Investors should take a closer look at KKR & Co. on the strength of its alternative assets business, according to Michael Nicolas, portfolio manager at Oakmark Funds.
"If you kind of step back a little bit, alternatives have been taking share of invested assets for quite some time, and KKR has been taking share within alternatives," he said Wednesday on CNBC's " Squawk on the Street ."
The portfolio manager at the Oakmark Equity And Income Investor fund (OAKBX) said he prefers KKR over some of its competitors, such as Blackstone and Apollo Global Management.
"We think the company is extremely well managed, and has a really attractive long-term earnings growth outlook.
Additionally, Nicolas said he still likes Fiserv and Willis Towers Watson , both stocks he recommended on CNBC in October .