By Hedge Fund Insight staff It was announced today that PAAMCO and KKR Prisma are to form a Strategic Partnership to create a new liquid alternatives investment firm. As PAAMCO has been fiercely independent and Prisma was acquired by Private Equity giant KKR in 2012 to give growth to its’ liquid alternatives business this has […] Read more »
KKR Looks to Grow Prisma As Its Consolidated Hedge Fund Platform
By Hedge Fund Insight Staff Quoted PE behemoth KKR & Co LP is looking to significantly expand its hedge fund related businesses. KKR started in hedge funds by bringing over the 8-man equity strategies team from Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies Americas in mid 2011. Then last year KKR bought $8bn fund of hedge funds firm […] Read more »
Stakes In Hedge Fund Businesses In Demand As Blackstone Declares An Interest
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Once in a week is random, twice in a couple of weeks is a potential pattern, but three times in a month is confirmation. The first occurence was the sales of stake in insurance risk manager Nephilia Capital. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired a 24.9% ownership in the […] Read more »