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Could Blackstone go fishing for deals with new $22bn-plus fund?

Back in 2015, Undercurrent revealed Blackstone made a bid, along with industry players P&P and Samherji, for the Peruvian anchovy assets of China Fishery

By Tom Seaman | April 16, 2019 08:56 BST
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The Blackstone Group has just raised more than $22 billion from investors for its latest private equity fund. With this mountain of money could the US-based buyout giant look at seafood mergers and acquisitions (M&A)? [...]

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