KKR vs Blackstone: rivals making NYSE

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone are private equity brethren – but have long been rivals, too. Nearly three years after Steve Schwarzman’s firm went public at the peak of the buyout boom, Henry Kravis’s KKR is finally set to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The move will give stock investors new enthusiasm to score one firm against the other. For KKR, it’s the relatively quiet culmination of a lengthy process. The firm filed for a U.S. initial public offering in 2007, but that n...