Asset-Backed Finance

Asset-backed finance is the credit that powers the real economy — the financing behind the homes, vehicles, equipment, and everyday transactions of consumers and businesses. Our Asset-Backed Finance (ABF) team seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns and meaningful current income through an asset-backed, private fixed income investment strategy.

Drawing on Pacharbor Capital Group’s 25+ year heritage in structured credit and the breadth of its global investment platform, we acquire and lend against diversified pools of assets with contractual cash flows. Our strategy targets a large and growing opportunity, propelled by the retrenchment of traditional lenders and the ongoing migration of credit assets from bank balance sheets into private markets.

Financing the real economy

ABF comprises privately negotiated financings backed by the cash flows from pools of credit assets that finance consumption and investment in the real economy. These financings encompass the whole capital structure, ranging from whole loans to Investment Grade, non-Investment Grade, and Structured Equity investments.

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Strategy and approach

Our experienced team leverages Pacharbor Capital Group's global network of investment professionals to directly source and underwrite private ABF opportunities. ABF solutions for our partners include:

Borrowers
  • “One-stop” financing solutions to address needs across the capital structure
  • Tailored transaction structures for a wide range of collateral types
Investors
  • Exposure to the "real economy" vs. M&A-driven and PE-backed corporates
  • Opportunity for yield from diversified asset pools backed by contractual payment streams

Core tenets

  • Multi-channel, direct origination strategy driven by thematic sourcing and tailored structuring
  • Privately negotiated transactions with focus on diversified, quality assets with stable and recurring cash flow
  • Relative value focus across sectors and capital structure with active approach to downside mitigation to drive attractive risk-adjusted returns
CARLYLE ASSET-BACKED FINANCE By the numbers*
$12.1B

Assets under management

25+

Dedicated ABF professionals

145+

Investments

Asset-Backed Finance team

Partner, Head of Asset-Backed Finance
New York, NY
Managing Director, Deputy Head of Asset-Backed Finance
New York, NY

* All data as of June 30, 2026

Investing in a Fund involves a high degree of risk, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment or that you may lose part or all of your investment. There is no assurance that any portfolio objectives can be achieved or that any such portfolio will be profitable. Diversification does not eliminate the risk of loss. The information provided herein is for educational purposes only. It does not constitute investment advice or recommendations and should not be relied upon as a basis for making an investment decision. It does not constitute a personal recommendation or take into account the particular investment objectives, financial situations, or needs of individual investors.