Blueprint: Blackstone’s Industrials REIT take private, Barings’ first niche value-add fund, Keppel’s new CEO

Blackstone takes UK industrial REIT private for a 42 percent premium, making some onlookers nervous about pricing; Barings raises first US niche fund focused on office as it eyes franchises of funds; Keppel's Mah retires, paving the way for Lee to take over as CEO; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.