Blackstone: Q3 Confirmed The Private-Credit Fear Was Overstated — Valuation Still Favors a Long
Blackstone's Q3 showed record assets under management ($1.37T), strong capital inflows ($63.3B) and fee momentum despite a temporary hit to distributable earnings. The private-credit scare appears overdone: liquidations and redemptions have been manageable and management is pivoting into long-dated AI infrastructure and insurance relationships that…