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ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
CRD 130074File 801-63800
APPROVED
Custody
Disclosure events
Filing as of May 26, 2026
Feed vintage Aug 17, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$458.82B
Top 10% of cohort (national)
Discretionary AUM
$433.97B
Non-discretionary $24.85B
Clients
695
715 accounts
Employees
3,990
Top 10% of cohort in CA
Identity & registration
ADV Item 1- Organization form
- Limited Liability Company
- Firm type
- Registered
- SEC region
- LARO
- Registration date
- Jan 31, 2005
- Principal office
- 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90067
- Phone
- 310-201-4100
- Website
- https://www.areswms.com
Assets & accounts
ADV Item 5F- Total regulatory AUM
- $458.82B
- Discretionary AUM
- $433.97B
- Non-discretionary AUM
- $24.85B
- Discretionary accounts
- 663
- Non-discretionary accounts
- 52
- Total accounts
- 715
- AUM per client
- $660.2M
Clients by type
ADV Item 5D| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Fewer than 5 | $1.11B |
| Non-U.S. persons | Fewer than 5 | $5.73B |
| Insurance companies | 27 | $40.33B |
| Other investment advisers | Fewer than 5 | $235.6M |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 655 | $403.55B |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 13 | $4.93B |
Compensation & activities
ADV Items 5E, 5GCompensation
- Performance-based fees
- A percentage of assets under your management
Advisory activities
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
Custody
ADV Item 9- Firm Custody Cash
- Yes
- Firm Custody Assets
- Yes
- Firm Custody Clients
- Yes
- Firm Custody Securities
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Cash
- No
- Related Person Custody Assets
- No
- Related Person Custody Clients
- No
- Related Person Custody Securities
- Yes
Disclosure events
ADV Item 11- Q11
- Q11C2
- Q11C4
- Q11C5
Filed changes
| Date | Field | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Clients | 702 | 695 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Registration | — | APPROVED |
Every value above is reproduced from this firm's Form ADV filing. Fields the firm left blank are shown as “Not reported” rather than filled in from other sources.

