Inside the $200 billion billionaire factory

Amid private credit’s gold rush, New York City’s Blue Owl is providing the “picks and shovels” for deal-hungry private equity firms. It also injects liquidity into the partnerships, minting billionaires in the process. This story featured in Issue 12 of Forbes Australia. Tap here to secure your copy. In early April 2020, when Covid fears were […]

Ares Management turns private credit into Wall Street’s sexiest business 

Megadeals and private equity titans may dominate the headlines. Still, Los Angeles’ Ares Management has quietly amassed US$352 billion in assets by offering steady returns regardless of what happens in the stock market. As an enterprising 13-year-old New York Yankees fan in 1986, Michael Arougheti ran a baseball card trading business, setting up tables at collectibles […]