Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP expects to take its Invitation Homes unit public in the first half of next year, capitalising on a rally in US single-family rental landlords to list the biggest company in the industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. The size and exact timing of an initial public offering haven’t been decided, said the …

  Bloomberg BGC Partners Inc., a brokerage serving financial and real estate markets, agreed to acquire Sunrise Brokers Group to expand its equity-derivatives business. Sunrise Brokers, founded in 1991, reported $90 million of consolidated revenue for last year, BGC said in a statement, without disclosing the terms of the deal. “This transaction enables us to further expand our equity derivatives …

  Bloomberg Legal & General Group Plc cut the discount investors must accept to withdraw cash from its 2.5 billion-pound ($3.3 billion) UK property fund after applications for redemptions slowed. Investors spooked by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union now face a loss of 10 percent, compared with a 15 percent charge imposed after redemption requests surged in the …