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At CFA Society Toronto’s 67th Annual Investment Dinner, Ares’ Co-Head of European Credit Blair Jacobson moderated a discussion with Hank Paulson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2006-2009.
Last week, Ares’ European Direct Lending team hosted an event in Paris alongside Cambon Partners and over 50 entrepreneurs, private equity investors and financial advisors to discuss investment trends spanning the French independent wealth management industry. The event included panel discussions touching on the strategic value of private debt, the impact of the regulatory environment on the financial advisory business model and more. This was the latest in the team’s series of sector-focused initiatives and helped showcase Ares’ leadership in the region. Thank you to all who joined us!
We are proud to share that Allison Johnston, Senior Associate in Ares Global Client Solutions, has been named a 2024 Influential Woman in Institutional Investing Rising Star by Pensions & Investments. Allison has proven herself to be a highly effective and strategic member of the team, and her skill set shines at Ares and in her role as a Board member of Women Investment Professionals (WIP) Chicago. Congratulations, Allison!
It’s #NationalInternDay! We caught up with Ares’ Global Head of HR Jessica Dosen and Global Head of HR Business Partners Lauren Sohmer in the NYC video studio to celebrate our 2024 summer intern class. Stay tuned for more from their studio session!
Lisa Marie K.Y Djeng CESGA, CMA, CAMS, Ares Asia ESG Lead, recently spoke on a panel at the DBS Bank Future Leaders Program event in Singapore. The event comes as we approach what some believe to be the greatest intergenerational wealth transfer in history, with younger generations—for whom ESG is top of mind—set to inherit trillions. Against this backdrop, Lisa shared Ares’ approach and insights about how investment in the private markets through an ESG lens can offer transparency, value creation and risk mitigation. She also touched on trends in ESG investing in the APAC region and the need for actionable data and analytics.
For the second year in a row, Ares European Direct Lending held a 5-a-side football tournament to raise funds for the UK-based mental health charity Sport in Mind, which focuses on improving the lives of people experiencing mental health issues through sports initiatives. This year’s tournament at Stamford Bridge hosted 16 firms, with Ares matching both team and individual donations to raise a total of £27,375 to support individuals facing mental health challenges, helping them find hope and strength through sports.
Ares is honored to be recognized as Alternative Lender of the Year ($5-$15bn Real Estate AUM) by Real Estate Capital USA. We were selected for our global leadership in real estate credit investing and our ability to navigate a challenging global market environment. Congratulations to the Ares Real Estate team for receiving this notable recognition. #RealEstate
We are thrilled for Ares’ Opportunistic Credit and Private Equity teams’ investment in Savers | Value Village to be recognized as Buyouts' Turnaround Deal of the Year 2023! Our teams initially helped recapitalize the company in 2019 and assumed full control in 2021. During our ownership, we have partnered with Savers’ management team to enact organic & inorganic value-creation initiatives and helped the company list publicly on the NYSE in 2023. Congrats to the team on their hard work, and we look forward to what lies ahead for Savers. #thriftproud #opportunisticcredit #privateequity
Ares’ commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion has been recognized in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index for 2023 – 2024. The Index is a leading benchmarking tool for evaluating a company’s workplace inclusion policies and we are proud to have received the recognition of Equality 100, the highest possible score. Along with our LGBTQ+ workforce and entire team, we celebrate this achievement and are committed to continuing these conversations to achieve full equality in the workplace.
Ares employees from across the U.S. and UK came together once again to join Cycle for Survival in the fight to beat rare forms of cancer. Ares has been involved in this effort for over 10 years and we are proud to have raised ~$900K for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center thus far. As in previous years, Ares matched employee donations dollar-for-dollar which aided this year’s contributions in reaching ~$54K. Some photos below of the 100+ employees who joined us from Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC. #CycleForSurvival #Philanthropy
