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

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

South Carolina pension system commits USD 100m to asset backed fund
The South Carolina Retirement System recently revealed a commitment made on 27 February of up to USD 100m

KKR receives USD 75m commitment for direct lending fund
A US pension fund has made a USD 75m allocation to KKR's evergreen strategy focuses on US upper middle-market borrowers

KKR adds new evergreen fund to direct lending line-up
Investment giant KKR has launched a new direct lending fund, according to fund filings

KKR plans asset-based fund
KKR Asset-Based Income Fund will take a 'multi-sector' approach, investing across consumer finance, mortgages, small-medium sized enterprises, hard assets, infrastructure and contractual cash flows

LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

KKR and Mubadala form $1 billion Asian private credit partnership
KKR and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala have formed a $1 billion ‘strategic partnership’ to co-invest across performing Asia private credit

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

KKR reports $115 billion dry powder as it changes public markets business name
KKR reported strong deployment and dry powder figures but fee-related earnings came short of expectations

Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments

KKR collects $2.1 billion for inaugural asset-based finance fund
KKR is making a push in the $4.5 trillion asset based finance market, which its co-heads of private credit see as "one of the most compelling and fastest-growing opportunities”

KKR collects $1.1 billion for inaugural Asia credit opportunities fund
The firm claims it is the “largest inaugural pan-regional fund focused on performing credit” and “one of the largest inaugural pan-regional credit funds to have been raised for Asia Pacific"

LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

KKR and PGIM among bidders to buy Alcentra: Bloomberg
BNY Mellon is set to offload its credit investment unit Alcentra, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each

KKR prints largest new CLO of 2021 with static mid market deal
KKR Credit has priced the largest new issue CLO of the year to date, teaming with Bank of America on the huge $1.13 billion static deal named KKR Lending Partners III

Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures