Carlyle has resumed deliberations about a possible public listing, people familiar with the matter say, underscoring the growing confidence of private equity firms as conditions in the financial markets improve.
Any initial public offering by Carlyle would be at least six to nine months away, these people said, and the firm has not reached a decision yet on whether to list its shares. Carlyle said that “nothing substantive” is happening now.
However, Carlyle's interest in an IPO has been signalled in recent weeks by its chief financial officer, Peter Nachtwey, a former Deloitte & Touche partner hired in 2007 after he worked on the listing of rival public equity firm Blackstone.