Carlyle Acquires $415M Private Student Loan Portfolio and Invests in Monogram

Carlyle and KKR Acquire Approximately $10.1 Billion Prime Student Loan Portfolio from Discover Financial Services

July 17, 2024

Financial Services

Global investment firms Carlyle and KKR have agreed to purchase an approximately $10.1 billion portfolio of prime student loans from Discover Financial Services. Carlyle's Monogram LLC will serve as portfolio manager and Firstmark Services (a Nelnet subsidiary) will service the loans; the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

Carlyle Acquires CBAM Partners' Credit Portfolio

March 9, 2022

Financial Services

The Carlyle Group's Global Credit platform agreed to acquire a portfolio of CLOs and private credit assets from CBAM Partners (an affiliate of Eldridge) for $615 million in cash plus ~4.2 million newly issued Carlyle common shares. The deal, expected to close in H1 2022, boosts Carlyle's Global Credit AUM from $73 billion to about $88 billion and makes it the world’s largest CLO manager by AUM.

Carlyle (Global Credit) Provides NOK 2,750m Strategic Capital to Jordanes ASA

January 6, 2025

Food & Beverage

The Carlyle Group's Global Credit platform has provided a NOK 2,750 million (approximately $250 million) strategic capital package to Jordanes ASA to finance a management buyout led by co‑founders Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde, refinance existing indebtedness, and fund future growth. The financing, led by Carlyle Credit Opportunities, strengthens the co‑founders' ownership and provides growth capital to support Jordanes' continued expansion across its portfolio of Nordic consumer brands and casual dining businesses.

The Carlyle Group Acquires Majority Stake in TriNetX

September 21, 2020

Healthcare Services

The Carlyle Group has made a strategic growth investment to acquire a majority stake in TriNetX, a global health research network that provides real-world clinical and claims data and analytics. Carlyle's investment will accelerate TriNetX's development of clinical research capabilities, support global expansion, and fund both organic and inorganic growth opportunities.

Carlyle Provides $1.3 Billion Strategic Investment in Trucordia

June 4, 2025

Insurance

The Carlyle Group's Global Credit platform will make a $1.3 billion strategic investment in Trucordia, valuing the insurance brokerage at $5.7 billion. The transaction will reduce Trucordia's leverage, repurchase units from existing minority investors, simplify governance, and provide capital flexibility to support growth.

Carlyle and SK Capital Acquire bluebird bio

May 14, 2025

Biotechnology

Funds managed by The Carlyle Group and SK Capital Partners have completed a takeover of bluebird bio, taking the Somerville, Massachusetts-based gene therapy company private. The deal provides significant primary capital and a new management team led by David Meek to scale commercial delivery, expand manufacturing capacity, and stabilize bluebird's financial position following liquidity concerns.