Watch Private Equity: KKR’s Freise Says Firm 'Is Very Positive on Germany'

KKR & Co.'s co-head of European private equity, Philipp Freise, said the firm is "very positive on Germany," characterizing the country as a safe and stable environment for investment at a time when other parts of the world are facing crises, according to Bloomberg. Freise made the remarks in an interview with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue, a Bloomberg video published October 21, 2026.

Freise pointed to positive signs from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's reform of the pension system as part of the rationale for KKR's constructive view. The source material does not provide deal values, fund sizes, or specific transaction details tied to the comments, so the remarks should be read as a statement of strategic sentiment rather than a disclosed investment action.

For institutional allocators and private equity professionals, the comments signal that a major global alternative asset manager sees Germany as a relatively attractive European destination for deployment, with policy reform cited as a supportive factor. Further detail on KKR's German pipeline or allocations was not included in the available reporting.