Carlyle Group Looking To Raise $2 Billion For Japan Investments

Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ:CG) is looking to raise 200 billion yen ($2 billion) with the launch of a third Japan fund, reports Reuters. Carlyle Group’s proposed $2 billion fund is set to succeed its earlier seven-year old fund. Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ:CG)’s proposal comes in the wake of potential revival in the Japanese market, bolstered by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge to boost the country’s struggling economy through a series of aggressive monetary and fiscal stimuli. The Prime Minister’s plan is popularly called “Abenomics”, which have resulted in a weakening of the Japanese yen, which industry figures said has led…