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KKR gets $2bn for partial stake in AllianceWalgreens has agreed to purchase a 45% stake in the drug store chain for $4bn in cash and $2.7bn in Walgreens’ stock.
- Wisconsin shops $720m portfolio
The state investment board wants to reduce its exposure to the largest funds in the market and is selling stakes in funds managed by KKR, Charterhouse, Carlyle and Blackstone.
- KKR hires senior advisor for Brazil
Former Brazil central bank chief Henrique Meirelles will help the firm expand into Brazil’s rapidly growing private equity market.
- KKR expands with Prisma acquistion
After completing the deal for the hedge fund specialist, KKR will appoint Prisma co-founder Girish Reddy to lead the firm’s global hedge fund of funds group.
- OMERS shops $750m portfolio
The C$55bn Canadian pension system is trying to sell a portfolio of funds from managers including KKR, Apax, Hellman & Friedman and TPG.
- CalSTRS discusses limits for managed accounts
The $153bn retirement system may set a $500m maximum on individually managed accounts, according to an investment policy proposal.
- Roberts: US is growing stronger
KKR co-founder George Roberts is ‘optimistic’ about the future of the US, especially as technologies like the extraction of natural gas from shale rock help boost growth. Europe is a different story.
- Giannini: the LP community is 'fragmenting'
A formerly unified LP universe is dividing based on those building customised accounts and those sticking to the traditional fund commitment route, Hamilton Lane CEO Mario Giannini said.
- Washington State bets on KKR, Oaktree, Cinven
The $80.4bn pension system has committed up to $1.05bn to funds targeting opportunities in Asia, Europe and distressed debt.
- Summit backs German trading platform
Summit has invested in German online trading platform 360T at a time when PE firms are increasingly attracted to financial technology businesses.