The Carlyle Group and Standard Chartered Private Equity Invest In ETG

Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

Standard Chartered Principal Finance (SCPF) is the alternative asset investment arm of international bank Standard Chartered. SCPF is split into four segments. These include Corporate Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Alternative Investments. SCPF's Corporate Private Equity Group invests across a range of mid to late stage companies in a variety of sectors throughout the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The Group looks for businesses with motivated management, sustainable business models, and a track record of strong cash-flows. The segment seeks to invest $25 to $100 million to fund expansion needs or management buyouts. SCPF's Real Estate Group targets real estate opportunities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with a primary focus on China, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan. The Real Estate Group will consider equity or mezzanine investments in existing assets, as well as development projects and corporate level investments in real estate owners or developers. SCPF's Infrastructure unit focuses on Chinese or Indian assets across transportation, energy, power, water, environment, telecom and urban infrastructure. SCPF's Alternative Investments practice targets distressed and high-yield opportunities. Standard Chartered Principal Finance is based in Singapore, with additional offices around the world.