Germany's planned sale of 12,000 flats and some commercial properties has attracted private equity and strategic bidders.

Private equity investments in energy offer rich pickings for investors willing to take a long-term view and capitalize on global trends.

Blackstone Group has raised its exposure to former Citadel trader Nick Taylor by putting up another $50 million to co-invest with his Asia-focused hedge fund.

Private equity property funds run by Blackstone and Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay A$640 million ($621 million) to acquire a A$1.9 billion portfolio of distressed property loans in Australia.

Private equity firm PAI Partners has pulled out of the race to buy Iglo Group. Private equity firm PAI Partners has pulled out of the race to buy Iglo Group, Europe's biggest frozen food company, leaving Blackstone and BC Partners as frontrunners for a company that could fetch 3 billion euros ($3.

Unitech, India's No. 3 property developer, on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it was in talks to sell three of its assets for about 30 billion rupees ($541 million) to U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone.

Accor is to sell its troubled U.S. budget hotel business for $1.9 billion to private equity group Blackstone.

Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, will commit $500 million to a managed account overseen by Blackstone Group LP.

Private equity group Blackstone Group has made its first acquisition in Singapore, buying the StarHub Green project from Germany's SEB Asset Management for S$215 million ($173 million).