Tag Archives: Ares


Tokenization Fueling a $400 Billion Individual Investor Frontier:

(HedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry has spent years trying to solve one of its most important growth challenges: how to bring private equity, private credit, real estate, hedge funds, and other institutional-grade strategies to wealthy individual investors without recreating the operational […]

Apollo Begins Daily Pricing for $830 Billion in Credit:

(HedgeCo.Net) Apollo Global Management’s decision to begin daily pricing across roughly $830 billion of credit assets marks one of the most important transparency shifts in the modern private markets industry. For years, private credit has grown by offering investors access […]

Ares Strategic Income Fund Expands Credit Line to $4.1B:

(HedgeCo.Net) Ares Strategic Income Fund’s decision to expand its senior secured revolving credit facility to approximately $4.1 billion is more than a routine financing update. It is a timely signal about how large private credit platforms are preparing for the […]

Private Credit Cannibalization:

(HedgeCo.Net) Private credit is no longer just the domain of direct lenders, business development companies, credit opportunity funds and private-debt specialists. It is increasingly becoming a battleground for the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds. For years, the private credit boom appeared […]

Ares Doubles Down on Credit and BDC Exposure:

(HedgeCo.Net) Ares Management is sending a clear message to the alternative-investment market: while parts of private credit are facing heavier scrutiny, rising redemption pressure, valuation questions, and increased regulatory attention, the largest institutional platforms are not retreating from the asset […]

HSBC Pauses $4B Private Credit Push:

(HedgeCo.Net) HSBC’s reported decision to pause a planned $4 billion private-credit investment marks another important warning signal for one of the fastest-growing corners of global finance. After years of relentless expansion, private credit is entering a more complicated phase—one defined not […]

Apollo Tops $1 Trillion in AUM and Moves Toward Daily Private Credit Pricing:

(HedgeCo.Net) Apollo Global Management has crossed one of the most important thresholds in the modern alternative investment business: more than $1 trillion in assets under management. But the bigger signal for investors may not simply be the size of the platform. […]

Permanent Capital Hits $1.5 Trillion: The Structural Shift Redefining Alternative Investments:

(HedgeCo.Net) The alternative investment industry has entered a decisive new phase—one defined not by quarterly performance volatility or redemption cycles, but by permanence. The world’s largest alternative asset managers—Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, Blackstone, Carlyle Group, and KKR—collectively referred to as the “Big 5,” […]

Moody’s Slashing Outlook on Private Credit BDCs:

Redemption Pressure, Leverage Risks, and the Cracks Emerging in a $1.5 Trillion Market (HedgeCo.Net) — The private credit boom that has defined institutional portfolios over the past decade is facing one of its most consequential tests to date. In a move […]

Ares Management Reports Soft Q1 Performance Income:

Timing, Liquidity, and the New Reality of Private Markets Earnings: (HedgeCo.Net) Ares Management reported preliminary realized net performance income of $75 million for the first quarter of 2026, according to an 8-K filing released today. While the figure represents a meaningful increase […]

The Rise of “Evergreen” Vehicles: The New Engine of Private Markets:

Introduction: A Structural Shift in Capital Formation (HedgeCo.Net) For decades, the architecture of private markets was defined by a simple, rigid construct: the closed-end fund. Capital was raised, deployed over several years, harvested through exits, and ultimately returned to investors […]