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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Caesars' B-7 loan eliminated its maintenance covenant and parent guarantee
“And they offered them very, very generous fees, among other things, to participate in this transaction that accomplishes three things. One, it's gonna give them some liquidity to refinance out some of their other debt. Two, it's going to remove the most onerou…”
Assertion Supported
Most UHNW investors cannot name three alternative asset providers
“I'll call out a Bain survey from twenty-twenty-two. Bain and company asked 418 ultra high net worth individuals. Name three firms that come to mind when you think of alternative assets and who are the providers. First answer, the biggest answer in the bubble c…”
Assertion Supported
GSO and BlackRock received roughly $220 million for Caesars B-7 loan
“First they had to get a couple of commitments from GSO and from BlackRock, which I think they committed to about half of this 1.7 billion dollar renew financing to be the seventh tranche of this term loan. And they got something like two hundred twenty million…”
Prediction Held up
BlackRock's acquisition of Preqin signals upcoming private equity index products
“BlackRock just bought Prequin, and they're going to be putting out private equity index products first”
Assertion Supported
Forman: BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Saw $37 Billion in 2024 Inflows
“So BlackRock's ETF had thirty seven billion of inflows in 2024. That was the third most of any ETF In the market. And by far the largest first year launch in history.”
Assertion Supported
Mogelof: Six asset managers control over 85% of target date fund assets
“There are really six managers that dominate the market, probably have 85 plus percent of the assets. That's Vanguard, Fidelity, BlackRock, State Street, T. Rowe, and Capital Group.”
Assertion Supported
Rieder: BlackRock's global fixed income platform manages $2.6 trillion in assets
“I'm the CIO of global fixed income. So I guess our total size of that is 2.6 trillion. We've got obviously huge I shares business, a big passive business.”
Assertion Supported
Fleming: Merrill Lynch held 49% stake in BlackRock before 2008 crisis
“We ended up at that time owning 49% of BlackRock, and I went on the board, so I had Intimate insight into BlackRock going into the crisis, which was big asset for Merrill Lynch.”