Legislation Introduced to Block Blackstone IPO
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Two senators took aim at the initial public offering of Blackstone Group today, introducing legislation that would prevent a major tax advantage that the private equity giant hoped to enjoy as a public company.
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Blackstone Group LP  priced its  initial public offering at the top end of the range on  Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13  billion in the largest U.S. IPO in five years.
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Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson, who started Blackstone Group LP two decades ago with $400,000, stand to collect a combined $2.33 billion from the largest initial public offering ever by a leveraged buyout firm.
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Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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Blackstone Group's initial public offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which is expected to price on Thursday.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, a regulatory filing shows.
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Top IPO underwriter Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  this week launched a platform allowing an exclusive club of big investors to trade unregistered, privately placed securities, in the latest challenge to U.S. equity markets.
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Artificially boosting demand for initial public stock offerings and ramping up related commissions would be restricted under rules proposed yesterday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Blackstone Group LP  units tumbled more than 6 percent in Tuesday morning trade, falling below the $31 price the private equity giant fetched in its initial public offering last week.
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Senator Jim Webb asked federal  authorities on Wednesday to look into &quot;national security  implications&quot; he said are posed by Chinese government  involvement with Blackstone Group LP  as it moves toward  a stock offering expected to raise more than $4 billion.
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Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group  may have devised a way to avoid paying  tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm&#39;s initial public  offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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The Blackstone Groupâs much-awaited initial public offering is set for the week of June 25, underwriters said.
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Och-Ziff files for IPO in wake of less-than-superlative Blackstone offering.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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A co-author of a U.S. Senate bill  that would raise taxes on private equity firms going public  said on Wednesday he was open to discussing shortening a  built-in transition period that cushions any potential tax hit  on Blackstone Group LP.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP's much-anticipated initial public offering of its management company will occur during the week of June 25, underwriter Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday.
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With Blackstone Group  taking heat from investors and lawmakers after its IPO, the man in charge of day-to-day operations faces perhaps the biggest challenge in his more than 30 years on Wall Street.