Vivek Sachidanand

Ares Management offers clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. The firm aims to deliver strong risk-adjusted investment returns through market cycles while minimizing downside risk. They employ a disciplined, credit-oriented investment philosophy.

Provides brokerage services

Functions as a College/University

Carlyle Group seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity.

Ivy Hill invests in and manages primarily middle market senior secured loans, including revolving credit facilities, through commingled structured investment vehicles, including CLOs, private investment vehicles and separately managed accounts. The firm aims to construct portfolios that balance the benefits of diversification, credit quality, defensive industry allocations, and efficient and flexible portfolio financing. Their investment process emphasizes due diligence on companies, with a focus on principal protection, relative value and adherence to portfolio guidelines.

CIFC is a global alternative asset manager that focuses on credit solutions across CLOs, corporate credit (including senior loans and high yield bonds), structured credit and opportunistic credit. The firm has an acute focus on downside risk with bottom-up credit research applied across all of their disciplines. They employ an underwriting process focused on the fundamental value of investment opportunities, typically strive to maintain diversified portfolios (depending on a client account’s particular investment objectives) and re-assess and rebalance portfolios through relative value analysis and trading.

Churchill invests in middle market companies located in the US. The fund focuses on companies operating in the broad range of sectors and industries. It provides senior & junior debt, equity co-investments, and secondary financing.