The Carlyle Group today filed for an Initial Public Offering of units in the global alternatives business on the New York Stock Exchange by 2012.
The filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that Carlyle, with $153 billion of assets under management, will join the ranks of other major alternative asset managers that have gone public, such as The Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and Apollo Global Management.
