KKR does in Asia what it can't elsewhere
The Calsonic transaction and the impact on its third Asia-dedicated buyout fund reflect opportunities that currently aren't available elsewhere
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KKR & Co is back in the business of public-to-private buyouts.
The New York-based investment firm on Tuesday announced a US$4.5 billion purchase of Japanese auto-parts maker Calsonic Kansei Corp, marking its first leveraged buyout of a publicly traded company since it snapped up Goodpack Ltd of Singapore in May 2014. Its most recent US take-private was more than three years ago, in March 2013.
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