Carlyle increases AUM by 3% since Q2

The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager, has reported a 3 percent increase in assets under management (AUM) since second quarter 2017, according to its Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results report.

Total AUM for the firm is now $174.4 billion as of Sept. 30, 2017, compared to $169.8 billion in the second quarter. The AUM is distributed across 306 investment vehicles. The increase is due to capital raised across all segments, notably in real assets, GMS and investment solutions.

Carlyle’s real assets AUM totaled $39.8 billion in third quarter, an increase from $38.9 billion in second quarter, according to the report.

Carlyle has also raised $7.1 billion in gross capital in the third quarter and $22.1 billion in the 12 months prior to Sept. 30.

Carlyle invests across four segments, which include corporate private equity, real assets, global market strategies and investment solutions, in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Carlyle invests in various industries, including aerospace, defense and government services, consumer and retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology and business services, telecommunications, media, and transportation.