Private Equity Investing: Whose Next
Last month China agreed to buy a stake in Blackstone Group, one of the leading private equity firms in the United States. The question now is which governments will be the next to partner up with a major private equity firm? Oil producing nations are believed to be the most likely candidates. The rise in [...]
Blackstone IPO: An Investment Opportunity
For the first time China has decided to make a direct investment in a U.S. private equity fund by investing $3 billion from its currency reserves of $1.2 trillion in private equity firm in U.S. called The Blackstone Group. The Blackstone GroupPrivate equity firms buy companies or take controlling stakes, cut costs, restructure the businesses [...]