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IK hires veteran operating partnerJohan Van de Steen has joined the firm after stints at KKR, SVP and Vision Capital.
- PEI 300: Four hidden investors challenging PE firms
While our annual ranking has revealed the industry’s biggest fundraisers, private equity firms face growing competition from several investors lurking in the shadows.
- PEI 300 revealed: the industry’s fundraising giants
Our proprietary ranking of the world’s largest firms by capital raised in the last five years.
- KKR welcomes activist ownership
The activist investor, which now owns almost 5% of KKR, ‘shares the vision’ for the future of the private equity giant, according to KKR.
- New Mexico SIC reviews its disclosure policy
The state sovereign wealth fund, which invests 8% in PE, has received concerns from several GPs about the policy being too strict.
- KKR turns to Asia for deployment in Q1
With valuations in the US and western Europe elevated, more than half of KKR’s private equity investments were in Asia, with a focus on Japan.
- PE paying 8x less for tech assets than trade buyers - report
PE firms are striking cheaper deals than their trade peers despite a 30% increase in capital invested compared with last year, says S&P Global Market Intelligence.
- From the archive: Jim Davidson on the birth of Silver Lake
In the week that it cemented its position as the preeminent technology-focused private equity investor, we revisit a 2010 conversation with co-founder Jim Davidson charting the firm’s meteoric early rise.
- KKR raises nearly $600m for healthcare growth fund
KKR initially invested in healthcare through its balance sheet and subsequently included the healthcare assets in a secondaries transaction last year.
- KKR raises $599m
View the latest capital raises