KKR takes year-to-date US issuance to USD 2.5bn with latest reset
The USD 313m repricing of KKR CLO 52 reworked a deal that originally printed in May 2023

Mapping the present and future of credit
Keynote speakers at this year’s Creditflux Symposium highlighted the success of credit markets during recent volatility and argued that a wave of securitisation could drive growth in Europe

KKR reprices second ultra-tight Euro deal
The transaction was the manager's second reset of a 2015-vintage European CLO in the space of a week

Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

KKR sees funding costs widen with reset of ultra-tight Euro deal
Triple As priced at Euribor plus 138bps in the latest reset

KKR prices new short-dated US CLO
The USD 403m print was the manager’s first new US deal since November

KKR, Capital Group expand partnership with plans for public-private market product
The private market specialist is joining forces with a traditional asset manager to better reach individual investors

JPMorgan enters private credit big leagues with USD 4bn Boeing unit financing
EXCLUSIVE: The bank takes down the third-largest piece of the giant unitranche, lending shoulder-to-shoulder with direct-lending giants

KKR establishes dedicated Middle East investment team
The alternative investment manager has also tapped US General David Petraeus to serve as chairman of the region

More volatility, more uncertainty and more tailwind for private credit – KKR’s Dan Pietrzak
PODCAST: The new Trump administration in the US has introduced new uncertainty with its preparedness to employ wide-reaching tariffs, and M&A volumes remain depressed, but KKR’s private credit team is busier than it has been in the past few years. 

KKR, Capital Group set to launch a hybrid private-public credit fund for individuals
The new fund with a low minimum will invest across corporate direct lending, private asset-based lending and public fixed income

KKR prints tight with its triple As in new European issue
The manager’s first new issue of 2025 saw strong demand for its triple As, but reflected a broader widening trend in the lower mezz  

KKR prints two US CLO repricings on same day
The two deals, both priced via BNP Paribas, totalled some USD 886m

KKR refinances its first static deal for a second time
KKR, working with Citi as the arranger, refinanced its KKR Static CLO 1 this week. It’s the second refi of the US BSL deal and comes nearly a year to the day after the first refinancing

KKR’s latest Euro CLO reset records tightest overall funding cost of 2024
KKR has priced the tightest long-duration European reset of 2024 measured by overall cost of funding with a 2018-vintage issue arranged by Jefferies

KKR resets European CLO with increased cost of funding
KKR has priced a second reset of Avoca CLO XVI, a 2016 deal reset in 2018, in a transaction that priced tightly but still saw the overall cost of funding jump out

KKR prices US BSL CLO with AAAs at 132bps
KKR has printed a new USD 457.68m deal dubbed KKR CLO 54, the seventh CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans priced by the manager this year

KKR joins CLO captive equity rush
Investment giant KKR is fundraising for a new CLO captive equity fund with an impressive target size, joining managers like Bain, Beach Point and Brigade who all hit the news this week 

Euro reset sees KKR extend one of its longest-running deals
The latest reset of a 2014 vintage CLO by KKR saw a hefty cost-of-debt increase, as a prior partial refi in 2019 had locked in extremely tight spreads 

KKR prices static Euro CLO with triple-As at 97bps
KKR printed its first static European CLO in style with one of the tightest deals of the year, with a total weighted cost of debt of Euribor plus 148.08bps

KKR prints new US BSL CLO with triple-As at 137bps
KKR has priced its fifth new US BSL CLO of 2024 in a USD 406.70m deal arranged by Scotiabank

KKR launch new programmatic strategy with private credit CLO deal
KKR has moved to establish itself as a more prominent player in the private credit CLO market, with last week’s USD 453m pricing of KIMM CLO I arranged by BNP Paribas and KKR Capital Markets

European CLO double-B spreads hit 2024 low, signalling investor confidence
European CLO double-B spreads are falling lower, hitting year-to-date tights for both new issue and reset deals in the past week. Investors are waving off worries about a potential economic slowdown and opting for primary deals over secondary paper.

KKR resets US BSL CLO
KKR has priced a reset of KKR CLO 49, a US BSL CLO from May 2022, in a deal arranged by Deutsche Bank

KKR prices tightest European deal since August with latest reset
KKR has reset and upsized an early 2023 European CLO, and priced the deal with senior spreads below 130bps