
Core-plus investment: Expectations game

Capital-flooded markets and rising pressures to deploy have precipitated more flexible investment strategies in private equity. GPs must be careful when crossing between asset classes
Of KKR’s $205.7 billion in assets as of June, $11.8 billion comprised balance sheet investments, chiefly “core” investments that are stable and cash-generative in nature. They don’t fit the firm’s...
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