The University of California invested $4.5 billion into Blackstone's BREIT in January 2023, with Blackstone pledging $1.125 billion of its own shares to guarantee an 11.25% minimum annualized return.

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        "excerpt": "Claude slop. \"The thing being protected and the thing doing the protecting are the same asset.\" Claude LOVES to use the word \"thing\" in this way, this style of construction. You did a good job editing this to seem more human but you missed that one.",
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      "[post] Rewind: January 2023. \n\nBREIT is limiting redemptions, the press is brutal, and the University of California invests $4.5 billion.",
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