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  • KKR hires European IR head
    Jennifer Harris- 5 January 2013

    The recently listed firm is continuing to build out its investor relations function with another hire from Goldman Sachs.

  • CVC to buy InBev’s CEE operations for $3bn
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The London-based firm will use $1.6bn of cash to buy the latest assets being sold by the brewing giant to a private equity firm.

  • KKR leads $160m investment in Chinese lender
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The firm's first FIG deal in China was in partnership with GIC Special Investments and CICC Private Equity.

  • Time to go public
    Jenny Blinch- 5 January 2013

    The upcoming floatation of Australia's Myer Group shows why private equity firms in Australia and elsewhere need to work on their image.

  • Blackstone to pay $2.7bn for theme park operator
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The firm will use $1bn in equity in to purchase Busch Entertainment's 10 US theme parks, including Sesame Place, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.

  • Blackstone nears $3bn theme park deal
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    SeaWorld is among the theme parks Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell to the mega-firm. Meanwhile, CVC has reportedly increased the equity ratio in its €1.3bn bid for the brewer's CEE assets.

  • KKR partner to stand for Jones Lang LaSalle board role
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    In addition to his current role at the global private equity firm, Ming Lu will stand for election at the global real estate firm’s annual meeting of shareholders next month.

  • KKR hires ex-Vodafone CEO as senior advisor
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    Arun Sarin, former chief of Accel-KKR Telecom, has returned to work for the publicly traded asset management firm.

  • KKR takes step towards NYSE listing goal
    Toby Mitchenall- 5 January 2013

    The alternatives giant has completed its merger with its listed affiliate KPE. From tomorrow its shares will be traded on Euronext under the name KKR & Co.

  • News analysis: Mega-deals range from brilliant to scary
    David Snow- 5 January 2013

    The largest LBOs done during the bygone buyout boom range from superb performers to ‘scary’, and ‘could-be-worse’ to ‘could-be-in-trouble’, according to Private Equity International magazine.