Investors
In August 2006 The Carlyle Group and Kennet Partners acquired FRSGlobal, this allows FRSGlobal to continue with its successful growth strategy and to capitalise on its market leading position in regulatory reporting and risk domain. In addition, they offer FRSGlobal the ability to continue to develop new solutions and expand to new geographies.
Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.
The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms, with more than $85.5 billion under management. With 66 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 480+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 20 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.
Kennet is a leading international private equity firm that invests in growth companies in Europe and North America. Kennet supports entrepreneurial technology businesses with expansion capital to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value. Kennet is an experienced investor with more than $500 million in funds under management.
Max Bleyleben, Managing Director at Kennet, writes a blog which you can read here.