Overview

Our APAC Private Equity funds primarily pursue structured growth equity investments in control, joint control and minority ownership formats. We focus on investing in consumer-driven companies that give us exposure to increasing consumer spending and urbanization in our target markets. In particular, we focus on seven key consumer categories that we believe benefit disproportionately from higher disposable income levels.

In addition, in times of economic dislocation we seek to invest in deep value transactions. For deep value investments, we focus on dislocations and catalysts, often driven by macroeconomic,

sector, geography or owner-specific issues that can lead to high-quality assets becoming available for purchase or investment at deeply-discounted prices. While we also look for deep value opportunities in consumer-driven companies, our deep value approach can develop into asset-oriented opportunities.

The APAC Private Equity team has professionals located in offices in Singapore, Shanghai, and other strategic areas in the APAC region.

Targeted Investment Characteristics

Marketing Leadership: Focus on sector leaders with substantial market share and strong margins in one of our focus sectors, or a fast-growing company in the process of achieving sector leadership or creating a new market.
Sustainable Competitive Advantages: Advantages can include a strong brand, unique products, distinctive service or proprietary technology.
Fast Growth: Growth that is meaningfully above industry average growth.
Driven Management: Energetic, goal-oriented, diverse, accountable and adaptable.
ESG Focus: Seek companies that care about the environment and society and are a responsible steward of external capital.

Value Proposition

For Management Teams

We actively support our portfolio company management teams to help accelerate their growth and enhance their competitive advantage. Our team is experienced in supporting our portfolio companies in many aspects, including improving information technology and systems, building new sales channels, including e-commerce, identifying new products and services, expanding into new markets, sourcing for senior executives to complement the portfolio company management team and assisting with acquisitions and capital market activities.

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For Investors

We strive to originate investment from proprietary channels, and we believe company management teams view us as a trusted partner. Our targeted approach to Asia and the broad resource base of Ares Management Corporation allows us to be selective across our target markets.

Portfolio of Investments

We seek investments in growth-oriented middle-market companies where we can help drive long-term growth in an effort to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns. We seek to invest in the most attractive relative value opportunities and build a diversified portfolio with uncorrelated risks. The table below lists some of our current and past platform investments.