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

Private Equity Insights

Question is: Can it become a one-stop shop for pension funds, endowments, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds eager for exposure to every major alternative-asset class — without diminishing its private credit franchise? At the end of 2022, the weighted average EBITDA of Ares Capital’s portfolio companies reached $275 million.

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Private Equity's Creative Wizardry Posing Systemic Risk?

Pension Pulse

Whereas Kleinman went in hard with his warning that “everything is not going to be okay” for buyout firms, Stavros joined in with the concession that his industry may have gotten “too creative” lately. When buyout groups do look to sell, PIKs, NAV loans and other kinds of excess baggage are creating obstacles.

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