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Ares Faces Its Biggest Decision Yet: Stick With Private Credit or Become an Alts Supermarket

Private Equity Insights

Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. The amount of business that banks do with us now is more than it has ever been.” In 2022, Ares’ direct lending tied to such buyouts totaled $26.4