Ares Management Corp. and Fidante Partners form Australian JV 

Ares Management Corp. and Fidante Partners have established a strategic joint venture to coordinate the marketing and investment management of retail and institutional investor capital from Australia and New Zealand for Ares’ various credit, private equity and real estate strategies.

To support the joint venture, the two companies have formed Ares Australia Management (AAM), which will act as the investment manager for new investment vehicles specifically structured for investors in Australia and New Zealand.

AAM will be well positioned to benefit from the long-term trends and structural advantages driving increased demand for alternative investment products in the Australian market, including the significant and growing superannuation system in the country and the under allocation to global fixed-income assets in investor portfolios. AAM combines Ares’ robust suite of proven investment strategies with Fidante’s broad retail and institutional investor distributio