Applied AI within Blackstone's data science team, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's global head of data science, told Business Insider in a written statement. Mehrotra comes to Wall Street from Walmart, where he led applied AI efforts at the retailer and managed a team of more than 400 data scientists. Related storyWhile at Walmart, Mehrotra was the vice president of applied AI, leading a team responsible for how AI was mixed into merchandising, including assortment, pricing, and inventory management. AdvertisementLike its peers, Blackstone is eager to take advantage of AI, which stands to shake up businesses across virtually all industries.

Persons: Blackstone, Prakhar Mehrotra, Mehrotra, Matthew Katz, Blackstone's, Franz Edelman, Katz, Deepali Vyas, Zac Maufe, Manoj Mahenthiran, Thomas H, Lee Organizations: Service, Walmart, Twitter, CalTech, Blackstone, Blackstone . Data Locations: Boston, Blackstone

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Palo Alto Networks is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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Persons: Snapchat, Blackstone, I'm, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Companies, Rocket, Palo Alto Networks

☆ Sharp decline in new housing supply sets up for long term performance: Blackstone's McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSharp decline in new housing supply sets up for long term performance: Blackstone's McCarthyKathleen McCarthy, Blackstone Global co-head of real estate, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to discuss real estate investing in the current interest rate environment.

Persons: Blackstone's McCarthy Kathleen McCarthy Organizations: Blackstone Global

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Blackstone's Kathleen McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Blackstone's Kathleen McCarthyKathleen McCarthy, Blackstone Global co-head of real estate, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to discuss real estate investing in the current interest rate environment.

Persons: Blackstone's Kathleen McCarthy Kathleen McCarthy Organizations: Blackstone Global

☆ StanChart CEO Winters meets China FX regulator, launches investment banking unit
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters met with the head of China's foreign exchange regulator on Monday, a month after the bank suspended new investments by its clients in the country into offshore products via a quota-based channel. "We have confidence in China's continued financial sector opening and economic transition," Winters said. "The inauguration of SCSCL will enhance Standard Chartered's ability to serve clients domestically and internationally, deepening and diversifying our capabilities in China". StanChart started hiring staff in China since 2023 as it geared up to launch the investment banking unit targeting niche bond deals, chairman of the unit said last year. Blackstone's Schwarzman held a meeting on Monday with the chief secretary of Communist Party of China, Cai Qi, a statement from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows.

Persons: Bill Winters, Winters, Zhu Hexin, StanChart, Zhu, China's, StanChart's Winters, Noel Quinn, Blackstone's Schwarzman, Cai Qi, Cai Organizations: China's, Administration of Foreign Exchange, SAFE, Standard Chartered Securities China, China Development, Communist Party of China, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Locations: London, China, U.S, Los Angeles

☆ How real estate's pain could be Wall Street's gain as Blackstone, Goldman, and others dive back in.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

That's not to say predictions of a commercial real estate rebound are a sure bet. Here are four signs that support Gray's prediction that the commercial real estate market may be bottoming. (New York Community Bank had previously purchased $2.7 billion in Signature's loans and deposits, but not the real estate loans.) According to David Seifert, partner at private equity real estate firm Velocis, there are some sweet deals to be had in secondary sales of private-equity funds tied to real estate. The road aheadWhere Gray sees signs of bottoming, others think commercial real estate has much further to fall.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Buffett, Paul Getty, Getty, Steve Mnuchin —, Blackstone, Mnuchin, Donald Trump's, George Soros, John Paulson, It's, Jonathan Gray, Jim Garman, That's, Barry Sternlicht, Gray, Tracy Chen, Chen, BGO, secondaries There's, Ares, Brian King, King, David Seifert, Seifert, Velocis, Goldman Sachs, Dan McNamara, McNamara, Scott Rechler, wallop, Janet Yellen, Rechler, there's Organizations: Business, Goldman, Reuters, Starwood, Brandywine Global, Federal Reserve, . Bank, New York Community Bank, FDIC, Signature Bank, Community Bank, Fund Management, Community Preservation, New, Commercial Observer, Blackstone, Homes, Digital Realty, Polpo, RXR Locations: Blackstone, , New York, New York, BREIT, Real, Velocis

☆ Family offices have tripled since 2019, creating a new gold rush on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Experts say family offices now manage $6 trillion or more, and their ranks are growing. According to a new report from Preqin, the number of family offices — the private investing arms of wealthy families — topped 4,500 worldwide last year. North America has the largest share of family offices, with 1,682. Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle have all been expanding their teams, funding events and building products catering specifically to family offices. Now they're more like institutional investors, seeking higher long-term returns with private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure and real estate.

Persons: —, Robert Frank, Carlyle, Rachel Dabora, Craig Russell, Blackstone, Russell Organizations: Blackstone, KKR, Wealth Solutions, Private Capital Group, Blackstone's Private Capital Group Locations: Preqin, America, North America

☆ Big insurance companies want more private credit. Here's how Blackstone is using AI to win them over.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insurance companies represent a big opportunity for private equity firms, who invest with the accumulated premiums paid by millions of everyday Americans. It's not just insurance clients that benefit from AI to bring more transparency to the cloudy private credit market. With private credit, insurance firms can invest in a more diversified set of assets with greater yield (and, albeit risk) than public credit markets, like vanilla corporate bonds. And because insurance companies often have long-term horizons with their financial obligations to policyholders, they can invest in less-liquid asset classes, like private credit. But to win more insurance clients, Blackstone must compete with the likes of Apollo Global Management, Carlyle, and KKR, which have also been keen on insurance.

Persons: Blackstone, John Stecher, it's, Stecher, Gilles Dellaert, Carlyle, that's, Jon Gray, Gray Organizations: Blackstone, —, Business, Insurance, Blackstone Insurance, Apollo Global Management, KKR Locations: BXCI

☆ Blackstone is gearing up for a real-estate buying spree. Here are the types of properties it's eyeing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kaja Whitehouse | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Blackstone sees a light at the end of the tunnel for the troubled commercial real estate market — and the private equity giant is not waiting for things to settle down before it starts picking winners. "While it will take time, we can see the pillars of a real estate recovery coming into place." Gray noted that the firm made three major real estate transactions in the past two months, including its $3.5 billion deal to take Canadian real estate firm Tricon Residential private. He said the company sees further buying opportunities in residential real estate, including single-family rentals and multi-family rentals. The Tricon transaction, he said, was focused on single-family homes for rent: "That space, because of the shortage of single-family homes, has been much stronger."

Persons: Blackstone, Jonathan Gray, Gray, we've Organizations: Business, Signature Bank, Savings, Loans, Invitation Homes

☆ Family-owned businesses could be an investing opportunity in 2024, says Blackstone's Joseph Baratta
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFamily-owned businesses could be an investing opportunity in 2024, says Blackstone's Joseph BarattaJoseph Baratta, Blackstone global head of private equity, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the state of dealmaking, top investing opportunities in the New Year and more.

Persons: Blackstone's Joseph Baratta Joseph Baratta, Blackstone Locations: dealmaking

☆ Remembering Blackstone's Byron Wien
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRemembering Blackstone's Byron WienCNBC contributor and Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions vice chairman, Byron Wien has passed away.

Persons: Blackstone's Byron, Byron Wien Organizations: CNBC, Blackstone, Wealth Solutions

☆ Wall Street strategist and '10 Surprises' author Byron Wien dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Private Wealth Solutions group, speaks during the Reuters Global Investment 2019 Outlook Summit, in New York, U.S., November 13, 2018. Wien built his wide following on Wall Street during two decades at investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS.N) where he rose to be the firm's chief investment strategist of the United States. Soon after, at age 76, when most people were enjoying retirement, Wien joined private equity firm Blackstone to offer direction and guidance. "My wife hopes I give this up as soon as possible," Wien told the New York Times about writing it. He told the New York Times in 1985 "I'm not sure I can do this job," about the strategist role at Morgan Stanley.

Persons: Byron Wien, Brendan McDermid, Wien, Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, Steve Schwarzman, Jon Gray, I'm, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Chris Reese Organizations: Wealth Solutions, Reuters, REUTERS, Blackstone Inc, Wien, Pequot Capital Management, Blackstone, U.S, New York Times, Harvard, Svea, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, United States, China, Wien

☆ Wall Street warning: Ray Dalio, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink issue grim outlooks for the global economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ray Dalio, Jamie Dimon, David Solomon, Larry Fink, and Steve Schwarzman all shared their views. They tackled topics such as inflation, recession, the Israel-Hamas war, and commercial real estate. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio all shared their views. They touched on everything from the Israel-Hamas conflict and pressures on commercial real estate to inflation, interest rates, fiscal and monetary policies, and the risk of recession. David SolomonThe Goldman Sachs chief recalled the boom in mergers and acquisitions coming out of the pandemic, as massive amounts of fiscal stimulus and rock-bottom interest rates fueled "extreme confidence."

Persons: Ray Dalio, Jamie Dimon, David Solomon, Larry Fink, Steve Schwarzman, —, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Dalio, Dimon, Fayez Nureldine, David Solomon The Goldman Sachs, that's, Solomon, Fink, aren't, he's, we'll, Schwarzman Organizations: Service, Future Investment Initiative, Tuesday, JPMorgan, BlackRock, Bridgewater Associates, Getty Locations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Riyadh, AFP

☆ Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman says remote workers 'don't work as hard' and profit from working from home
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stephen Schwarzman said remote workers "don't work as hard regardless of what they tell you." Schwarzman added that remote workers profit because they save on commuting and meals. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that people benefited from remote work because they can save on commuting and meals while not having to work as hard. During Tuesday's panel discussion, Schwarzman said the prevalence of remote working could result in more vacant office buildings. AdvertisementAdvertisementSchwarzman, whose remarks were first reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday, isn't the only business executive who's criticized remote work.

Persons: Stephen Schwarzman, Schwarzman, —, Blackstone, who's, Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Blackstone, Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative, Service, Bloomberg, JPMorgan, KPMG

☆ Meet the candidates in the running to replace James Gorman as Morgan Stanley's CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman plans to retire by May 2024, leaving big shoes to fill. AdvertisementAdvertisementSuccession has traditionally been a bloody sport on Wall Street with the losers leaving and taking their lieutenants with them. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, who plans to retire by May 2024, wants the buck the trend so the bank can hold onto all three candidates. "Wall Street has had a history of that not happening," said Gorman in a July earnings call. With Morgan Stanley at the top of its game, breaking up this well-oiled team could be disastrous.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, James Gorman, Ted Pick, Andy Saperstein, Dan Simkowitz, —, Gorman, Morgan, Ted, He's, Tony James, Morgan Stanley's, Pick, Simkowitz, Dodd, Frank, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Dan, Andy Saperstein Saperstein, Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg, Hayley Cuccinello Organizations: Service, Archegos Capital Management, Washington , D.C, Federal Reserve, Treasury, General Motors, AIG, Citigroup, McKinsey, Staten, Disney, Hamptons Locations: Washington ,, hcuccinello@insider.com

☆ It's time to buy the dip in this private equity stock, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Multiple Wall Street analysts are sticking by their bullish calls on Blackstone despite a disappointing third quarter, telling investors that now is the time to buy the stock. Shares of Blackstone fell nearly 8% on Thursday after earnings and revenue came in short of estimates, according to FactSet's StreetAccount. BX 3M mountain Blackstone's stock has fallen sharply over the past month. But Oppenheimer analyst Chris Kotowski said in a note to clients Friday that the move in the alternative asset manager's stock is an overreaction and that investors should buy the dip. "Blackstone (BX) has been exhibiting relative strength – including with its strong investment performance (especially in private credit and infrastructure).

Persons: Blackstone, FactSet's, Oppenheimer, Chris Kotowski, Kotowski, Craig Siegenthaler, Siegenthaler, Jon Gray, Gray, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Blackstone, Bank of America, The Bank of America

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Netflix, Peloton and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle manufacturer dropped more than 7% after it reported third-quarter earnings results that failed to impress investors. Zscaler — This cybersecurity company was also up nearly 2% in premarket trading, after Jefferies similarly upgraded it on Thursday, citing an improved growth outlook. First Solar — Shares added nearly 2% in premarket trading after JPMorgan upgraded the renewable energy company to overweight. Blackstone — The alternative asset manager fell 3% in premarket trading after Blackstone's third-quarter results came in below expectations. Las Vegas Sands — Shares popped more than 5% after Las Vegas Sands reported third-quarter revenue that topped expectations.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Aptiv, Curtis Nagle, LSEG . Blackstone, Blackstone, Lam, FactSet, —, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound, Samantha Subin Organizations: LSEG, Netflix, Goldman, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wall Street, Vegas Sands, Lam Research Locations: LSEG, Vegas, Lam

The AI boom has triggered a surge in spending on data centers. The AI boom has supercharged a wave of spending on data centers. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe data center boom is set to double or triple the amount of energy consumed by these data centers. A recent Cowen research report estimated that AI data centers could require more than five times the power of traditional facilities. Amazon does not disclose how many data centers it occupies, where they are located, or how much electricity they consume.

Persons: —, ChatGPT, it's, Jonathan Gray, Cowen, Marc Ganzi, Shaolei Ren, Tom Keane, Keane, Bernstein, Mark Moerdler, Jahi, Matt McCollister, Pena Popo, Blackstone, Karla Moran, Moran Organizations: Service, McKinsey, Nvidia, UC Riverside, Microsoft, Washington, Getty, Lincoln Property Company, Harrison Street, Google, Meta, Amazon, Blackstone, Income Trust, QTS Realty Trust, Amazon Web Services, AP, Phoenix Locations: America, Rural America, Loudoun Meadows, Aldie , VA, Ohio, New Albany, Columbus, Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix, Silicon Valley, Chicago, Washington, DC, Virginia, New York City, Salt

☆ The cost of hot new weight-loss drugs could put some companies out of business, Blackstone exec warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Execs at a healthcare conference debated whether employers should pay for workers' weight-loss drugs. A Blackstone exec warned that the costly GLP-1 drugs could put some employers out of business. Panelists agreed that companies covering the drugs should do so as part of a broader support program. Andreas Mang, the CEO of Equity Healthcare, a division of Blackstone, said spending on these diabetes and weight-loss drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, spiked 600% across Blackstone's portfolio in the last four years. The benefits firm Aon recently projected that employers' health-insurance costs will climb 8.5% next year, fueled in part by weight-loss drugs.

Persons: Blackstone, Andreas Mang, they're, Melynda Barnes, Lucia Guillory, Li Shao, Shao, Omada, We've, They're Organizations: Blackstone, Equity Healthcare, GLP, Getty, Wei, Omada, Pharmaceutical Locations: Las Vegas, Europe

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Blackstone is 'too much of a black box'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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Persons: Jim Cramer's, Blackstone, I'm, It's, we're Organizations: PSA, Dominion, Dominion Energy, FMC, Paramount

Making mistakes doesn't feel great, but they can provide some lessons you might not have learned otherwise. We asked this year's rising stars of Wall Street to open up about the biggest missteps of their careers so far and what they took away from them. Some shared their rookie errors — like slamming their laptop shut after forgetting to save their first big pitch deck or duplicating a trade — while others gave more reflective answers about how early career mistakes impacted their paths. We've got to iterate and change how we do things, and I think that's helped our team's process a lot. So my mistakes also brought me here, and everything that has been a mistake is always a learning experience.

Persons: there's, Luis Arteaga, David Trinh, you'll, Michael Dunn Goekjian, Tori Gilliland, didn't, It's, Andrew Almeida, Thoma Bravo I've, I've, Nadim Laiwala, Rachel Hunter, Goldman, Kristen Powers, Morgan Stanley, Sarah Sigfusson, Shanta Wu, Fred Michel, who's, Morgan, Neil Kamath, Rachel Barry, Chris Dell'Amore, We've, that's, Peter Gylfe, Ricky Mewani, Dominic Rizzo, Rowe Price, Lillian Qian Lin, of, Steve Schwarzman, Peter Peterson, Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, Patrick McGoldrick, Katya Brozyna, Michael Wilkinson, Yi Yi, Wells, Luna McKeon, —, Anne, Victoire Auriault, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Barclays, Delta, Barclays Bridgewater Associates, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo Management, Thoma Bravo, Moelis, US, Bank of, Fidelity, JPMorgan, BlackRock Blackstone, Citadel, Blackstone, Jefferies, Citadel Securities, Blue Owl, Goldman Locations: Bank, Evercore, Wells, Americas

☆ This is one of the most resilient real estate areas, according to the world's largest commercial property owner
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Blackstone, the biggest owner of commercial real estate in the world, is placing its bets on the student housing rental market as demand surges worldwide. She highlighted last year's acquisition of student housing provider American Campus Communities as one way Blackstone can work with universities to increase supply amid shortages. The company, she added, also focuses on rental housing because it shows a "great deal of resiliency." But student housing issues aren't solely a U.S. problem, and Blackstone has made investments in Australia, Canada and the U.K. as students seek English-language degrees, McCarthy said. Along with student housing, McCarthy also highlighted datacenters and logistics as other key conviction real estate areas as artificial intelligence booms and consumers do more online shopping.

Persons: Blackstone, Kathleen McCarthy, Blackstone's, McCarthy Organizations: Alpha, Communities, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Locations: U.S, Australia, Canada

☆ Commercial real estate varies greatly by sector, says Blackstone's Kathleen McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCommercial real estate varies greatly by sector, says Blackstone's Kathleen McCarthyKathleen McCarthy, Blackstone global co-head of real estate, joins 'Halftime Report' to discuss sector variation in commercial real estate, creating fundamental value in a dislocated environment, and more.

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