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Ares Management vs Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

On overall TruNorth grade, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending scores higher (Ares Management: D, Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

D
Ares Management
41.2/100
C
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending
54.3/100

Political donations

Ares Management

No FEC PAC data found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

FEC: $733K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +21 across 19 executive donors.

Environment

Ares Management

hazardous waste violation: $2.4M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Labor

Ares Management

89 federal penalties totaling $29.3M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

DEI

Ares Management

No public record found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Charity

Ares Management

No public record found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Animal testing

Ares Management

No public record found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Firearms

Ares Management

No public record found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Privacy

Ares Management

No public record found.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

Executive pay

Ares Management

CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 346:1 (median employee pay $197,440) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending

No public record found.

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