BANGKOK -- U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is poised to go on an aggressive buyout offensive in a part of the world it forecasts will avoid the storm clouds being cast by the U.S.-China and U.K.-EU rifts.
There is speculation that KKR will launch its fourth Asia-focused fund next year, after having recently named Hirofumi Hirano, CEO of its Japanese subsidiary, and Ashish Shastry, representative of its Southeast Asian operations, as co-heads of the investment house's Asia-Pacific private equity business.
