Ares Management (ARES) Company Report

Ares Management Corporation has finalized the acquisition of BlueCove Limited, a London-based systematic fixed income manager.
BlueCove's integrated business will operate as Ares Systematic Credit, the latest strategy within Ares Credit Group, focusing on data and technology-driven fixed income solutions.
The acquisition adds approximately $5.5 billion in assets under management from BlueCove, bringing Ares Credit Group's total AUM to $397 billion as of September 30, 2025.
Ares Management Corporation's global platform managed over $595 billion in assets as of September 30, 2025.

6 hours ago

Press Release

Ares Management Completes BlueCove Acquisition and Launches Systematic Credit Strategy

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Ares Management Corporation (ARES) has completed the acquisition of BlueCove Limited, a London-based systematic fixed-income manager.
The acquired business will now operate as Ares Systematic Credit, forming the newest strategy within the Ares Credit Group, offering systematic fixed-income solutions.
This integration adds $5.5 billion USD in assets under management (AUM) from BlueCove, bringing the Ares Credit Group's total AUM to $397 billion USD as of September 30, 2025.

6 hours ago

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Ares Management Completes Acquisition of BlueCove

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Ares Management Corporation has completed its acquisition of BlueCove Limited, a London-based systematic fixed-income manager.
The integrated business will operate as Ares Systematic Credit, a new strategy within the Ares Credit Group, offering systematic fixed-income strategies that leverage data and technology across various liquid credit instruments.
The new strategy is led by Alex Khein and is comprised of approximately 60 experienced professionals, primarily based in London.
Inclusive of BlueCove's approximately $5.5 billion of AUM, the Ares Credit Group managed $397 billion of assets as of September 30, 2025, contributing to Ares Management Corporation's global platform AUM of over $595 billion as of the same date.

16 hours ago

Press Release

Ares Leads Debt Financing for Evermark Merger

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Ares Credit funds served as the administrative agent for $1.6 billion in debt financing.
This financing supported the merger of Suave Brands Company and Elida Beauty, creating the new entity Evermark, LLC.
Evermark is now a leading global platform of iconic personal care brands, including Suave, Q-tips, ChapStick, Pond's, Caress, St. Ives, Noxzema, and TIGI.
As of September 30, 2025, Ares Management Corporation managed over $595 billion of assets.

6 days ago

Press Release

Ares Management Capitalizes HarbourVest Structured Solutions Vehicle

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HarbourVest Partners has closed HarbourVest Partners Structured Solutions 2025, an investment vehicle with the capacity to invest $1.1 billion into diversified secondary investments in private equity and private credit.
Ares Alternative Credit funds, affiliates of Ares Management Corporation, have agreed to capitalize this vehicle, with funds managed by Blackstone Credit and Insurance providing senior financing.
Richard Sehayek, Partner & Co-Head of European Alternative Credit at Ares, noted the provision of scaled, flexible capital to support the HarbourVest-managed vehicle and the growing demand for innovative fund finance solutions.

7 days ago

Press Release

Ares Management raises $7.1B for inaugural credit secondaries fund

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Ares Management has completed a $7.1 billion raise for its inaugural Credit Secondaries strategy, including approximately $4 billion of limited partner equity, making it the largest dedicated institutional credit secondaries fund to date by LP commitments.
The Ares Credit Secondaries vehicle will acquire senior-secured, floating-rate private credit portfolios backed by private-equity-owned companies through LP-led secondary purchases and continuation vehicles.
This strategy is part of the Ares Secondaries Group, which had about $38 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2025.
Following this close, UBS maintained a Neutral rating on Ares Management and trimmed its price target from $201.00 to $198.00.

Jan 13, 2026, 11:41 AM

Morningstar

Ares Real Estate Leads Record Florida Construction Loan

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Debt Issuance

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Ares Real Estate led the financing for a record $772 million construction loan for two downtown West Palm Beach office towers, 10 CityPlace and 15 CityPlace.
The towers, totaling approximately 960,000-970,000 square feet, broke ground in March and are slated for delivery in 2027, with significant preleasing already secured.
This financing highlights Ares's involvement in large-scale real estate development and its broader financial relationship with Stephen Ross, who previously sold a 10% stake in the Miami Dolphins to Ares.

Dec 19, 2025, 2:48 PM

Bloomberg

Ares Management Makes Significant U.S. Data Center Investments

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M&A

Ares Management Corporation announced two significant data center investments in Northern Virginia, expanding its global data center exposure.
The Ares Digital Infrastructure business acquired a 314-acre development site in Spotsylvania County, with phase one projected to include two data centers totaling 200 MW of IT load capacity.
Separately, an Ares Real Estate fund acquired two 2025-vintage hyperscale data centers in Leesburg, Virginia, which total 745,000 square feet and 165 MW of IT load capacity.
These Leesburg data centers are fully leased under 15-year triple-net agreements with an investment-grade hyperscale customer, providing long-term income stability.

Dec 18, 2025, 11:30 AM

Press Release

Ares Management CEO Discusses Strong Private Credit Performance, Record Fundraising, and Growth Outlook

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Revenue Acceleration/Inflection

Ares Management's CEO, Michael Arougheti, reported that the company's credit portfolios are performing strongly with non-accrual rates near historic lows, company-level cash flow growing 10%-12% annually, and robust deployment of over $40 billion in Q3 2025 expected to continue into Q4 2025 and early 2026.
The company is on track for a record fundraising year in 2025, exceeding $90 billion, and anticipates further acceleration in 2026 with the return of larger flagship private credit funds.
Ares has raised its wealth-related AUM target to $125 billion by 2028, supported by consistent $4 billion quarterly inflows and significant international distribution, with approximately 40% coming from Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Integration of the GCP acquisition is progressing, with margin expansion expected in 2026 after absorbing 2025 costs, and the digital infrastructure business showing strong growth, including a $2.5 billion fund for its Japanese data center business and a pipeline exceeding $6 billion.
Ares projects annual FRE margin expansion of -150 basis points, with 2026 expected to be at the higher end of this range, driven by successful fundraising and deployment.

Dec 10, 2025, 1:40 PM

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Ares Management Highlights Strong Growth, Fundraising, and Strategic Initiatives

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Revenue Acceleration/Inflection

Guidance Update

Ares Management, a global alternative asset manager with approximately $600 billion in assets under management, was recently added to the S&P 500.
The company is on track for a record fundraising year in 2025, exceeding $90 billion, with strong deployment in Q4 and an expectation for continued acceleration into 2026.
Its private credit portfolios demonstrate strength with non-accrual rates near historic lows, company-level cash flow growing 10%-12% consistently per annum, and interest coverage well over two times and improving.
Ares has set a new target of $125 billion in wealth-related AUM by 2028, up from a previous target of $100 billion, driven by a consistent quarterly inflow pace of about $4 billion.
Following the GCP acquisition, Ares is now the third largest institutional manager of real estate and the third largest owner of industrial warehouses globally. The integration is on plan, with FRE margin expansion expected at the higher end of the 0 to 150 basis points range in 2026.