Ares Management Closes Approximately $5B in Direct Lending Commitments in Q1/22

Ares Management closed approximately $5 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 54 transactions during Q1/22 and approximately $35 billion in direct lending commitments across 287 transactions in the past year. 

April 28, 2022 3E | AirX Climate Solutions | Ares Management | Community Brands | Convera | Covaris | Cranial Technologies | High Street Insurance Partners | New Era Cap | SageSure | The Mather Group Ian Koplin

Ares Credit Group Acquires Annaly Capital Management’s Lending Portfolio for $2.4B

Ares Management entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, on behalf of funds managed by the Ares Credit Group, the middle market-lending portfolio of Annaly Capital Management for approximately $2.4 billion.

April 26, 2022 Annaly Capital Management | Ares Management | Michael Smith | Mitchell Goldstein Ian Koplin

Ares Management Launches Ares Private Markets Fund

Ares Management launched Ares Private Markets Fund, a newly registered, continuously offered, non-traded, closed-end fund.

April 6, 2022 Ares Management | Ares Private Markets Fund | Francisco Borges | Michael Arougheti | Raj Dhanda Ian Koplin

Black Women in Asset Management Bolsters Membership with New Industry Partners

Black Women in Asset Management added Ares Management, BlackRock, Federated Hermes, Helios Investment Partners, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, M&G, Maniyar Capital, Morningstar and State Street Global Advisors as new institutional members.

March 15, 2022 Ares Management | Black Women in Asset Management | BlackRock | Christina Drews | Dhamesh Maniyar | Eoin Murray | Federated Hermes | Helios Investment Partners | Indhira Arrington | J.P. Morgan Asset Management | Jacqueline Taiwo | Justine Anderson | M&G | Maniyar Capital | Mark McLane | Morningstar | Paul Malone | State Street Global Advisors Ian Koplin

Ares Management Provides $100MM Warehouse Debt Facility to Sharestates

Sharestates closed a $100 million warehouse line of credit led by funds managed by the credit group of Ares Management to capitalize on demand from borrowers.

March 4, 2022 Allen Shayanfekr | Ares Management | Sharestates | Stephan Leccese Ian Koplin

Ares Management Provides $125M Non-Dilutive Debt Refinancing to Amryt

Amryt, a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel treatments for rare diseases, secured $125 million of senior credit facilities from funds managed by the credit group of Ares Management.

February 23, 2022 Amryt | Ares Management | Canaccord Genuity | Dr. Douglas Dieter | Dr. Joe Wiley | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | Moelis & Company Ian Koplin

Ares Provides $375MM Senior Credit Facility to SageSure

SageSure, a general underwriter and insurance technology company, secured a $375 million senior credit facility from funds managed by the U.S. direct lending and alternative credit strategies of Ares Management.

February 14, 2022 Ares Management | SageSure | Scott Rosen | Terry McLean Ian Koplin

Ares Experiences Company Record Year for Direct Lending Origination Activity

New financing commitments made across Ares Management’s U.S. direct lending strategies more than doubled to $33.4 billion in 2021 compared with 2020.

February 11, 2022 Ares Management | Kipp deVeer Ian Koplin

Ares Completes Acquisition of AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt Platform

Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, completed its acquisition of AMP Capital’s infrastructure debt platform.

February 11, 2022 AMP Capital | Ares Management | Michael Arougheti | Patrick Trears Ian Koplin

Ares Hires Hughes to Lead New Capability in Investment Grade Private Credit

Jeffrey Hughes joined Ares Management’s credit group to lead the firm’s new effort in sourcing and managing privately placed investment grade credit investments.

January 11, 2022 Ares Insurance Solutions | Ares Management | Jeffrey Hughes | Joel Holsinger | Kipp deVeer | Raj Krishnan Phil Neuffer