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Ares Management Closes ~$10.1B in Direct Lending Commitments in Q4/2023; ~$22.4B in 2023

Ares Management Closes ~$10.1B in Direct Lending Commitments in Q4/2023; ~$22.4B in 2023

Ares Management Corporation announced that funds managed by its Credit Group closed approximately $10.1 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 78 transactions during the fourth quarter of 2023 and approximately $22.4 billion in direct lending commitments across 217 transactions in the year ended December 31, 2023. Below is a description of selected transactions that […]

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Emissions Reporting in Private Markets

Pulling Back the Curtain on Emissions Reporting in Private Markets

Emissions disclosures in private capital were skewed toward high-NAV, high-emitting companies. Reported emissions accounted for nearly a quarter of the estimated financed emissions in private debt and over half of the financed emissions in utilities. Private-capital investors need to be aware of climate-related risks and the substantial gulf in emissions reporting by region, with North […]

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Attitudes Toward Hotel Mezzanine Debt Vary as High Interest Rates Persist Throughout Europe

Attitudes Toward Hotel Mezzanine Debt Vary as High Interest Rates Persist Throughout Europe

Hotel Owners, Lenders Appear More Willing To Take on Mezzanine Debt in Capital Stack. Hotel investors throughout Europe are becoming more comfortable with folding mezzanine debt into their financing strategy. In fact, given the difficult financing environment, mezzanine debt could be the part of the deal that gets a project over the finish line. That’s […]

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Trend: Debt Financing – Wenn Founder zum großen Bankomaten gehen

Trend: Debt Financing – Wenn Founder zum großen Bankomaten gehen

Doch kann man sagen: Fremdkapital ist das neue Eigenkapital? Klar ist, dass Bankkredite und Darlehen sicher nicht Risikokapital von VCs und Business Angels ersetzen werden wird. Aber: „Fremdkapital hat Vorteile und Nachteile“, sagt etwa Hansi Hansmann, eienr der bekanntesten Investoren in Europa. „Fremdkapital ist üblicherweise deutlich billiger als Equity, ganz egal, ob du jetzt 4 […]

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The Market for Private Credit Professionals Is Warming Up

The Market for Private Credit Professionals Is Warming Up

The prospect of lower interest rates and more lending activity is expected to accelerate hiring of private credit and structured finance professionals in 2024. The pace of hiring across the many flavors of private credit and structured finance slowed during the first half of 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its benchmark interest […]

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