Key Takeaways Carlyle and Macquarie explored a merger to form a 1trillionalternativeassetmanager.InvestorconfidenceinCarlyleroseunderCEOHarveySchwartz,reducingmergerappeal.CarlyleboostedAUMwithFortitudeRe,newcapital,anddealsincreditandlending.ThetalksregardingthepotentialmergerofTheCarlyleGroupInc.(CG)andAustralia−basedMacquarieGroup,whichcouldhaveformeda1 trillion investment powerhouse, have been stalled. After Harvey Schwartz became the CEO of Carlyle, in ...