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The Behemoth BlackRock’s Next Trillion Comes From Private Assets

BlackRock has $10.6 trillion in assets under management (AUM) making them the largest asset manager on the planet, and they are still scaling for more growth.

MarketBeat · Feb 25, 2025

BlackRock’s $12 billion purchase of HPS gives firm a bigger chunk of red-hot private credit market

BlackRock inks third big deal this year after scooping up GIP for $12.5 billion and Preqin for $3.2 bln.

Fortune · Dec 4, 2024

BlackRock Nears Deal To Acquire Private Credit Manager HPS: Report

BlackRock has agreed verbally to acquire private credit manager HPS.

International Business Times · Nov 28, 2024

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U.K.’s latest billionaire shares $650 million with employees after selling data company

Preqin founder Mark O'Hare will make several of his 1,500 employees millionaires after agreeing $3.2 billion sale to Blackrock.

Fortune · Jul 5, 2024

Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Higher Ahead of Powell Speech

The main indexes kicked off the second half with a win thanks to solid gains in several mega-cap stocks.

Kiplinger · Jul 1, 2024

What BlackRock's Acquisition of Preqin Means for Investors

The $3.2 billion all-cash deal will expand BlackRock's footprint in the fast-growing private markets data segment. Here's what you need to know.

Kiplinger · Jul 1, 2024

BlackRock Agrees To Acquire UK-based Data Group Preqin For £2.55 Billion

The deal is anticipated to be finalized later this year.

International Business Times · Jun 30, 2024

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What I learned about dealmaking (and mascots) in Japan

In 2023, total VC deal activity in Japan shook out to $5.1 billion in value, across 1,213 deals, according to PitchBook.

Fortune · Jun 4, 2024

Wall Street women discuss how to increase power

Percentages of women in senior roles have consistently lagged other industries.

Fortune · Dec 8, 2023

LPs say venture capital ‘may not be worth the risk’ in 2023: Preqin

According to a new report, more than eight out of 10 VC investors said that the meager exit environment was the main challenge to returns over the next year.

Fortune · Sep 12, 2023

Meet the most powerful private equity investors from Blackstone, Vista Equity, and Apollo

Whether in their sixth decade or their third, these are some of the most powerful private equity investors in the U.S. And they have $1.5 trillion to invest.

Fortune · Jul 31, 2023

Billionaires and bureaucrats mobilize China for AI race with US

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with U.S. titans like Google and Microsoft Corp. in the breakneck global artificial intelligence race.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Chinese billionaires go all-in on AI

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with US titans like Google and Microsoft in the breakneck global artificial intelligence "arms race".

Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2023

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