Ares Management Raises $7.1B in Major Credit Secondaries Fund as…

Team S · 2026-01-20T13:09:37.000Z

Ares Management Corporation, the global alternative investment manager, has raised approximately $7.1 billion in capital for its inaugural Credit Secondaries strategy, underscoring growing investor demand for liquidity and diversification in the private credit markets. The fundraising marks one of Ares’ largest institutional capital raises and highlights the rapid expansion of the credit secondaries segment as a standalone asset class within private markets. The session included the final closing of the Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (ACS), which secured around $4 billion in limited partner equity commitments double its original target of $2 billion-alongside affiliated vehicles and anticipated leverage to bring the total to $7.1 billion. Ares’ strategy focuses on building a diversified portfolio of predominantly senior secured, private equity-backed and floating-rate private credit portfolios across LP-led secondary transactions and continuation vehicles, capitalizing on evolving allocators’ needs for liquidity and risk-adjusted returns. Led by Head of Credit Secondaries Dave Schwartz and Co-President Blair Jacobson, Ares’ ACS strategy is part of the broader Ares Secondaries Group, which manages approximately $38 billion in secondaries assets. The success of the capital raise reflects Ares’ early-mover advantage in the credit secondaries market and a strong base of institutional support for innovative solutions that help investors rebalance private credit exposures. #CreditSecondaries, #AlternativeInvestments, #Fundraise, #PrivateCredit, #InstitutionalInvesting, #CapitalMarkets, #InvestmentNews, #Finance, #AresManagement

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