Money | Carlyle Group Carlyle Group Files for IPO Huge private equity company to open its books By Kevin Spak Posted Sep 6, 2011 10:10 AM CDT Copied Bruce Rosenblum, managing director, The Carlyle Group, right, testifies on Capitol Hill, July 31, 2007, before the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Carlyle Group is going public. The mammoth private equity company has filed paperwork with the SEC for what’s planned as a $100 million initial public offering, the Washington Post reports. The move will open its books to public scrutiny, shining a light on the array of 270 disparate businesses and properties it has a stake in. The group owns, for example, Nielsen Co., a truck transmission company, a Brazilian lingerie firm, Asian forests, and a string of Connecticut rest stops. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Report an error