Carlyle hires two for global credit group

The Carlyle Group has expanded its global credit group with two new hires, according to a spokesperson for the firm. Lauren Basmadjian has joined as managing director and senior portfolio manager in the liquid credit group while Pat Boroian has come on board as managing director of originations for illiquid credit. Recently, Basmadjian worked at Octagon Credit Investors where she was a member of Octagon’s investment committee and served as a senior portfolio manager. And, prior to joining Carlyle, Boroian was a partner at LNK Partners for over seven years and at Brockway Moran & Partners for 10 years where he led each of their business development activities.