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KKR holds first close on infra fund on $225mThe firm expects to raise another $275m for the fund by the end of the year and has also picked up a $1.1bn separate account for Korea’s National Pension Service, firm executives said during a conference call.
- KKR plans fundraising ‘early next year’
The firm’s 2006 global buyout fund, which raised nearly $18bn, is close to 75% invested.
- Goldman prop-trading team heads to KKR
A group of nine traders, led by Bob Howard, will join KKR in New York, setting the stage for the alternative investment giant to build a major hedge fund operation.
- Pushing the envelope in China
Global private equity giants like Carlyle, Blackstone and KKR are testing new strategies in order to do private equity in China.
- KKR adds five companies to green push
Five new portfolio companies have joined KKR's Green Portfolio Programme. The firm has also joined CSR Europe, a business network focused on corporate responsibility.
- Picking up where they left off
After a lost year (or two), private equity activity has resumed once again in Australia. Exits, however, remain elusive. Jenny Blinch reports.
- IPO exits decline in the third quarter
Despite some record-breaking deals, private equity firms only managed to raise $5.7bn in the IPO market in Q3 2010.
- KKR, NPS team up in US pipeline deal
The private equity firm and South Korea's $270bn National Pension Service have acquired the 23.44% stake in Colonial Pipeline being sold by energy giant Chevron.
- Oregon bets $100m on Warburg oil and gas effort
The Oregon Investment Council committed $100m to Warburg Pincus joint venture Sheridan Production Partners II, a re-up for the OIC, which committed $100m to SPP I in April 2007.
- Safe haven
The resilience and maturity of the Nordic private equity market have drawn the attention of international investors.