Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

The attractions of sticking with private credit are obvious. And Ares’ greatest growth spurts have come during tough times like the 2008 financial crisis and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s easy enough to understand why Ares Cap would prefer to lend to a big firm than to a small- or middle-market one.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. But there came to be, in certain situations, buyers that were bootstrap, buyers that were, we would call ’em today, they then leveraged buyout financiers. And now we call it the private equity industry.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

But because these are really good businesses, which got levered, they got leveraged through these leverage buyouts. Early nineties was the start of the modern high yield leverage buyout business done at scale. By the time 2008 came around, we had about $5 billion. I wanted to make sure it just came through.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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. I mean, if you’re buying debt in, in, you name it company at 20 cents to 60 cents, and they’re owned by, you know, marquee private equity firms, what’s gonna happen with that?

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Committed US$150 million to Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners XI, which focuses on leveraged buyouts and growth capital opportunities in North America and Europe, primarily in the technology & software, healthcare, financials and consumer & retail sectors. STAR Capital is a mid-market, U.K.-based

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Carlyle Group is aiming to accelerate the pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) and asset sales in 2025, targeting $4bn to $5bn in exits from its private equity portfolio, in line with last years divestments, according to a report by Reuters.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

The current book is called “These Are the Plunderers, How Private Equity Runs and Wrecks America” That’s a little bit of a sensationalistic headline. When we spoke, the focus and conversation really emphasizes the largest of the large private equity firms. And that’s why we’re focusing on them.

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