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Blackstone in talks with Bain to sell $480 mn stake in top REIT: Report

A deal would mark US-based Bain's first REIT investment in India where office space is drawing in investors as many workers have returned to offices with the waning of the Covid-19 pandemic

Blackstone-backed Nexus files for $500 mn IPO in 1st retail REIT offer

Global investment firm Blackstone-sponsored Nexus Select Trust filed the draft paper with market regulator SEBI on Thursday to launch India's first public issue of retail REIT to raise around USD 500 million, sources said. Nexus Select Trust has a portfolio of 17 operational shopping malls across 14 major cities, covering about 10 million square feet area valued around USD 3 billion. As per the sources, Nexus Select Trust has filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and is looking to hit the capital market with India's first retail REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) public issue in the first half of 2023 calendar year. The size of the initial public offer (IPO) of Nexus Select Trust REIT will be around USD 500 million, they added. This will be the third REIT sponsored by the Blackstone. It had earlier launched India's first REIT -- Embassy Office Parks REIT-- and then Mindspace Business Parks REIT. The REIT, a popular ..

Blackstone to acquire majority stake in R Systems for Rs 2,904 crore

Blackstone is buying the promoters' stake for Rs 245 per share, a premium of 3.9 per cent on the current price of Rs 235.8 per share. The promoters will get around Rs 1,496.95 crore

Blackstone launches platform to expand foray in Indian data centre segment

US private equity player Lumina CloudInfra's to add 600 megawatts of critical IT load

Blackstone's Q3 profit falters as rising interest rates chill dealmaking

Distributable earnings in the quarter ended Sept 30 fell 16% to $1.37 billion, Blackstone reported on Thursday

Blackstone sells 77 mn shares of Embassy REIT for Rs 2,650 cr

Embassy Office Parks REIT is the country's first REIT, which was launched last year by realty firm Embassy group and global investment firm Blackstone to raise nearly Rs 5,000 cr

Top headlines: Byju's pays $234 mn to Blackstone, India's 5G and more

From edtech sector to US economy, here are the top headlines this evening

Byju's pays $234 mn to Blackstone Inc related to Aakash deal: Report

India's Byju's has paid 19 billion rupees ($234 million) to Blackstone Inc, settling its dues owed to the private-equity firm as part of a $950 million deal to buy Aakash Educational

Blackstone to sell $400 mn stake in REIT Embassy, ADIA eyes investment

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, one of the world's largest, is likely to pick up at least half of the stake that Blackstone is to sell, one of the sources said

Edtech major Byju's Rs 1,500-cr payment to Blackstone by September-end

The most-valued edtech start-up made headlines earlier this month after its FY21 numbers received an unqualified report from the company's auditor, Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Blackstone eyes IPO filing for $2.5 bn in shopping mall portfolio: Report

Nexus Malls operates 17 shopping centers across 13 Indian cities and has about 10 million square feet of retail space, its website shows

Blackstone sells 13.6% stake in auto component maker Sona BLW for Rs 4k cr

Private equity firm Blackstone on Thursday divested 13.6 per cent stake in auto component maker Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd for over Rs 4,000 crore through open market transactions. The shares were picked up by the Government of Singapore and SBI Mutual Fund among others, bulk deal data with the BSE showed. Blackstone, which holds a stake in Sona BLW through an entity called Singapore VII Topco III PTE. Ltd, offloaded a total of 7.94 crore shares or 13.6 per cent stake in the company, the data showed. The stocks were sold on an average price of Rs 509.10 on the BSE, a discount of 5.6 per cent from Wednesday's closing price of Rs 539.10. At this price, the transaction size is aggregated to Rs 4,044 crore. As of June quarter, Blackstone, which is one of the promoters of Sona BLW, owned 19.93 crore shares, amounting to 34.12 per cent stake in the company, shareholding pattern with the BSE showed. Following the transaction, Sona BLW share dropped 4 per cent to settle the trade at

Blackstone to sell Sona BLW's shares worth nearly Rs 4,000 cr on Thursday

About 13.6% stake in Sona BLW Precision Forgings is likely to be sold via block deals on Thursday

Edtech company Byju's pushes back payments for $1 billion acquisition

Blackstone, which owned 38 per cent of Aakash, opted to defer payments due until this year, one of the people said

Toshiba stock surges 6.5% on report of bids at $22-billion valuation

Toshiba has been soliciting acquisition offers - and other restructuring proposals - as it seeks to end years of mismanagement and mollify activist investors

Blackstone pips Saudi's PIF to top slot in PE investments in India in 2021

Blackstone invested $4.9 billion in India in 2021

Mphasis sets up delivery centre in Alberta, Canada; to hire 1,000 people

The Blackstone-backed IT services major Mphasis will offer its next-generation digital technology services to both existing and new Fortune 500 clients through this centre

Blackstone adds to bet on US student housing with $13-bn deal

The all-cash transaction is the largest student-housing deal by the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust.

GreenBase Industrial inks 200,000 sq feet industrial deal at Oragadam

The existing land bank of close to 500 acres spread across four locations is dedicated for 15 mn sq. ft of industrial and logistics parks development

Benettons, Blackstone buyout proposal values Atlantia at $63 bn

Highlighting the appeal of the infrastructure sector, the deal would be this year's second-biggest M&A transaction globally after Microsoft's $69-bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard