Private Equity

Carlyle’s Acrotec and ADB Safegate exits pushed back

Private equity is currently sitting on an estimated $3.6tn of unrealised value across 29,000 unsold companies

Harvey Schwartz, chief executive of Carlyle, is the latest boss struggling to offload assets
Harvey Schwartz, chief executive of Carlyle, is the latest boss struggling to offload assets Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Carlyle Group has pushed back its plans to offload two major European assets in the latest sign of private equity’s current exit slowdown.

Plans to list luxury watch parts maker Acrotec Group and sell airfield lighting group ADB Safegate have been delayed, according to people familiar with the matter.

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