KKR – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:29:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 KKR Said to Approach Walgreens Boots for Potential Largest Buyout Ever as Healthcare Beckons /kkr-said-to-approach-walgreens-boots-for-potential-largest-buyout-ever-as-healthcare-beckons/ /kkr-said-to-approach-walgreens-boots-for-potential-largest-buyout-ever-as-healthcare-beckons/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:38:42 +0000 /?p=13676 KKR, which last month said profit slipped on costlier dealmaking, proposed buying Walgreens Boots Alliance as the private equity firm pushes deeper into healthcare.  The potential deal, reported by Bloomberg News based on unidentified sources, would bring Alliance Boots full circle. KKR sold Alliance Boots to Walgreens in 2012 after acquiring the European pharmacy chain […]

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]]> /kkr-said-to-approach-walgreens-boots-for-potential-largest-buyout-ever-as-healthcare-beckons/feed/ 0 KKR Finds Private Equity Dealmaking Harder in Booming Stock Market /kkr-finds-private-equity-dealmaking-harder-in-booming-stock-market/ /kkr-finds-private-equity-dealmaking-harder-in-booming-stock-market/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2019 20:25:52 +0000 /?p=13177 While KKR pulled off edutech, fintech and real estate deals in the third-quarter, the private equity investor’s profit slipped, a victim of the record-setting U.S. stock market’s downside. Lofty valuations made cutting deals more difficult for the New York-based PE firm. KKR reported that profit fell in the third quarter amid a revenue decline from asset […]

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]]> /kkr-finds-private-equity-dealmaking-harder-in-booming-stock-market/feed/ 0 Warren Demands Private Equity Firms Detail For-Profit College Investments /warren-demands-private-equity-firms-detail-for-profit-college-investments/ /warren-demands-private-equity-firms-detail-for-profit-college-investments/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:20:21 +0000 /?p=12170 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding private equity firms including KKR & Co. and Apollo Global turn over details of their investments in colleges, as P.E. firms find themselves increasingly in Congress’s crosshairs. Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat running for president was joined by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D., WI) in launching a probe into whether […]

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]]> /warren-demands-private-equity-firms-detail-for-profit-college-investments/feed/ 0 UBS Raises $225 Million for KKR Fund, As Institutions Add to Social Impact Investments /ubs-raises-225-million-for-kkr-fund-as-institutions-add-to-social-impact-investments/ /ubs-raises-225-million-for-kkr-fund-as-institutions-add-to-social-impact-investments/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:55:51 +0000 /?p=11714 UBS raised $225 million from private clients for KKR’s Global Impact fund, the latest example of major financial institutions responding to demand for more social impact investing opportunities. The UBS fundraising is part of its five-year plan to commit $5 billion supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The KKR fund invests in businesses that […]

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]]> /ubs-raises-225-million-for-kkr-fund-as-institutions-add-to-social-impact-investments/feed/ 2 KKR’s Impact Fund Said to Top $1 Billion on Robust ESG Demand /kkrs-impact-fund-said-to-top-1-billion-on-robust-esg-demand/ /kkrs-impact-fund-said-to-top-1-billion-on-robust-esg-demand/#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:27:36 +0000 /?p=10628 KKR & Co.’s fundraising for its first Global Impact Fund surpassed its goal, as bets on investments intended to provide a social and environmental benefit surge. KKR is still collecting commitments after surpassing its $1 billion goal, Bloomberg News reported citing a person familiar. The fund has already invested in an Indian recycling firm and […]

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]]> /kkrs-impact-fund-said-to-top-1-billion-on-robust-esg-demand/feed/ 0 S. Korea Zeros in on EV: SKC to Acquire Copper Foil Maker from KKR for $1B /s-korea-zeros-in-on-ev-skc-to-acquire-copper-foil-maker-from-kkr-for-1b/ /s-korea-zeros-in-on-ev-skc-to-acquire-copper-foil-maker-from-kkr-for-1b/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:36:38 +0000 http://3.222.249.12/?p=9334 South Korean energy and chemical company SKC will acquire copper foil company KCF Technologies from private equity major KKR for $1 billion. The purchase of KCF, whose copper foil forms the core of EV batteries, is the latest indicator of South Korea’s rapid adoption of electric vehicles. KKR acquired KCF through a leveraged buyout in […]

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