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5 Tips to Get Your Sustainability Story to the Stakeholders Who Matter
Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.
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| January 30, 2023
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MassMutual to Buy American Financial Annuity Unit
The $3.5 billion deal came a day after Allstate said it would sell its life insurance business to private-equity giant Blackstone for $2.8 billion.
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Matthew Heller
| January 28, 2021
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IPOs
Finance of America Plans $1.9B SPAC Merger to Go Public
The Blackstone-backed company will go public by merging with blank check company Replay Acquisition.
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Lauren Muskett
| October 13, 2020
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M&A
Blackstone Makes $3B Match with Bumble Owner
The acquisition of dating app startup MagicLab fits Blackstone's push to invest in companies with robust growth profiles.
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Matthew Heller
| November 11, 2019
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Credit & Capital
Blackstone to Convert from a Partnership to a Corporation
The private equity giant's structural change will allow more investors to buy its stock.
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Vincent Ryan
| April 19, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
Ex-Healthcare CFO Accused of $309M Fraud
Sotirios “Sam” Zaharis and two other former Constellation Healthcare execs allegedly duped investor Chinh Chu into acquiring the company for $309 million.
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Matthew Heller
| May 17, 2018
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What’s Life Like for an Industry-Switching CFO?
Fredrik Eliasson leaves a long career in the railroad business to take over finance in the health-care technology field.
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David McCann
| April 5, 2018
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Rising to the Challenge
Twenty CFOs who have career-defining tests ahead.
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CFO Staff
| September 15, 2016
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Investment Banking
Blackstone Profits Plunge
'The market tantrum in the first part of the year resulted in lots of dislocation,' said CEO Stephen Schwarzman.
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Matthew Heller
| April 21, 2016
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Strategy
Blackstone Buys BioMed REIT for $4.9B
The $23.75-per-share deal gives Blackstone access to office buildings that cater to life science tenants in major markets.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| October 9, 2015
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Risk Management
Blackstone Fined $39M Over Fee Practices
The settlement with the SEC is the second stemming from the agency's increased authority over the private equity industry.
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Matthew Heller
| October 8, 2015
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Turnarounds
Company’s Scale, Complexity Challenge Hilton CFO
The company has performed excellently in recent years, but the success hasn't come easily.
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David McCann
| September 11, 2015
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 31
Blackstone, Serta Simmons, AssetAvenue, FARO Technologies, Tutor Perini, PAR Technology, Nuance Communications, Key Tronic, Penhall, Select Energy
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Joan Urdang
| July 31, 2015
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M&A
GE Parlays GE Capital Asset Sale into $50 Billion Buyback
The exits of targeted GE Capital businesses should release about $35 billion in dividends that are expected to be allocated to the buyback.
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David Katz
| April 10, 2015
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Private Equity: Barbarians at Middle Age
The firms that pioneered private equity are becoming duller.
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Economist Staff
| April 25, 2014
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Infrastructure Financing: A Long and Winding Road
The world needs more infrastructure. How will it pay for it?
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Economist Staff
| March 24, 2014
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