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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.

We are one of the world's leading private asset growth investors, specialising in private equity, private credit, and following the ECP transaction, infrastructure. With €41bn of assets under management and a strong local presence in Europe, North America and Asia, we combine global scale with local market and sector expertise, consistently delivering strong returns through cycles.

Cinven is an international private equity firm, focused on supporting companies that want to step-change their growth. We operate as one team, collaborating across sectors, regions, disciplines and functions, with a single strategic purpose. We use a matrix of sector and local country expertise to target companies where we can drive revenue growth and have local investment presence across all of Europe’s major markets and in the US. Our Portfolio team in Europe, the US and Asia supports our companies’ global expansion strategies.

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Global Investment Solutions. With $441 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2024, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies, and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents.

TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $229 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams around the world. TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, and our unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. Our teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for our fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities.

BC Partners is an international investment firm that offers select, focused investment strategies designed to complement each other and create synergies that benefit our investors. Founded in 1986 as one of the first pan-European buy-out investors, BC Partners has grown and evolved into a leading alternative investment firm, investing principally in larger businesses in Europe and North America through its established network of offices in London, Paris, Hamburg, and New York. Our strategic offering now includes a European Real Estate Investment platform and a Credit Investment platform that pursues yield and opportunistic investment opportunities primarily in North America. BC Partners provides a consistent investment approach across its three strategies, utilising rigorous analysis to seek to establish downside protection and identify realistic and meaningful value-add opportunities. Our partnership structure is designed to align the firm’s interests with those of our investors.