Press Releases

New York, September 25, 2017 - Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced that Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C. (the “Company”) has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”)

New York, September 25, 2017 - Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes of Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C., its indirect subsidiary.

IK Investment Partners (“IK”), a leading Pan-European private equity firm, is pleased to announce that the IK 2007 Fund has reached an agreement with private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) to sell Schenck Process (“Schenck”), a global market leader in measuring and process technology.

New York, September 5, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that Kelley Morrell will join Blackstone as a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management for its Tactical Opportunities business.

New York, September 5, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that its dedicated infrastructure business has adopted a Responsible Contractor Policy that includes an agreement to cooperate with the North America’s Building Trades Unions (“NABTU”) to include “responsible contractors” in the bidding and selection process for its investments.

New York, August 27, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that Katsuyuki Kuki will join Blackstone as Chairman and Representative Director for Japan.

New York, August 17, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Harvest Fund Advisors LLC (“Harvest”), an independent investment management firm with over $10 billion in assets under management.

Madrid, August 8, 2017 – Banco Popular S.A. (‘Popular’) has today approved the sale of a majority stake in its real estate portfolio to Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V (‘Blackstone’).

New York, August 3, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that Stephen R. Bolze, former President & CEO of General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) $28 billion Power business, will join Blackstone as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Operations and Asset Management for Blackstone’s newly launched dedicated Infrastructure business.

One of the largest housebuilders in the UK, Miller Homes, is to be acquired by private equity group Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling £655 million, from funds managed by GSO Capital Partners.

London, July 24, 2017 – Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) announce the acquisition of Clarion Events, one of the world’s leading independent events organisers, from private equity funds managed by Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”).

Blackstone will host a conference call on July 20th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss second quarter 2017 results.

High Point, NC & Las Vegas, NV, July 6, 2017 – Blackstone announced today that funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities entered into a definitive agreement to acquire International Market Centers, Inc. (“IMC”), the world's largest owner and operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home decor and gift industries, from Bain Capital Private Equity, LP and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. Fireside Investments is also expected to partner with Blackstone in the acquisition. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that it will host a conference call for the media on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. ET to review second quarter 2017 results.

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that it will host its second quarter 2017 investor conference call on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

New York, June 23, 2017 – Fisterra Energy, a company majority owned by Blackstone’s (NYSE: BX) energy-focused private equity fund, Blackstone Energy Partners, and global private equity fund, Blackstone Capital Partners, today announced it has achieved a financial closing for the Tierra Mojada combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Office Group (“TOG”) and Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V (“Blackstone”) are pleased to announce that Blackstone has agreed to acquire a majority interest in TOG from Lloyd Dorfman CBE putting an enterprise value on TOG of approximately £500m.

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, and funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX), one of the world’s leading investment firms, today announced a definitive agreement to form a JV that will create a global acetate tow supplier. Celanese and Blackstone will own 70 percent and 30 percent of the JV, respectively.

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it has held its final close on its fifth European opportunistic real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe V (“BREP Europe V”). Together with commitments from Blackstone and its affiliates, BREP Europe V has €7.8 billion of capital commitments, making it the largest ever dedicated European Real Estate fund.

New York, June 5, 2017 – Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have made an equity investment in Ascenty, the leading provider of data center & telecom services in Brazil.