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KKR raises $17.6bn global fundThe global buyout firm has closed its KKR 2006 fund slightly shy of its $18 billion hard cap.
- KKR initiates trailblazing green initiative
The mega-buyout firm has entered into a “Green Portfolio” partnership with the non-profit organisation, Environmental Defense Fund, to help its portfolio companies reap environmental and financial benefits.
- LP PROFILE - Washington State Investment Board
LP PROFILE 2007-03-01 Staff Writer Head office Tel: +1 360 956 46002100 Evergreen Park DriveFax: +1 360 956 4780P.O. Box 40916www.sib.wa.govOlympia, WA 98502USAASSETS / FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT$63 billionYEAR FIRST INVESTED IN PRIVATE EQUITY1981ALLOCATION TO PRIVATE EQUITY / ALTERNA
- Advent raises €6.6bn
The global mid-market buyout firm attracted interest nearly double its planned €5bn target, but it scaled back the fund giving existing limited partners priority.
- At a glance
Key facts and figures about the world's most famous buyout firm.
- Early vintage
The placement memorandum of KKR's first ever fund, published in January 1978, is a fascinating document that opens a window to the beginnings of the private equity industry. Philip Borel studied it.
- Carlyle bolsters in-house regulatory team
The buyout firm has tapped White House economic aide Bryan Corbett for its governmental affairs team, just a week after KKR hired a former Bush campaign manager for a similar position.
- Fifty finest
Private Equity International is proud to present its selection of markettransforming individuals who give shape and character to private equity today. The list, which is not a ranking, is ordered alphabetically.
- Report: KKR and JC Flowers considered bid for Bear Stearns
The private equity firms reportedly considered bidding for the beleaguered investment bank, but were ultimately uninterested or unable to put together a deal in time to compete with JPMorgan.
- KKR crescendo
For most of its 30 years in business, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has been a dominant force in the private equity market. Following some intense introspection and retooling in the late 1990s, the New York-based firm is poised to again become the industry's heavyweight champion as it expands product lines, offices and head count around the world. David Snow takes a measure of the firm that invented, and reinvented, the big buyout.