KKR prices fourth new US BSL CLO for the year
KKR CLO 58 takes the manager’s total issuance for the year to over USD 8bn

KKR grows ABF business to USD 75bn, expands origination
The alternative asset manager acquired a majority stake in a biopharma royalties business this week to add to its asset-backed finance business

KKR resets short-dated US deal from last year
The USD 373m reworking renewed KKR CLO 45a on a standard 2Y/5Y timeline

KKR raises USD 6.5bn, doubling the size of prior asset-backed finance fund
The sophomore fund in the series will invest in private credit investments backed by large, diversified pools of financial and hard assets

KKR issues third new US CLO for the year
The USD 402.5m deal priced its senior triple As at SOFR plus 133bps

Seven managers make up 90% of private credit fundraising – Morningstar
Over the last five years, Apollo alone accounted for 29% of all capital raised for private credit

Virginia, New Mexico among pension systems making new private credit commitments
Virginia Retirement System allocates USD 500m under credit strategies portfolio, while New Mexico State Investment Council allocates USD 250m to Fortress Investment Group and Indiana Public Retirement System commits USD 200m to HPS

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

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 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

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 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 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 

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

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 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