Carlyle Wants More Up-and-Running Infrastructure Projects

Carlyle Wants More Up-and-Running Infrastructure Projects

The Carlyle Group is looking to expand its investments in infrastructure assets that it can hold on to for many years—airport terminals, water-treatment systems, renewable power plants, for instance—while booking steady payouts. “These investments will be focused on...
Divestment & Carve-Out Challenges

Divestment & Carve-Out Challenges

A carve-out, also known as a separation, is normally used to refer to the result of the sale (divestment) of a part of a business; however, it may also be used when referring to the permanent division of an organisation into two or smaller parts without any sale, or...
Buyout Boom Gains Steam in Record Year for Private Equity

Buyout Boom Gains Steam in Record Year for Private Equity

Big leveraged buyouts are back, and this year’s crop might just be a taste of things to come. Private-equity firms have announced a record $944.4 billion worth of buyouts in the U.S. so far this year, 2.5 times the volume in the same period last year and more than...