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Analyst
Arnaud Giblat
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 11on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 9%1 of 11 questions
- Companies
- 2questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 7with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 11 of 11 questions from 2 companies
BXBlackstone Inc.6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 1 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
I was wondering if you could unpack the value creation private equity infrastructure for us.
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Gray centered value creation on making portfolio companies AI-forward, citing Ode with Anthropic and product examples like Energy Exemplar and Chamberlain.
Calendar 2026 Q1
how this will affect your billion investment management partnership with Cor bridge
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Gray confirmed contractual IMA for $92.5 billion is secure; currently at ~$80 billion. Views merger as potential opportunity to expand to Equitable's balance sheet. Long-term investors in Corebridge stake; will recycle capital eventually but not near-term.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Could you talk a bit more about the outlook for performance in multifamily? I mean, I heard what you said with regards to the very low levels of new starts
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Gray said multifamily was flat to slightly negative but improving. Construction starts down two-thirds from peak will support rental values. High cost of ownership pushing people to rentals. Logistics in better position as largest asset class.
Calendar 2025 Q3
your dry powder has close to doubled in the last 12 months. I was wondering if that was the case as well in direct lending, private debt, given how tight the spreads have become
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Gray pushed back on market overheating narrative, noting 38% LTV is half historical levels. Chae clarified dry powder is mostly drawdown funds; direct lending sits across perpetual vehicles.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I'm just wondering how you're thinking about sizing of this product in relation to capacity to deploy in retail
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Gray emphasized BXPE's wide aperture (U.S., Europe, Asia; controlled PE, minority, hybrid, secondaries, Life Sciences, growth, credit) and Blackstone's proven ability to scale deployment.
Calendar 2024 Q4
how we might see your distribution evolve. In other words, how much AUM are you currently set up to distribute today?
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Gray highlighted massive TAM ($90T globally allocated ~1% to alternatives vs 30% for institutions) and Blackstone's 300+ person private wealth team as a durable competitive advantage.
KKRKKR5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
What is the final target size of this fund and the mandate in the fund, in particular
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Clarified Helix is a company not a fund and confirmed it is incremental to the ECP work, but declined to give a target size.
Calendar 2026 Q1
how far down the pipeline of investments are you
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Craig outlined massive ongoing hyperscaler CapEx driving opportunity. Emphasized disciplined investment approach with focus on counterparties, location and terms. Noted multiple pools of capital across geographies and risk-return profiles.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Could you confirm if that's the case? What is driving that mix? I'm just wondering if that has an impact on margins and on the ROE for the insurance business
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Rob explained core real estate push started early-mid 2024 when valuations troughed with limited competition. Unlevered returns compelling but running yields (~4%) below liability costs (5-6%), creating near-term P&L loss. Accreted income expected to convert to cash earnings over time. Not a meaningful concentration change.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I'm just wondering if you could give us a bit of color around that. Also, I mean, clearly, there's ECP in that joint venture
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Craig confirmed 50-50 split with ECP; KKR capital from existing funds/strategies. Partnership provides one-stop hyperscaler solution across construction, real estate, and energy. Scott added ability to raise incremental capital.
Calendar 2025 Q1
what is the availability to do deals, the availability of debt and how that is evolving in April given the spreads tightening once again
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Rob noted brief early-April dislocation resolved quickly; KKR self-arranged Cairo financing. Scott explained straightforward stories go syndicated, stories with complexity go private credit, presenting optionality.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 6 | 17%1 of 6 questions |
| KKR KKR | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1 | 100%1 of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
- 2024 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q11 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q31 question · challenge rate 100% (1 of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Capex Investment4
- Capital Allocation4
- Cloud & AI3
- Demand2
- Credit2
- Competitive Dynamics2
- Innovation & R&D1
- M&A1
- Margin1
- Subscriber Growth1
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- Geographic Expansion1