On June 5, Blackstone fell 3.13% in regular trading, trading at approximately $115.71/share, with trading volume of $136 million. The decline reflects ongoing pressure from escalating redemption requests across the private credit industry.
The sell-off stems from persistent liquidity concerns in the $1.8 trillion private credit market. Blackstone's flagship $79 billion private credit fund received redemption requests totaling 10% of its outstanding shares in the second quarter, prompting the company to cap redemptions at 5%. This followed a cascade of similar actions: Swiss asset manager Partners Group restricted redemptions on its $8.6 billion private equity fund earlier this week, while Cliffwater's $31 billion flagship fund disclosed redemption requests of approximately 17% of its shares. Industry peers also declined, with Blue Owl Capital falling 2.8% on the same day, reflecting broad sector pressure.
Blackstone stated in its shareholder letter that redemption activity showed signs of deceleration in the latter half of the tender offer period, with domestic market redemption volumes falling below last quarter's levels. The fund emphasized that loan recovery proceeds and new subscription inflows exceeded the total amount paid for share repurchases.
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