Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Unaudited Quarterly Information

Unaudited quarterly information for each of the three months in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are presented below.

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2015		June 30, 2015		September 30, 2015			December 31, 2015
	(Dollars in millions)
Revenues	$	1,136.8	$	856.1	$	297.5		$	715.8
Expenses	1,027.0		843.6		795.3			802.5
Other income (loss)	505.5		461.6		(31.3		)	(71.4		)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	$	615.3	$	474.1	$	(529.1	)	$	(158.1	)
Net income (loss)	$	604.8	$	468.1	$	(525.0	)	$	(147.8	)
Net income (loss) attributable to The Carlyle Group L.P.	$	39.5	$	30.6	$	(83.9	)	$	(4.6	)
Net income (loss) attributable to The Carlyle Group L.P. per common unit(1)
Basic	$	0.58	$	0.42	$	(1.05	)	$	(0.06	)
Diluted	$	0.54	$	0.34	$	(1.11	)	$	(0.06	)
Distributions declared per common unit(2)	$	1.61	$	0.33	$	0.89		$	0.56

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2014		June 30, 2014		September 30, 2014		December 31, 2014
	(Dollars in millions)
Revenues	$	1,147.4	$	1,138.8	$	755.0	$	839.1
Expenses	1,099.0		1,042.6		705.1		928.7
Other income (loss)	424.0		445.0		125.5		(107.5		)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	$	472.4	$	541.2	$	175.4	$	(197.1	)
Net income (loss)	$	456.4	$	487.4	$	181.3	$	(210.0	)
Net income attributable to The Carlyle Group L.P.	$	24.6	$	19.5	$	25.4	$	16.3
Net income attributable to The Carlyle Group L.P. per common unit(1)
Basic	$	0.46	$	0.30	$	0.38	$	0.24
Diluted	$	0.41	$	0.27	$	0.35	$	0.23
Distributions declared per common unit(2)	$	1.40	$	0.16	$	0.16	$	0.16

(1) The sum of the quarterly earnings per common unit amounts may not equal the total for the year due to the effects of rounding and dilution.

(2) Distributions declared reflects the calendar date of the declaration of each distribution.