Ares expands Australian presence with private | Australian Markets

Australian institutional and wholesale buyers now have a better choice of private markets choices to select from, with the addition of a new private infrastructure resolution from world alternate options specialist, Ares Management Corporation.

The Australian unit trust, Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (AUT), will enable Australian buyers to gain entry to Ares’ flagship private infrastructure strategy, the Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (ACI), and takes the overall quantity of investment alternatives supplied in Australia by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed supervisor to 4.

Underpinned by Ares’ proprietary Infrastructure platform, the fund will harness the analysis capabilities and deep sector expertise backing ACI and its portfolio of infrastructure property because it seeks to “generate attractive, tax-advantaged current yield in a perpetual, semi-liquid structure”.

According to Ares, ACI’s property beneath mangement now quantity to AUD$1.8 billion since its inception in 2024.

“As private markets continue to demonstrate resilience through dynamic environments, we are seeing growing interest from wealth investors in Australia and New Zealand for deeper access and greater diversification across asset classes,” Teiki Benveniste, Managing Director and Head of Ares Wealth Management Solutions Australia and New Zealand, stated.

“Ares is excited to further expand our offering of institutional-grade solutions for individuals and capitalize on the accelerating opportunity in private infrastructure. We look forward to supporting investors’ long-term financial goals and unlocking sustainable value.”

The launch of the Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (AUT) marks the fund supervisor’s fourth offering, after its Ares Private Markets Fund (AUT) entered the market in December final 12 months alongside its two credit methods – Ares Global Credit Income Fund and Ares Diversified Credit Fund.

“We believe the exponential rise in global demand for data and the corresponding need for energy has created an unprecedented market opportunity across the digital and power infrastructure sectors,” Keith Derman, Co-CEO of ACI and Co-Head of Ares’ Infrastructure Opportunities strategy, stated.

“With stable, cash-flow-generating assets that have typically demonstrated cyclical resilience, private infrastructure can provide investors uncorrelated and inflation-hedged risk-adjusted returns. We believe Ares is well-positioned to leverage our Infrastructure platform’s differentiated origination, asset selection and transaction structuring capabilities to deliver an attractive offering for investors to further enhance their portfolios.”