Carlyle seeks $15 billion for its seventh U.S. buyout fund: Bloomberg

The fund, the firm's seventh for the United States, is part of Carlyle's aim to raise $100 billion from 2016 to 2019, Bloomberg reported.

Carlyle's $15 billion fund could be the largest pool ever focused on buyouts in the U.S. region, Bloomberg reported, as private equity firms are raising ever-bigger pools of capital to provide returns to investors amid near-zero interest rates.

The firm gathered $13 billion for its sixth U.S. buyout fund in 2013.

Carlyle was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Reuters.

(Reporting by Nikhil Subba in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)