Overview
KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (“KKR Credit Advisors (US)”) is a Delaware limited liability company
founded in August 2004 and registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”). KKR Credit Advisors (US) together with its relying advisers, participating
affiliates and other affiliated entities listed in
Item 10 are collectively referenced, together with the KKR
Credit Managers (as defined below) as applicable, as “KKR Credit”. KKR Credit has approximately
$205.1
1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022, managed on a discretionary basis.
KKR Credit advises pooled investment vehicles, dedicated separately managed account vehicles,
collateralized loan obligation vehicles (“CLOs”), closed-end investment companies registered under the
U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) (the “RICs”),
discretionary accounts established for third-party institutional investors, including pension plans, a closed-
end management investment company that operates as an interval fund and side-by-side vehicles investing
alongside other KKR Credit Funds and Other Clients (as defined below) (“Manager Co-investment
Vehicles”). KKR Credit also provides sub-advisory services to certain investment funds and investment
vehicles established and managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its affiliates (“KKR”),
including non-U.S. listed and unlisted investment trusts that have investment exposure to funds and
investments managed by KKR and its affiliates. KKR Credit Advisors (US) focuses on U.S. and non-U.S.
credit strategies, including, but not limited to, leveraged credit strategies, such as leveraged loans, high
yield bonds, opportunistic credit, revolving credit, and structured credit; and alternative credit strategies,
such as special situations and strategic investments; and private credit strategies, such as direct lending,
junior debt, and asset-based finance.
KKR Credit is also affiliated with KKR Credit Advisors (Ireland) Unlimited Company (“KKR Credit
Advisors (Ireland)”), which is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”), and provides
discretionary investment management services to a number of pooled investment vehicles, separately
managed accounts and CLOs pursuing primarily European credit strategies including investments in
European leveraged loans and high yield bonds, alternative credit opportunities such as investments in
mezzanine-like instruments, originated senior loans and specific types of syndicated credit investments (e.g.
investments in revolver credit facilities) and other structured and illiquid credit investments.
KKR Credit is also affiliated with KKR Credit Advisors (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“KKR Credit Advisors
(Singapore)), a Singapore private limited company founded in May 2020 and licensed by the Monetary
Authority of Singapore (the “MAS”) to provide advisory services to pooled investment vehicles, separately
managed account vehicles, and discretionary accounts established for third-party institutional investors.
KKR Credit Advisors (Singapore)’s investment management and advisory activities focus on Asia based
private credit opportunities, including, but not limited to, senior and unitranche corporate lending,
subordinated corporate lending (mezzanine and other subordinated debt investments), asset-based finance
investments, and liquid credit investment opportunities across the liquid credit markets in Asia.
KKR Credit Advisors (US) owns a 50% interest, alongside an affiliate of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P.
("FS Investments") who owns the other 50% interest, in FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, an investment adviser
registered with the SEC. FS/KKR Advisor, LLC provides investment advisory services to FS KKR Capital
Corp., a business development company (“BDC”) registered under the Investment Company Act and listed
on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), and KKR FS Income Trust, a privately-placed BDC.
1 Represents KKR Credit’s most recently published AUM as disclosed in Part 1. AUM calculations could differ from those used in
other regulatory filings by KKR Credit in accordance with applicable requirements and guidelines.
KKR Credit is affiliated with KKR Alternative Investment Management Unlimited Company (“KKR
AIM”), which is regulated by the CBI, is an authorized European Union (“EU”) alternative investment
manager, and separately files reports as an exempt reporting adviser with the SEC. KKR AIM enters into
delegation and/or sub advisory agreements with KKR Credit under which KKR will provide certain
portfolio management services to KKR AIM in connection with investment funds with respect to which
KKR AIM serves as alternative investment fund manager for the purposes of the EU Alternative Investment
Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”).
KKR Credit is affiliated with KKR & Co. Inc. (formerly KKR & Co. L.P.) (“KKR & Co.” or the “KKR
Public Company”) which, through its subsidiaries, acquires stakes in, or seeds, or otherwise holds interests
in third-party hedge funds and fund of fund managers (the “Stakes and Seed Managers”).
KKR Credit Advisors (US) is affiliated with KKR and its subsidiaries, which operate under the name
“KKR”. KKR advises and sub-advises private equity funds and other investment vehicles, including
proprietary entities that invest capital for long-term appreciation, by acquiring controlling or minority
positions in portfolio companies, and other assets. Such funds also make investments in publicly traded
equity and debt securities and other marketable securities and instruments (collectively with any
investments in derivative instruments, “Marketable Securities”). In addition, to its traditional private equity
strategy, KKR advises funds and other investment vehicles focused on infrastructure, energy and real estate,
which invest capital primarily through acquiring interests in companies or acquiring underlying assets.
KKR also advises investment funds and other investment vehicles that make growth capital and core
investments. KKR also advises vehicles that make real estate debt investments, including real estate
investment trusts (“REITs”). KKR also offers and sponsors funds and other investment vehicles that make
co-investments alongside KKR proprietary investments or in specific or multiple portfolio companies and
other assets invested in by investment funds advised by KKR and its affiliates, a customized platform that
invests in funds advised by KKR and its affiliates and funds sponsored and managed by unaffiliated
investment managers (collectively, “third party funds”) and related co-investments, and strategic
partnership vehicles or other multi-strategy or multi-asset arrangements that invest across multiple funds
and investment strategies advised by KKR and its affiliates several publicly listed vehicles that are publicly
traded on a stock exchange or are otherwise made available for investment by public investors, including a
publicly listed energy company. KKR’s Global Institute (“KGI”) periodically publishes papers,
highlighting views from KKR’s portfolio companies and portfolio managers and political, economic and
social trends. KKR’s Global Macro and Asset Allocation Group also periodically publishes commentary
on macro-economic trends and related topics through KGI and oversees a proprietary portfolio of
investments in a variety of instruments and securities.
On February 1, 2021, KKR & Co. acquired a majority interest in The Global Atlantic Financial Group
Limited (“Global Atlantic”), a retirement and life insurance company. On January 2, 2024, KKR & Co.
completed the acquisition of the remaining interests in Global Atlantic that KKR did not own, increasing
KKR’s ownership to 100%. Since KKR & Co.’s initial acquisition of the majority interest in Global
Atlantic, Global Atlantic has generally continued to operate as a
separate business with its existing brands
and management team. KKR (including through KKR Credit) serves as Global Atlantic’s investment
manager. KKR has entered into investment management agreements with various Global Atlantic Accounts
(as defined in Item 11) which were approved by applicable insurance regulators. Additionally, KKR Credit
Advisors (US) and KKR Credit Advisors (Ireland) provide investment management services to Global
Atlantic Accounts through a sub-advisory agreement with KKR. Based on preliminary financial results of
Global Atlantic, the estimated value of Global Atlantic assets managed by KKR Credit Advisors (US) as
of December 31, 2023, was approximately $124.9 billion.
For additional information regarding KKR Credit’s clients, including the definitions of “KKR Credit
Funds” and “Other Clients,” please see Item 7 – “Types of Clients”.
Additional information regarding KKR Credit’s “relying advisers” which are investment advisory affiliates
that rely on KKR Credit, as their filing adviser, to file (and amend) a single umbrella SEC registration on
their behalf, and other advisory affiliates that are separately registered with the SEC is provided in Item 10
– “Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations”.
KKR Credit also has an affiliated capital markets business operated through affiliated broker-dealers. Please
see Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations for additional information regarding
KKR’s affiliated broker dealers.
With limited exceptions in connection with certain sub-advisory relationships, KKR Credit does not
manage client assets on a non-discretionary basis as of December 31, 2023, although certain clients have
consent, or opt-out, or opt-in rights with respect to certain investments.
Ownership/Structure
KKR Credit Advisors (US) is wholly owned by KKR. KKR is an indirect subsidiary of the KKR Public
Company, which is listed on the NYSE. KKR Management LLP (“KKR Management”) is the sole holder
of Series I preferred stock of the KKR Public Company, which is entitled to vote for the election of directors
among other matters relating to the KKR Public Company. KKR Holdings L.P. (“KKR Holdings”) holds
stock of the KKR Public Company, which permits KKR Holdings to vote on matters submitted to a vote of
the stockholders of the KKR Public Company. As of January 1, 2022, economic ownership interests in
subsidiaries of the KKR Public Company were held directly or indirectly by KKR Holdings, KKR Holdings
II L.P. (“KKR Holdings II”) and KKR Associates Holdings L.P. (“KKR Associates Holdings”). KKR
Management, KKR Holdings, KKR Holdings II and KKR Associates Holdings are owned by certain current
and former KKR employees and their related persons. On October 8, 2021, the KKR Public Company
through its subsidiaries, entered into a Reorganization Agreement (the “Reorganization Agreement”) with
KKR Holdings, KKR Management, KKR Associates Holdings and certain other parties to undertake a
series of integrated transactions competed on May 31, 2022, in which the KKR Public Company combined
with KKR Holdings, among other things. In addition, following this combination, on December 31, 2026,
subject to exceptions that would accelerate this date, the KKR Public Company will (i) eliminate the Series
I preferred stock held by KKR Management, (ii) establish voting rights for the KKR Public Company’s
common stock on a one vote per share basis, including with respect to the election of directors, and (iii)
acquire control of KKR Associates Holdings. Additional information regarding the Reorganization
Agreement is provided in the KKR Public Company’s current public filings under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Further information can be found in KKR & Co.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year that ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024, and its other
periodic filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov.
Nature of KKR Credit’s Clients
KKR Credit provides investment management, advisory and administrative services directly and indirectly
through wholly-owned and controlled management entities established with respect to one or more Clients
for operational and other purposes (“KKR Credit Managers”). KKR Credit generally provides these
services (i) through affiliated general partners or managing members (“KKR Credit GPs”) and/or through
KKR AIM, as applicable, in respect of investment funds, and dedicated investment vehicles established for
institutional investors and certain high net worth investors sponsored and managed by KKR Credit (“KKR
Credit Funds”), (ii) as adviser to the RICs, (iv) as adviser to a number of CLO vehicles, (v) as adviser to
side-by-side vehicles that are established primarily for the benefit of KKR Credit and KKR employees,
KKR Advisors, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Capstone and executives
and certain other persons associated with KKR (“Manager Co-investment Vehicles”), and (vi) as adviser
directly to other institutional clients, including U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans and sovereign wealth funds
(“Other Clients”), pursuant to contractual relationships, such as investment management agreements. KKR
Credit Funds are typically U.S. and non-U.S. investment limited partnerships, companies, limited liability
companies and other vehicles that are not registered or required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act with the exception of the RICs. The offering of the securities of the KKR Credit Funds are
also typically not required to be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) with the exception of the RICs. For purposes of this brochure, the term “KKR Credit
Funds” includes the RICs. KKR Credit Funds and the Other Clients are collectively referred to in this
brochure as KKR Credit’s ‘Other Clients’. KKR has entered into investment management agreements with
various Global Atlantic Accounts (as defined in Item 11) which were approved by applicable insurance
regulators. KKR Credit Advisors (US) and KKR Credit Advisors (Ireland) provide investment management
services to Global Atlantic Accounts through sub-advisory agreements with KKR. Unless otherwise
specified herein, Global Atlantic Accounts are included in the definition of Other Clients. Please see Item
11 – “Allocations of Investment Opportunities – Global Atlantic” for further information. KKR Credit
also provides sub-advisory services to certain investment funds and investment vehicles established and
managed by KKR, including an Australian Securities Exchange listed and unlisted investment trusts. KKR
Credit also could, through KKR Credit GPs, provide certain operational and administrative services to co-
investment vehicles that are not advisory clients of KKR, such as syndicated capital co-investment vehicles,
as described in Item 11 – “Allocations of Investment Opportunities” through which third-party investors
co-invest alongside KKR Credit Funds and Other Clients.
KKR Credit Advisors (US) does not participate as a manager in any wrap fee programs.
Investment Mandates
The terms upon which KKR Credit serves as investment manager or advisor of a KKR Credit Fund or Other
Client are established at the time each KKR Credit Fund or Other Client relationship is established and are
generally set out in the governing documents entered into by KKR Credit with respect to the relevant KKR
Credit Fund or Other Client and disclosed in the offering or disclosure documents for the relevant KKR
Credit Fund or Other Client, as applicable. These terms, which vary among each KKR Credit Fund and
Other Client, could limit the investments KKR Credit can invest on behalf of the relevant KKR Credit Fund
or Other Client based on security classes, geographies, concentration limits, leverage limits and/or other
criteria, among others.