Carlyle Group will now allow people to invest as little as $50,000 in its new buyout fund, a regulatory filing showed, as private-equity firms look to widen their customer base in search of new sources of funding.
The lowered entry point is down from Carlyle's earlier minimum investment of between $5 million and $20 million, according to a filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January.
The opportunity to invest in the new Carlyle buyout fund will be available to "accredited investors," who are defined as having a net worth in excess of $1 million, or income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two preceding years prior to the investment.
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