TWiPM: BX reaches $1T AUM, XRP is/isn’t a security, Bain 2023 PE Report, IRR calculations, AI Infrastructure

This week’s show recapping key events and themes from the past week in private markets: Blackstone Now Manages $1 Trillion in Private Equity Judge Rules Ripple is Sometimes a Security and the SEC decides not to step into a case about whether leveraged loans are securities Takeaways from Bain’s Private Equity Midyear Report 2023 Brookfield, KKR and Silver Lake are among the buyout giants weighing up investments in AI infrastructure and real estate assets such as data centers Largest Private Equity Firms Tap Sovereign Wealth to Get Deals Done Learn more about tap at www.usetap.com Follow Tap on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tap-tech-inc