Exclusive: KKR targets record $15 billion for new Asia-focused fund - sources

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global private equity group KKR & Co Inc is targeting a record $15 billion (£11.7 billion) for its new Asia-focused buyout fund, three sources with knowledge of the fundraising plan told Reuters.A fund of that size would break the New York-based private equity firm's own 2017 record of a $9.3 billion fund and comes as buyout groups are increasingly focusing on Asian investments.The fundraising will start in the first quarter of 2020, with the aim of achieving first close,..