KKR closes European buyout fund at $6.44 billion <!-- no image --> <div>Private equity firm KKR & Co said on Tuesday it had closed its latest buyout fund European Fund V, which was focused on transactions in core Western Europe markets, at 5.8 billion euros ($6.44 billion).<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0L068pL4ucU:nfVntx0G50o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0L068pL4ucU:nfVntx0G50o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0L068pL4ucU:nfVntx0G50o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0L068pL4ucU:nfVntx0G50o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0L068pL4ucU:nfVntx0G50o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/0L068pL4ucU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters