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QIAGEN and EQT Private Equity announce agreement on a recommended voluntary all-cash public takeover offer

EQT activates its eleventh flagship private equity fund, EQT XI, targeting €23 billion with a €24 billion hard cap, following a new investment commitment. The fund is 10–15% invested, while predecessor EQT X remains 85–90% deployed, marking the transition to EQT’s next investment vintage.

Thu Oct 22 2026EQT Group

EQT agrees to acquire Cleanaway, a leading Australian integrated waste management and resource recovery platform

EQT Infrastructure VI agrees to acquire Australian waste management company Cleanaway in an all-cash transaction valuing the business at approximately A$9.3 billion. The acquisition will support Cleanaway’s long-term growth, operational improvements and investment in waste management and recycling infrastructure across Australia.

Mon Oct 19 2026EQT Group

Blackstone Announces $8.7 Billion Final Close for Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V

Blackstone closes its fifth Energy Transition Partners fund at $8.7 billion, exceeding its predecessor by more than 50% and reaching its hard cap amid strong investor demand. The fund targets control-oriented investments across energy infrastructure, equipment and services, supporting growing electricity demand and the transition toward cleaner, more reliable energy.

Mon Oct 19 2026Blackstone Group

EQT to acquire Stockbridge, accelerating EQT Real Estate’s evolution into a thematically diversified platform

EQT agrees to acquire U.S. real estate investment manager Stockbridge for $375 million upfront, adding approximately $16.5 billion in fee-generating assets under management. The acquisition will expand EQT Real Estate’s industrial, alternative living and core investment capabilities, strengthening its position as a diversified global real estate platform.

Thu Oct 15 2026EQT Group

Blackstone Credit & Insurance Leads $1 Billion Financing to Support Combination of Analogic Corporation and Leidos' Security Enterprise Solutions Businesses

Blackstone Credit & Insurance leads a $1 billion financing supporting the combination of Analogic with three Leidos businesses focused on security imaging, detection and industrial automation. The financing supports the creation of a scaled global security technology platform serving airports, ports, borders and critical infrastructure.

Mon Oct 12 2026Blackstone Group

EQT Real Estate completes sale of residential development in Greater Stockholm comprising more than 800 homes

EQT Real Estate completes the sale of 417 rental homes and agrees to sell a further 388 under-construction units to Acer Bostad in Greater Stockholm. The 805-home development reflects EQT’s residential investment strategy, delivering rental housing in a growing education and research district supported by strong long-term demand.

Thu Oct 08 2026EQT Group

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announces EUR 270 million investment in new Scottish battery storage project

Kilmarnock South is a 350MW four-hour duration BESS project located in southern Scotland. Now under construction, the project is expected to commission in early 2028. The project represents an investment commitment of over EUR 270 million, further strengthening Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) contribution to UK energy security.

Fri Oct 02 2026Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Blackstone Announces Significant Investment to Launch Falcata, Leader in Next-Generation Interceptor Technologies

Funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) to acquire TSC and ASEI, and combine companies under Falcata platform – helping expand America’s interceptor industrial base to counter the proliferation of inexpensive aerial threats. The combined company builds on decades of experience delivering mission-critical sensing, guidance, navigation and control technologies for national security missions

Thu Oct 01 2026Blackstone Group

Blackstone Launches BXPM – Blackstone Private Markets Fund

Blackstone launches BXPM, a perpetual multi-strategy fund giving eligible non-U.S. investors simplified access to private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private credit. The launch expands Blackstone’s private wealth offering by combining its institutional private-markets capabilities into a single portfolio allocation.

Thu Sep 24 2026Blackstone Group

EQT Launches Middle East Platform and Opens Abu Dhabi Office

EQT launches a Middle East platform and opens an Abu Dhabi office, establishing an on-the-ground presence to pursue investment opportunities across the GCC. The platform initially combines Private Equity and Infrastructure capabilities, with scope to draw on EQT’s Real Estate and Secondaries strategies as regional opportunities develop.

Wed Sep 23 2026EQT Group

EQT Group

Stockholm, Sweden

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organisation with nearly three decades of consistent investment performance across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies

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Blackstone Group

New York, United States

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than $1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries and hedge funds.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Copenhagen O, Denmark

CIP is a global, multi-strategy fund manager specialising in renewable energy infrastructure investments and is among the largest fund managers globally within renewables with 12 funds raised to date and approximately EUR 28 billion in aggregate commitments to date.

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