KKR-backed Academy Sports and Outdoors files for U.S. IPO - Reuters

1:35pm PDT - September 9th, 2020    private equity - Reuters

Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc, owned by U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co , on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, making it the latest firm to cash in on the stunning recovery in capital markets from the COVID-19 pandemic.