Blackstone Beats Q2 Estimates on Nearly $70 Billion Inflows as AUM Growth Lifts Fees
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Updated · Seeking Alpha · Jul 23
Blackstone Beats Q2 Estimates on Nearly $70 Billion Inflows as AUM Growth Lifts Fees
3 articles · Updated · Seeking Alpha · Jul 23
Summary
Nearly $70 billion of Q2 inflows helped Blackstone top Wall Street earnings estimates, lifting assets under management and driving higher management and advisory fees.
Infrastructure led Blackstone's investment strategies with a 7.2% return, followed by its Absolute Return multi-asset strategy at 5.8%, underscoring where performance was strongest.
The earnings beat adds to Blackstone's earlier-reported 26% rise in Q2 distributable earnings to $1.97 billion, or $1.52 a share, helped by exits and AI-related investments.
The results point to multiple earnings drivers at Blackstone—fresh client money, fee growth and investment realizations—supporting momentum across its private-markets platform.