DUBAI (Reuters) - Private equity giant Blackstone Group's <BX.N> chief executive said the worst of the industry's problems had passed, with improved capital and equity markets finally providing an opportunity to do deals and sell existing investments through IPOs. Stephen Schwarzman also said on Wednesday he was seeing "more than green shoots" of economic recovery, though ...

The head of private equity giant Blackstone Group said Wednesday the industry's worst days have passed as he confirmed plans to cash in on up to eight of the firm's companies "in the near future." And although concerns remain about the strength of economic ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Taking his private equity firm public paid off big for Blackstone Group LP's <BX.N> Stephen Schwarzman, who became the top-paid chief executive in the United States last year, a title he is likely to retain for some time, according to an analysis released on Thursday. But the surest route to big bucks was running ...

The highest-paid US chief executive collected 702.4 million dollars in compensation in 2008 as the recession deepened, a report by a shareholder rights organization showed Thursday. The top honor went to Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of investment firm Blackstone Group, who received 699.7 million dollars in shares vested after the company's public offering, according to the report by ...