(HedgeCo.Net). KKR is in the headlines on several fronts as it deepens its reach into both retail wealth channels and AI-linked infrastructure. In London, the global investment firm has teamed up with Quilter Cheviot, the high-net-worth wealth management arm of Quilter, to launch an “evergreen” private-markets solution for UK investors. TradingView

The new vehicle is designed to offer clients ongoing access to a diversified portfolio of KKR strategies, including private equity, private credit and real assets, without the traditional closed-end fund life cycle. By smoothing capital calls and distributions, the structure aims to make alternatives more usable in discretionary portfolios and model-portfolio programs — a key growth area as wealth managers seek to democratize institutional strategies. TradingView+1

At the same time, KKR is ramping up its exposure to the infrastructure underpinning the AI boom. The firm recently agreed to invest in a portion of the operating data centers and future assets of Compass Datacenters, a platform backed by Brookfield. The transaction will see KKR acquire stakes in existing facilities while providing growth capital as Compass builds new sites for hyperscale and cloud clients. Yahoo Finance+1

The Compass deal slots into KKR’s broader digital-infrastructure franchise, which already includes fiber, towers and other connectivity assets globally. With AI training and inference requiring massive amounts of power and compute, datacenters have become one of the hottest corners of the infrastructure market — and a key battleground among alternative managers like KKR, Brookfield and Blackstone. Yahoo Finance+1

Elsewhere in Europe, KKR is reported to be reviewing strategic options for a roughly €45 million French real-estate portfolio, illustrating how managers are actively pruning and rotating assets in response to local property-market conditions. That kind of portfolio management is increasingly important as higher rates force sponsors to differentiate between core, non-core and opportunistic holdings. Green Street News

For KKR’s institutional and wealth clients, today’s developments paint a picture of a firm leaning into both sides of the alternatives story: long-duration infrastructure tied to secular trends like AI, and flexible access vehicles that bring those strategies to a broader base of investors. With public-private “hybrid” products also in the pipeline through its partnership with Capital Group, the manager is betting that the next leg of growth in alternatives will come from integrating private assets into mainstream portfolios rather than keeping them in a separate bucket. PR Newswire+1

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