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Ares Management Corporation reports developments across its global alternative investment management platform, including credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure strategies. Company news commonly covers quarterly results, fee and performance income, fundraising, fund closings, direct lending origination activity and dividend declarations on its common stock.
Updates also track Ares Credit funds, Ares Commercial Finance, value-add real estate vehicles, Asia credit and special situations strategies, and sub-advised credit products. Recurring themes include capital deployment, senior secured financing commitments, fundraising across asset classes, global platform expansion and operating leadership changes.
Ares Management (NYSE: ARES) reported that Ares Credit funds closed approximately $8.2 billion of U.S. direct lending commitments across 69 transactions in the second quarter of 2026 and about $52.3 billion across 347 transactions in the 12 months ended June 30, 2026.
Selected Q2 transactions included senior secured credit facilities where Ares acted as administrative agent, lead arranger and/or bookrunner to support private equity sponsors in acquisitions and growth plans for AeriTek, Atwell, Frontline Road Safety, Jiffy Lube, MAI Capital Management, Precinmac, Relation Insurance, Sunvair Aerospace Group and Valcourt Group, along with growth financing for Firebird Music.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) reported second quarter 2026 GAAP net income attributable to the company of $150.6 million, or $0.49 per basic and diluted share of Class A and non-voting common stock. After-tax realized income was $467.6 million, or $1.29 per Class A share, and fee related earnings were $491.1 million.
According to Ares, the quarter included more than $36 billion of fundraising inflows and many key financial metrics grew over 20% year over year. The company reported a record $170 billion of dry powder and $671 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2026.
Ares declared a quarterly common dividend of $1.35 per share, payable September 30, 2026, and a preferred dividend of $0.84375 per Series B mandatory convertible preferred share, payable October 1, 2026. A Dividend Reinvestment Program for Class A stock will be effective for the September 30, 2026 dividend.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) declared a third quarter 2026 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable on September 30, 2026 to stockholders of record on September 15, 2026. The company reported second quarter 2026 GAAP net income of $171 million, or $0.24 per share, versus $361 million, or $0.52, a year earlier.
Core EPS was $0.47 compared with $0.50 in Q2 2025, while net investment income rose to $359 million or $0.50 per share from $342 million or $0.49. Net unrealized losses increased to $183 million. Net asset value per share declined to $19.35 from $19.94 at December 31, 2025, and the debt/equity ratio increased slightly to 1.15x.
As of June 30, 2026, portfolio investments at fair value were $29.3 billion across 619 portfolio companies, with weighted average yields on accruing debt and other income producing securities of about 10.5% at fair value. Ares Capital highlighted approximately $6.0 billion of available liquidity after July note repayments, new $800 million January 2030 unsecured notes, an upsized $5.5 billion senior secured credit facility, a new $1.0 billion commercial paper program and an increased $1.5 billion BNP revolving funding facility.
Speed Bay Warehouse Solutions announced the acquisition of the Philadelphia Interstate Portfolio, an eight-building, 488,936-square-foot shallow-bay light industrial portfolio across Burlington County, New Jersey, and East Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. The portfolio is currently 89.6% leased and spans property vintages from 1972 to 2004.
This transaction marks Speed Bay’s first acquisition in both the Philadelphia / Southern New Jersey market and the broader Northeast region, supporting its strategy of investing in multi-tenant industrial assets in high-demand, supply-constrained infill markets. The 24 suites average 20,372 square feet, offer clear heights from 17 to 33 feet, and provide a mix of dock-high and grade-level loading. Each asset has near-immediate access to I-95, I-76, or I-295, serving tenants across diverse industries and connecting to the Greater Philadelphia MSA and the East Coast corridor.
Ares Management (NYSE: ARES) announced that certain Ares Real Estate funds have completed the previously announced acquisition of all outstanding Whitestone REIT common shares and operating partnership units for $19.00 per share or unit in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion.
The deal adds 54 convenience-focused retail properties, totaling about 4.8 million square feet, in high-growth U.S. markets including Phoenix, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio to Ares Real Estate’s portfolio. Following closing, Whitestone is no longer traded or listed on any public securities exchange. According to Ares, multiple financial and legal advisors supported both parties in the transaction.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) has updated the time of its second quarter 2026 earnings webcast and conference call to 9:00 a.m. ET on Friday, July 31, 2026. The company will release results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 earlier that morning, before the NYSE opens.
Investors can join via telephone or a live webcast on the Investor Resources section of the Ares website. Domestic and international dial-in numbers, a conference ID (ARESQ226), and replay access through August 31, 2026 are provided for participants.
Midera Food Processing (NASD:MFP) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are set to join the S&P SmallCap 600. MFP will replace Redwood Trust on July 8, 2026, following its spin-off from Middleby. Centrus Energy will replace Whitestone REIT on July 14, 2026, linked to Whitestone’s acquisition by Ares Management.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) will release earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, before the Nasdaq Global Select Market opens.
A webcast and conference call to discuss the Q2 2026 financial results will be held at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, with live and replay access via phone and Ares Capital's investor website.
Ares Acquisition Corporation III (NYSE:AACU), a special purpose acquisition company, closed an upsized initial public offering totaling $395 million in gross proceeds. The IPO included 34,500,000 units at $10.00 each plus 5,000,000 units from a partial over-allotment exercise.
Each unit includes one Class A share and one-tenth of a redeemable warrant exercisable at $11.50 per share. Units began trading on the NYSE as AAC.U on June 30, 2026, with Class A shares and warrants expected to trade as AAC and AAC WS.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) will release its second quarter 2026 earnings on Friday, July 31, 2026, before the NYSE opens. A webcast and conference call to discuss the financial results will be held the same day at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.