Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with $1 trillion in AUM. We serve institutional and individual investors by building strong businesses that deliver lasting value. Our scale – with ~12,500 real estate assets and 230+ portfolio companies – enables us to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth, according to ”blackstone.com”
The company ”seeks to deliver outstanding performance for institutional and individual investors by stewarding their capital with integrity and conviction”, according to ”blackstone.com”
An alternative investment is a financial asset that does not fall into one of the conventional investment categories. Conventional categories include stocks, bonds, and cash. Alternative investments can include private equity or venture capital, hedge funds, managed futures, art and antiques, commodities, and derivatives contracts. Real estate is also often classified as an alternative investment.
Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) operates as an investment company. The Company focuses on real estate, hedge funds, private equity, leveraged lending, senior debts, and rescue financing. Blackstone serves customers worldwide.
Private equity is ownership or interest in entities that aren’t publicly listed or traded. A source of investment capital, private equity comes from firms that buy stakes in private companies or take control of public companies with plans to take them private and delist them from stock exchanges. Private equity can also come from high-net-worth individuals eager to see outsized returns.
The private equity industry comprises institutional investors, such as pension funds, and large private equity firms funded by accredited investors. A significant capital outlay is needed because private equity invests directly—often to gain influence or control over a company’s operations—so deep-pocket funds dominate the industry.
The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm’s corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, infrastructure, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe, North America and Central America.
- Private equity (PE) refers to capital investments made in companies that are not publicly traded.
- Most PE firms are open to accredited investors or high-net-worth individuals, and successful PE managers can earn over a million dollars a year.23
- Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and venture capital (VC) investments are two key PE investment subfields.
Sources:
– ”blackstone.com”
– ”bloomberg.com”
– ”investing.com”
– ”nyse.com”
Related art.:
– Remastering the Universe: The new era of private quity is here: Never-ending, individual-friendly funds. Blackstone sees an 80$ Trillion opportunity – Forbes Magazine – ”blackstone.com”(en)
– Blackstone a atras 1,3 miliarde de dolari pentru un fond de private equity dedicat clienților bogați – ”financialintelligence.ro”
– Understanding Private Equity (PE) – ”investopedia.com”
– What Are Alternative Investments? Definition and Examples – ”investopedia.com”
– Ce înseamnă ”private equity” – ”financialmarket.ro”
– How Stephen Schwarzman Built The Blackstone Group – ”investopedia.com”
