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Carlyle Revamps Pay, Plans Up to $1.4 Billion Buyback

  • Firm logs 7% drop in distributable earnings, beating estimates
  • CEO Harvey Schwartz’s cost-cutting starts to improve margins
Carlyle CEO Schwartz Says Pay Revamp Is a 'Win-Win-Win'
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Carlyle Group Inc. is overhauling how it pays dealmakers to free up steadier cash flows for shareholders and authorized a plan to repurchase as much as $1.4 billion of stock.

The private equity giant, which reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates, said Wednesday that it will give rainmakers and senior employees a greater share of gains tied to investment exits.