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Alex Blohstein

Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Alexander Blostein is a Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Goldman Sachs, specializing in US asset managers, brokers, exchanges, and trust banks within the financial services sector. He covers a portfolio of major companies including BlackRock (BLK), Invesco (IVZ), and State Street (STT), with a strong analyst record marked by a 74% success rate and an average return per recommendation of 20.2%, per TipRanks; he has issued over 700 ratings, with an average stock price target met ratio exceeding 86%. Blostein began his career at Deloitte and Thomson Reuters, held an associate position at Wachovia Securities, and joined Goldman Sachs in 2007, rising to Managing Director in 2015. He holds a BA in Economics from Brandeis University and is both a CFA charterholder and likely FINRA-registered representative.

Alex Blohstein's questions to Ares Management (ARES) leadership

Question · Q3 2025

Alex Blohstein asked about Ares Management's real estate and real assets franchise positioning, anticipating normalized LP appetite across institutional and wealth clients, and the potential for increased transaction volumes.

Answer

Mike Arougheti, Co-Founder, CEO, and Director, explained that Ares' global real estate business, now the third-largest institutional manager, benefits from scale, vertical integration, and concentration in high-conviction sectors like industrials and multifamily. He noted that declining rates are constructive for real estate transaction volumes, with Q3 deployment up 51% quarter-over-quarter and 78% year-over-year, indicating green shoots.

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Question · Q3 2025

Alex Blohstein asked about the positioning of Ares' real estate and broader real assets franchise, anticipating how it will perform as LP appetite normalizes and resumes in the real estate channel for both institutional and wealth clients.

Answer

Mike Arougheti, Co-Founder, CEO, and Director of Ares Management Corporation, highlighted Ares' global real estate business as the third-largest institutional manager, benefiting from scale, origination, portfolio management, and a vertically integrated platform. He noted positive tailwinds from supply constraints, declining rates, and increasing transaction volumes, with real estate deployment up 51% quarter-over-quarter and 78% year-over-year.

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