Fund manager of the year

1. Ares Management
2. Allianz Global Investors
3. Intermediate Capital Group

Ares Management raised $5.8 billion across its US direct lending vehicles in the 12 months to the end of September 2019 and continued to ramp up its presence in Europe.
It also completed the landmark loan of more than £1 billion to Daisy Group, which provides telecoms, IT and cloud services to UK business customers.