The latest example is in philadelphia , where apollo global management ( apo ) co-founder josh harris yesterday agreed to buy the 76ers for a reported $ 280 million .
Apollo global management ( apo ) , another listed rival , reports just 47 % of its assets under management as private equity -- and , again , the actual volume pales in comparison to carlyle .
Current regulations like fas 167 -- which governs consolidation -- has created a situation in which public market investors are hard-pressed to compare gaap financials from firms like kkr , blackstone and apollo global management ( apo ) .
Or perhaps as large as the pair of $ 3 billion managed accounts that the texas teachers ' retirement system signed last year with apollo global management ( apo ) and kohlberg kravis roberts & co. ( kkr ) .
And I 'm not just talking about matching assets under management to market caps of already-public buyout firms like apollo global management ( apo ) , blackstone group ( bx ) or kohlberg , kravis roberts & co. ( kkr ) .