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Nvidia reached a deal with some of Wall Street’s largest firms to help raise $500 billion to fund the AI infrastructure build-out. Apollo Global Management Blackstone BlackRock Brookfield Asset Management Goldman Sachs and KKR agreed to help Nvidia assemble financing in a deal that could be announced as soon as Monday, people familiar with the matter said. Spending commitments on data centers and other AI infrastructure have reached eye-popping levels, and Wall Street’s banks and investment firms have been rushing to finance the boom in increasingly creative ways.

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KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) reported record second-quarter results for 2026, led by growth in management fees, fundraising, capital deployment and monetization activity across its asset management, insurance and strategic holdings businesses. Fee-related earnings were $1.32 per share, up 34% from a y

Moby summary of KKR & Co. Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call

KKR posts record fee-related earnings of $1.32 per share, up 34% year-over-year, while raising $34 billion in new capital during the quarter.

KKR sold private-equity investments to boost profits, while Blue Owl said investor withdrawals had bottomed out.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for KKR & Co. (KKR) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

KKR & Co. (KKR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +14.79% and +13.47%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

KKR posted a higher profit and revenue in the second quarter, buoyed by higher management fees and fundraising along with strong asset inflows across its asset management and insurance segments.

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The companies that manage Kuwait’s oil sector signed a $16 billion lease agreement with a group of investors led by Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR.

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Vertis is in advanced talks to buy eight road assets from Megha Engineering, valued at about $800 million including debt.

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Blackstone's Q2 results are likely to show higher AUM, fee growth and solid exit profits, with revenues and earnings expected to rise year over year.

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The private-equity firms aim to gain from the multi-industry conglomerate’s recent pivot to focus on its energy businesses, analysts say

The platform, said to be Korea’s largest for renewable energy, will have around 1.7 gigawatts of capacity currently in operation and a development pipeline that would raise its total capacity to 10 gigawatts.

EDF power solutions’ North American renewable energy business ranks among the top 10 U.S. renewable capacity owners and operates solar, wind and battery storage assets across the U.S. and Canada.

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(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England will stress test private markets against a doomsday scenario featuring 7% interest rates, a 35% collapse in UK share prices, a 400 basis-point increase in leveraged loan spreads and a wide range of artificial intelligence disruptions, the central bank announced on Friday.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranModi Warns of ‘Shortage of Trust’ Ahead of Trump MeetingTrump Blows Through His Iran Red Lines in Justifying Pe

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Helix Digital Infrastructure will “serve as a single coordination point for hyperscalers’ data centers, power, connectivity and related needs,” KKR said.

DCC said it would recommend an improved takeover offer from private-equity firms KKR and Energy Capital Partners to shareholders if a formal offer is made.

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