About Us
Founded in 1996, Antares has been a leader in private credit for nearly three decades. Today, approximately $81B+ of capital is under management and administration.1
As a portfolio company of CPP Investments, one of the largest pension funds globally, we are proud of our team of 480 professionals2 committed to leveraging our decades of experience, trusted relationships, and scale to provide reliable credit solutions that create lasting value for all our partners.
25+ Years of Experience Shaping Private Debt
1996
Twelve deal professionals from Heller Financial started Antares.
2005
GE Capital acquires Antares for more than $5B, doubling the size of GE’s middle-market lending business.
2008
GE Capital acquires Merrill Lynch Capital adding to its focus on private equity sponsor financing.
2015
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) acquires GE’s sponsor finance business, inclusive of GE Antares, from GE Capital, in a transaction valued at $12B.
2016
Northleaf Capital Partners acquires a 16% stake in Antares from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), cementing a strategic relationship for Antares’ Asset Management initiative.
2017
Antares raises its first CLO, the largest in the U.S. since 2006 at $2.1B.
2020
Antares closes its inaugural Senior Loan Fund I with approximately $3B in purchasing power.
2021
Demonstrating its commitment to responsible investment, Antares becomes a signatory to Principles for Responsible Investment.
2023
Antares launches its Liquid Credit business and closes its first two BSL CLOs.
2023
Antares expands coverage into UK and Europe4 to further enhance relationships with investors in these markets.
2024
Antares launches U.S. private wealth strategy to help meet the demand for alternative credit solutions in the private wealth channel.
2024
Antares is a lead investor in Sconset Re, a newly formed independent reinsurance company that will re-insure certain assets for Allianz.
2025
Antares launches flagship public, non-traded private credit fund, ABDC, with more than $1.4B in investible capital.
- As of December 31, 2024, Capital Under Management and Administration (“CUMA”) includes, without duplication, the Antares consolidated balance sheet, third-party managed vehicles, and contract investor programs and is calculated as the sum of: (i) for CLOs and Antares consolidated balance sheet, the sum of total outstanding principal balance of loans and loan commitments, investment securities, cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents; excludes CLO structured financings in place for accounts included in (iii) below; (ii) for BDCs, third-party net subscriptions and target operating leverage; (iii) for actively investing advised accounts and contract investor programs, the total equity commitments and, with respect to actively investing advised accounts, maximum leverage limits per the applicable limited partnership agreement or other governing document of such accounts; and (iv) for advised accounts or contract investor programs that are no longer investing, total outstanding principal balance of loans and loan commitments held by such vehicles. For purposes of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), the target operating leverage and maximum leverage limits, respectively, included herein may differ from the actual amount of leverage applied in the case of any given account. Contract investor programs are not advised by clients and are either self-directed or managed by a third party. For the avoidance of doubt, CUMA is not intended to be the same as (and is calculated differently as compared to) Antares Capital Advisers LLC’s or Antares Capital Credit Advisers LLC’s regulatory assets under management, as reported under Item 5.F on Part 1 of Form ADV. Please contact Antares with any questions. (*As of December 31, 2024, all figures are estimates and subject to change upon finalization).
- Headcount as of December 31, 2024.