The deal is the first by Ares since it formed a credit-secondaries alliance with Mubadala. 

Ares Management has closed its first credit-secondaries deal since making a splashy entry into the market for secondhand credit-fund stakes earlier this year through a $1 billion joint venture with sovereign wealth manager Mubadala Investment in Abu Dhabi.

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