Ares Management

The company operates a multi-strategy alternative asset management model. It sponsors and manages a range of vehicles – closed-end funds, open-end funds, collateralised loan obligations, non-traded and listed REITs, infrastructure funds, secondary funds, separately managed accounts and permanent capital vehicles. Institutional investors and other asset owners commit capital to these vehicles, which the firm then allocates into credit, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and secondary investments.

Value is created by sourcing and underwriting private and public market deals (e.g., direct lending, real estate assets, infrastructure projects, secondary interests), actively managing portfolios and structuring solutions such as insurance-focused investment mandates. The firm aggregates fee-related earnings from recurring management fees and other fee streams, and captures a share of investment upside via performance fees (carried interest) where applicable, while investors receive yield, diversification, and exposure to alternative assets.

Ares Management is a US-based alternative asset manager operating across credit, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries and insurance solutions. It raises capital from institutional investors and permanent capital vehicles, then deploys that capital into private and public debt and equity strategies, including direct lending, real estate funds, infrastructure assets and secondary transactions.

The firm generates revenue primarily from management fees on assets under management and performance-based income on eligible funds, supplemented by advisory and transaction fees. Its customers are institutional asset owners such as pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, family offices and publicly listed investment vehicles seeking outsourced investment management and capital solutions across alternative asset classes.