global Private equity
the road ahead
2008 annual rePort
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CONTENTS8 The Carlyle Group: An Overview10 Ten Years o Success in China13 Letter rom the Founders17 2008 Fund Review18 Corporate Private Equity40 Leveraged Finance/Distressed46 Real Estate54 Corporate Responsibility60 Investor Services
The road isn’t always straight and at. Steep hills and unexpectedcurves are part o the journey. Yet within every challenge lies anopportunity. We know. We’ve been there. For more than 20 years,we’ve negotiated the complex highways o global private equity,applying a conservative and disciplined investment approachthat has generated excellent returns or our investors.
Today, more than 1,300 investors rom 68 countries entrust Carlyle with their capital. It’s not something we takelightly. Which is why we’re responding aggressively around the world in our eorts to preserve and protect thevalue o our investments.Focused on a common purpose, Carlyle’s investment proessionals are working together—leveraging ourtrademark
One Carlyle
global collaboration and expertise—to saeguard and grow our investments. As one o thelargest and most global private equity frms in the world, we believe we have the resources and the knowledgeto capitalize on the extraordinary opportunities that may develop on the road ahead.
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