Portfolio Manager

Mr. Cascella is a Portfolio Manager in the Ares Capital Markets Group.  Mr. Cascella serves as an Investment Committee member on all Ares U.S. Credit Strategy/Capital Markets Funds.  Mr. Cascella joined Ares in 1998 from Price Waterhouse LLP where he served as a Senior Associate with responsibility for foreign exchange and interest rate derivative risk analysis and corporate treasury risk management consulting.  Mr. Cascella also directed financial evaluations of clients in various industries, including financial services, industrial products, manufacturing, professional services, and construction engineering and design.

Mr. Cascella graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he earned a BA in Economics with an emphasis in Business.