Ariel Investments

Fin Svs Co providing investment advice & manages assets for individuals and institutions

Based in IL

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AI Overview

With $780K in lobbying spend across 17 quarterly filings, Ariel Investments is an active lobbying client. They deploy 25 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas. Active from 2021 to 2025.

$780K
Total Spend
5
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
25
Lobbyists Deployed
4
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2021$150K
2022$200K
2023$200K
2024$200K
2025$30K

Issues Lobbied

BankingFinancialTaxationGovernment Issues

Lobbying Firms

Mehlman Consulting, INC.

Lobbyists

Dean RosenDavid ThomasElise Finley PickeringDavid CastagnettiBruce MehlmanSage EastmanSteve HaroLauren AronsonMichael RobinsonConstantine HingsonHelen TolarNichole DistefanoMckenzie BricePaul ThornellStephen CoteAlexander PerkinsVictoria FloodRosemary GutierrezZachary MalloveCaitlin Van SantLisa GoldmanAlyene MlinarErica ChabotAnnie WolfNaveen Parmar

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Banking, Financial, Taxation, Government Issues

  • •Legislation related to capital markets, diversity and inclusion in the public and private sector and other issues impacting the asset management sector.
  • •Treatment of capital investments

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