BREAKINGVIEWS-Apollo’s divergent path outshines Blackstone

Reuters2023-09-28

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By Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Marc Rowan’s $55 bln asset manager found permanent capital in insurance. Steve Schwarzman’s firm uses small-fry investors. That led Apollo to safer assets, while Blackstone is leaning into buyouts that suffer from high rates. Apollo’s valuation can shed its boringness discount.

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