Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced the final close on $2.6 billion for its latest real estate secondaries fund, Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII L.P., and its related committed program vehicles. Verdun Perry, Global Head of Strategic Partners, said: “We are incredibly grateful…
Rover Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROVR) (“Rover” or the “Company”), the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) in an all-cash…
SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), and its group companies SB Power Corp. (“SB Power,” an electricity power company) and Encored Japan Inc. (“Encored”) announced their energy saving service for households was selected for inclusion at the Japan Pavilion to be hosted by…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced the final close of Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. (“Next Level” or the “Fund”) at its target size $50 million of total capital commitments. Investors in the strategy include the inaugural corporate partners…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France S.A. (“Altice France”) to establish…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the world’s largest alternative asset manager, announced that private equity funds managed by affiliates of Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Civica, a global leader in public sector software solutions, from Partners Group,…
Trading statement Shareholders are advised that the Prosus group (“the Group”) is finalising its condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2023. Prosus N.V. (“Prosus”) is a subsidiary of Naspers Limited (“Naspers”), a company incorporated in South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) in South Africa. For context, in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, South African listed entities with a primary listing on the exchange are obliged to issue a trading statement as soon as they are reasonably certain that the upcoming financial results would differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period. Trading statements are generally issued to provide shareholders with a range of…
Prologis, the global leader in logistics real estate, announced three new appointments to its Executive Committee – Carter Andrus as chief operating officer (COO), Joseph Ghazal as chief investment officer (CIO) and Susan Uthayakumar, the company’s current chief energy and sustainability officer effective January 1, 2024.…
Morgan Stanley today declared a regular dividend on the outstanding shares of each of the following preferred stock issues: The dividends for the Preferred Stock Series N are payable on December 15, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close…
Fujitsu and SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) announced that SoftBank on October 26 completed the nationwide deployment in core areas of an all optical network in Japan using a disaggregated architecture*1 optical transmission system that supports open networks, including Fujitsu’s next-generation optical transmission…
SoftBank Corp. (hereinafter, the “Company”) announces the status of its share buyback program, resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2023, pursuant to the Company’s article of incorporation in accordance with Article 459, paragraph…
KDDI CORPORATION, SoftBank Corp., and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (“the three companies”) announced their views on the “The NTT Law: Our Perspective” (“NTT’s Perspective”) document issued by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (“NTT”)*2 on October 19, 2023. Currently, discussions are underway within…