Ares Capital Corporation Company profile
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. USD/JPY drops below 156 as US CPI eases and BOJ rate hike expectations increaseAn increase in rate hike expectations from the BOJ and softer US CPI data see USD/JPY turn lower
14:52, 16 January 2025
UK inflation cools in December, GBP/USD attempts to bounce backUK inflation drops more than expected in December, easing some of the fears about the UK economy.
09:49, 15 January 2025
Market Analysis: EUR/GBP Extends Rally but Faces Key ResistanceA worsening economic outlook in the UK is driving the pound lower, pushing EUR/GBP to a two-and-a-half-month high.
15:01, 14 January 2025
AUD/USD hovers near five year low ahead of labour force dataAustralia’s labour market is expected to have cooled in December, according to economist forecasts. The economy is projected to have added 15,000 jobs in the month, lifting the unemployment rate to 4.0%. The lukewarm estimate follows a drop in the unemployment rate to 3.9% in November, owing to a combination of strong full time employment growth and a drop in the participation rate.
12:36, 14 January 2025