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PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... secret of the fact he sees successful US giants as the blueprint for his growing firm. "We really admire what Blackstone and KKR have done in pioneering the alternatives industry and moving with it," he says. On attracting expertise to the firm, he says ...

KKR invests in German fibre-optics via $4.2bn infra fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Following the closing of its new $4.2 billion infrastructure fund, global alternatives manager KKR has partnered with Dutch investment firm Reggeborgh to acquire a majority stake in German infrastructure company Deutsche Glasfaser (DG). Reggeborgh currently ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... Meanwhile, Treasury Wine Estates' shares have jumped 20.5 cents, or 4.14 per cent, to $5.155 after US private equity firm KKR lifted its takeover offer for the Penfolds owner. Shares in oil and gas company Roc Oil have also soared after the company's ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
New Zealand Superannuation Fund will invest up to $US250 million ($A277.12 million) with New York Stock Exchange-listed KKR to gain exposure to North American energy markets created by shale oil and gas resources. The fund will invest up to $US175m ...

Financial Index offers $130m for Centric Wealth

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... employees a greater level of sophistication and opportunity," Paule said. FIWA has teamed up with $20.4 billion credit business KKR Asset Management (KKR), an affiliate of KKR & Co. KKR, for the proposed transaction. KKR will have an equity interest ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... $652.5 million. Myer was down four cents, or 1.44 per cent, at $2.73. In other news, Seven West Media said private equity firm KKR sold its 12 per cent stake in the diversified media house for $2.21 a share, a three per cent discount on Tuesday's closing ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Group Ltd. At the same time, he was a member of a consulting team working firstly with multinational private equity firms KKR Australia and subsequently with Blackstone Group on a proposed takeover of Spotless. The ASIC found that at the time Mr Lindskog ...

Hastings appoints executive director for North America

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Group in First Reserve Corporation, a company based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Previously, she was chief operating officer at KKR Capital Markets LLC in New York.

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... race for AXA took more twists and turns that an episode of a bad soap opera, with NAB, IOOF and AMP all drawn into the web. KKR's bid for Perpetual raised many eyebrows, marking private equity's first foray into the Australian financial services landscape ...

Perpetual FUM stable despite KKR bid

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... rests squarely on Perpetual, which remains subject to overtures from leading US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). The market is nervously awaiting the next move after Perpetual rejected KKR but left the door open for an improved offer. ...