IVZ vs ARCC Comparison

Invesco provides investment management services to retail (69% of managed assets) and institutional (31%) clients. At the end of May 2026, the firm had $2.454 trillion in assets under management spread among its equity (61% of AUM), balanced (3%), fixed-income (21%), alternative investment (6%), and money market (9%) operations. Passive products account for close to half of Invesco's total AUM. Invesco's US retail business is one of the 10 largest nonproprietary fund complexes in the country. The firm also has a meaningful presence outside of North America, with 32% of its AUM sourced from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (17%) and Asia (15%).

Ares Capital Corp is a United States-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing in first lien senior secured loans (including unitranche loans, which are loans that combine both senior and subordinated debt, generally in a first lien position) and second lien senior secured loans. In addition to senior secured loans, the company also invests in subordinated loans and preferred equity, it also makes common equity investments.