Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Ares Management (ARES), and Golub Capital are among firms targeting a $500 billion opportunity in Mexican pension funds, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Reforms have boosted contributions to workers' accounts, while new rules allow the Mexican funds to allocate more to international private-markets managers, the report said.

BlackRock (BLK), Blackstone (BX), KKR (KKR) and Lexington Partners were among the earliest to set up vehicles eligible for investment by the pension funds, known as Afores, according to data from local exchange Biva, the report said.

Blue Owl and Ares did not immediately respond to a requests for comment by MT Newswires.

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