Private equity groups on diverging paths with post-pandemic bets

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The reopening of the US economy from the pandemic is setting up a contest between the most powerful investment firms on Wall Street. Private capital groups including Blackstone, Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group built up sharply different portfolios before and during the pandemic, putting billions of dollars to work even as the first wave of infections gathered pace last spring. READ MORE