Carlyle Group Inc. posted third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates as profits from asset sales helped offset a decline in fee-related earnings.

The investing industry is throwing its weight behind Republican allies ahead of the US midterm elections in an effort to stem a populist wave it fears will bring greater scrutiny of private equity’s reach.

KKR & Co. has prohibited non-compete agreements for lower-paid employees at its US portfolio companies, aiming to show that the restrictive contracts aren’t needed for firms to remain competitive.

Lenders’ approach to data centers has a troubling similarity to the model applied to mortgages before the financial crisis, said Jason Thomas, head of global research and investment strategy for Carlyle Group Inc.

KKR & Co. doubled the amount of private investment-grade financing it structured this year, reflecting growing demand from companies seeking flexible borrowing options.

When some of Wall Street’s most prominent CEOs recently appeared on TV with Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang, touting their $500 billion pact to finance AI chips, one participant stood out.

Koch Inc. is exploring a sale of Edged, the data center developer it cofounded to build projects for the biggest hyperscalers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The billionaire behind Thoma Bravo is seeking to reassure investors that the private equity firm is ready to embrace AI — and that its losing bet on Medallia is a one-off.

AI’s furious pace of growth means power demands could be much higher than people realize, according to KKR & Co.’s Raj Agrawal.

KKR & Co.’s co-chief executive officer Scott Nuttall said it was likely that the alternative asset manager would eventually start trading private credit, following early efforts by Apollo Global Management Inc. to create a market for less liquid debt.

Aquarian Holdings has approached prospective investors to take a piece of the roughly $3 billion committed by Mubadala Capital to support its acquisition of insurer Brighthouse Financial Inc.

The troubled private credit funds, by most any measure, are a sliver of the assets of investing giants KKR & Co., BlackRock Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc.

Carlyle Group Inc.’s first-quarter earnings tumbled as robust asset sales from its most recent buyout funds have yet to generate carried interest.

Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co. are in talks with Alphabet Inc. to give the companies they own access to Google’s artificial intelligence models, according to people familiar with the matter.

KKR & Co. still sees a compelling environment for private credit despite investors’ jitters around the potential impact of artificial intelligence on software companies.

Carlyle Group Inc. arranged a first-of-its-kind financing that will commit more than $5 billion to seed its next flagship buyout fund while repaying investors in some of its older vintages, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

KKR & Co. has secured more than $10 billion to launch a company that will develop and operate artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Dawson Partners plans to hit the fundraising trail for its next flagship vehicle after the private credit manager closed a prior iteration in October with about $7.7 billion.

A $7 billion private credit fund managed by Carlyle Group Inc. capped redemptions after investors asked to pull 15.7% of the shares in the first quarter.

KKR & Co. raised approximately $23 billion for its latest Americas buyout fund, defying an industry slump as private equity firms struggle to sell assets and return capital to investors.