Private Credit Ratings Face Fresh Scrutiny From Global Watchdogs December 22, 2025 By Laura Noonan and Silas Brown The private credit industry is facing fresh scrutiny from top global regulators over some of the ratings being assigned to...
Apollo Seeks $10 Billion From Insurers With Complex Debt Vehicle September 18, 2025 By Silas Brown and Esteban Duarte Apollo Global Management Inc. is set to use a rare structure to raise $10 billion from insurers, people with knowledge...
Private Credit: Apollo’s Fox Hedge Is Taking Financial Wizardry to New Level August 18, 2025 By Silas Brown, Scott Carpenter and Esteban Duarte Advanced Credit Solutions is a tiny finance firm based in Luxembourg that was founded by a Belgian and works with...
Ares Leads $3.3 Billion Private Loan for UK Insurance Broker Ardonagh at Low Rate February 16, 2024 By Silas Brown and Ellen Schneider Ares Management Corp. is leading a $3.3 billion private credit loan for UK insurance broker Ardonagh Group Ltd., with the...
UK Insurance Broker Ardonagh Weighs Refinancing $3.9 Billion Debt Pile December 7, 2023 By Silas Brown The Ardonagh Group is considering refinancing its entire debt stack to help finance more acquisitions, in a deal that would...
Ares Management Provides £1 Billion of Loans for UK Insurance Merger September 26, 2023 By Silas Brown Ares Management Corp. is providing a direct-lending package of about £1 billion ($1.2 billion) to support the merger of two...
KKR Used Equity Rather Than Debt to Fund Acquisition of Broker April Group December 2, 2022 By Claire Ruckin and Silas Brown KKR & Co.’s buyout of a French insurance broker is offering a window into the diminishing power of Wall Street’s...