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About Ares
Video / 1 mins / July 2021
Hear about Ares’ history and experience from Head of AAM, Teiki Benveniste.

About Ares Australia Management

Ares Australia Management (Ares) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure asset classes. In Australia, Ares leverages the broad investor distribution, marketing, back office, and administration services of Fidante.

About Ares Management Corporation

Ares Management Corporation (Ares) is a leading global alternative investment manager operating integrated businesses across Credit, Private Equity, Real Estate, Strategic Initiatives and Secondaries. Ares scale and tenure in credit markets define their platform.

Underwriting and managing credit since 1997 with a leading position in US and European direct lending has positioned Ares to capitalise on the convergence of traditional direct lending and broadly syndicated markets.

The power of the Ares platform
A collaborative approach producing differentiated diligence and access to preferential economics for investors.

Scale

~975

investment professionals incl 455+ in Credit

Ares FUM

US$395BN

incl. US$268.9bn in Credit

Experience

20+ YEARS

track record of compelling risk adjusted returns through market cycles

As of September, 30 2023. FUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser. Approximately $13.7 billion of AUM as of June 30, 2021 including for the acquisition of Black Creek Group, which closed on July 1, 2021. Investment Professionals includes approximately 299 employees including 108 investment professionals for the acquisition of Black Creek Group, which closed on July 1, 2021. Total employee headcount includes admin professionals.

www.aresmgmt.com

About Fidante

At Fidante, active investing is at the heart of what we do. We form long-term alliances with investment managers who are carefully selected not only for their robust investment processes, but their expertise, passion and ability to deliver the best possible outcomes for investors.

For these highly skilled managers, our strategic, operational and distribution expertise gives them access to a large global investor base while enabling them to focus on what they do best – managing money. By matching their talent with our know-how, scalability and support, it’s a partnership designed to help them drive success.

We are a global investment management business and form part of the Challenger Limited Group, an ASX-listed investment management firm (ASX:CGF).

www.fidante.com

NOTE:
Ares FUM: AUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser. Approximately $13.7 billion of AUM as of June 30, 2021 including for the acquisition of Black Creek Group, which closed on July 1, 2021.
Investment Professionals: Includes approximately 299 employees including 108 investment professionals for the acquisition of Black Creek Group, which closed on July 1, 2021. Total employee headcount includes admin professionals.