M&A wrap: M&A East, Casa Dragones, Bertha Gonzalez Nieves, Exponent, KKR, Fiat, Littlejohn

KKR is becoming Crowe's becoming its first institutional capital partner.

Helix is supported by KKR’s global infrastructure platform and will have more than more than $10 billion of long-duration capital commitments.

As GP-led secondaries scale to record levels, top investors are flagging a widening gap between trophy assets and weaker deals, even as new financing tools like CFOs further blur the line between sale and securitization.