KKR

KKR raised US$28 billion of fresh capital, driven by flows into the credit business which is the biggest segment of its US$758 billion under management.

KKR profits rise on growing assets, deals pick up pace in first quarter

KKR earned higher fees from managing a growing pile of assets and it benefited from a pick-up in deals in the first quarter, the buyout firm said on Tuesday.

Ascend Asia CEO Tomas Urbanec believes an open architecture is essential in the financial advisory landscape, "because competition spurs product innovation and price discovery".

Ascend Asia acquires three more financial advisory firms

The expansion allows the group to introduce more products under its ‘open architecture’ model, says CEO

The fund is set to start in the second half and follows similar ones introduced by KKR and Capital Group last year in the US, Capital Group CEO Mike Gitlin said.

KKR, Capital Group to start public-private credit fund in Asia

The partnership comes as rival firms also ramp up their own public-private offerings

KJRM president Naoki Suzuki says: “Corporate demand to sell real estate is very strong due partly to shareholder activists, and that will likely be the case for three to five years."

KKR unit to boost buying in 450 trillion yen Japan property market

KJRM sees profit potential as companies face pressure from policymakers and investors to divest non-core assets

Raj Agrawal, global head of real assets at KKR, says the relative nascency of the infrastructure investment market in Asia has enabled the firm to take a leadership position.

Infrastructure not a safe-haven asset, but Asia-Pacific remains a bright spot: KKR

Investment firm sees potential in the region, which accounts for about 60% of global economic growth

KKR outbid other investment firms for the stake held by TPG, in a deal valuing XCL  Education at about US$1.3 billion.

KKR seeks US$500 million loan for Singapore-based XCL Education stake buy: sources

The proposed five-year loan carries a 300 basis point margin over the benchmark SOFR rate

Projesh Banerjea, managing director and part of the Apac infrastructure team at KKR, says digital infrastructure has singular capital needs, "both in terms of building assets and recycling of assets through buying stabilised assets".

‘No other sector like it’: KKR sees no let-up in AI-driven infrastructure boom after STT GDC deal

Deep pools of private capital are chasing data centres, one of Asia’s most capital-intensive asset classes

KKR’s shares and those of its publicly traded peers have been battered, amid mounting concerns among investors about the weakness in private credit and software investments.

KKR’s profit takes a hit from clawback at Asia private equity fund

Its adjusted net income falls to US$1.12 a share, short of the US$1.15 average estimate of analysts