Global firm KKR announced on Tuesday the final close of a $15 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions in the Asia Pacific region. KKR Asian Fund IV will invest approximately $1.3 billion in capital alongside fund investors through the firm. “Over the last 16 years we have strategically built our Asia Pacific platform and diverse regional team to unlock what we believe are some of the most compelling investment opportunities in the world given Asia Pacific’s growth and dynamism,” said Ming Lu, head of KKR Asia Pacific. “Our new flagship private equity fund meaningfully adds to our multi-asset platform and strengthens our investment position across the region. We are grateful to our investors who have acknowledged the success of our Asia Pacific strategy and share our conviction in the tremendous potential that the region’s businesses hold,” he said.
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FILE PHOTO: Trading information for KKR & Co is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Private equity powerhouse KKR & Co said on Tuesday it has raised $15 billion for its fourth Asia-Pacific focused fund, marking the region’s biggest private equity fund at a time when buyout-backed deals are on the rise.
U.S.-based KKR started marketing the new Asia fund towards the end of 2019, initially targeting $12.5 billion, sources familiar with the situation have said previously.”Companies across Asia Pacific are recognising their potential to become not only national and regional champions but also global leaders in their industries,” Ashish Shastry, KKR’s co-head of Asia Pacific private equity, said in a statement announced the fund-raising.
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - Private equity powerhouse KKR & Co said on Tuesday (April 6) it has raised US$15 billion (S$20 billion) for its fourth Asia-Pacific focused fund, marking the region s biggest private equity fund at a time when buyout-backed deals are on the rise.
US-based KKR started marketing the new Asia fund towards the end of 2019, initially targeting US$12.5 billion, sources familiar with the situation have said previously. Companies across Asia Pacific are recognising their potential to become not only national and regional champions but also global leaders in their industries, Ashish Shastry, KKR s co-head of Asia Pacific private equity, said in a statement announcing the fund-raising.
MDEC and CIMB Islamic sign MoU providing RM25 million to scale AgTech pilot
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Cyberjaya, 2 April 2021: The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (“CIMB Islamic”) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on extending an extensive micro-financing programme with an allocation of RM10 million as an initial funding package to catalyse Digital Agriculture Technology (Digital Agtech) in Malaysia. This allocation has the potential to be increased to RM25 million as the programme progresses.
MDEC, a long-time proponent of digitalising the agriculture sector, via a public-private partnership with the Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan Kuala Langat (PPKKL), initiated a pilot project in 2018 to spur yield and quality of crops utilising the latest technologies. It has seen farmers adopting an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled fertigation system that helped them reduce monthly fertiliser usage by 20 percent, lower monthly manpower requiremen