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And Ares’ greatest growth spurts have come during tough times like the 2008 financial crisis and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveragedbuyouts.
We take a more muted view for the next cycle as multiple expansion was responsible for only 14% of the average annual total return from 1991 to 2008 when rates were both higher and more volatile. With slower bank and leveraged loan growth, demand for partners in private credit is high.
But there came to be, in certain situations, buyers that were bootstrap, buyers that were, we would call ’em today, they then leveragedbuyout financiers. And look at the financial crisis, middle of 2008, most economists didn’t see a recession coming even though we were right in the middle of the worst one in a long time.
But because these are really good businesses, which got levered, they got leveraged through these leveragebuyouts. Early nineties was the start of the modern high yield leveragebuyout business done at scale. By the time 2008 came around, we had about $5 billion. I wanted to make sure it just came through.
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. Another floating ra, another interest rate sensitive asset class or LBOs, highly levered leveragedbuyouts supported by floating rate liabilities. That’s an example.
Committed US$150 million to Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners XI, which focuses on leveragedbuyouts and growth capital opportunities in North America and Europe, primarily in the technology & software, healthcare, financials and consumer & retail sectors.
The firm also remains open to large leveragedbuyouts (LBOs) despite a challenging financing environment, signalling confidence in a resurgence of US dealmaking. Despite higher interest rates, Carlyle remains willing to pursue large LBOs, focusing on industry leaders with dominant market positions.
Aren’t the big firms and the LBOs, the leveragedbuyouts, very different than the middle market, smaller private equity firms that provide capital and equity to small companies. MORGENSON: It stopped outperforming in like the mid-2000s or towards 2008. So, let’s talk about a little bit of pushback.
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