Carlyle arranges $8.5 billion structured credit deal for buyout fund

7 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 4

More than $5 billion will seed Carlyle’s next flagship fund, while proceeds also repay investors in older vintages, people familiar with the matter said.
The financing is described as first of its kind and is structured with roughly half bank debt, with the remainder split between preferred and common equity.
The deal gives Carlyle fresh capital for new acquisitions while returning money to existing investors, highlighting increasingly complex private-market financing as fundraising remains challenging.

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