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☆ Why revamping feedback is a priority for Carlyle's new human resources chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Carlyle, the Washington, DC-based alternative asset manager which manages some $382 billion in assets, this week announced that it would install a new chief human resources officer. Jennifer Barker, a partner who's been with Carlyle since 2016 and presently serves as the firm's head of international human resources, will step into the role of chief human resources, taking over for Bruce Larson, formerly a senior human-capital executive at Goldman Sachs who joined Carlyle in 2019, according to a Carlyle regulatory filing. Others include Lúcia Soares, the firm's chief information officer and head of technology transformation, appointed in July; Eleena Melamed, global chief operating officer of investor relations and head of client strategy, appointed in August; and Meg Starr, formerly Carlyle's global head of impact, who became global head of corporate affairs in December. In a Thursday memo announcing the switch, Schwartz said Barker will report to Christopher Finn, Carlyle's chief operating officer, and take a seat on the firm's leadership and operating committees. She is also interested in rethinking how companies deliver feedback to their employees, perhaps through the arcane rite of the performance review.

Persons: Carlyle, Jennifer Barker, who's, Bruce Larson, Goldman Sachs, Larson, Barker, Harvey Schwartz's, Lúcia Soares, Eleena, Meg Starr, Schwartz, Christopher Finn, Jen, that's, we've, Reed Alexander Organizations: Business Locations: Washington, DC, London

☆ Carlyle’s Big Mac China dish is hard to match
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SINGAPORE, Nov 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Carlyle (CG.O) may be lagging its peers in the United States. But in China, at least, the buyout firm is finishing a meal that will be hard for others to find. That’s less than the private equity outfit run by Harvey Schwartz was hoping for, but is tasty enough. Given geopolitical tensions and China’s weak economic growth, Carlyle has done well to secure a hassle-free exit. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Carlyle, repurchasing, Harvey Schwartz, ByteDance, Jack Ma’s Ant, Antony Currie, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, HK, X, Walmart, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, United States, China, People’s Republic, Hong Kong, Macau, McDonald’s, Rome

Carlyle, which started raising its sixth Asia-focused fund in mid-2022, has bagged less than $3 billion so far, two of the sources said. Investors in private equity companies, known as limited partners, typically reinvest after having booked returns from their previous investments. Private equity firms have made a total of $15.6 billion in exits in Asia, down 82% year-on-year, Dealogic data showed. Sources told Reuters last year Carlyle was aiming to raise $8.5 billion in the pan-Asia fund. Capital allocation to China had been bigger in Carlyle's previous Asia funds, different sources with knowledge of the matter have said.

Persons: Carlyle, Jack Ma's, Harvey Schwartz, Goldman Sachs, Patrick Siewert, Nina Gong, Herman Chang, Kane Wu, Sriram, Xie Yu, Sumeet Chatterjee, Miral Organizations: Carlyle, Investors, Reuters, Yes Bank, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, MUMBAI, Asia, East, Europe, China, U.S, India, South Korea, Carlyle's, Beijing, Hong Kong, Greater China, Carlyle's Hong Kong, Mumbai

☆ 'Incredible alpha opportunities' in the year ahead despite headwinds, says Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When asked about the risk outlook, Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz, former president of Goldman Sachs, advised caution but remained positive about alpha opportunities. "But I think the year ahead will certainly present incredible alpha opportunities. It doesn't mean there won't be great alpha opportunities." Schwartz also highlighted the need to stay liquid in times of war to be best prepared for uncertainty. "I think certain geopolitical risk, particularly war — again the tragedy of war and the loss of life — I think those are very difficult to price in the near term.

Persons: Harvey Schwartz, Goldman Sachs, Schwartz, — Organizations: Investment, Bankers, Carlyle Group, Carlyle, International Monetary Fund Locations: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

☆ Davos in the Desert: Jamie Dimon and other bankers visit Saudi Arabia as Israel-Hamas war rages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dubbed “Davos in the Desert,” the annual Future Investment Initiative (FII) will welcome about 6,000 participants from more than 90 countries over the next three days. Since the Hamas assault on October 7, Israel has widened its offensive against the Palestinian militant group and other regional enemies. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, denied any personal involvement in Khashoggi’s murder but later confirmed it was carried out by Saudi officials. Bin Salman chairs the Public Investment Fund. “Very few people” had canceled plans to attend the conference, according to Richard Attias, the CEO of the FII Institute, the event’s organizer.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Defense Lloyd Austin, Larry Fink, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Noel Quinn, Ray Dalio, Stephen Schwarzman, Harvey Schwartz, Blackstone, Carlyle, “ We’re, it’s, ”, Fraser, Fink, “, Karen E, WeWork, Slack, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s, Mohammad bin Salman, Bin Salman, bin Salman, Masayoshi, Richard Attias, Young, — Winston Lo, Michelle Toh Organizations: London CNN, “, Future Investment Initiative, Defense, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, HSBC, Citigroup, Saudi, Public Investment Fund, Columbia University’s Center, Global Energy, CNN, Reliance Retail, Softbank’s Vision, Future Investment, FII Institute, Young of Columbia University Locations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, “ Davos, Gaza, Lebanon, Riyadh, Ukraine, Europe, United States, Washington, Russia, Saudi, Istanbul, Kingdom, Hong Kong

☆ Carlyle’s big fee strain comes into sharper view
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo for Carlyle is seen at the company’s offices in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Private equity veteran Carlyle (CG.O) is behind the buyout times. Carlyle and Blackstone kicked off the latest results season at opposite ends of the valuation spectrum. Carlyle trades at about 10 times expected earnings for 2023, according to Refinitiv, the lowest among major peers. And yet, Carlyle’s primary business of doing deals held up relatively better: Proceeds from asset sales declined 36%, versus an 82% slump at Blackstone.

Persons: Carlyle, Brendan McDermid, Harvey Schwartz, Blackstone, Steve Schwarzman, Schwartz, Jonathan Guilford, Aston Martin, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Blackstone, Twitter, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Japan

☆ Carlyle names insider John Redett as finance chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 20 (Reuters) - Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) named company veteran John Redett as its new chief financial officer, the investment firm said on Tuesday, in the first major appointment under Chief Executive Officer Harvey Schwartz's leadership. Redett, who will take over from Curt Buser on Oct. 1, joined Carlyle 16 years ago and currently leads the firm's global financial services. Redett, who previously worked for U.S. banking giants Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and JPMorgan (JPM.N), will also become the head of corporate strategy at Carlyle. Carlyle hired Schwartz, a former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) executive, as its chief executive officer earlier this year, after a six-month long search. Carlyle also said it has also appointed Jim Burr as the head of global financial services.

Persons: John Redett, Harvey Schwartz's, Redett, Curt Buser, Goldman Sachs, Carlyle, Buser, Schwartz, Jim Burr, Jaiveer Singh, Nivedita Bhattacharjee Organizations: Carlyle Group Inc, Carlyle, Goldman, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Private equity risks gorging on its secret sauce
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Investors prefer pedestrian but steady management fees over the lumpy share of fund profit that is the industry’s special sauce. Private equity firms with a public listing funnel some of the carry to employees and some to shareholders. TPG (TPG.O) last year went public with a similar strategy of paying around two-thirds of performance-related revenue to employees. Assuming the general idea is to keep overall earnings steady, then higher fee-based income for shareholders must be matched by lower cash compensation for employees. It suggests that for KKR, TPG and the rest, there is a limit to just how much of their own secret sauce employees can eat.

Persons: Steve Schwarzman, Carlyle, Blackstone’s, Schwarzman, Henry Kravis, George Roberts, EQT, Blackstone, Harvey Schwartz, Rowe Price, Thoma Bravo, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo Global Management, JPMorgan, Reuters Graphics, TPG, Apollo, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Alpha, Bain Capital, Thoma, Ares Management, Thomson Locations: BlackRock

☆ Can Kim Kardashian save private equity?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Jeffrey Cane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

SuperReturn conference gets underway at a time of challenges for private equity. Kim Kardashian joins Harvey Schwartz, Orlando Bravo, and other leaders in speaking at the conference. The uncertainty has made it more difficult for both private equity and venture capital firms to raise money for their funds. Those are bold-faced names in Wall Street's world, but they can't compete with the star power of another conference speaker: Kim Kardashian. It remains to be seen if private equity can keep up.

Persons: Kim Kardashian, Harvey Schwartz, Orlando Bravo, Kardashian, dealmaking, there's, Carlyle's Harvey Schwartz, David Rubenstein, Julian Salisbury, Goldman Sachs, Robert Smith, Orlando Bravo of Thoma, Bennett Goodman, Jay Sammons, Rubenstein, It's, Sammons, Dre Organizations: equity's, Private, SuperReturn International, Vista Equity Partners, Orlando Bravo of Thoma Bravo, SKKY Partners, Bloomberg, Financial Locations: Berlin

☆ Here are the 5 key takeaways from this year's Milken Global conference
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The pullback by banks is raising the hopes of those in the private credit industry. Some panelists and others who spoke in the hallways of the event suggested that there was a large-scale handoff from private equity to private credit. Many private-equity firms are scrambling to raise private credit funds to take advantage. "I don't think this is the end of private equity, but the environment certainly favors private credit," he said. And that will show up in lower returns for private credit funds, she said.

It was the first earnings the Washington, D.C.-based firm reported after former Goldman Sachs Inc (GS.N) executive Harvey Schwartz was named CEO in February. That resulted in after tax distributable earnings per share of 63 cents, which underperformed the average analyst forecast of 69 cents, according to Refinitiv data. Last month, Blackstone Inc (BX.N), the world's largest private-equity firm, reported a 36% drop in first-quarter distributable earnings due to slower asset disposals, primarily in its real estate portfolio. Carlyle said its credit funds appreciated by 3%, while secondaries funds rose 5% and corporate private-equity funds gained 1%. Blackstone had said its corporate private-equity funds had appreciated by 2.8% while liquid credit funds gained 3%.

☆ Carlyle veteran Peter Clare to retire after more than three decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Carlyle Group (CG.O) veteran and chief investment officer of its corporate private equity business, Peter Clare, will retire on April 30, weeks after the buyout firm named former Goldman Sachs Inc (GS.N) executive Harvey Schwartz as its chief executive. Clare, who joined Carlyle in 1992, has held several senior leadership roles in the unit. Carlyle also said on Monday Sandra Horbach and Brian Bernasek, currently co-heads of U.S. buyout and growth platform, will assume the role of co-heads of the Americas to oversee the firm's private equity business effective immediately. The appointments comes at a turbulent time for private equity firms as stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical turmoil together crimped lucrative exits from investments. Earlier this month, Carlyle reported a steep 52% slide in its fourth-quarter distributable earnings as the private equity firm cashed out on fewer investments as dealmaking slowed.

☆ Why Goldman’s consumer ambitions failed, and what it means for CEO David Solomon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

That's because many of the decisions Solomon made over the next four years — along with aspects of the firm's hard-charging, ego-driven culture — ultimately led to the collapse of Goldman's consumer ambitions, according to a dozen people with knowledge of the matter. Goldman executives were eager to seal the deal with the tech giant, which happened before Solomon became CEO, they added. The rapid growth of the card, which was launched in 2019, is one reason the consumer division saw mounting financial losses. Within months, Ismail left Goldman, sending shock waves through the consumer division and deeply angering Solomon. Goldman should plow some of those volatile earnings into more durable consumer banking revenues, the thinking went.

☆ Harvey Schwartz has his work cut out for him at Carlyle. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But first, a Wall Street firm finally finds its CEO. Harvey Schwartz Goldman Sachs1. In many ways, Carlyle and Harvey Schwartz are perfectly imperfect for each other. Might as well call it "Carefree Carlyle," because that's the vibes I'm getting under the soon-to-be Schwartz era. Click here to read more about what'll be expected of Harvey Schwartz as CEO of Carlyle.

☆ What Carlyle wants from incoming CEO Harvey Schwartz: Fix the firm's lagging stock price as it faces a sour market
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The firm's interim CEO, Bill Conway, said Schwartz will be tasked with boosting the stock price. First of all, we want to increase the stock price," said William Conway, a Carlyle cofounder and interim CEO. Notably, he has the opportunity to make some $180 million over five years, depending on how well the firm's stock performs, according to a regulatory filing. The uncertainty that came with the firm's scramble to find a new leader has weighed on the firm's stock price. On Tuesday morning, Carlyle stock dropped 3% while the S&P 500 fell less than 1%.

☆ NFTs are back, and this time they could wreck havoc on the crypto market
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Imagine if it's actually a way to serve fast food without you realizing it. Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in Times Square during an NFT conference in June. Look, the idea of borrowing against artwork is actually a well established, and smart, way to manage your money. Crypto's track record with risk management leaves a lot to be desired, and crypto lenders haven't exactly been crushing it. Here's more on how the bankrupt crypto exchange is trying to take back the $90 million in political donations.

☆ Carlyle's new boss will be virtuoso second fiddle
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Jonathan Guilford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That’s the best way of interpreting the private equity firm’s appointment of former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker Harvey Schwartz on Monday. He never quite made it to the CEO job at Goldman, though served in a number of high-level roles like chief financial officer and chief operating officer. They felt that the ousted Lee, who pushed hard to diversify Carlyle’s business, hadn’t adequately consulted them on big moves, according to Reuters. The firm’s co-founder Bill Conway, also one of Carlyle’s two co-chairmen, has been filling the role on an interim basis. Schwartz previously held various senior roles including chief financial officer and chief operating officer at investment bank Goldman Sachs, which he left in 2018.

☆ Carlyle names former Goldman executive Schwartz as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 6 - Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) on Monday appointed former Goldman Sachs Inc (GS.N) executive Harvey Schwartz as chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15. The Wall Street veteran will replace co-founder and interim CEO Bill Conway, who will remain co-chairman of the board, Carlyle said. Schwartz retired from Goldman Sachs (GS.N) in 2018 after a 20 year-career at the investment banking giant. Prior to that, he was the bank's chief financial officer and was once considered a frontrunner to replace former CEO Lloyd Blankfein. "We would view the conclusion of this (CEO) search as a positive," Jefferies analysts wrote in a note.

☆ Carlyle to Name Banking Veteran Harvey Schwartz as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Miriam Gottfried | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Carlyle Group Inc. plans to name investment-banking veteran Harvey Schwartz its new chief executive, according to people familiar with the matter, as the private-equity firm’s founders seek a fresh start after a botched succession plan. Carlyle is expected to unveil on Monday the appointment of Mr. Schwartz, who most recently served as co-president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the people said. He spent more than two decades at the bank, building and leading various businesses.

☆ Carlyle hires ex-Goldman executive Harvey Schwartz as next CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Carlyle Group (CG.O) has hired Harvey Schwartz as its next chief executive officer, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. Reporting by Chibuike Oguh and Lavanya Ahire in Bengaluru; editing by Diane CraftOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Goldman Sachs insiders say they are concerned about CEO David Solomon's push to build his personal brand, pointing to staff help for his DJing and use of the firm's planes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

As David Solomon, Goldman Sachs' CEO, was wrapping up a work trip in late July, he boarded the company's Gulfstream G650 for Chicago. His personal account cites his role as Goldman Sachs' CEO, while his official Goldman Sachs account links to his personal account. As CEO, Solomon has overseen the firm's first investor day, launched a strategic update, and reaped record revenue of $59.3 billion in 2021. The Goldman representative disputed that characterization, saying the number of executive TV appearances has more than doubled over the past year. A Goldman representative said that Payback is run by music-industry consultants and that no Goldman Sachs resources are used for the platform.

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