Carlyle sells stake to Abu Dhabi

By James Politi in New York

Published: September 20 2007 19:41 | Last updated: September 20 2007 19:41

Carlyle agreed on Thursday to sell a 7.5 per cent stake in itself to an arm of Abu Dhabi’s government – the latest US private equity group to bring in a sovereign wealth fund as a big investor.

The Carlyle Group is also believed to be the financial arm of the one world government folks