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PE majors Blackstone, ChrysCapital join race to buy Healthium Medtech

The company is generating good response from the potential bidders as it is focusing primarily on products in surgical and post surgical as well as chronic care

Now, Blackstone objects to Aakash Educational Services' debt conversion

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, which operates under Byjus brand name, is currently the major shareholder of Akash Education Services, a physical tutorial company

Blackstone-backed Aadhar Housing files Rs 5,000 cr IPO papers with Sebi

Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd, which is backed by private equity major Blackstone, has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 5,000 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 1,000 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of Rs 4,000 crore by promoter BCP Topco VII Pte Ltd, an affiliate of Blackstone Group Inc, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filed on Wednesday. Currently, BCP Topco holds a 98.72 per cent stake in Aadhar Housing Finance. The company proposes to utilise the proceeds from the fresh issue to the tune of Rs 750 crore for meeting future capital requirements towards onward lending and a portion will also be used for general corporate purposes. Aadhar Housing Finance offers a range of mortgage-related loan products, including loans for residential property purchase and construction; home improvement and extension loans; and loans for commercial property ..

Blackstone's Aadhar Housing Finance targets $600 million India IPO: Report

Aadhar plans to file its IPO papers with India's market regulator within the next two weeks, both sources said

Blackstone Q4 results: Earnings rise 4% to $1.4 bn as asset sales pick up

Distributable earnings, which represents cash used to pay dividends to shareholders, rose to nearly $1.4 billion in the three months to Dec. 31, up from $1.3 billion a year earlier

Blackstone's first private equity fund for rich individuals gets $1.3 bn

The cash pile, disclosed in a filing Monday, underscores the intensifying race among alternative investment firms to court private wealth as key sources of institutional money dry up

Blackstone transaction, improving outlook to support Embassy Office Parks

The world's largest alternative asset manager, through its investment companies, sold a 23.59 per cent stake in the company, leaving the Embassy group as the sole sponsor of the REIT

Blackstone to buy major stake in Sony Payment Services for $280 mn

Blackstone Inc. will take a majority stake in a payment service provider under Sony Group Corp. for about $280 million, a person familiar with the matter said

Blackstone to exit embassy office parks in biggest India block sale in FY24

Affiliates of Blackstone Inc. are seeking to exit India's Embassy Office Parks REIT in an $833 million deal that will be the country's biggest block trade this year

Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets drop nearly 90%

The US-based asset manager said it had informed clients after it decided in October that its Blackstone Diversified Multi-Strategy fund would close at the end of the year

PE firms' $1.5 trn worth of assets trapped in China after market slumps

With public markets in a slump and offering unattractive valuations, buyout firms are exploring private sales

Ranjan Pai buys out Byju's Rs 1,400 cr debt with Davidson Kempner

Manipal Education and Medical Group Chairman Ranjan Pai has also secured a seat on Byju's subsidiary, Aakash

Blackstone expects most Asia deal activity in Japan and India in 2024

"India has the highest growth; it also has the most ebullient stock market," Joe Baratta, Blackstone's global head of private equity, said in an interview in Tokyo

Blackstone makes health care foray with $1 bn deals, buys Care Hospitals

Blackstone's investment commitment combining QCIL and KIMS is close to $1 bn

Blackstone enters Indian healthcare services with Care Hospitals buy

Blackstone will commit $1 billion in the hospital chain in India and hold over 75% in Care Hospitals, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said

Blackstone's Q3 profit drops 12% on weak asset sales, misses estimates

Blackstone said its net profit from asset sales fell 36% to $259.4 mn, weighed down by higher interest rates and geopolitical tensions

Ambani's Viacom18 to strike deal with Blackstone for new Mumbai HQ

Viacom, which runs TV channels and digital streaming platform JioCinema, competes with the likes of Walt Disney in India

Blackstone, Thomson Reuters raise £2 bn from LSE via overnight placing

The price represents a 3.8% discount to the exchange operator's previous close

Blackstone's private credit fund for rich lands 30% inflow, reaches $2.4 bn

Capital inflows to Blackstone Private Credit Fund, BCRED, rose 30% to $2.4 billion in the third quarter to date from the prior three months

Torrent leads race to acquire Cipla with 30% higher offer than Blackstone's

Shares of Cipla closed at Rs 1,239 apiece on the BSE on Monday, with a market valuation of Rs 1 trillion