Blackstone Inc (BX) reports robust earnings with significant growth in assets under management and strategic investments in AI, despite geopolitical challenges.
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Blackstone (NYSE:BX) reported sharply higher second-quarter 2026 earnings as executives said the firm’s early and aggressive positioning around artificial intelligence infrastructure is driving investment performance, fundraising and new business formation across the platform. Weston Tucker, Blacks
Blackstone reported strong second-quarter results.
Alternative investment manager Blackstone (NYSE:BX) reported Q2 CY2026 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 62.9% year on year to $5.04 billion. Its GAAP profit of $1.54 per share was 15.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Stronger inflows into the investment firm’s private-equity business offset a slowdown in private credit, where individual investors have pulled back.
Stronger inflows into the investment firm’s private-equity business offset a slowdown in private credit, where individual investors have pulled back.
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Two-thirds of Jersey Mike’s offered shares will be from existing shareholders, meaning the injection of new capital will be relatively small.
Blackstone's Q2 results are likely to show higher AUM, fee growth and solid exit profits, with revenues and earnings expected to rise year over year.
Jersey Mike’s Subs unveiled terms of a planned initial public offering that could give the sandwich chain, backed by private-equity giant Blackstone, an initial market capitalization approaching $8 billion.
Blackstone has invested in Futronic, a supplier of high-precision actuators serving automotive and industrial robotics sectors, the world's largest alternative asset manager said on Monday. The deal values the South Korean firm at about 1 trillion won ($676.04 million), according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Blackstone and Futronic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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As part of the deal, Blackstone and its partners will receive 49% noncontrolling equity interest in five power-infrastructure projects.
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Jersey Mike’s Subs has reportedly filed to debut on the NYSE under the ticker JMKE. Here’s what the company’s S-1 filing told us.
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It operates about 3,300 restaurants across the US and Canada, with annual systemwide sales of $4.3bn .