Carlyle Secured Lending is an externally managed specialized finance company specializing in providing flexible lending options to middle-market companies primarily in the United States. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York. The company went IPO on 2017-06-14. The firm's investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation primarily through assembling a portfolio of secured debt investments in United States middle market companies. The firm seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through direct origination of secured debt instruments, including first lien senior secured loans (which may include stand-alone first lien loans, first lien/last out loans and unitranche loans) and second lien senior secured loans (collectively, Middle Market Senior Loans), with a minority of its assets invested in higher yielding investments (which may include unsecured debt, subordinated debt and investments in equities and structured products). The firm is externally managed by its investment adviser, Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management L.L.C.
