Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Apollo’s Capital Solutions business, Redding Ridge Asset Management and ATLAS SP Securities supported leading global music publisher Concord in structuring and leading an investor syndicate for a new series of $850M in senior notes backed by a diverse catalog of music assets valued at more than $5B: https://lnkd.in/eQhW5aS4 Concord has now issued over $3B into the ABS market, following the company’s $1.8B ABS transaction in December 2022 and subsequent $500M upsize of the facility to acquire Round Hill Music Royalty Fund in 2023. Learn more about the ongoing capital partnership between Apollo and Concord, which has resulted in the highest-rated music ABS (A2 by Moody’s and A+ by KBRA) ever at time of issuance:

In a recent roundtable discussion hosted by Citywire, Apollo's Veronique Fournier (née Van Delft) joined industry peers to discuss the growing importance of private market products in European wealth investors’ portfolios, including increasing adoption of semi-liquid structures.   Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eWi5i3kG

“Origination is where I believe excess return comes from.”   With diminishing returns in traditional fixed income, Apollo is focused on scaling origination to meet the demands of an evolving market. In conversation with CNBC’s David Faber, Marc Rowan emphasizes the notion that “private means risky” might soon be outdated.

Apollo Credit Partner Robert Bittencourt joined Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast to discuss the intersection of big tech and the credit markets.   He highlighted the significant long-dated CapEx needs and role that we believe private investment-grade credit will play in the AI boom and how Apollo can serve as a key capital provider supporting the development of data centers, chip production and more to help fuel the future growth of the broader global industrial renaissance.   Listen here: https://lnkd.in/e9ZdCg5m

Financial markets are evolving. In recent decades, the total number of publicly listed companies on U. S. exchanges has been cut nearly in half, and today, almost 90% of U.S. companies with revenue greater than $100M are private. Last week, Apollo’s Stephanie Drescher joined CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime to discuss the growing role of private market exposure in individual investors’ portfolios, highlighting the potential for diversification, reduced volatility, and excess returns. Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/e9BJgFZs

Today, Apollo launched its Apollo S3 Private Markets Fund (“ASPM US”) and Apollo S3 Private Markets Lux (“ASPM Lux”) products, which seeks to offer investors turnkey solutions to access diversified portfolios of multi-asset secondary investments across private markets. These funds offer a differentiated approach to secondaries through a flexible mandate to invest across the capital stack, execute a variety of transaction types and aim to offer diversification across vintages and managers. As investors look to supplement public markets holdings and diversify their overall portfolios, we believe that Apollo’s Global Wealth platform provides solutions that prioritize the needs of the end investor globally. https://lnkd.in/d7N7QciK

CapEx to support digital infrastructure is a critical component of what we view as the new industrial renaissance. Through our integrated approach to infrastructure investing and experience navigating digital infrastructure investments, Apollo-managed funds stood up Parallel Infrastructure as an independent build-to-suit macro cell tower platform and supported management in executing a value creation plan that approximately doubled the size of the business during the Apollo-managed funds’ hold period.

Apollo-managed funds have provided a $1.6B investment to facilitate a structured continuation vehicle transaction with SCI Capital Partners to support the continued growth of SCI owned companies Morton Salt and Reddy Ice. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eckG9dsz

As the financial landscape evolves, the way capital is provided and managed must as well. In conversation with CNBC’s David Faber, Marc Rowan discusses how the future belongs to those who recognize change and innovate. 

Apollo Funds have agreed to acquire Barnes Group, a global provider of highly engineered aerospace products and differentiated industrial technologies, in an all-cash transaction that values the business at approximately $3.6B.   The transaction builds on Apollo’s track record in the aerospace and industrial sectors, and showcases our commitment to helping position companies for long-term, sustainable growth. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e_nGAdvV