The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Rather, many of the companies in Ares' portfolio are lower middle market businesses that go overlooked by investment banks or private equity investors. Over the last 15 years, the economy has witnessed the 2008-2009 Great Recession , prolonged cratering oil prices between 2014 and 2016, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leveraged Buyouts 244

Leveraged Buyouts Due Diligence Buyout Venture Capital 244

Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

And Ares’ greatest growth spurts have come during tough times like the 2008 financial crisis and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. So the current business climate — bedeviled by climbing interest rates and tighter access to bank loans — has Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti champing at the bit.

Pension Funds 130

Pension Funds Buyout Leveraged Buyouts Asset Management 130

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that was very important because when this was the dawning of what is now a big analyst program across the country in all banks and investment banks. There was no m and a departments in any investment bank really until the very late seventies. And I was fortunate to be accepted to both.

Private Equity Firms 69

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Mergers and Acquisitions Debt 69

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

That whole distressed debt department at city 00:06:31 [Speaker Changed] Banks are wanting to sell? I work for a really senior guy in the investment bank. But because these are really good businesses, which got levered, they got leveraged through these leverage buyouts. I get hired by Citibank in planning.

Debt 59

Debt Leveraging Banks Leveraged Buyouts 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

00:06:15 And I was fortunate to find a seat in that group and invested, you know, very steadily in, in 2007. Not, not terribly busy in 2007 to be honest, but in 2008, 2009, 10, it was by far the busiest time in my career in investing. You know, the first quarter of 2022 things felt a little choppy. That’s an example.

Private Equity Firms 52

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And I actually started out of business school.

Banks 103

Banks Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Companies 103