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  Tariffs

  KKR to buy post-trade service provider OSTTRA in $3.1B deal

  April 14, 2025

  KKR has landed a $3.1 billion deal for OSTTRA as demand for resilient post-trade infrastructure may grow under a global trade war.

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  Private Equity

  Firm consolidation prices out GP stakes PE investors

  February 26, 2025

  While strategic acquisitions drove up GP deal count, last year also marked the third consecutive year of decline in GP stake deal flow.

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  Private Equity

  US PE earnings dashboard

  February 14, 2025

  From Apollo’s S&P 500 debut to robust deal activity and evolving credit strategies, the top alternative asset managers ended the year on a high note.

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  Infrastructure

  KKR and Energy Capital Partners forge $50B infrastructure partnership

  October 30, 2024

  The partnership aims to develop essential data centers and power generation assets to support the growing energy needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

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  Private Credit

  Carlyle, KKR team up for $10B student loan acquisition

  July 17, 2024

  The Carlyle Group and KKR joined forces to win a $10 billion student loan portfolio from Discover.

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  Earnings

  Public PE firms tap varied sources for inflow

  May 14, 2024

  PE managers have seen growth across channels for capital inflow.

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  Private Equity

  Corporate buyers lead the way on software deals

  April 26, 2024

  Five of the 10 largest software acquisitions in Q1 were completed by corporate buyers

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  US PE Breakdown

  Carveouts provide greater deal reservoir for PE buyers

  April 12, 2024

  Corporate divestitures have made up a significant amount of deals for private equity in Q1of 2024

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  Fund Performance

  Public PE firms ride rising tide of private credit

  February 28, 2024

  The private credit portfolios held by seven public PE firms posted a higher median return than their PE strategies in 2023

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  Top Investor

  KKR leads the way in PE biotech dealmaking

  September 5, 2023

  KKR is the most active investor in the high-stakes biotech PE sector, where a winning product can be extremely lucrative.

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  KKR

  KKR builds historic foothold in publishing with Simon & Schuster deal

  August 7, 2023

  KKR announced on Monday it plans to acquire book publisher Simon & Schuster from Paramount for $1.62 billion in an all-cash transaction, affirming the PE behemoth’s small foothold in the publishing industry.

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  PB Q&A

  Moonfare CEO on unlocking private markets for retail investors

  July 10, 2023

  As mass-affluent access to the private markets increases, Moonfare CEO Steffen Pauls discusses how the industry got there.

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  Infrastructure

  Foreign investment in European PE stalls

  June 19, 2023

  Non-European investment in Europe has declined this year, particularly in total value, due to a mix of global and localized issues

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  PE Fundraising

  Skin in the game: Why GPs are putting more money into their own funds

  April 26, 2023

  PE firms are increasing contributions to their own funds to demonstrate alignment with investors. But where that money comes from isn’t always so clear.

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  Private Debt

  KKR’s equity at risk in Envision Healthcare debt restructuring talks

  April 19, 2023

  The physician staffing company is reportedly exploring debt restructuring after missing an April interest payment.

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  KKR

  KKR raises $8B for Europe fund—the biggest of any US firm

  April 3, 2023

  KKR has reached an $8 billion close on its sixth European fund, the biggest by a US firm to target the region, as it looks to further target digitization and demographic trends in the region.

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  Private Debt

  KKR poised for a ‘great private credit backdrop,’ Evercore says

  October 30, 2022

  The private debt market is on the mend, at least for nontraditional private debt lenders, according to KKR.

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  Blockchain

  KKR makes its PE fund accessible to individuals via a tokenized fund

  September 12, 2022

  In partnership with Securitize, KKR will tokenize a portion of its $4 billion Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II on the blockchain platform Avalanche.

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