Ares Capital Management LLC (Los Angeles)


Ares Capital Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $32.29 billion of regulatory assets for 23 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Colorado, Delaware, and 5 other states.

Ares Capital Management provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Ares Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ares Capital Management LLC is $32.29 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 20262% since the beginning of its operation, and $9.56 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $25.71 billion in discretionary accounts and $6.58 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.35 billion each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $1.65 billion.
Ares Capital Management has custody of $7.51 billion in cash and securities for 9 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 96% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 4% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ares Capital Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Antony Peter Ressler serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, and business development companies. The largest group of clients of Antony Peter Ressler is business development companies with 1 clients and $12.89 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Ares Capital Management has the highest percentage of business development companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $26.3 billion for 17 clients. 48% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ares Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, ten hedge funds and one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $25,000,000.

Careers at Ares Capital Management LLC

The company employs 194 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 73 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Antony Peter Ressler has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2004. Robert Kipp Deveer joined the executive team most recently as the President.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ares Management Llc Member 1 Apr 2004 75% - 100% 130074
Bennett Rosenthal Vice president 1 Apr 2004 Other 2818358
Antony Peter Ressler President 1 Apr 2004 Other 1878120
David Allan Sachs Vice president 1 Apr 2004 Other 1088579
John Harold Kissick Vice president 1 Apr 2004 Other 270968
Kevin Andrew Frankel General counsel 1 Apr 2004 Other 4749538
Daniel Fenno Nguyen Chief financial officer 1 Apr 2004 Other 4749539
Antony Peter Ressler President 1 Jul 2004 Other 1878120
Michael J Arougheti Vice president 1 Jul 2004 Other 2735734
Michael L. Smith Managing director 1 Jul 2004 Other 4534440
Robert Kipp Deveer Managing director 1 Jul 2004 Other 4510479
Mitchell Scott Goldstein Managing director 1 May 2005 Other 2383425
Eric Blair Beckman Managing director 1 Jul 2005 Other 1072538
Richard Scott Davis Vice president 1 Jun 2006 Other 5285711
Michael Daniel Weiner Vice president, general counsel and secretary 1 Sep 2006 Other 4698763
Hue Hung Nguyen Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2006 Other 5285721
Michael Daniel Weiner Vice president, chief legal officer and secretary 1 Dec 2006 Other 4698763
Richard Scott Davis Vice president 1 Dec 2006 Other 5285711
Karen Anne Tallman Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2007 Other 5376383
Anthony Stanton Dell Chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2011 Other 2699043
Michael Robert Mcferran Vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer 1 Mar 2015 Other 5529178
Michael J (Mi Only) Arougheti Co-president 1 Sep 2017 Other 2735734
Miriam Goldsmith Krieger Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2017 Other 6028814
Penelope Facemire Roll Vice president, chief financial officer. and treasurer 1 Sep 2017 Other 4374072
Robert Kipp Deveer Co-president 1 Sep 2017 Other 4510479
Antony Peter Ressler Chief executive officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 1878120
Antony Peter Ressler Executive chairman 1 Jun 2018 Other 1878120
Michael J (Mi Only) Arougheti Chief executive officer 1 Jun 2018 Other 2735734
Robert Kipp Deveer President 1 Jun 2018 Other 4510479

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 20 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Antony Peter Ressler Member 1 Jan 2002 25% - 50% 1878120
Llc Ares Partners Management Company Member 1 Jan 2002 75% - 100% 01-0605009
Ares Holdings Inc. Member 1 May 2007 25% - 50% 26-0198141
Ares Owners Holding L.P. Member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
Ares Owners Holdings L.P. Limited partner 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
Llc Ares Partners Management Company Member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
Ares Holdings Llc Member 1 May 2007 75% - 100% 26-0198197
Ares Management Holdings L.P. Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 27-207-8839
Ares Holdings L.P. Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 26-0198197
Ares Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 26-0198197
Ares Management Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 27-207-8839
L.P. Ares Management Shareholder 1 May 2014 75% - 100% 80-0962035
Ares Partners Holdco Llc General partner 1 May 2014 Other 46-5192240
Ares Management Lp Sole shareholder 1 May 2014 Other 80-0962035
Ares Management Corporation Sole shareholder 1 May 2014 Other 80-0962035
Ares Investments Lp Member 1 May 2014 50% - 75% 20-8018928
Ares Holdco Llc Member/general partner 1 May 2014 Other 30-0880125
Ai Holdco Llc Member/general partner 1 May 2014 Other 38-3977442
Ares Holdco Llc General partner 1 Jul 2016 25% - 50% 30-0880125
Ares Holdings Inc Member 1 Jul 2016 75% - 100% 20-0198141

Based in Los Angeles

The principal office where Ares Capital Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 2000 Avenue Of The Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067 4733, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 310-201-4100. The normal business hours are 8am-5pm pacific time on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at arescapitalcorp.com.