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Ares Management generates news across multiple dimensions of alternative asset management. Fund closing announcements reveal the firm's ability to raise institutional capital for new credit, private equity, and real estate vehicles, directly impacting future management fees and growth trajectory. These capital raises signal investor confidence in Ares' investment strategies and market positioning within the competitive alternative asset management landscape.
Quarterly earnings releases detail assets under management trends, fee revenue growth, and carried interest realizations as portfolio investments mature and generate returns. For alternative asset managers, earnings often include supplemental metrics like fee-earning assets under management, fundraising pipeline activity, and deployment rates that help assess business momentum beyond traditional GAAP earnings.
Strategic acquisition announcements occur when Ares purchases other investment firms or specialty managers to expand into new strategies, acquire investment talent, or enter additional geographic markets. These transactions reshape the firm's product mix and competitive positioning. Partnership announcements with corporations, infrastructure projects, or real estate developers indicate new deployment opportunities for Ares' capital across energy transition, digital infrastructure, and other thematic investment areas.
Conference presentations and investor day events provide management commentary on market conditions affecting credit spreads, private equity valuations, and real estate fundamentals. Regulatory developments impacting non-bank lenders, business development companies, or alternative investment vehicles can materially affect Ares' business model and operating environment. This news coverage delivers the information institutional investors, financial advisors, and individual shareholders need to track one of the major publicly traded alternative asset managers.
Ares Management (ARES) has acquired a majority stake in Landscape Workshop, one of the largest landscaping companies in the U.S. With 38 locations across the Southeast, Landscape Workshop provides comprehensive grounds maintenance services for commercial properties, including landscape maintenance, enhancements, seasonal color, irrigation systems, and installations.
The acquisition will provide Landscape Workshop with additional capital to expand its regional footprint and pursue strategic acquisitions. The company's CEO, J.T. Price, will continue leading the organization, replacing previous partner Carousel Capital. The company employs degreed horticulturalists, expert landscapers, irrigation specialists, and hundreds of E-verified, background-checked employees.
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) has announced the opening of a new office in Milan, Italy, expanding its European presence. This strategic move aims to enhance the firm's access to the Italian market and strengthen its ability to raise and invest capital across various strategies, particularly in European Direct Lending, Wealth Management, and European Real Estate platforms.
The firm has already deployed over €1.6 billion to support Italian businesses and assets as of March 31, 2025. Tyrone Cooney, Partner & Head of France and Southern Europe for European Direct Lending, will lead a team of senior investment professionals in the Milan office. With the recent acquisition of GCP International, Ares now operates in 13 European countries, demonstrating its commitment to a localized investment approach since entering Europe in 2007.
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) reported strong Q1 2025 financial results, with GAAP net income of $47.2 million. The company achieved significant growth metrics, including fee related earnings of $367.3 million and after-tax realized income of $381.4 million ($1.09 per share). Notably, assets under management surpassed half a trillion dollars.
The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.12 per share for Class A and non-voting common stock, payable on June 30, 2025. Additionally, a quarterly dividend of $0.84375 per share was declared for Series B mandatory convertible preferred stock. The company highlighted its recent acquisition of GCP International, strengthening its Real Assets business, and noted nearly $100 billion in assets not yet paying fees.
Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) announced its Q1 2025 financial results and declared a Q2 2025 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable June 30, 2025. Key highlights include:
The company reported net investment income of $365 million ($0.54 per share), while GAAP net income decreased to $241 million ($0.36 per share) compared to $449 million ($0.76 per share) in Q1 2024. Portfolio investments reached $27.13 billion at fair value.
Notable developments include:
- Leadership transition: CEO Kipp deVeer stepping down, Kort Schnabel taking over April 30
- New investment commitments of $3.5 billion, with 92% in first lien senior secured loans
- Strong balance sheet with leverage below 1x net debt to equity
- Portfolio quality remains stable with weighted average grade of 3.1
- Successful issuance of $1 billion in unsecured notes due March 2032
The company maintains significant financial flexibility with $647 million in cash and $5.4 billion available for additional borrowings.
Ares Management has acquired a majority stake in Epika Fleet Services, a leading mobile-focused provider of preventative maintenance and repair services for commercial trucking fleets. Founded in 2016, Epika operates across nearly 40 states, serving over 2,000 fleet customers with more than 550 skilled technicians performing mobile services.
The company operates approximately 20 in-shop centers in the U.S., offering a hybrid service model. The acquisition aims to provide Epika with significant capital to enhance service offerings, expand customer base in underserved areas, and strengthen its position as a mobile-solutions provider. The transaction's financial terms were not disclosed.
GoldState Music has secured US$500 million in strategic capital through a structured capital facility co-led by Northleaf Capital Partners and Ares Management funds, along with separately raised leverage. The capital injection will support GoldState's strategy to acquire music rights and address the growing demand for music rights monetization.
The company, founded by Charles Goldstuck, aims to build a diversified portfolio of music assets across artists and genres. The partnership with these institutional investors is expected to enhance GoldState's growth and differentiation in the music rights investment space, benefiting artists, investors, and stakeholders.
Ares Management (NYSE: ARES) and Omni Bridgeway have completed a major secondary market transaction through the establishment of Omni Bridgeway Fund 9. Ares acquired a 70% interest in the fund for A$320 million, which includes a portfolio of over 150 legal assets.
The landmark deal resulted in a day-1 cash multiple exceeding 3x for Omni Bridgeway and enabled the company to fully deleverage its balance sheet while securing significant working capital. As part of the transaction, Ares also received equity warrants in Omni Bridgeway.
This transaction represents the first continuation fund and one of the largest secondary market deals in the legal finance industry, highlighting growing institutional investor interest in legal assets due to their attractive, asymmetrical, and uncorrelated return profile. The deal involved extensive due diligence on Omni Bridgeway's asset management operations and fair value methodology.
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