Blackstone building $12.5bn takeover fund

01 Aug 2005

According to a New Jersey Department of the Treasury document obtained by FO Week, private equity group Blackstone was last week in the process of amassing a takeover fund of $12.5bn, believed to be the largest ever of its kind.

The document stated that the fund...

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