{"id":5910,"date":"2007-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"carlyle-group-to-launch-hedge-fund-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2007\/carlyle-group-to-launch-hedge-fund-business.html","title":{"rendered":"Carlyle Group to Launch Hedge Fund Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.net &#8211; Private equity firm Carlyle Group <span class=\"storytext\">is launching a $1 billion hedge fund called Carlyle Multi Strategy Partners, the fund is said to have<\/span> a wide-ranginginvestment strategy.<\/p>\n<p>  Last year, the $56 billion firm hired 2 new managers to head up a hedge fund business called Carlyle Blue Wave and has since put together a team of 55 for the unit. Carlyle, based in Washington,  D.C., declined to comment on the timing of the hedge fund&#8217;s launch.<\/p>\n<p>  There has been a global rush of investment dollars into lightly regulated private partnerships such as private-equity firms and hedge funds. Private-equity firms use client funds to buy companies,  take them private, restructure them, and sell them again, typically three to five years later. Hedge funds, by contrast, use clients&#8217; money to invest in a variety of securities and investments,  frequently trading very actively and quickly in public markets.<\/p>\n<p>  Carlyle Group has over 400 investment professionals operating out of offices in 18 countries to uncover&nbsp; opportunities in North America, Europe,&nbsp;Asia, Australia and Africa. Carlyle has  investments in 48 funds, including buyouts, venture capital, real estate and leveraged finance, they are also reported to be considering investing in renewable energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">  Alex Akesson<br \/>  Contributing Writer<br \/>  HedgeCo.Net<br \/>  Email: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Editor@hedgeco.net\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">Editor@hedgeco.net<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">    HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"..\/\" onclick=    \"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.hedgeco.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge Funds!  <\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">      <strong>Be sure to check out our sister sites. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a>,      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">www.hedgefundtools.com,<\/a><\/strong> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=      \"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"><strong>www.hedgefundemployment.com.<\/strong><\/a>    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.net &#8211; Private equity firm Carlyle Group is launching a $1 billion hedge fund called Carlyle Multi Strategy Partners, the fund is said to have a wide-ranginginvestment strategy. Last year, the $56 billion firm hired 2 new managers to head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}