Ares Pulls In $20 Billion as Investors Demand Private Credit

Ares Pulls In $20 Billion as Investors Demand Private Credit

Ares Management Corp. showed that momentum for private credit is far from waning, after posting record demand across its vanilla and opportunistic strategies in the first quarter.

Ares AUM hits $546bn in Q1

Ares Management raised more than $20bn (£15bn) in the first quarter of 2025, while assets under management (AUM) grew by 27 per cent year-on-year to $546bn, boosted by demand for private credit. The alternative asset manager reported fee-related earnings of $367.3m for the period, a 22 per cent year-on-year increase, while realised income grew by […] The post Ares AUM hits $546bn in Q1 appeared first on Alternative Credit Investor.

The Trillion-Dollar Private Credit Market Faces Its First Big Test

After the banking system nearly collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis, Congress in 2010 passed the Dodd-Frank legislation, forcing banks to hold more capital against risky commercial loans. It also pushed corporate lending into the hands of private equity firms like Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Group, Ares Management, and KKR.The upshot was a $1.7 trillion private credit industry that investors loved.

The U.S. manager raised over $20 billion in the first quarter of 2025, growing from 27% to $546 billion.