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Recurring developments include Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies lending activity, Blackstone Life Sciences financings, energy-transition and power-generation investments, data-center and digital-infrastructure initiatives, and partnerships tied to enterprise technology and AI deployment. Coverage also reflects capital formation, portfolio-company activity and updates from public vehicles connected to Blackstone platforms.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) closed its flagship opportunistic credit vehicle, Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund V (COF V), with over $10 billion of investable capital at its hard cap after an oversubscribed raise. The fund is the largest opportunistic credit fund Blackstone has raised to date.
This close builds on Blackstone Credit & Insurance’s 20-year track record, a reported 13% net IRR since 2007 for the opportunistic credit strategy, and Blackstone’s $520 billion of total assets across corporate and real estate credit. Management highlighted strong institutional demand and a flexible mandate to invest across industries, geographies, and capital structures.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) named Tommy Fleetwood as its first global brand ambassador, linking the firm with a top-ranked professional golfer. Fleetwood is described as world number four, 2025 Tour Championship and FedEx Cup winner, 2024 Olympic silver medalist, eight-time DP World Tour winner and four-time Ryder Cup player.
The partnership aims to support Blackstone’s multi-decade effort to reach private wealth investors and emphasizes shared values of consistency, trust and disciplined performance.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced the final close of Blackstone Life Sciences VI (BXLS VI) at a hard cap of $6.3 billion, making it the largest private life sciences fund ever raised and ~40% larger than its predecessor. BXLS reports $15 billion AUM for BXLS as of Q4 2025 and an 86% Phase III approval success rate.
BXLS committed nearly $2 billion of new investments in the past 12 months and disclosed multiple strategic financings and co-funding agreements, including transactions sized at $400 million, $2 billion, and up to $3.1 billion.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) named Courtney Reagan Senior Editor of Blackstone Insights, a newly created role to drive content and audience engagement. Ms. Reagan joins after 20 years at CNBC and will translate proprietary data and market themes into clear takeaways for investors, wealth advisors, and business audiences.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has signed a definitive agreement for funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners to acquire a majority stake in Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT), a US thermal management manufacturer founded in 2003. ACT’s executive team will remain as significant shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in Q2, subject to customary conditions, and aims to expand ACT’s manufacturing capacity to meet rising demand from data centers and high-performance computing.
Advisors: Houlihan Lokey and Reed Smith for ACT; Kirkland & Ellis and UBS for Blackstone.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced completion and start of commercial operations at the 694 MW Magnolia Power Generating Station in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine plant is hydrogen-capable and is expected to produce enough electricity to power more than 500,000 homes annually.
Construction began in 2022, created over 400 local construction jobs, and marks Kindle Energy and Blackstone’s latest addition to roughly 2 GW of U.S. power generation investments over the last year.
Blackstone Life Sciences (NYSE:BX) announced a co-funding agreement with Johnson & Johnson to advance clinical development of bleximenib (JNJ-75276617), an investigational oral menin inhibitor for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The firms will jointly finance portions of ongoing and future AML trials, marking BXLS's first co-funding deal with Johnson & Johnson.
The agreement aims to accelerate clinical progress for a therapy targeting a high-unmet-need blood cancer with low survival rates in adults.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) agreed to acquire Champions Group, a residential home‑services platform with ~1,800 field technicians and ~150,000 active members. Odyssey Investment Partners and Champions management will retain a significant minority stake. Terms were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close in H1 2026, subject to customary conditions.
Advisors include Weil for Blackstone and William Blair, Piper Sandler, and Baird for Champions and Odyssey.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that Michael Chae, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Bank of America Securities 2026 Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 9:40am ET.
A live webcast will be available on the shareholders section of Blackstone's website, with a replay posted shortly after the event.
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) agreed to acquire Arlington Industries, a U.S. designer and manufacturer of electrical fittings, enclosures and components founded in 1949. Funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners signed a definitive agreement to buy Arlington to support Blackstone’s electrification and energy transition themes.
The companies said the transaction is expected to close in Q1 2026, subject to customary conditions, and that terms were not disclosed. Arlington’s products serve commercial, industrial and data center customers; advisors include UBS Investment Bank and Sullivan & Cromwell.