CCIF’s investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation primarily through investing in equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations, or “CLOs,” that are collateralized by a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans.
As a prominent player in the CLO market (both as a CLO manager and CLO investor), Carlyle’s market presence facilitates access to a wide range of market opportunities. Carlyle intends to source investment opportunities from the broad network of dealer, investor, and manager relationships that it has developed during its 25-year history in the CLO market.
CCIF utilizes a rigorous and systematic underwriting and due diligence process that has been refined over Carlyle’s long history of investing in and managing CLOs. CCIF’s process incorporates a fundamental value, bottom-up research approach by leveraging the research analysts that support one of the largest CLO managers.