First Brands' Fram air filters at an auto parts store in Provo, Utah. Recent failures in the credit markets, including First Brands Group and Tricolor Holdings, have fueled a frenzy around how much risk is sitting in private debt portfolios. But for Ares Management Corp. executives, the losses actually make private credit look good, while presenting an opportunity to snag more deals. Neither of the collapses are “really impacting our market that much so far,” Kort Schnabel, the chief executive officer of ...