Talk:Ares Management

2016 Updates
I work for Mendel Communications and I propose the following updates on behalf of Ares Management. In order to avoid any conflict of interest, I propose these changes to the editors. MaryW MC (talk) 20:48, 7 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

• The first sentence should read, "Ares Management, L.P., is a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager focused on alternative strategies, including private equity, direct lending, tradable credit, and real estate activities." The firm itself is not SEC registered though several of its subsidiaries are. Additionally, editors can refer to both the About Ares webpage (http://www.aresmgmt.com/about-ares) and the Bloomberg company profile page (http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/ARES:US). MaryW MC (talk) 20:48, 7 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

•Ares also has principal offices in San Francisco, Boston, Luxembourg, Chengdu, Dubai and Sydney, which should be added to the second sentence to read as "Ares has principal and originating offices located in Los Angeles, New York, London, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Boston, Luxembourg, Chengdu, Dubai and Sydney." Editors may refer to the Global Reach page which reflects the same information available in the firm's SEC filings (http://www.aresmgmt.com/about-ares/contact/office-locations).MaryW MC (talk) 20:48, 7 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

Thank you for the prompt edits, I would like to further suggest two editsMaryW MC (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC:

• "Credit based" be removed from the first line so that it reads: "Ares Management, L.P., is a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager focused on alternative strategies, including private equity, direct lending, tradable credit, and real estate activities." The principal dealings of the firm are both credit-based and equity-based.MaryW MC (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

• I went ahead and edited "an" to "a" in the first line as it is in regards to grammar and not content.MaryW MC (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

•In regards to the above requested edits, I haven't heard any response and will move forward with the edits by the end of the week as this is a factual edit. MaryW MC (talk) 21:11, 13 January 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

I have integrated the proposed edits into the first line. MaryW MC (talk) 19:10, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[User:MaryW MC|MaryW MC]

I would like to suggest additional edits to reflect Ares' announcement in its 8K filing with the SEC on February 16th, 2016, that the firm combined its Tradable Credit Group and Direct Lending Group to form a single group called the Ares Credit Group. The following edits are intended to accurately reflect Ares' business and its products. Proposed edits also include increases in AUM and employee count as also found in the SEC filing:

•Products: As reflected in the latest SEC filings and to best capture the business practices of Ares, products should read, "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 (2016)

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

• I propose including the last paragraph in the History section regarding the firm's Board to be included as the second paragraph in the forward and to read: "The firm's Board of Directors includes its co-founders, Antony Ressler, Michael Arougheti, David Kaplan, John H. Kissick, and Bennett Rosenthal, who together with Bill Benjamin, Seth Brufsky, Janine Cristiano, Michael Dennis, Greg Margolies, Kipp deVeer, Mitch Goldstein, Blair Jacobson, John Jardine, Ann Kono, Herb Magid, Michael Weiner, Michael Smith, Steven Wolf and Michael McFerran comprise the senior management team and majority ownership of Ares."

• Operations: In the first sentence, "Ares’ investment activities are conducted through three business platforms." Rather than "four business platforms" as it currently states.

• Because investment activities are conducted through three platforms I propose the following to best describe the groups: •	"Ares Credit Group manages liquid and illiquid credit strategies across the non-investment grade credit universe, with approximately $62.2 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2015. Credit strategies include corporate loans, high yield bonds, institutional credit, credit opportunities, special situations, asset-backed, direct lending in the U.S. and Europe. Ares’ U.S. corporate lending activities are primarily conducted through Ares Capital Corporation and a separate commercial finance business that provides asset-based and cash flow loans to small and middle market companies. Ares’ European direct lending platform focuses on self-originated investments in illiquid middle market credits across commingled funds, separately managed accounts, and joint venture lending programs. •	Ares Private Equity Group makes opportunistic majority or shared-control investments, principally in under-capitalized middle market companies and manages investments in U.S. power and infrastructure assets across the power generation, transmission, and midstream sectors. The Private Equity Group manages approximately $21 billion in assets under management through four corporate private equity commingled funds focused on North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe, one China growth fund and four commingled funds and six related co-investment vehicles focused on U.S. power and infrastructure assets as of December 31, 2015. •	Ares Real Estate Group manages public and private equity and debt investments in real estate assets in North America and Europe. With approximately $10 billion in assets under management, the Real Estate Group manages several investment vehicles including its publicly traded REIT, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, U.S. and European real estate private equity commingled funds and real estate equity and debt separately managed accounts as of December 31, 2015."

•The reference for the description of the three groups should be "^ “Ares Management, Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016” SEC.gov (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000155837016003647/ares-20151231x10k.htm) Retrieved March 21, 2016." and references one and three can also reference today's date (March 21, 2016) as the information provided is up to date with the information on the website. MaryW MC (talk) 21:18, 21 March 2016 (UTC)User:MaryW MC|MaryW MC

I haven't heard any response in regards to the above edits and will move forward with the edits by the end of the week as this is a factual edit.MaryW MC (talk) 15:27, 29 March 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

I have begun to integrate the proposed edits and will implement the rest within the week if there are no objections.MaryW MC (talk) 19:38, 7 April 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC (talk) 21:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

Due to the announced three-platform operations structure, I propose that in order to best describe the groups and to reflect the information contained within the 10-Q submitted on May 10, 2016, the "Operations" section read:

"Ares’ investment activities are conducted through three business platforms:

•	Ares Credit Group manages liquid and illiquid credit strategies across the non-investment grade credit universe, with approximately $60.0 billion in assets under management as of May 10, 2016. [18] Credit strategies include corporate loans, high yield bonds, institutional credit, credit opportunities, special situations, asset-backed, direct lending in the U.S. and Europe. Ares’ U.S. corporate lending activities are primarily conducted through Ares Capital Corporation and a separate commercial finance business that provides asset-based and cash flow loans to small and middle market companies. Ares’ European direct lending platform focuses on self-originated investments in illiquid middle market credits across commingled funds, separately managed accounts, and joint venture lending programs. •	Ares Private Equity Group makes opportunistic majority or shared-control investments, principally in under-capitalized middle market companies and manages investments in U.S. power and infrastructure assets across the power generation, transmission, and midstream sectors. The Private Equity Group manages approximately $23.3 billion in assets under management through four corporate private equity commingled funds focused on North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe, one China growth fund and four commingled funds and six related co-investment vehicles focused on U.S. power and infrastructure assets as of May 10, 2016. [18] •	Ares Real Estate Group manages public and private equity and debt investments in real estate assets in North America and Europe. With approximately $10.2 billion in assets under management, the Real Estate Group manages several investment vehicles including its publicly traded REIT, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, U.S. and European real estate private equity commingled funds and real estate equity and debt separately managed accounts as of May 10, 2016. [18]"

The footnote to reference: “Ares Management, Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2016” SEC.gov (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000155837016005746/ares-20160331x10q.htm) Retrieved June 6, 2016.

I will wait until the end of the week to include so that editors can review.MaryW MC (talk) 21:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)MaryW MC

Management and Board of Directors update
I noticed an error on the page regarding the description of the Board of Directors in the second paragraph. While Judy Olian is on the Board of Directors, she is not also on the senior management team of the firm as the sentence is currently written.

I propose changing "Board of Directors" at the beginning of the sentence to "co-founders", deleting Judy Olian at this reference, and adding a new sentence at the end of the paragraph: "The Board of Directors include the five co-founders as well as outside directors Paul Joubert, Michael Lynton, and Judy Olian."

Editors may refer to the Ares website at http://aresmgmt.com/about-ares/our-team or the firm's 10K filing with the SEC on February 29, 2016 at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000155837016003647/ares-20151231x10k.htm. MaryW MC (talk) 17:11, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

I haven't heard any response in the last couple days on these proposed edits. If I don't hear feedback over the weekend, I will implement the proposed change on Monday, August 15. Thanks. MaryW MC (talk) 18:34, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

I have implemented the changes as discussed above. MaryW MC (talk) 22:15, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Update Assets and Employee Count
The page currently has outdated information on the company's employee count and assets (including Total Assets as well as Assets Under Management within each business platform). I propose updating with correct figures as reported to the SEC on File 10-K on February 27, 2017 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828017001756/aresmanagement201610k.htm).

To that end, Total Assets in the right hand box should be changed from "$94 billion" to "$99 billion."

Number of Employees should be changed from "870 (2015)" to "925 (2017)."

The sentence, "Ares Credit Group manages liquid and illiquid credit strategies across the non-investment grade credit universe, with approximately $60.0 billion in assets under management as of May 10, 2016" should be changed to "Ares Credit Group manages liquid and illiquid credit strategies across the non-investment grade credit universe, with approximately $64.1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2016."

The sentence, "The Private Equity Group manages approximately $23.3 billion in assets under management through four corporate private equity commingled funds focused on North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe, one China growth fund and four commingled funds and six related co-investment vehicles focused on U.S. power and infrastructure assets as of May 10, 2016," should be changed to "The Private Equity Group manages approximately $25.0 billion in assets under management through five corporate private equity commingled funds focused on North America and, to a lesser extent, Europe, one China growth fund and four commingled funds and six related co-investment vehicles focused on U.S. power and infrastructure assets as of December 31, 2016."

The sentence, "With approximately $10.2 billion in assets under management, the Real Estate Group manages several investment vehicles including its publicly traded REIT, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, U.S. and European real estate private equity commingled funds and real estate equity and debt separately managed accounts as of May 10, 2016.," should be changed to "With approximately $9.8 billion in assets under management, the Real Estate Group manages several investment vehicles including its publicly traded REIT, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, U.S. and European real estate private equity commingled funds and real estate equity and debt separately managed accounts as of December 31, 2016." MaryW MC (talk) 20:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC)