{"id":122672,"date":"2025-07-17T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/private-credit-giant-ares-is-seeing-more-defense-opportunities-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:27:24","slug":"private-credit-giant-ares-is-seeing-more-defense-opportunities-in-europe","status":"publish","type":[3765],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/private-credit-giant-ares-is-seeing-more-defense-opportunities-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Credit Giant Ares Is Seeing More Defense Opportunities in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a091d238473a'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>PODCAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Private Credit Giant Ares Is Seeing More Defense Opportunities in Europe<\/h1>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/regional-analysis\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Regional Analysis\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/risk\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Risk\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">July 17, 2025<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>Bloomberg Intelligence Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a091d238bb02'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2 bbg-column--valign-middle bbg-column--m-width-4 bbg-column--s-width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-left\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6182\" height=\"6182\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 6182w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 800w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 1536w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Credit_Edge-logo-AVAT-411224981.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6182px) 100vw, 6182px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin-top: -55px;\">Listen on<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexbox\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4XimlgleyHQccTdiQmEiJI?si=sXZX-B7fTz2fPueZolvivA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Spotify.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/private-credit-heavyweight-hps-sees-huge-opportunity\/id1674628050?i=1000715623148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Apple-podcast.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-1 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n  class=\"bb-audio\"\n  data-title=\"Ares Eyes Private Debt Opportunity in European Defense\"\n  data-state=\"fresh\"\n  data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/final-mike-dennis-ares.mp3\"\n  data-label-desc=\"for Ares Eyes Private Debt Opportunity in European Defense\"\n  data-controls-class=\"no-controls\"\n  data-custom-controls-background=\"fill\"\n  data-theme=\"light-mode\"\n  data-progress=\"0\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a091d239a1d0'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>Ares Management,\u00a0the $550 billion alternative investor, expects private lenders to get more involved in funding Europe\u2019s rearmament. \u201cWe are starting to see more defense opportunities come across the desk,\u201d\u00a0Mike Dennis,\u00a0the company\u2019s co-head of European credit, tells Bloomberg News\u2019\u00a0James Crombie\u00a0and Bloomberg Intelligence\u2019s\u00a0Jeroen Julius\u00a0in this episode of the\u00a0Credit Edge\u00a0podcast. \u201cWe would tend to be cautious \u2014 we need to listen to what our LPs\u2019 appetite for those types of businesses are,\u201d says Dennis, referring to Ares\u2019 limited partners and their environmental, social and governance concerns. 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