ICYMI: Co-President Kipp deVeer recently took the stage at this year’s CAIS Summit for a panel entitled The Capital View: From Washington to Wall Street. The conversation explored the future of investing by unpacking powerful themes from today’s headlines, including access to private markets, navigating liquidity and risk and leveraging AI to transform asset management. Steve Porto, Partner in Ares Infrastructure Opportunities, also led a discussion on tax-advantaged income structures within private infrastructure assets. A few photos from the event below.
About us
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: 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. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of September 30, 2025, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had approximately $596 billion of assets under management with approximately 4,200 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Cybersecurity & Fraud Prevention: https://www.aresmgmt.com/fraud-awareness
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http://www.aresmgmt.com
External link for Ares Management
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, CA
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Private Equity, Credit, Real Estate, Strategic Initiatives, Alternative Asset Management, Financial Services, Investment Management, and Direct Lending
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Employees at Ares Management
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Erik Starck
Managing Director, Ares AI and Innovation Group
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Nicolai Wadstrom
Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at Ares Management. Repeat Founder, Venture Capital Investor, Keynote Speaker…
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Mark Mavroudis
Managing Director at Ares Management
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Benjamin Levy
Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at Ares Management
Updates
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On Wednesday, Ares’ Global Head of Wealth Management Raj Dhanda joined Bloomberg Open Interest for a live broadcast interview highlighting how Ares navigates changes in today's market, the advantages we see by operating at scale across asset classes and more. View Raj’s interview with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger and Matthew Miller here: https://lnkd.in/ehi_h5pE
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The global banking industry is undergoing a structural shift from a traditional hold-to-maturity (storage) business model to an originate-to-distribute (moving) model with SRTs. This transition is being driven by regulatory pressures that are pushing banks to focus on capital efficiency, active risk management and balance sheet optimization. We explore the origins of this shift, relevant regional and regulatory contexts, the market landscape and more in Ares’ latest Perspectives article and white paper “The Significant Risk Transfer Market: Proceed with Caution”: https://lnkd.in/eFqzK4ss
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Ares is excited to announce an investment for up to $1.5 billion in Moderna, a leader in the creation of the field of mRNA medicine. The five-year term loan facility will support Moderna’s long-term growth and ability to navigate a dynamic market environment. More in the full press release: https://lnkd.in/eczTpSkG
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This morning, Brendan McCurdy, Global Head of Investment Strategy for Wealth, published his latest FAST Take newsletter on the unique processes and considerations surrounding data center investment and why highly specialized experts are required to develop and operate these assets effectively. More from Brendan below.
Data centers are critical to our ever-expanding digital world, and they require true specialty expertise to build. In my latest FAST Take newsletter, I touch on five factors that underscore why it is key to identify and work with an experienced owner, operator and developer, from operating cost monitoring to network infrastructure to the management of cooling systems. More in the full newsletter below. Thanks to Nash Bezanson for co-authoring this take.
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AI valuations, credit cycles and the rise of private market investing are reshaping the investment landscape. Ares CEO Michael Arougheti shares his thoughts on these trends and more coming out of his conversation at this year’s #DeliveringAlpha. Read the piece here: https://lnkd.in/eQB3ypje
Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Ares Management
Last week, I spoke with CNBC's Leslie Picker and J.P. Morgan Asset and Wealth Management CEO Mary Callahan Erdoes about the structural and cyclical shifts we are seeing in today’s market, including questions around AI investing and portfolio construction. More below from our conversation at this year’s #DeliveringAlpha, including my thoughts on how investors can lean into these opportunities to position their portfolios for long-term growth.
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ICYMI: Mark Affolter, Ares’ Co-Head of Sports, Media and Entertainment, joined Mark Sutterlin, CFA, Head of Alternative Investments at Merrill Lynch, for an episode of Let’s Talk Alts. They discussed emerging trends across sports investing, including the growth of the asset class, ongoing shifts in how teams pursue capital, how private markets create opportunities for qualified investors to gain greater access to the asset class and more.
Ultra-wealthy franchise owners are no longer the only investors in pro sports; private markets are filling a need for capital in the space. Learn more. https://go.ml.com/cnuiqn
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On the Insightful Investor podcast, Ares Co-President Kipp deVeer outlines what drove Ares to go public and how it has helped the firm retain top talent and clearly show the value that Ares employees are creating. More from Kipp below.
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We are pleased to welcome Vijay Kasarabada as Ares’ new Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology. Vijay’s appointment reflects our ongoing commitment to strengthening Ares’ technology and security capabilities. With his over 27 years of experience and deep background in the business enablement of alternatives and asset management, we believe he is uniquely positioned to lead our team into the future. Welcome to the firm!
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Kort Schnabel, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending in the Ares Credit Group, gets honest about the question of how much transparency there is within private credit, from SOIs and public disclosures to regulations at the local and global levels. More from Kort in the following article: https://lnkd.in/ePf5GXuR