Ares raises $4.2 billion for inaugural Global Structured Solutions fund
ARES•Ares raised about $4.2 billion for its inaugural Global Structured Solutions Fund, including affiliated vehicles, exceeding its $1 billion target at final close.
1. Fundraising and strategy
The fund expands Ares’ private equity secondaries structured solutions platform, with capital targeting general partner financing needs such as fund commitments, structured limited partner seeding and succession planning. Ares secondaries funds have deployed nearly $9 billion in structured solutions transactions since 2013.




