GCIB Campus Recruiting - Undergraduate and MBA

• Built and owned critical client and marketing materials, updated market- and fund-specific data on both a quarterly and ad hoc basis across the five flagship buyout funds as well as four other funds, for a total of over $25 billion in AUM• Spearheaded the production of a video featuring past/current portfolio company CEOs explaining why Ares is their capital partner of choice; presented to ~400 people at the 2022 Annual General Meeting

• Owned responses to due diligence questionnaires and ad hoc requests from 100+ prospective investors during Ares Special Opportunities Fund II’s fundraise, resulting in an over $7 billion capital raise, exceeding target of $4 billion

• Booked ~$100 million notional in trades each day with a focus on hybrid securities and Yankee Banks (i.e., foreign banks with operations in the U.S.) for three Managing Directors/Directors across the trading desk• Responded to hundreds of buy-side client inquiries per day, resulting in timely trade execution and incremental profit

• Analyzed credit investment opportunities for 200+ companies with a focus on Investment Grade bonds and Credit Default Swaps within the Technology, Media, & Telecommunications and Consumer/Retail sectors• Generated trade recommendations supported by credit analysis, financial models, and macro research, thus identifying market and industry-specific trends such as the importance of ESG and the secular shift from cable to streaming• Played a critical role in the production/publication of a research report on company leverage trends, utilized by internal sales and trading desks and 100+ buy-side clients, generating additional profit dollars and business/dialogue with clients

• Rotated across desks in FX/EM, Securitized Products, and Global Credit Products• Pitched three trade ideas to senior leadership, one of which a trader acted upon, resulting in ~$300K in actual profit