The Carlyle Group's assets under management (AUM) dropped from $202.7 billion to $194.5 billion. This is Carlyle's first drop in AUM since the financial crisis when assets under management fell $6 billion.
Carlyle image shapers kept the illusion of growth by offering a year old AUM comparison. To entice investors to remain The Carlyle Group declared a dividend of $1.61 per share.
