The expansion comes before the planned raising of a new Asia buy-out fund, expected to be worth more than the $750m Carlyle raised in 2000.

• 在这次扩张行动之后，一个新的亚洲收购基金将计划进行筹资，预计筹资规模超过卡莱尔2000年筹集的7.；5亿美元。