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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

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Antares Capital launches $1.4bn private credit fund targeting PE-backed middle-market firms

Private Equity Insights

The alternative credit manager, which oversees approximately $80bn in capital, structured the fund to provide investors with access to senior secured floating rate loans to private-equity-owned, middle-market companies across the US.

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