---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-002248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARES"
cik: "0001176948"
company_name: "Ares Management Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:41:24.346129+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Q4 GAAP net income $124.1M; AUM hits $300B, up 55% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP net income attributable to Ares $124.1M in Q4 2021 ($0.66 diluted EPS); full year $408.8M ($2.15 diluted EPS).
- Fee related earnings $253.3M in Q4, $712.3M for full year; after-tax realized income $291.1M Q4, $803.7M FY.
- AUM exceeded $300B for first time, up 55% YoY; record organic fundraising of $25B in Q4 and ~$77B for full year.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.61 per share, payable March 31, 2022 to holders of record March 17, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-002248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARES
- cik: 0001176948
- company_name: Ares Management Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828022002248/0001628280-22-002248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828022002248/ares-20220211.htm

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