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Ares Management Corporation filings document the formal disclosures of a public alternative asset manager, including earnings releases furnished on Form 8-K, dividend announcements, Regulation FD materials and preliminary performance-income updates. Material-event filings also describe financing arrangements at Ares Holdings L.P. and the company's reported securities, including Class A common stock and Series B mandatory convertible preferred stock.
Proxy materials cover board and shareholder voting matters, executive compensation and pay-versus-performance disclosures. The filing record connects Ares' governance and capital structure with recurring reporting on management fees, realized net performance income, fund activity and corporate finance obligations.
Ares Management Corporation files its annual report describing a large, diversified alternatives platform and recent growth. The firm manages $622.5 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2025, up from $94.0 billion a decade earlier, with 5- and 10‑year AUM CAGRs of 26% and 21%.
In 2025 Ares raised $113.2 billion of new capital across more than 190 vehicles and invested $145.8 billion globally, with $69.1 billion from drawdown funds. The Credit Group is the largest unit with $406.9 billion of AUM, followed by Real Assets at $139.1 billion, Secondaries at $42.1 billion and Private Equity at $25.3 billion.
Ares highlights over 4,250 employees in more than 55 offices, a broad institutional and wealth client base and a growing insurance solutions platform managing $25.9 billion. The report emphasizes non‑GAAP measures like FRE and realized income, responsible investment, ESG integration and extensive regulatory and compliance oversight.
Ares Management Corp director Judy D. Olian purchased additional shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock in the open market. On this Form 4, she reports buying 480 shares at a price of $124.43 per share. After this transaction, she directly owns 29,734 shares of Class A Common Stock. This total includes 1,166 restricted units granted under an equity incentive plan, each of which converts into one share upon vesting on the schedule set in the related award agreement.
Ares Management Corporation Schedule 13G/A reports that Antony P. Ressler beneficially holds 111,686,003 shares of Class A common stock, representing 34.2% on the stated basis.
The filing states the percentage is calculated using 221,955,340 Class A Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025, increased by 105,079,121 Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of AOG Units. The filing notes 2,325,153 Class A Shares held by a charitable foundation for which the reporting person is trustee and that certain shares and AOG Units are held through Ares Owners/Ares Partners structures. The Reporting Person disclaims membership in a Section 13(d) group.
Ares Management Corporation ownership disclosure: Ares Partners Holdco LLC and Ares Owners Holdings L.P. report beneficial ownership of 109,360,850 Class A shares, representing 33.4% of the Company’s Class A stock on a calculated basis. The percentage is calculated using 221,955,340 Class A Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025, increased by 105,079,121 Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of AOG Units held by Ares Owners.
The filing states the reported securities include 4,281,729 Class A Shares held directly by Ares Owners and 105,079,121 AOG Units convertible one‑for‑one into Class A Shares, subject to restrictions. Governance details note that Ares Partners is managed by a board whose members include Michael J. Arougheti and Antony P. Ressler, with Mr. Ressler having general veto authority.
Capital World Investors, an investment management division of Capital Research and Management Company and affiliates, reported its ownership in Ares Management Corp. common stock as of 12/31/2025.
The filing shows beneficial ownership of 10,129,166 shares, representing 4.7% of Ares’ 216,852,343 shares believed to be outstanding. Capital World Investors has sole voting power over 10,127,992 shares and sole dispositive power over 10,129,166 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
The shares are stated to be held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Ares Management Corp.
Ares Management Corporation director Ashish Bhutani reported buying 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on February 6, 2026. The weighted average purchase price was $126.61, based on multiple trades between $126.11 and $127.07.
After this purchase, Bhutani beneficially owns 34,071 Class A shares, which includes 1,166 restricted units granted under an equity incentive plan. Each restricted unit converts into one Class A share as it vests over time.
Ares Management Corporation’s General Counsel, Sagati Aghili Naseem, sold a total of 3,921 shares of Class A Common Stock on February 4, 2026 in multiple open-market transactions under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on June 11, 2025.
The sales occurred at weighted average prices ranging from about $126.68 to $137.72 per share, executed across several price ranges detailed in the footnotes. Following these transactions, the reporting person directly beneficially owned 326,889 Class A shares, including 204,872 restricted units granted under an equity incentive plan that vest over time.
Ares Management Corporation reported that it has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, via a press release and detailed earnings presentation furnished as exhibits.
The company also declared a quarterly dividend of $1.35 per share on its Class A common stock, payable on March 31, 2026 to stockholders of record as of March 17, 2026. Both the earnings press release and the presentation are included as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.
Ares Management received a Form 144 notice for a planned sale of 3,921 shares of its common stock. The shares are to be sold on the NYSE around 02/04/2026 through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, with an aggregate market value of 516,003.60.
The seller acquired the 3,921 shares as restricted stock units from the issuer on 01/31/2026. The filing also reports a prior Rule 10b5-1 sale for Sagati Aghili of 1,849 common shares on 01/22/2026, generating gross proceeds of 299,236.80.
Ares Management Corporation Co-President and director deVeer R. Kipp received 200,000 restricted units of Class A Common Stock on January 31, 2026 at a grant price of $0 per share. These units were granted under an equity incentive plan and are scheduled to vest in three equal installments on June 30, 2027, June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029.
After this grant, Kipp beneficially owned 1,350,000 shares, including restricted units that vest over time. On the same date, 101,444 shares of Class A Common Stock at $149.67 per share were withheld to cover minimum tax obligations arising from vesting, leaving 1,248,556 shares beneficially owned, including 1,150,000 restricted units subject to vesting conditions.