OREANDA-NEWS. July 01, 2015. Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc., a Business Development Company managed by the Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the closing of a \\$400 million middle-market CLO. Proceeds from Carlyle GMS Finance MM CLO 2015-1, the first middle-market CLO issued by Carlyle GMS Finance, will be used primarily to finance middle-market loans originated by Carlyle GMS Finance.

Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. and its affiliate, NF Investment Corp., are primarily focused on lending to private U.S. middle-market companies. In aggregate, Carlyle's middle-market investment team advised approximately \\$2.5 billion in assets under management across five funds as of March 31, 2015.

Michael Hart, President of Carlyle GMS Finance, said, "Issuing our first middle-market CLO demonstrates the strength of our loan origination platform and our ability to secure attractive financing."

Carlyle's Global Market Strategies platform had \\$36 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2015. The platform includes: mezzanine and energy mezzanine loans; high yield and structured credit; distressed equity and debt; and four hedge fund strategies (long/short credit, emerging market equities, macroeconomic and commodities). The GMS platform has 224 investment professionals in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Hong Kong and London.