Ares Management is already a big wheel in the local private credit scene. Now the $657 billion New York-listed alternatives giant is coming for private equity.
Street Talk can reveal Ares, led locally by former Credit Suisse country head John Knox, is digging deep to finance a private equity strategy focused on Australia and New Zealand. And it’s poached Bain Capital dealmaker, Nicholas Onie, to spearhead the push.
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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com
