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Ares Management generates news across multiple dimensions of alternative asset management. Fund closing announcements reveal the firm's ability to raise institutional capital for new credit, private equity, and real estate vehicles, directly impacting future management fees and growth trajectory. These capital raises signal investor confidence in Ares' investment strategies and market positioning within the competitive alternative asset management landscape.
Quarterly earnings releases detail assets under management trends, fee revenue growth, and carried interest realizations as portfolio investments mature and generate returns. For alternative asset managers, earnings often include supplemental metrics like fee-earning assets under management, fundraising pipeline activity, and deployment rates that help assess business momentum beyond traditional GAAP earnings.
Strategic acquisition announcements occur when Ares purchases other investment firms or specialty managers to expand into new strategies, acquire investment talent, or enter additional geographic markets. These transactions reshape the firm's product mix and competitive positioning. Partnership announcements with corporations, infrastructure projects, or real estate developers indicate new deployment opportunities for Ares' capital across energy transition, digital infrastructure, and other thematic investment areas.
Conference presentations and investor day events provide management commentary on market conditions affecting credit spreads, private equity valuations, and real estate fundamentals. Regulatory developments impacting non-bank lenders, business development companies, or alternative investment vehicles can materially affect Ares' business model and operating environment. This news coverage delivers the information institutional investors, financial advisors, and individual shareholders need to track one of the major publicly traded alternative asset managers.
Ryan (ARES) announced that Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, together with funds managed by Neuberger Berman Private Markets, has committed to acquire a significant minority equity interest in Ryan alongside existing shareholders Onex Partners and Ares Private Equity Funds. Leadership will remain with founder, Chairman, and CEO G. Brint Ryan and the current management team. The partnership targets investment in people, new markets, and Ryan’s consulting, software, and technology capabilities to support global growth.
Completion is expected in the first half of 2026, subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Tyree & D’Angelo Partners closed a single-asset secondary transaction to extend its partnership with Western Veterinary Partners and formed a continuation fund that raised new capital to support Western’s organic growth and planned acquisitions.
The fund will be managed by TDP and was anchored by HarbourVest Partners as sole lead investor, with additional commitments from Ares private equity secondaries funds, syndicate investors, and TDP’s existing partners. William Blair served as exclusive financial advisor; Kirkland & Ellis, Winston & Strawn, and Ropes & Gray served as legal advisors.
ENGIE and Ares (ARES) expanded their U.S. renewables partnership with an additional 730 MW portfolio announced Jan. 13, 2026, bringing the relationship to 4.3 GW of investment in U.S. solar, wind and storage assets.
ENGIE will retain a controlling share and continue to operate and manage the assets, which include one wind and two solar projects in operation across ERCOT, Texas. ENGIE noted the deal supports its North America growth strategy and capital recycling to expand renewable generation.
ENGIE reported >11 GW of renewables and storage in operation or construction in the U.S. and Canada, 52.7 GW globally and is targeting 95 GW by 2030.
Ares (NYSE: ARES) announced the final closing of its inaugural Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (ACS) and affiliated vehicles, raising approximately $7.1 billion of capital inclusive of anticipated leverage. The Fund secured about $4.0 billion of LP equity commitments, doubling its $2.0 billion target and marking Ares' largest inaugural institutional fundraise.
ACS aims to build a diversified portfolio of predominantly senior secured, private equity-backed and floating-rate private credit by allocating across LP-led and continuation vehicle transactions with leading asset managers. The Ares Secondaries Group had $38 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025.
Automated Industrial Robotics (NYSE:ARES) announced the acquisition of Ireland-based KAON Automation on January 9, 2026. The deal expands ARES’s presence in Ireland and its capabilities in medical and life sciences automation, including precision assembly, aseptic high-speed filling, and end-of-line automation. KAON, founded in 2005, brings modular system architectures, central transport platform expertise, and zero-touch change-over aseptic filling solutions. KAON will integrate into AIR’s unified operating model, which now comprises more than 550 employees across ~450,000 square feet in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The transaction is supported by Ares Private Equity funds; terms were not disclosed.
Ares Capital (Nasdaq: ARCC) priced an underwritten public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% unsecured notes due April 12, 2031. The offering is expected to close on January 12, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Ares Capital intends to use net proceeds to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities and may reborrow for general corporate purposes, including investing in portfolio companies. The notes may be redeemed at Ares Capital’s option with any applicable make-whole premium.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) will report results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2025 on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before the NYSE opens.
The company will host a webcast and conference call the same day at 11:00 a.m. ET. The live webcast and archived replay through March 5, 2026 are available via the Investor Resources homepage at aresmgmt.com.
Domestic dial-in: +1 (800) 245-3047; international dial-in: +1 (203) 518-9765. Callers should join 10–15 minutes early and reference conference ID ARESQ425.
Ares (NYSE: ARES) announced two U.S. data center investments in Northern Virginia on December 18, 2025, expanding its digital infrastructure and real estate exposure.
Key highlights: Ares Digital Infrastructure secured a 314-acre development site in Spotsylvania County with a phase-one target of 200 MW IT load delivered by Ada Infrastructure; an Ares Real Estate fund acquired two 2025-vintage hyperscale data centers in Leesburg totaling 745,000 sq ft and 165 MW IT load, fully leased under 15-year triple-net agreements to an investment-grade hyperscale tenant.
MGT (ARES) said it closed a $350 million strategic investment from Ares Credit funds on Dec 3, 2025, valuing the company at $1.25 billion, creating what the company calls the first unicorn in the SLED services industry. The transaction brings Ares Management (reported $595 billion AUM as of Sept 30, 2025) alongside existing backers Vistria, J.P. Morgan, and WhiteHorse Capital.
MGT said it has tripled enterprise value since Vistria's April 2023 majority investment, operates with 1,100+ employee-owners, serves over 2,500 clients, and is midway through a four-year value-creation plan focused on M&A and business transformation.
MGT announced a $350 million investment from Ares Management on Dec 3, 2025, valuing MGT at $1.25 billion. Ares, with approximately $572 billion AUM, joins existing backers Vistria Group, J.P. Morgan and WhiteHorse Capital. MGT said the capital will expand its capacity for larger acquisitions and accelerate a four-year value-creation plan that began after Vistria's majority investment in April 2023. Since that investment, MGT reports it has tripled enterprise value, completed 13 strategic acquisitions, employs over 1,100 people, and serves more than 2,500 clients, including K-12 and government customers.
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