Ares Management — funds, providers and filings
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Registrations
- 2026-10-02 New fund vehicle registered: Ares Global Infrastructure ELTIF (LU) entity register
- 2026-05-29 New fund vehicle registered: ARES SPORTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES FUND (LU) entity register
- 2026-03-19 New fund vehicle registered: APO (AL) Sub-Fund (LU) entity register
- 2026-03-19 New fund vehicle registered: ECI X (I) Sub-Fund (LU) entity register
- 2026-03-11 New fund vehicle registered: ARES DIVERSIFIED PRIVATE EQUITY FUND (LU) entity register
- 2025-12-23 New fund vehicle registered: Investment Opportunities 5 Gift City Fund (IN) entity register
- 2025-12-05 New fund vehicle registered: AESIF Investments Sub-Fund (LU) entity register
- 2025-12-05 New fund vehicle registered: Ares ESIE Investments Sub-Fund (LU) entity register
| Total assets under management | $671bn † Ares Management, second-quarter 2026 results, as at 30 June 2026 |
| Of that, the part reported to the US SEC as private funds | $291.4bn gross · 616 funds Form ADV, through 2024 |
† of which $409.9bn was fee-paying
Ares Management is a global alternative investment manager, founded in 1997. Credit is its largest and founding business. It also runs real assets, private equity and secondaries. (Ares Management)
Asset classes
The range spans credit, private equity, real assets and secondaries.
Fund structure
Its funds are organised into 6 umbrella funds, 47 sub-funds and 7 feeder funds.
How the funds sit under the manager and its umbrellas:
The US-reported view
The sections below draw on US regulatory filings — SEC Form ADV and Form D — and on US investors' own disclosures. They set out Ares Management's US-reported slice: the funds, service providers, domiciles and activity visible in US filings, not its worldwide business.
1. US-SEC private funds
This page reports $291.4bn of gross asset value across 616 private funds that Ares Management reports on SEC Form ADV, filings through 2024. Its firm-wide figures are in the Assets summary at the top of this page, measured on a different basis.
Worldwide, 124 registered fund vehicles are on file under its management companies, on the worldwide entity register (read 2026-10-05) — these are legal fund entities, not the share classes or products a manager markets.
| Registered fund vehicles worldwide (as at 2026-10-05) | 124 |
| Management entities on file (US filings · worldwide register) | 1 · 7 |
| Principal offices on file | Los Angeles, United States |
2. Service providers
EY audits 429 of the 499 Ares Management funds that name an auditor on Form ADV Schedule D, filings through 2024 — more than any other firm. SS&C administers 182 of the 493 that name an administrator, on the same filings. Relationships the filings attribute to Ares Management's own group are part of its structure, not third-party appointments, and are left out of these counts.
Across the funds that disclose each role on Schedule D — the count is funds naming that provider, of funds disclosing the role at all:
| Fund administrator | SS&C (182 of 493); SEI (131 of 493); U.S. Bank (49 of 493) — and 18 more |
| Auditor | EY (429 of 499); KPMG (62 of 499); Deloitte (3 of 499) — and 4 more |
| Custodian | BNY Mellon (127 of 592); U.S. Bank (104 of 592); J.P. Morgan (58 of 592) — and 25 more |
| Prime broker | BNP Paribas Securities Corp (1 of 2); Barclays (1 of 2) |
| Marketer / placement | Goldman Sachs (31 of 228); J.P. Morgan (12 of 228); Picton S.A. (12 of 228) — and 71 more |
3. Fund domiciles
279 of Ares Management's 616 SEC-reported private funds are domiciled in Delaware, its largest single domicile on Form ADV, filings through 2024. Cayman Islands is next, and the bars below give the rest in order.
4. Management entities
Ares Management files Form ADV through 1 management entity; the largest is Ares Management LLC, CRD 130074 of Los Angeles, with 616 of the 616 funds on this page. Every figure above rolls those filers up into one business. The table below traces each of them back to the entity that filed it, so a number can be checked against its own record rather than taken on trust.
US management entities on file (1 entities — together the 616 funds above)
| Entity | SEC CRD | City | Funds of the 616 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Management LLC | CRD 130074 | Los Angeles | 616 |
Management entities on the worldwide register (7 entities — together the 124 registered vehicles)
| Entity | Register ID | Fund vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| Ares Management LLC | 3M096E5S0PEUTB0I8L53 | 55 |
| Ares Management Luxembourg | 549300VCH46A19IQ4N17 | 47 |
| Ares Management India (Ifsc) Private Limited | 254900ZXW8G9NPMPCY69 | 6 |
| Ares Management UK Limited | 549300BQP6NDCGXG7375 | 6 |
| Ares Management Limited | 549300RQPBS2YQL7GX62 | 5 |
| Ares Management Asia (India) Private Limited | 2549003Z5NNWD5W28961 | 4 |
| Cion Ares Management, LLC | 5493000MEM0VVJ6IZL90 | 1 |
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Questions this page answers
What is Ares Management's AUM?
Across the group it managed $671 billion as at 30 June 2026. (Ares Management, second-quarter 2026 results). It also reports $291.4bn of gross asset value across 616 private funds on its US SEC filings (Form ADV, through 2024).
Who audits Ares Management's funds?
EY is named on 429 of the 499 US private funds whose filing discloses an auditor on Form ADV Schedule D (of Ares Management's 616 filed with the SEC), filings through 2024. KPMG appears on 62 of the same filings.
Who administers Ares Management's funds?
SS&C is named on 182 of the 493 US private funds whose filing discloses an administrator on Form ADV Schedule D (of Ares Management's 616 filed with the SEC), filings through 2024. SEI appears on 131 of the same filings.
How many funds does Ares Management run?
Ares Management has 124 registered fund vehicles on the worldwide entity register — legal fund entities, not the share classes or products a manager markets. Separately, it reports 616 private funds to the US SEC (Form ADV, through 2024) — a different register, counted on a different basis.
Where are Ares Management's funds domiciled?
279 of the 616 funds are domiciled in Delaware, its largest single domicile on Form ADV, filings through 2024, followed by Cayman Islands with 240.
Where does Ares Management file from?
Ares Management LLC, CRD 130074, its largest Form ADV filer, gives its office as Los Angeles, United States. The other filers' offices are in the entity table on this page.
Is Ares Management registered with the SEC?
Yes. Its filings run through 1 management entities, the largest being Ares Management LLC, CRD 130074, with 616 of the 616 funds here.
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