Press Releases

New York, NY and Annapolis, MD, September 10, 2013. Secure Mentem, an industry leader in the human aspects of cyber security, today announced a strategic investment from Blackstone (NYSE:BX), a leading asset management and advisory firm, to help the company launch Security Awareness as a Service. The service provides a turnkey, comprehensive security awareness program, tailored to diverse corporate cultures, in order to change employee security behaviors.

New York and Dallas, September 4, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and its Real Estate portfolio company, Invitation Homes, today announced that Bryce Blair will be joining Invitation Homes’ Board of Directors. Bryce currently serves as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and is on the Board of Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM). He spent twenty years at AvalonBay Communities, where he most recently served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. AvalonBay is a REIT that develops, owns and manages multi-family residences throughout the United States.

New York, NY, September 3, 2013. Blackstone Advisory Partners, a division of Blackstone (NYSE:BX), today announced that Karl Knapp has joined as a Senior Managing Director based in New York to head up the Group’s Global Industrials practice. He brings to Blackstone his extensive expertise, particularly in the paper and packaging, building products and diversified industrials sectors.

New York, September 3, 2013. GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”), the credit division of Blackstone (NYSE: BX), today announced the final closing of its second capital solutions fund, GSO Capital Solutions Fund II LP (the “Fund”), with total commitments of $5 billion, an increase of over 50% from GSO’s first capital solutions fund raised in 2010. GSO received strong support from both existing and new investors, with demand well surpassing the Fund’s $5 billion hard cap. Investors in the Fund include a diverse group of U.S. state pension funds, corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and family offices.

NEW YORK, AUGUST 22, 2013 – Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and its Real Estate portfolio company, La Quinta Inns & Suites, today announced that Henry Cisneros, Mit Shah and Alan Bowers will join La Quinta’s Board of Directors.

New York, New York, August 12, 2013. 3Bear Energy, LLC, (“3Bear”) a midstream oil and natural gas company formed in 2013 by industry veteran Robert J. Clark, announced that affiliates of GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”), a division of Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”) and 3Bear management have finalized an equity commitment to pursue the development of North American midstream assets.

New York, New York, August 5, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and Credit Suisse today announced that Blackstone had closed on its acquisition of Strategic Partners from Credit Suisse. Strategic Partners is a secondary private fund of funds business, with $10 billion in assets under management.

Dallas, TX and New York, NY, July 31, 2013. iSIGHT Partners and Blackstone (NYSE: BX), today announced a strategic partnership to offer Blackstone portfolio companies iSIGHT Partners' proprietary cyber threat intelligence.

Helena, Montana, July 19, 2013. The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced yet another expansion of its campus entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad, to Montana. Montana today becomes the fifth Blackstone LaunchPad region, following Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

To view the full report please click the following link - Blackstone's second quarter 2013 earnings release. Blackstone will host a conference call on July 18, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss second quarter 2013 results. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 391-6747 (U.S. domestic) or +1 (617) 597-9291 (International) pass code 149 943 55#.

New York, New York, July 16, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (“BAAM”), its hedge fund solutions business, will launch its first alternative investment-focused mutual fund that offers daily liquidity. BAAM, which is the world’s largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds and has approximately $49 billion under management, is developing this custom solution for a strategic investor by leveraging its longstanding relationships with some of the industry’s leading hedge fund managers.

DALLAS, TX. (July 16, 2013) – iSIGHT Partners, the leader in global cyber threat intelligence, today announced a strategic investment from Blackstone, one of the world’s leading asset management and advisory firms (NYSE:BX). This investment will help iSIGHT launch its recently patented, iSIGHT Partners’ Cyber Risk Management System (“iCRMS”), scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2014. The core iCRMS technology maps cyber threat intelligence data to security devices and delivers threat intelligence context at machine speed to security teams within organizations.

New York, July 9, 2013. The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced that it is releasing its second Request for Proposal (RFP) targeting organizations that focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, as part of the Blackstone Organizational Grants Program. The same commitment last year drew proposals from nearly one hundred organizations around the world, of which the top nine were selected to receive an aggregate of $1 million in grants. This year, $1 million will be awarded to additional organizations, with another $500,000 designated to organizations previously awarded Blackstone Organizational Grants.

New York, July 9, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that Shelly Lazarus has joined its board of directors. Shelly joined Ogilvy & Mather in 1971 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 1996 and its Chairman in 1997. She now serves as Ogilvy’s Chairman Emeritus.

New York, NY, July 8, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it is bolstering its technology advisory practice on the West Coast by relocating Sean Madnani, Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Advisory Partners, to the firm’s office in Menlo Park. Mr. Madnani will lead Blackstone’s technology mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) practice on the West Coast and Asia. He joins Ivan Brockman, Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Advisory Partners, who founded Blackstone’s Menlo Park office and will continue to lead the firm’s software, systems, and internet advisory practices.

New York, June 19, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Fisterra Energy (“Fisterra”), a company owned by funds managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors, today announced that General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, and Lars Thunell, former International Finance Corporation head, have joined Fisterra’s Board of Directors. Earlier this year, Blackstone, together with a management team led by Pedro Barriuso, the former Executive Chairman of Element Power and former head of Iberdrola Renewables, formed Fisterra to identify, develop, finance, construct and operate large-scale independent power projects, with a focus in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

New York, June 18, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that it will host a conference call for the media on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 9:30 am ET to review second quarter 2013 results.

New York, June 18, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that it will host its second quarter 2013 investor conference call Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 11:00 am ET. Steve Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Tony James, President and Chief Operating Officer; Laurence Tosi, Chief Financial Officer; and Joan Solotar, Senior Managing Director – External Relations and Strategy, will review Blackstone’s second quarter 2013 earnings. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 391-6747 (U.S. domestic) or +1 (617) 597-9291 (International) pass code 149 943 55#.

São Paulo, June 7, 2013 – Gafisa S.A. (Bovespa: GFSA3; NYSE: GFA) (“Gafisa” or the “Company”), one of Brazil’s leading diversified national homebuilder, today announced it has signed an agreement to sell a 70% stake in Alphaville Urbanismo S.A. (“Alphaville” or “AUSA”), the leading residential community development company in Brazil, valuing Alphaville at an equity value of approximately R$2 billion, to funds managed by Blackstone and Pátria Investimentos.

New York, June 3, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, is scheduled to present at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm ET.