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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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:55:19.939700+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares preliminarily guides Q3 2026 realized net performance income to ~$10M, up from $9M a year earlier

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- 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

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