About This Fund
The Ares Infrastructure Opportunities Fund is an equity infrastructure vehicle managed by Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), one of the world's leading alternative asset managers with over $550 billion in total assets under management. The fund is part of Ares' Infrastructure Opportunities strategy, operated through the firm's Real Assets Group by a team of more than 30 investment professionals based in New York and Boston with an average of over 25 years of industry experience. As of the third quarter of 2024, Ares' Infrastructure Opportunities equity strategy managed approximately $7.0 billion in assets under management, forming part of the firm's broader $25 billion-plus infrastructure platform encompassing both equity and debt, with over $14 billion deployed across more than 350 assets and companies since inception.
The fund pursues value-add and opportunistic equity strategies targeting infrastructure assets positioned at the convergence of the energy transition and digital transformation themes. Core investment sub-sectors include power generation (renewable and thermal), renewable natural gas, LNG terminals, pipeline and midstream energy infrastructure, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure including data centers, fiber optic networks and cell towers, regulated utilities, social infrastructure, and environmental services. The strategy targets de-risked, fully operational assets underpinned by long-term contracts with creditworthy counterparties providing durable cash flow visibility and downside protection. Earlier vintages focused primarily on North American natural gas and energy transportation; more recent deployments emphasize climate transition and digital infrastructure aligned with institutional sustainability mandates.
The fund's performance track record has received broad industry recognition: Infrastructure Investor named Ares the Manager of the Year in North America, Renewables Investor of the Year in North America, and awarded Renewables Deal of the Year in North America. Strategy predecessor vehicles, operating under names including US Power Fund and Energy Infrastructure Fund, delivered gross IRRs of 5.0% to 18.5% across harvesting-stage vintages through 2024, demonstrating the strategy's consistent return profile across market cycles and energy transition phases.