---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-037107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARES"
cik: "0001176948"
company_name: "Ares Management Corp"
filed_at: "2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:45:13.294231+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Q2 GAAP net income $137.1M; fee-related earnings $409.1M; AUM up 24% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP net income $137.1M ($0.46 diluted EPS); after-tax realized income $367.9M ($1.03/share).
- Fee related earnings $409.1M for Q2 2025.
- AUM grew 24%+ YoY; gross fundraising near record; available capital >$150B.
- GCP International acquisition on track; expected synergies greater than originally forecast.
- Quarterly common dividend declared $1.12/share, payable Sep 30, 2025; record Sep 16.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-037107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARES
- cik: 0001176948
- company_name: Ares Management Corp
- filed_at: 2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025037107/0001628280-25-037107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025037107/ares-20250801.htm

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