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Blackstone Strategic Partners Closes Eighth Real Estate Secondaries Fund at $2.6 Billion

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…

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SoftBank Corp, SB Power and Encored Japanto Exhibit Japan’s Leading Energy Saving Servicefor Households at COP28 Japan Pavilion

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…

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Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund Raises $50 Million to Invest in Early-Stage Technology Companies

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…

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Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Announces Investment in UltraEdge

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…

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Trading statement

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…

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PROLOGIS APPOINTS THREE NEW LEADERS TO MANAGEMENT TEAM; ANNOUNCES ANDERSON RETIREMENT

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.…

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SoftBank Corp. completes nationwide expansionof all optical network in core areas in Japan leveragingFujitsu’s disaggregation-type optical transmission system

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…

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KDDI, SoftBank Corp. and Rakuten MobileAnnounce Views on NTT Law

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…

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