Speaker explicitly stated a preference to "lean" into StepStone and Ares due to their "faster growth" and "growth and value driven" models. These alternative asset managers have less reliance on the challenged wealth channel for private credit and are better positioned in institutional or other faster-growing market segments. Long due to superior growth prospects and business model differentiation within the asset manager space. A broader downturn in private market activity or spread widening that impacts all asset managers uniformly.
Speaker explicitly stated a preference to "lean" into StepStone and Ares due to their "faster growth" and "growth and value driven" models. These alternative asset managers have less reliance on the challenged wealth channel for private credit and are better positioned in institutional or other faster-growing market segments. Long due to superior growth prospects and business model differentiation within the asset manager space. A broader downturn in private market activity or spread widening that impacts all asset managers uniformly.