Thursday, June 28, 2007

Carlyle Group Reduces Size of $400 Million Mortgage Fund IPO by 25 Percent

(Bloomberg) -- Carlyle Group, the buyout firm run by
David Rubenstein, cut the size of the initial public offering for
a fund that invests in bonds backed by mortgages by 25 percent to
$300 million after a slump in the U.S. subprime market.

Carlyle trimmed the offering from $400 million and reduced
the price of the shares to $19 from a range of $20 to $22,
Carlyle Capital Chief Executive Officer John Stomber said in an
interview today. The firm said earlier in a statement it would
delay the pricing of the fund, which will mostly invest in AAA
rated residential mortgage-backed securities. The fund also
targets loans, junk bonds and collateralized debt obligations.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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