{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-26-063870","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ARES","cik":"0001176948","company_name":"Ares Management Corp","filed_at":"2026-09-29T23:21:09+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T10:05:00.382430+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:55:19.939700+00:00","sec_items":["7.01"],"event_type":"earnings","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ares preliminarily guides Q3 2026 realized net performance income to ~$10M, up from $9M a year earlier","bullets":["Preliminary realized net performance income for the quarter ending September 30, 2026 estimated at approximately $10 million, versus $9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.","Realized net performance income is a non-GAAP component of realized income that management uses to evaluate operating performance and segment contributions.","Ares said it cannot reconcile the non-GAAP figure to GAAP without unreasonable effort because Q3 financial closing procedures are not yet complete.","Actual Q3 2026 results may differ, possibly materially, from the estimate; investors are directed to the full results in the quarterly report for the period ending September 30, 2026.","Estimate disclosed under Regulation FD and signed by CFO Jarrod Phillips on September 30, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-063870","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-063870.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-063870.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-063870.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828026063870/0001628280-26-063870-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828026063870/ares-20260930.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:55:19.939700+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}