by Calculated Risk on 3/07/2008 12:37:00 PM

From the WSJ: Carlyle Capital Receives Additional Default Notices

Carlyle Capital Corp. Friday said lenders were liquidating some of its mortgage securities, painting an even bleaker picture of its already perilous situation.

In a short news release issued early Friday, the fund, which is managed by a unit of Washington, D.C., private-equity firm Carlyle Group, said it received "substantial additional margin calls and additional default notices from its lenders" and that "these additional margin calls and increased collateral requirements could quickly deplete its liquidity and impair its capital."
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Carlyle Capital managed only $670 million in client money, but used borrowing to boost its portfolio of bonds to $21.7 billion, meaning it was about 32 times leveraged.