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Ares Management

Ares Management
Public
Traded as ARES
Industry Asset Management
Founder Antony Ressler, John Kissick, Michael Arougheti, David Kaplan, and Bennett Rosenthal
Headquarters 2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, United States
Products Credit (Liquid and illiquid strategies- corporate loans, high yield bonds, institutional credit, credit opportunities, special situations, asset-backed, direct lending in the U.S. and Europe), Private Equity (North American and European flexible capital, U.S. power and infrastructure assets, China growth capital), and Real Estate (debt and equity- U.S. and European value-add and opportunistic)
Total assets $94 billion
Number of employees
870 (2015)
Website www.aresmgmt.com
www.arescapitalcorp.com
www.arescre.com
www.arespublicfunds.com

Ares Management, L.P. is a publicly traded, global alternative asset manager focused on alternative strategies, including credit, private equity, and real estate activities.

The firm was established in 1997. The firm's co-founders include Antony Ressler, Michael Arougheti, David Kaplan, John H. Kissick, and Bennett Rosenthal.

Ares Capital Management LLC, a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P. and an SEC-registered investment adviser, is the investment adviser to Ares Capital Corporation, a publicly traded closed-end, non-diversified specialty finance company that is regulated as a business development company, or a BDC, under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Established in 2004, Ares Capital Corporation provides financing for middle market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts, mainly in the United States.

Ares Management Limited, a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P., was established in 2006 as an expansion of the Ares business platform into Europe. As such, it is focused on Ares European capital markets operations. Ares Management Limited is authorized under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom to provide certain investment advisory services. In May 2007, a minority interest in the firm was acquired by an international institutional investor, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The investor is experienced in alternative asset classes and did not acquire any voting or governance rights via its investment.

In May 2014, Ares Management completed its initial public offering and is currently listed on the .

In April 2016, Ares Management closed its fifth global private equity fund, raising $7.85bn (€6.95bn).

Ares’ investment activities are conducted through three business platforms:


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