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Ares Management Corporation reports developments across its global alternative investment management platform, including credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure strategies. Company news commonly covers quarterly results, fee and performance income, fundraising, fund closings, direct lending origination activity and dividend declarations on its common stock.
Updates also track Ares Credit funds, Ares Commercial Finance, value-add real estate vehicles, Asia credit and special situations strategies, and sub-advised credit products. Recurring themes include capital deployment, senior secured financing commitments, fundraising across asset classes, global platform expansion and operating leadership changes.
Ares (NYSE: ARES) announced the final closing of its inaugural Ares Credit Secondaries Fund (ACS) and affiliated vehicles, raising approximately $7.1 billion of capital inclusive of anticipated leverage. The Fund secured about $4.0 billion of LP equity commitments, doubling its $2.0 billion target and marking Ares' largest inaugural institutional fundraise.
ACS aims to build a diversified portfolio of predominantly senior secured, private equity-backed and floating-rate private credit by allocating across LP-led and continuation vehicle transactions with leading asset managers. The Ares Secondaries Group had $38 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025.
Automated Industrial Robotics (NYSE:ARES) announced the acquisition of Ireland-based KAON Automation on January 9, 2026. The deal expands ARES’s presence in Ireland and its capabilities in medical and life sciences automation, including precision assembly, aseptic high-speed filling, and end-of-line automation. KAON, founded in 2005, brings modular system architectures, central transport platform expertise, and zero-touch change-over aseptic filling solutions. KAON will integrate into AIR’s unified operating model, which now comprises more than 550 employees across ~450,000 square feet in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The transaction is supported by Ares Private Equity funds; terms were not disclosed.
Ares Capital (Nasdaq: ARCC) priced an underwritten public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% unsecured notes due April 12, 2031. The offering is expected to close on January 12, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Ares Capital intends to use net proceeds to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities and may reborrow for general corporate purposes, including investing in portfolio companies. The notes may be redeemed at Ares Capital’s option with any applicable make-whole premium.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) will report results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2025 on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before the NYSE opens.
The company will host a webcast and conference call the same day at 11:00 a.m. ET. The live webcast and archived replay through March 5, 2026 are available via the Investor Resources homepage at aresmgmt.com.
Domestic dial-in: +1 (800) 245-3047; international dial-in: +1 (203) 518-9765. Callers should join 10–15 minutes early and reference conference ID ARESQ425.
Ares (NYSE: ARES) announced two U.S. data center investments in Northern Virginia on December 18, 2025, expanding its digital infrastructure and real estate exposure.
Key highlights: Ares Digital Infrastructure secured a 314-acre development site in Spotsylvania County with a phase-one target of 200 MW IT load delivered by Ada Infrastructure; an Ares Real Estate fund acquired two 2025-vintage hyperscale data centers in Leesburg totaling 745,000 sq ft and 165 MW IT load, fully leased under 15-year triple-net agreements to an investment-grade hyperscale tenant.
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced index rebalances effective prior to the open on Dec 11 and Dec 15, 2025. Ares Management (ARES) will join the S&P 500 replacing Kellanova (K) on Dec 11. Vital Farms (VITL) and Sezzle (SEZL) will join the S&P SmallCap 600 on Dec 11 and Dec 15, replacing Heidrick & Struggles (HSII) and Vital Energy (VTLE) respectively. Several deletions follow announced acquisition transactions that are expected to close pending final conditions.
MGT announced a $350 million investment from Ares Management on Dec 3, 2025, valuing MGT at $1.25 billion. Ares, with approximately $572 billion AUM, joins existing backers Vistria Group, J.P. Morgan and WhiteHorse Capital. MGT said the capital will expand its capacity for larger acquisitions and accelerate a four-year value-creation plan that began after Vistria's majority investment in April 2023. Since that investment, MGT reports it has tripled enterprise value, completed 13 strategic acquisitions, employs over 1,100 people, and serves more than 2,500 clients, including K-12 and government customers.
MGT (ARES) said it closed a $350 million strategic investment from Ares Credit funds on Dec 3, 2025, valuing the company at $1.25 billion, creating what the company calls the first unicorn in the SLED services industry. The transaction brings Ares Management (reported $595 billion AUM as of Sept 30, 2025) alongside existing backers Vistria, J.P. Morgan, and WhiteHorse Capital.
MGT said it has tripled enterprise value since Vistria's April 2023 majority investment, operates with 1,100+ employee-owners, serves over 2,500 clients, and is midway through a four-year value-creation plan focused on M&A and business transformation.
Ansley Park Capital (ARES) closed its inaugural asset-backed securitization on November 26, 2025, issuing more than $400 million of rated securities in the large-ticket equipment finance market. The transaction is described as the U.S. market’s largest first-time issuance in this sector and was oversubscribed across all tranches. Moody’s provided ratings across the full capital stack — the first time a major rating agency rated an entire inaugural structure in this sector. Deutsche Bank Securities served as sole structuring agent and joint bookrunner, Truist Securities as joint bookrunner, and an affiliate of Ares Management acted as co-manager.
The offering highlights Ansley Park’s stated capacity to scale, structure customized financing, and maintain underwriting standards.
Aledade secured a $500 million senior secured credit facility from Ares Commercial Finance on December 1, 2025, led by Ares credit funds, with flexibility to expand to $650 million. The facility doubles Aledade’s committed financing capacity and is intended to provide working capital flexibility to bridge Medicare payment timing gaps and accelerate shared savings distributions to clinician partners.
Key metrics: Aledade supports >20,000 clinicians in 2,400 practices across 46 states, serves nearly 3 million Medicare patients, its 2024 MSSP ACOs generated $1 billion in savings, 93% of its physician-led ACOs achieved shared savings in 2024 (vs under 70% for non-Aledade participants), and since 2014 it has driven $3 billion in savings.