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Apollo readies Japan private equity push, joining KKR and Carlyle

Progress on governance offers investment opportunities akin to Germany in 2000s

Leon Black, chairman and CEO of Apollo Global Management: The company is said to be close to its first private equity deal in Japan.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Headquartered in a skyscraper on New York's 57th Street, otherwise known as Billionaires' Row, alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management has amassed more than $400 billion in assets under management over its three decades.

Despite its status as a global private equity firm on a par with KKR and Carlyle, Apollo is a relatively unfamiliar name in Japan.

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