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  • February 2008

    • Markets Drop as KKR Unit Delays Payment

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 20, 08 7:21 AM CST

      Markets Drop as KKR Unit Delays Payment

      (Newser) - Asian stocks slumped today after reports in the Financial Times that a struggling arm of private equity heavyweight Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. missed a second payment on billions of dollars of commercial debt just 6 months after two of its founders poured $270 million into the company. Investors cashed out as fears of a global credit meltdown flared, reports the Wall Street Journal.  More »

  • September 2007

    • KKR Prepares for Test of Credit Markets

      Washington Post  |  Sep 11, 07 8:17 AM CDT

      KKR Prepares for Test of Credit Markets

      (Newser) - Kolhberg Kravis Roberts is pushing forward with some of the biggest deals in US history, but the iconic buyout firm finds itself under unprecedented scrutiny. Analysts say the huge deals KKR has pending will be a test of the struggling credit markets, the Washington Post reports: If they don't go through, the age of private equity may be over. More »

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      private equity  • credit market  • hedge fund  • KKR  • Henry Kravis  • First Data

  • June 2007

    • KKR Joins IPO Party

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 22, 07 9:05 AM CDT

      KKR Joins IPO Party

      (Newser) - Corporate raiders Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have announced an initial public offering , on the heels of a wildly successful $34B IPO by rival Blackstone yesterday. The mammoth LBO group, whose boss Henry Kravis maintains a well known rivalry with Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzmann, waited to make sure Blackstone swam before making the announcement. More »

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      private equity  • taxes  • IPO  • investors  • Blackstone Group  • KKR  • finances  • Stephen Schwarzman  • Henry Kravis

    • KKR Buyout Spree Hits a Snag

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 07 4:31 PM CDT

      KKR Buyout Spree Hits a Snag

      (Newser) - Buyout giant KKR's $26B acquisition of electronic payment processor First Data Corp is not going smoothly, reports the Wall Street Journal . Once enthusiastic investors are shying away from private equity deals as interest rates steepen. "We have enough exposure to KKR already," said one major financier. More »

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      acquisitions  • private equity  • hedge fund  • buyout  • investing  • KKR  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts  • Henry Kravis

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