NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that its Board of Directors has set the record and distribution dates for the spin-off of its financial and strategic advisory services, restructuring and reorganization advisory services and Park Hill Group businesses, which will be combined with PJT Capital, a global independent financial advisory firm founded by Paul J. Taubman, to form an independent, publicly-traded company called PJT Partners Inc. (“PJT”). On October 1, 2015,