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The Carlyle Group raises $3.12bnCETP V holds a first close.
Behind the headlines: Clash of the titansIn 2003, PEI brought together Carlyle’s David Rubenstein and Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman to compare notes on how to run a global alternative investment business.
Carlyle’s Conway: Uncertainty over CEO is not impacting fundraisingThe firm gathered $6bn across strategies in the third quarter and $25bn in the year to September; interim CEO says ‘no long-term damage’ with leadership change.
Carlyle’s Asia chairman: We’re leaning in to ChinaThe Washington DC-headquartered firm expects to be opportunistic in Chinese private equity over the next six to nine months, Xiang-Dong Yang tells PEI.
GP consolidation to deepen in difficult fundraising environment – IPEM panelThe high cost of operations, capital constraints and an attraction to specialists are all factors driving M&A activity among PE firms.
When it comes to succession, scale plays an outsized roleWhen faced with an unexpected succession issue, it helps to be a huge, multi-strategy business.
Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee resigns in sudden exitFormer co-CEO William Conway will serve as interim chief; newly formed office of the CEO will help find a permanent successor.
DOWNLOAD: Crowded fundraising backdrop sees 40% decline in funds closedFundraising in the first half of 2022 fell, yet both the number of funds seeking to raise capital and the volume of capital they are targeting have hit a record.
- Carlyle’s Lee: ‘Fundraising is most challenging in the corporate PE segment’
Areas that represent continued growth for the firm include credit, investment solutions and infrastructure, chief executive Kewsong Lee said on the firm's second quarter earnings call.
ADIA taps infra exec as head of PE AmericasThe $650bn sovereign wealth fund had raised its allocation to PE up to 10%, per its latest annual report.