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Private Equity-backed IPOs: Spotlight on KKR

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47 companies have gone public in 2017 with private equity backing, up 42% from the 33 IPOs during the full-year 2016. KKR has brought 4 IPOs to market in 2017, by far the most active PE firm in the IPO market. Its most recent offering,...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: Biotechs and energy fail to excite in 5-IPO week

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Five IPOs raised $1.4 billion this week, bringing the year's total up to 50 IPOs raising $15 billion.  Set to be the week's largest offerings, two energy companies struggled: Antero Midstream GP broke issue while Liberty postponed. A mortgage REIT and three...read more

KKR Real Estate Trust prices slightly upsized IPO at $20.50, the low end of the range

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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, a KKR-managed mortgage REIT focused on commercial real estate debt, raised $210 million by offering 10.25 million shares at $20.50, the low end of the range of $20.50-$21.50. The company had originally planned to offer 10.00...read more

US IPO Week Ahead: May starts strong with 6 IPOs featuring energy and biotech

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The IPO market continues to heat up with six deals on the calendar aiming to raise $1.7 billion in the first week of May. They include three biotechs, two energy companies and...read more