AOD vs ARES

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies across diversified sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. It employs fundamental analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach with a focus on factors like special dividends and dividend capture rotation to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 TR Index, MSCI ACWI Index, and MSCI AC World Daily TR Ex Japan (Gross Div) Index. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund was formed on October 27, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.

Ares Management Corporation

Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company's Tradable Credit Group segment manages various types of investment funds, such as commingled and separately managed accounts for institutional investors, and publicly traded vehicles and sub-advised funds for retail investors in the tradable and non-investment grade corporate credit markets. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company's Private Equity Group segment focuses on majority or shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies. Its Real Estate Group segment invests in new developments and the repositioning of assets, with a focus on control or majority-control investments; and originates and invests in a range of self-originated financing opportunities for middle-market owners and operators of commercial real estate. The firm was previously known as Ares Management, L.P. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ares Management GP LLC is the general partner of the company.