Carlyle seeks to get $15B
Private equity firm Carlyle Group is looking to raise $15 billion for its next US buyout fund, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The fund, the firm’s seventh for the US, is part of Carlyle’s aim to raise $100 billion from 2016 to 2019, Bloomberg reported.
Carlyle’s $15 billion fund could be the largest pool ever focused on buyouts in the US region, Bloomberg reported, as private equity firms are raising ever-bigger pools of capital to provide returns to investors amid near-zero interest rates.
The firm, led by co-Chief Executive Officers David Rubenstein and William Conway, gathered $13 billion for its sixth US buyout fund in 2013.
Carlyle was not immediately available for comment.