Blackstone Real Estate has entered into an agreement to acquire the real estate investment trust, which owns strip malls across California, Oregon, and Washington, in an all-cash transaction.
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Blackstone unit to take Retail Opportunity private in $4B deal
Blackstone Real Estate has entered into an agreement to acquire the real estate investment trust, which owns strip malls across California, Oregon, and Washington, in an all-cash transaction. Read here
BlackRock readies $1.3B private credit fund
The New York-based asset management giant is setting up a private credit loan fund that will allow it to raise funds that it can distribute to existing investors, according to reports.Read here
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Perplexity AI to raise $500M at $9B valuation
While OpenAI leads the race as the world’s most valuable startup with a $157 billion valuation, its ChatGPT rival from California is gearing up for a record capital boost in its fourth fundraising this year.Read here
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Pro-business agenda seen as positive for M&A
As the Republican Party swept to victory, observers said Donald Trump’s pro-business focus will be a boon for mergers and acquisitions, giving further fuel to the nascent recovery in dealmaking.Read here
Advent International and Apollo Global Management are among firms studying a potential acquisition of the British consumer goods company’s homecare assets. Read here
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Sigma $5.8B deal cleared
The Australian competition regulator has approved the privately owned pharmacy chain's reverse takeover of the healthcare company after a year-long wait. Read here
Advent mulls $5.4B sale of generic drugmaker Zentiva
The global private equity firm is working with Goldman Sachs and PJT Partners to explore options for the Czech company, including offloading the former Sanofi unit. Read here
Banco BPM launches $1.7B bid for Anima Holding
Italy's third-largest bank is set to initiate a buyout offer to gain full control of the Milan-based asset manager in a deal aimed at taking it private.Read here
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