University of California will invest $4 Billion in Blackstone’s BREIT real-estate vehicle. UC Investments will put its BREIT shares into a strategic venture to which Blackstone will contribute $1 billion of BREIT shares that it already owns. The venture will have an 11.25% hurdle rate, meaning that if BREIT’s net annualized return exceeds that rate, Blackstone will get an extra 5% incentive fee. If the vehicle’s performance falls short of the 11.25% rate, Blackstone will make up the difference.

Companies in the S&P 500 allocated an estimated $561 billion toward dividends in 2022, up from $511.2 billion in 2021 and the highest amount on record.

Bitcoin is on track for its worst year since 2018—the last so-called crypto winter when prices tanked—having shed nearly two-thirds of its value.

Nearly 80 million American employees are still working from home at least one day a week, saving 200 million hours and 6 billion miles commuting to offices per week, which they value at roughly an 8% pay increase.

Fees from advising on deals, stock offerings and bond sales are down more than 40% from this time last year, wiping out more than $50 billion in revenue. That is the biggest year-over-year dollar decline on record, worse even than in the financial crisis.

Households headed by people ages 65 to 74 have an average retirement-account savings of $426,000.

Americans stick with the same primary checking and savings accounts for about 17 years on average, that is longer than the average marriage.

Highgate announced it will acquire hotel brand Viceroy Hotels & Resorts for an undisclosed sum, adding Viceroy’s 11 hotels in operation and two under development to its portfolio.

Some big hedge-fund winners in 2022 will return some profits to clients highlighting their banner year.

At least two-thirds of CEOs of the biggest companies surveyed said they expected the next six months to bring worsening customer demand, industry conditions, access to capital, and domestic and global growth. By contrast, among both midsize company CEOs and large investors, two-thirds or more expect improvement in the same areas over the next six months.