HedgeCo.net – 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 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’s launch.

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’ money to invest in a variety of securities and investments, frequently trading very actively and quickly in public markets.

Carlyle Group has over 400 investment professionals operating out of offices in 18 countries to uncover  opportunities in North America, Europe, 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.

Alex Akesson
Contributing Writer
HedgeCo.Net
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