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Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Wellington, and Vanguard launched two closed-end funds – WVB All Markets Fund (tickers WVBIX, WVBAX, WVBMX) and WVB Blackstone All Privates Fund – offering eligible investors professionally managed access to combined public and private markets.
The funds will initially be available to Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank clients, aiming to support diversified, long-term portfolios for high-net-worth and mass-affluent investors. Wellington acts as investment manager, while Blackstone and Vanguard provide underlying private markets and public-market strategies through their respective platforms.
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (NYSE: BXDC) will host its second-quarter 2026 investor conference call via public webcast on August 4, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. E.T.. The company plans to release its Q2 2026 results earlier that morning. Investors can register for the webcast through the provided online link, and a replay will be available afterward in the Shareholders section of Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust’s investor relations website.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Anthropic and Hellman & Friedman introduced Ode with Anthropic, a standalone enterprise AI services company built on Anthropic’s frontier AI models and the acquired Fractional AI platform. Ode combines experienced AI engineers and operators with backing from an investor group including Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.
The firm is led by former Fractional AI co-founders Chris Taylor as CEO and Eddie Siegel as CTO. Ode targets organizations across sectors such as financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and software, and is actively hiring engineers, product leaders, and operators to meet growing enterprise AI demand.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), through funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, agreed to acquire Dresser Utility Solutions from First Reserve. Dresser, founded in 1880 and based in Houston, supplies mission-critical natural gas and water metering, control and infrastructure repair solutions.
The deal is the first investment of Blackstone’s latest private equity energy transition vehicle. Dresser has about 850 employees and a global manufacturing footprint, supporting utilities and industrial customers in modernizing aging infrastructure and improving asset reliability. Transaction terms were not disclosed and closing is subject to customary conditions.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX), through Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI), launched SablePointe Credit Strategies, a platform focused on origination, underwriting, and portfolio management in asset-based lending.
SablePointe, led by President James Garlick, will initially support BXCI’s asset-based and first-out direct lending strategies, with plans to extend into additional specialty asset classes.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Broadcom and Apollo launched the AI XPV Platform, a strategic financing vehicle targeting more than 20 gigawatts of global AI compute capacity through 2028 using Broadcom XPUs and networking.
The Platform starts with a $35 billion tranche to fund Anthropic’s >1 gigawatt Fluidstack-based expansion from mid‑2026.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) closed Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III at $13.1 billion, above its $10 billion target, making it the firm’s largest Asia private equity fund. The oversubscribed fund hit its hard cap and is more than double its predecessor.
According to Blackstone, the strategy builds on strong prior performance. Over the last 24 months in Asia Pacific, the firm invested more than $7 billion across 12 transactions and completed 15 exits with realizations, reinforcing its presence in India and Japan.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that President and COO Jon Gray will present at Morgan Stanley’s US Financials Conference on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 9:40 a.m. ET.
A live webcast and subsequent replay will be accessible via Blackstone’s investor relations website.
A new AI-native enterprise services firm backed by Anthropic, Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Hellman & Friedman and other major investors announced the acquisition of Fractional AI, an applied AI services company founded in 2024 in San Francisco.
Fractional AI will be the firm’s founding operational centerpiece, working closely with Anthropic's Applied AI team. Terms were not disclosed.
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (NYSE: BXDC) announced that underwriters fully exercised their option to buy additional IPO shares at $20.00 each.
The closing added 13,119,900 shares and brought total IPO gross proceeds to over $2.0 billion; the SEC registration became effective May 13, 2026.