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In The Spotlight –
Ares Management

Hosted by Michael Elsworth, Sector Manager – Fixed Income, Lonsec

Featuring: Samantha Milner, Partner and Portfolio Manager, Ares

Episode highlights:

  • Ares leverages its scale and collaboration across credit, private equity and real assets to generate deep issuer insights. Long standing relationships and access to direct lending data provide a unique informational edge in credit selection.
  • The importance of an experienced team that has navigated multiple cycles together, supported by a broad platform and embedded risk capabilities to enhance credit selection and reduce defaults over time. 
  • The fund targets consistent income while focusing on capital preservation by leaning into higher quality credit and actively managing risk exposures.
  • Having managed through multiple market cycles, the team applies a disciplined playbook, moving up in quality during uncertainty and rotating into higher yielding opportunities when risk off environments create dislocations.

About Ares Management

Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets.

As of March 31, 2026, Ares Management Corporation’s global platform had approximately $644 billion of assets under management with approximately 4,400 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

More information regarding Ares Management is available here. 

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Ares Management Disclaimer

Ares Management Disclaimer

THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN PREPARED SOLELY FOR USE WITH INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE SHARED WITH ANY OTHER PARTIES. 

THIS VIDEO IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS INVESTMENT ADVICE. 

 This video is provided for general informational purposes. Charts and graphs provided herein are for illustrative purposes only. There can be no assurance that any fund or strategy will achieve its intended return, and actual returns may differ materially from the numbers shown. Nothing herein should be interpreted or used in any manner as investment advice. The views herein are the personal views of the named speaker(s) of Ares Management Corporation (together with its affiliates, “Ares”), as of May 21, 2026 and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ares itself. This video is not intended to be construed, nor should be construed by any individual recipient, as investment advice, a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any security, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to purchase any security. An offer or solicitation for an investment in an investment fund managed or sponsored by Ares or its affiliates (“Fund”) will occur only through a confidential private placement memorandum and related purchase documentation, and subject to the terms and conditions contained in such documents and in the Fund’s operative agreements.  

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. 

DO NOT RELY ON ANY OPINIONS, PREDICTIONS OR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN. Certain of the information contained in this video constitutes “forward-looking statements” that are inherently unreliable and actual events or results may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated herein. None of Ares or any of its representatives makes any assurance as to the accuracy of those predictions or forward-looking statements. The views expressed herein regarding the financial markets are based on current market conditions that are subject to change. Ares expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any such forward-looking statements. 

EXTERNAL SOURCES. Certain information contained herein may have been obtained from third-party sources. Although Ares believes such sources to be reliable, we make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness. 

THIS VIDEO MAY NOT BE COPIED, QUOTED OR REFERENCED WITHOUT ARES’ PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. 

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