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

KKR prices fourth new US BSL CLO of the year
KKR has priced a new US BSL CLO, its fourth for 2024, valued at USD 506.65m via Deutsche Bank

King Street bolsters CLO research ranks with hire from KKR
Alternative asset manager King Street has hired Terry Ing from KKR to head US research for credit and CLOs    

KKR hits 105 bps with 2017-vintage US CLO refi
KKR scored the tightest triple-A spread for a US BSL refinancing this year with its latest transaction, a reworking of KKR CLO 20 

KKR raises more than USD 800m for its second Asian credit opportunities fund

What August slowdown? Blackstone prices new CLO in Europe
Blackstone prints new European CLO with triple-A spreads at 135bps via BNP

KKR refinances 2016 vintage KKR CLO 15
KKR Financial Advisors has printed a full refinancing of KKR CLO 15, a US BSL deal that originally debuted in 2016

KKR prints third new US BSL deal of 2024
KKR, working with Wells Fargo as the arranger, has priced its third new issue US BSL CLO

New KKR CLO sees European triple-As hit 125
While the overall pace of European CLO spread tightening has flattened out somewhat the latest print saw another new tight for triple-As from KKR