Ares Management LLC is a principal investment firm. The firm’s finance activities include the management of bank loans, high yield bonds, mezzanine, and special situation investments. It invests across a capital structure, from senior floating rate debt to common equity. The firm makes investments through its three subsidiaries: ARES Capital Management LLC, Ares Capital Markets Group, and Ares Private Equity Group. ARES Capital Management LLC specializes in providing finance to private middle market companies. Ares Capital Markets Group manages senior secured bank loans, high yield bonds, and other fixed income investments. Ares Private Equity Group makes investments through Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund. Ares Management LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in New York, New York and London, United Kingdom.