Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Carlyle Prices IPO at Lower Range





How low can they go?  Facing pushback from some investors, private-equity company Carlyle Group reduced the price for its widely anticipated public offering, a possible sign of the skepticism some investors harbor toward the business, according to the Wall St Journal.

The Washington, D.C., firm, one of the largest in its industry and one of the last major buyout firms to become a public company, adjusted the price of its newly minted shares below its planned range, after spending weeks contending that the original range for its stock was conservatively priced.

The downshift came after some mutual-fund investors pushed for a better deal, said people familiar with the matter…


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