HOW BLACKSTONE AND ITS BIGGEST RIVALS ARE DRIFTING APART / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

How Blackstone and its biggest rivals are drifting apart The largest private equity group is sticking to a fee-based approach, while Apollo ...

FOR BLACKSTONE´S PROPERTY FUND, RESILIENT VALUATIONS MIGHT HAVE A DOWNSIDE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

For Blackstone’s Property Fund, Resilient Valuations Might Have a Downside Investors pulled more than $13 billion from BREIT last year. Luri...

HAS CHINA BECOME TOO COSY WITH PRIVATE EQUITY? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Has China become too cosy with private equity? State-backed investors have poured money into buyout groups, enabling Beijing to deploy hundr...

BLACKSTONE IN TALKS WITH U.S. REGIONAL BANKS OVER LENDING PARTNERSHIPS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Blackstone in talks with US regional banks over lending partnerships Talks comes as Federal Reserve warns of credit crunch following worst i...

U.S. ECONOMY SLOWING, KURODA GOING / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

U.S. Economy Slowing, Kuroda Going Doug Nolan  April 7 – Bloomberg (Alexandre Tanzi):  “US bank lending contracted by the most on record in ...

BLACKSTONE, INFLECTION POINTS AND THE Z.1 / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Blackstone, Inflection Points and the Z.1 Doug Nolan  I’ve been eagerly anticipating the Fed’s Q3 Z.1 report.  As expected, Credit growth sl...