Blackstone pays record £4.7bn for student housing firm iQ
(The Guardian Business News)

UK´s largest private property deal agreed as Goldman Sachs and Wellcome move outBlackstone has struck the largest-ever private property deal in the UK by agreeing to acquire the UK student accommodation firm iQ in a £4.7bn deal.The New York-based private equity firm is buying iQ from the US investment bank Goldman Sachs and the health research charity Wellcome Trust. Continue reading...