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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.
SEC-registered adviser
Ares Management LLC
Latest filing Aug 26, 2026
First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 79 filings
SEC status approved since Jan 31, 2005
RAUM
$459B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
95%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3,990
1,550 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
67
beyond the principal office
Private funds
682
reported on Schedule D
History
79 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$459B as of Aug 26, 2026
Mar 30, 2012$30B then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Aug 26, 2026
Apr 1, 20130 then
Employees (5.A)3,990 as of Aug 26, 2026
Apr 1, 2013385 then
Private funds682 as of Aug 26, 2026
Mar 30, 201252 then
RAUM +28% over the last fiscal year+22% a year over threeIARs 2 to 2offices 53 to 67
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 26, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- Broker-dealer affiliated · Item 7.A.1 (broker-dealer affiliate) and at least 50 registered representatives (Item 5.B.2), or the adviser is itself a broker-dealer (6.A.1)
- RAUM per advisor
- $229BderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $642MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 95%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 11%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1995.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 0.0derived68 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +28%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- unknownderived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- portfolio management for businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $368B, 545 clientsreportedItem 9.A
- Ownership
- no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
- Advisor book size
- not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
- buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
- has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
- receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
- has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
- has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
- a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
- a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
- marketing includes testimonials (5.L.1.c)
- marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- Pooled investment vehicles$404B89%
- Insurance companies$40B8.8%
- Sovereign wealth funds$5.7B1.3%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$4.9B1.1%
- Corporations and businesses$1.1B0.2%
- Other investment advisers$236M0.1%
- Individual clients
- n/areported
- HNW clients
- n/areported
- Pension plan clients
- 13reported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 715reported
- Financial planning clients
- reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $368B for 545 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, performancereported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.88 institutional_share=0.11 related_bd=true related_bank=true bd_reps=266.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
none on the tape
Private funds
200 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
All funds of Ares Management LLC
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- J (Mi Only) Michael Arougheti · Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer And Presidentcontrolsince 01/2018 · owns less than 5%
- James-Barclay Ryan Berry · Chief Marketing And Strategy Officercontrolsince 01/2019 · owns less than 5%
- Kipp Robert Deveer · Head Of Credit Groupcontrolsince 03/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Benjamin David Kaplan · Co-Foundercontrolsince 03/2024 · owns less than 5%
- M Jarrod Phillips · Chief Financial Officercontrolsince 03/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Peter Antony Ressler · Co-Founder And Executive Chairmancontrolsince 01/2018 · owns less than 5%
- Facemire Penelope Roll · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 03/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Bennett Rosenthal · Co-Founder And Chairman Of Private Equity Groupcontrolsince 03/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Sera Naseem Sagati Aghili · General Counsel And Corporate Secretarycontrolsince 01/2020 · owns less than 5%
- Peter Antony Ressler · Limited Partnercontrolsince 01/2002 · owns 25% to 50% of Ares Owners Holdings, L.P.
Entity owners
- Ares Management Holdings L.P. · Memberdirect · owns 75% or more
- Ares Holdco LLC · General Partnerindirect · owns 50% to 75% of Ares Holdings, L.P.
- Ares Holdco LLC · General Partnerindirect · owns F of Ares Management Holdings L.P.
- Ares Holdings, L.P. · Limited Partnerindirect · owns 75% or more of Ares Management Holdings L.P.
- Ares Management Corporation · Memberindirect · owns 75% or more of Ares Holdco LLC · public reporting company
- Ares Owners Holdings, L.P. · Limited Partnerindirect · owns 25% to 50% of Ares Holdings, L.P.
- Ares Partners Holdco LLC · General Partnerindirect · owns F of Ares Owners Holdings, L.P.
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
- Ace III Gp (Scotland) Llppooled vehicle sponsory
- Aclof III Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- Acme Pc Management LPpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Asia Management, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof IV Atd Co-Invest Management, LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- Acof Lux Management Vii S.A R.L.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management III, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management IV, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management V, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management Vi Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management Vi, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management Vii, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Acof Management, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsory
- Aeif Kleen Gp, LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- Aeif Linden Gp, LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- Aeof Management Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aeof Management, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aepep (Scotland) Gp II, Llppooled vehicle sponsory
- Aepep Gp II, LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aepep II N Gp, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aepep III N Strategic Co-Invest Gp, L.P.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aevf Management Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aevf Management LPpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aic Management Ltd.pooled vehicle sponsorn
- Aip Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Airef Cayman Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Ambition Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Ambition II Gp LLCpooled vehicle sponsorn
- American Capital Equity Management I, LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- American Capital Equity Management II, LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
Advisers that list Ares Management LLC as a related person
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- New York, NY266 employees
- London, United Kingdom129 employees
- Denver, CO70 employees
- Atlanta, GA49 employees
- Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong29 employees
- Mumbai, India27 employees
- Boston, MA26 employees
- Chicago, IL23 employees
- Rutherford, NJ20 employees
- Newport Beach, CA18 employees
- Tarrytown, NY16 employees
- Dallas, TX15 employees
- Paris, France13 employees
- Frankfurt, Germany12 employees
- New York, NY12 employees
- Mumbai, India11 employees
- Sydney, Australia11 employees
- Singapore, Singapore11 employees
- Singapore, Singapore10 employees
- Stockholm, Sweden9 employees
- West Hartford, CT8 employees
- Shanghai, China7 employees
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg7 employees
- Arlington, VA2 employees
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Private funds · 672 to 682May 26, 2026 to Aug 26, 2026
- Private funds · 653 to 672Mar 27, 2026 to May 26, 2026
- Accounts · 589 to 715Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Advisory employees · 1,092 to 1,550Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- BD registered reps · 247 to 266Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Pension plan clients · 12 to 13Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Pooled vehicle clients · 534 to 655Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Assets in custody · $245B to $368BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Employees · 2,996 to 3,990Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Other offices · 53 to 67Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds · 662 to 653Feb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $340B to $434BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $19B to $25BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $2.4B to $4.9BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $319B to $404BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- RAUM · $359B to $459BFeb 24, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds · 610 to 662Nov 24, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
- Private funds · 593 to 610Aug 27, 2025 to Nov 24, 2025
- Private funds · 596 to 593May 28, 2025 to Aug 27, 2025
- Financial planning clients · unset to Mar 31, 2025 to May 28, 2025
- Private funds · 543 to 596Mar 31, 2025 to May 28, 2025
- Accounts · 535 to 589Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Advisory employees · 1,062 to 1,092Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- BD registered reps · 187 to 247Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pension plan clients · 15 to 12Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pooled vehicle clients · 481 to 534Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Employees · 2,919 to 2,996Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Other offices · 24 to 53Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Private funds · 510 to 543Feb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $299B to $340BFeb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $16B to $19BFeb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $4.6B to $2.4BFeb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $281B to $319BFeb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- RAUM · $315B to $359BFeb 24, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Private funds · 499 to 510Dec 9, 2024 to Feb 24, 2025
- Private funds · 495 to 499Aug 27, 2024 to Nov 26, 2024
- Other offices · 44 to 24May 28, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024
- Private funds · 488 to 495May 28, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024
- Private funds · 483 to 488Mar 28, 2024 to May 28, 2024
- Accounts · 450 to 535Feb 6, 2024 to Mar 28, 2024
Signals
20 dated events
- Ares Management Llc reported 67 offices beyond its principal office, up from 53 (2026-02-24 to 2026-03-27)Mar 27, 2026 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported RAUM $458.8B, up 28% from $359.1B (2026-02-24 to 2026-03-27)Mar 27, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported 53 offices beyond its principal office, up from 24 (2025-02-24 to 2025-03-31)Mar 31, 2025 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported 24 offices beyond its principal office, down from 44 (2024-05-28 to 2024-08-27)Aug 27, 2024 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported 44 offices beyond its principal office, up from 37 (2024-02-06 to 2024-03-28)Mar 28, 2024 · Office count change · derived
- Facemire Penelope Roll (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ares Management LlcMar 28, 2024 · Control person joined · fact
- Goldsmith Miriam Krieger (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Ares Management Llc (listed 2024-02-06, absent 2024-03-28)Mar 28, 2024 · Control person left · inference
- Ares Management Llc reported 37 offices beyond its principal office, up from 30 (2023-01-31 to 2023-03-31)Mar 31, 2023 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported 30 offices beyond its principal office, down from 35 (2022-02-15 to 2022-03-31)Mar 31, 2022 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported RAUM $203.4B, up 48% from $137.6B (2022-02-15 to 2022-03-31)Mar 31, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
- Robert Michael Mcferran (Chief Financial Officer And Chief Operating Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Ares Management Llc (listed 2021-07-01, absent 2021-08-25)Aug 25, 2021 · Control person left · inference
- Morgan Jarrod Phillips (Chief Financial Officer And Chief Accounting Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ares Management LlcAug 25, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
- Ares Management Llc reported 36 offices beyond its principal office, up from 28 (2021-05-25 to 2021-07-01)Jul 1, 2021 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported RAUM $139.2B, up 36% from $102.4B (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-31)Mar 31, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
- Daniel Michael Weiner (Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Co-General Counsel And Secretary) no longer on Schedule A of Ares Management Llc (listed 2021-03-03, absent 2021-03-31)Mar 31, 2021 · Control person left · inference
- Ares Management Llc reported 23 offices beyond its principal office, up from 18 (2020-02-24 to 2020-03-30)Mar 30, 2020 · Office count change · derived
- Ares Management Llc reported RAUM $86.8B, up 40% from $62.0B (2019-02-08 to 2019-03-31)Mar 31, 2019 · RAUM change · derived
- Sera Naseem Sagati Aghili (Vice President, Co-General Counsel And Assistant Secretary) appeared on Schedule A of Ares Management LlcMar 31, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
- Kipp Robert Deveer (Partner) appeared on Schedule A of Ares Management LlcMar 31, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
- James-Barclay Ryan Berry (Chief Marketing And Strategy Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Ares Management LlcMar 31, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
- Ares Management LLC · Independent Sponsorsshared crd · capital_provider
- Ares Management LLC · Private Equityshared crd · organization
- Ares Management LLC · Venture Capitalshared crd · organization
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/ares-managementreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/marq-logreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- areswms.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 310-201-4100reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Aug 26, 2026
Provenance
- Form ADV
- SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Advisors
- IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Class
- Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026
Across the graphs
Ares Management LLC is the same institution as 1 record in Real Estate Funds.
Real Estate Funds1
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and what the two were joined on. The Data Factory holds all nine graphs and the identity layer between them.
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