The ARIEL INVESTMENTS is a privately held investment adviser that advises $14.82Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 2 SEC fund types across 3 investment strategies. ARIEL INVESTMENTS is a Public/Private Fund Assets decreased by 6.45% over the last 5-years.
The Group has been registered with the SEC for 43.32 years and is comprised of 3 filing and 0 relying advisers. They operate out of 3 office locations with their Headquarters at 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 2900, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The Group has not been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 4 US and Non-US bodies.
They have 216 employees comprised of 50 investment and 166 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 66.15% over the last 5-years.
Their $14.82Bn in assets advised are owned by 13 private funds, 7 public funds and BDCs and 84 other accounts. Assets of Investment Companies (IC) clients own $4.31Bn or 29.09% of Total Assets and Government Entities and Pension Plans own $3.84Bn or 25.9% of Total Assets.
The Group's top investment strategies include Long/Short Equity, Traditional LBO and Emerging Markets, representing 68.26%, 30.28% and 1.46% of total assets, respectively.
They advise 10 types of clients, top clients are Investment Companies (IC) and Government Entities and Pension Plans.
The Group uses 2 Fund Administrators, 2 Fund Auditors, 0 Prime Brokers, 3 Custodians and 2 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 3 private funds with $3.98Bn in assets.
The Group discloses management fees and performance-based fees.
ARIEL INVESTMENTS names 0 sub-advisers to 0 different funds advised by the group. The Group has been named as the sub-adviser to 0 funds.