There was little in narrow-moat-rated Carlyle Group's second-quarter results that would alter our long-term view of the firm. We expect to leave our $48 per share fair value estimate in place.

as the manufacturer of X-ray-based testing tools plans to go public. If a deal comes through, it could be the first investment of Carlyle Group's new Japan-focused buyout fund worth 258 billion ...

Carlyle Group LP, the Washington-based private-equity firm, is planning about $2.5 billion of debt financing for its buyout of Illinois Tool Works Inc.’s industrial-packaging unit, ...