RPT-INSIGHT-Private equity deals hit as banks curb lending for leveraged buyouts
January 15, 2016 at 07:00 AM EST
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - For KKR & Co LP, the private equity firm behind some of the world's largest leveraged buyouts, the acquisition of U.S. outdoor retailer Mills Fleet Farm for a little more than $1.2 billion should have been a formality.