Blackstone has announced that Joseph Zidle, former Portfolio Strategist at Richard Bernstein Advisors (RBA), will join the firm as a Managing Director and Private Wealth Solutions Investment Strategist. In this role, Zidle will primarily be responsible for developing and delivering investment strategy content to private wealth investors in Blackstone’s funds. Zidle will report to Joan Solotar, Senior Managing Director & Head of Private Wealth Solutions & External Relations, and closely collaborate with Byron Wien, Vice Chairman in the Private Wealth Solutions group, on economic, social and political analysis and commentary. Zidle previously spent nearly a decade at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, most recently serving as Head of Investment Strategy for Global Wealth Management and Deputy Director of the Research Investment Committee, where he was responsible for creating and communicating global investment strategies to the firm's private client division across all major investment disciplines.