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Blackstone became the first private equity firm to reach US$1T in assets under management. The company is now expanding into Canada, as it is now officially opening its first office in Toronto. We’ll talk about the company’s growing Canadian real estate portfolio with Blackstone President and COO, Jonathan Gray, on Bloomberg Markets at 1:10 p.m. EDT.