---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-047895"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARES"
cik: "0001176948"
company_name: "Ares Management Corp"
filed_at: "2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:50:07.307782+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Q3 GAAP net income $288.9M ($1.15 EPS); fee related earnings $471.2M; record fundraising pace

## Summary
- GAAP net income attributable to Ares $288.9M; diluted EPS $1.15.
- After-tax realized income $425.8M ($1.19/share); fee related earnings $471.2M.
- AUM and FPAUM up 28% YoY; available capital $150B; on track to beat $93B annual fundraising record.
- Quarterly dividend declared $1.12/share on Class A common, payable Dec 31, 2025 to holders of record Dec 17.
- Preferred dividend $0.84375/share on 6.75% Series B mandatory convertible preferred, payable Jan 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-047895
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARES
- cik: 0001176948
- company_name: Ares Management Corp
- filed_at: 2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025047895/0001628280-25-047895-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025047895/ares-20251103.htm

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