Robert LaFleur
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Robert LaFleur
financial headline point risk ugly
I think it could get noisy; it could get ugly from a PR point of view. (But) it's more headline risk than any real financial risk.
investors
It's the uncertainty. Investors are pretty tuned into it and want to know what's going on.
assets economies enjoy large owner point portfolio scale
There are economies of scale you can enjoy as an owner when you have a large portfolio of assets as Blackstone has now. At some point you may see Blackstone doing an IPO of the portfolio.
percent quarter
The quarter was pretty good. The 13.3 percent is impressive.