Blackstone is combining two makers of seekers, radar and guidance electronics into a new company, Falcata, a marker of buyout money chasing Western rearmament.
§ Private Equity
§ Private Credit
Withdrawal requests at Blue Owl's biggest vehicles came in lighter than last period, though strain in technology lending and a wall of refinancings remain.
§ Real Assets & Infrastructure
§ Secondaries & CVs
A second retail-facing GP-stakes vehicle shows the business of owning pieces of managers pushing further into the wealth channel.
§ LPs & Allocators
A Gulf manager teaming with US houses to distribute private-markets strategies shows where fundraising energy is flowing.
§ Regulation & Tax
The charges against Meyer Global are a caution on retail appetite for pre-IPO vehicles as Washington moves to widen private-market access.
§ Law Firm & Expert Insights
The alert covers the wrappers through which private credit now reaches individuals and what each proposal would change.
§ People & Firms
A weekly roundup of senior moves across private-markets firms.