KKR’s Pent-Up Cash Fuels Hope for Deal Rebound: Wall Street Beat

First, we want to recognize this week’s shooting that killed four people at 345 Park Ave: security guard Aland Etienne; NYPD officer Didarul Islam; Blackstoneexecutive Wesley LePatner; and Julia Hyman, an associate at Rudin, the building’s owner.

LePatner, 43, rose through the ranks during her decade at Blackstone, this year becoming CEO of the firm’s $53 billion real estate investment trust. She’s remembered as brilliant and a champion of other women with an active life outside of Blackstone, having recently joined the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“She always had a sense of poise, prepared ...