{"id":91526,"date":"2025-12-05T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=91526"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:38:02","slug":"ares-management-grows-private-credit-empire-launches-new-global-direct-lending-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/12\/2025\/ares-management-grows-private-credit-empire-launches-new-global-direct-lending-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"Ares Management Grows Private Credit Empire, Launches New Global Direct Lending Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a-us.storyblok.com\/f\/1016289\/1200x800\/28f7f8e6ab\/investments-and-wealth-strategy-forum-speaker.jpg\/m\/1200x0?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" alt=\"https:\/\/a-us.storyblok.com\/f\/1016289\/1200x800\/28f7f8e6ab\/investments-and-wealth-strategy-forum-speaker.jpg\/m\/1200x0?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(HedgeCo.Net) &nbsp;Ares Management is expanding its already-dominant position in&nbsp;<strong>global private credit<\/strong>, announcing the launch of a new direct-lending fund projected to exceed&nbsp;<strong>$25 billion<\/strong>\u2014one of the largest vehicles of its kind. The initiative comes after a year of robust performance across Ares\u2019 credit strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executives at Ares emphasized that borrower demand remains exceptionally strong as companies seek flexible financing outside traditional banking channels. The firm continues to highlight private credit as one of the most durable, income-generating strategies in the alternative investment universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ares\u2019 real estate and private equity divisions also reported strong activity this week. The firm is targeting distressed opportunities in commercial real estate debt and select value-add properties across Europe and the U.S. In private equity, Ares is exploring mid-market acquisitions in business services, software, and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm\u2019s fundraising momentum remains one of the strongest in the industry. Ares\u2019 global investors\u2014ranging from state pensions to sovereign wealth funds\u2014have increased allocations to its credit and real assets strategies as they seek higher yields and lower volatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ares leadership noted that the next 12\u201318 months may offer some of the most attractive credit opportunities in more than a decade, driven by a refinancing wall, volatile public markets, and heightened demand from middle-market borrowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If current trends continue, Ares is positioned to further solidify its place among the top global alternative investment giants, with private credit serving as the core pillar of its long-term strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HedgeCo.Net) &nbsp;Ares Management is expanding its already-dominant position in&nbsp;global private credit, announcing the launch of a new direct-lending fund projected to exceed&nbsp;$25 billion\u2014one of the largest vehicles of its kind. The initiative comes after a year of robust performance across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":91541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[16323],"class_list":["post-91526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-private-equity","tag-global-private-credit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91528,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91526\/revisions\/91528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}