
Fund focus: Safe hands
With $9.3 billion in dry powder, KKR aims to capitalize on growing big-ticket opportunities in the region. The large and rapid fundraise is further evidence of the flight to quality among LPs
Speaking to AVCJ in the summer of 2012, Joe Bae (pictured left), head of Asia at KKR, cited Japan as an example of the need to play the long game and wait for cycles to turn. Over the previous seven years,...
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