New mid market issues from Ares, Deerpath total over USD 1.3bn
The two managers each priced deals worth over USD 650m on Thursday

Ares and MSEV deals mark 20th US reset in past two weeks
Ares and Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance both priced resets of BSL CLOs on Tuesday, meaning some 20 such transactions have been issued in the US market over the past fortnight as investor appetites remain healthy

Ares prices sixth CLO reset of 2025
Monday's USD 651m deal saw its triple As print slightly inside the rolling two-week average for the market

Ares diversifies away from institutional, commingled private funds
During the second quarter, 55% of capital came from the institutional channel and just 30% of this was for its traditional funds

European CLO veteran Boris Okuliar departs Ares
The exit sees the loss of Ares’ co-head of its global liquid credit business after nine years at the firm, to spend more time with family and explore new opportunities

Barings moves toward second Euro private credit CLO as Blackstone, Apollo mull initial deals
EXCLUSIVE: The firm that cracked the European private credit CLO market open last year is working on its second such deal, while Blackstone and Apollo eye a market entry

Ares and Apollo price US resets at 131
The two leading managers both priced US resets on Wednesday, together valued at almost USD 1.2bn

Ares 'bespoke' mid-market CLO unlocks UK insurance capital
Ares’ debut mid-market European CLO employs a highly unusual structure that allows it to attract investments from UK insurance firms

The M&A market is normalising – Ares’ Matt Theodorakis
PODCAST: “People are looking to do deals going forward” after taking a pause following ‘Liberation Day’, Theodorakis told Lisa Lee, managing editor at Creditflux, on the latest Credit Exchange podcast

Europe sees first reinvesting private credit CLO as Ares prices rare sterling deal
The second private credit CLO in Europe is comprised of over 50 middle-market companies based in the UK, primarily operating in defensive industries

Ares issues new half-billion-dollar BSL-backed CLO
The top of the stack printed at SOFR plus 132bps, while a senior tranche of triple Bs priced at SOFR plus 285bps

Ares hits post-tariff mezz tights with new Euro issue
The manager's second new Euro CLO of 2025 reinforced the tightening trend seen in recent weeks

New Ares US CLO prices top of stack at SOFR plus 140bps
The triple As priced 10bps wide of the rolling two-week average for new US CLO pricings

Ares pulls reset of new Euro CLO amidst market volatility fallout
Expected to price last week, the deal was withdrawn, as overall CLO market activity slows in the wake of tariff-induced upheavals

Ares and Palmer Square print US BSL resets
The similar-vintage deals saw the senior triple As reprice in the mid-120s

Ares adds to middle market issuance with first new deal for the year
Ares Direct Lending CLO 5 priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 138bps

Ares snatches tightest cost-of-funding crown by slimmest of margins
Ares’ first new European deal of 2025 equalled year-to-date spread tights for every tranche  

Ares refinances 2019 US CLO for second time
Ares Management has refinanced a 2019 vintage US BSL-backed CLO for the second time via Societe Generale

Ares slashes 101bps off AAAs in 2022-vintage reset
Ares Management has priced a USD 368m reset of Ares LXVII, with Nomura as the arranger on the reset.

Ares prints its 26th US BSL CLO deal of 2024
Ares has priced a CLO transaction after the manager hit a new YTD triple-A tight for new-issue BSL CLOs the previous week  

Ares hits fresh low for new-issue US BSL triple-As
Ares has set a new year-to-date tight for a new-issue US BSL CLO, with its ninth such print of the year 

Ares refinances 2017 vintage US BSL CLO
Ares, working with Natixis as the arranger, has refinanced its Ares XLV CLO, a US BSL deal from 2017

New US CLOs price from Ares, Benefit Street Partners, Fortress, BlackRock, Trinitas and Voya
Most of the triple-A spreads confirmed the tightening of the senior portion of the primary market, including prints at 129bps, 130bps and 131bps, all tighter than the benchmark just a week ago

Ares resets 2017-vintage US CLO
Ares Management has reset and upsized its Ares XLIII CLO for a second time. BNP Paribas was the arranger of both resets and of the original pricing in 2017.

Ares refinances much-revisited US BSL CLO from 2013
Ares XXVII CLO first priced in 2013, was reset in 2017, then was reset again in 2021. This time a refinancing is extending its timeline a little further.