Antares announced today that it acted as administrative agent on senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of 80/20 Inc. by MPE Partners.

Antares today announced the launch of its fifth annual outlook survey, Compass 2021 presenting analysis of perspectives on the middle market from portfolio companies, private equity sponsors and investors.

Antares Capital Advisers LLC, a subsidiary of Antares Capital LP (together with its parent companies, “Antares” or the “Company”) announced the closing of the reset of Antares CLO 2017-1, Ltd., originally a $2.1 billion CLO that was upsized to $2.3 billion as part of the transaction. The upsize brings the company’s total CLO assets under management to approximately $7.7 billion.

Despite a turbulent year in the U.S. healthcare market, Antares announced today that it closed more than 55 healthcare industry transactions in 2020 bringing total commitments to healthcare borrowers to more than $4.5 billion. Throughout 2020, Antares supported the refinancing and growth initiatives of existing borrowers while also closing transactions with 22 new borrowers, including 16 new borrowers in Q4’20, a record for the firm.

Antares today announced that it closed more than 220 transactions in 2020, issuing nearly $14 billion in financing commitments to middle market private equity-backed companies. In a record Q4, the firm closed 120 transactions with commitments of $9.3 billion, supporting the refinancing, leveraged buyout and add-on acquisition activity of both new and existing borrowers.