Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, LLC (Los Angeles)


Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Los Angeles. It manages $5.75 billion of regulatory assets for 49 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Texas.

Ares Real Estate Management Holdings provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for real estate funds. 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 Real Estate Management Holdings: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, LLC is $5.75 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 12% since the beginning of its operation, and $166.06 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.97 billion in discretionary accounts and $772.75 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $121.29 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $96.59 million.
Ares Real Estate Management Holdings has custody of $4.77 billion in cash and securities for 44 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Antony Peter Ressler serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Antony Peter Ressler is pooled investment vehicles with 47 clients and $5.03 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Ares Real Estate Management Holdings has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $5.03 billion for 47 clients. 6% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ares Real Estate Management Holdings also advises several private funds. Namely, four hedge funds and forty two real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $5,000,000,000.

Careers at Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, LLC

The company employs 105 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 71 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 2013. Michael Daniel Weiner joined the executive team most recently as the Vice President, General Counsel And Secretary.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Michael Robert Mcferran Vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer 1 Jul 2011 Other 5529178
William Stuart Benjamin Vice president 1 Jan 2013 Other 4783031
Lee Stuart Neibart Vice president 1 Jan 2013 Other 4783023
Stuart Fred Koenig Vice president 1 Jan 2013 Other 1229850
Antony Peter Ressler President 1 Jul 2013 Other 1878120
Michael Daniel Weiner Vice president, general counsel and secretary 1 Jul 2013 Other 4698763
Anthony Stanton Dell Vice president and chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2013 Other 2699043
Llc Ares Real Estate Acquisition Spv Member 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 27-2078839
Daniel Fenno Nguyen Vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer 1 Jul 2013 Other 4749539
John Bram Bartling Vice president 1 Jul 2013 Other 2346376
Michael J (Mi Only) Arougheti Vice president 1 Jan 2015 Other 2735734
Miriam Goldsmith Krieger Chief compliance officer 1 Sep 2017 Other 6028814
Antony Peter Ressler Executive chairman 1 Jan 2018 Other 1878120
Michael Daniel Weiner Vice president, general counsel and secretary 1 Jan 2018 Other 4698763
Michael Robert Mcferran Vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer 1 Jan 2018 Other 5529178
Michael J (Mi Only) Arougheti Chief executive officer and president 1 Jan 2018 Other 2735734

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 21 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Antony Peter Ressler Member 1 Jan 2002 25% - 50% 1878120
L.P. (F/K/A Ares Partners Management Company Llc) Ares Owners Holdings Member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
Ares Holdings Inc. Member 1 May 2007 25% - 50% 26-0198141
L.P. Ares Owners Holdings Limited partner 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
Llc Ares Partners Management Company Member 1 May 2007 50% - 75% 01-0605009
L.P. (F/K/A Ares Holdings Llc) Ares Holdings Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 26-0198197
Ares Management Holdings L.P. Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 27-2078839
L.P. Ares Holdings Limited partner 1 Dec 2010 50% - 75% 26-0198197
Ares Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 26-0198197
Ares Management Holdings Llc Member 1 Dec 2010 75% - 100% 27-2078839
Ares Real Estate Investment Holdings Member 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 98-1124514
Ares Real Estate Acquisition Spv Llc Member 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 27-2078839
Ares Management Llc Member 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 130074
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 L.P. Sole shareholder 1 May 2014 75% - 100% 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 Other 30-0880125
Ares Holdings Inc. Member 1 Jul 2016 75% - 100% 26-0198141

Based in Los Angeles

The principal office where Ares Real Estate Management Holdings, 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 Atlanta, GA. 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 or by fax 310-201-4170. The normal business hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. pacific time on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at aresmgmt.com.