Deals
The Botched Block Trade That Spoiled Mother’s Day for Bankers
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It all started the morning of Mother’s Day.
A rare Sunday e-mail from Blackstone Group LP invited banks to submit pitches to underwrite 90 million shares in hotel-chain Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. that the private equity-firm needed to unload fast -- a $2.7 billion stake.