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Ares Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles, CA: $97.6 billion AUM, SEC registered investment adviser
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: the SEC's Form ADV data files for investment advisers.
Ares Capital Management LLC is an SEC registered investment adviser with its main office in Los Angeles, California and reports $97.6 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filed August 26, 2026. Its clients include business development companies, pooled investment vehicles and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. It is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance based fees. It advises 34 private funds.
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- Registration
- SEC registered investment adviser
- CRD number
- 131619
- SEC file number
- 801-63168
- SEC status
- Approved, effective May 18, 2004
- Main office
- 1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067
- Phone
- (310) 201-4100
- Regulatory AUM
- $97,616,716,509 in the Form ADV filed August 26, 2026
- Discretionary AUM
- $91,277,314,453
- Non discretionary AUM
- $6,339,402,056
- Accounts
- 57
- Employees
- 634, of which 411 give investment advice
- Form of organization
- Limited Liability Company
- Paid through
- a percentage of assets under management, performance based fees
- Private funds
- 34: 31 hedge funds, 1 private equity fund, 1 securitized asset fund, 1 other private fund
- Gross assets of private funds
- $32,679,865,944
- Other offices
- 10
- Form ADV Item 11 disclosures
- Reported: SEC or CFTC regulatory actions
- Latest Form ADV filing
- August 26, 2026
- SEC record
- Investment Adviser Public Disclosure
Clients
Client types the adviser reports in Form ADV item 5.D, with the AUM it attributes to each.
| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Business development companies | 2 | $53.94 billion |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 37 | $31.38 billion |
| Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions | Fewer than 5 | $5.06 billion |
| Insurance companies | 7 | $2.60 billion |
| Banking or thrift institutions | Fewer than 5 | $2.20 billion |
| Other investment advisers | Fewer than 5 | $1.02 billion |
| State or municipal government entities | Fewer than 5 | $405 million |
AUM in the SEC's monthly files
Each change in the AUM the adviser reported across the monthly SEC files held here, with the first file that shows the new value.
| First in the file of | AUM | Form ADV filed |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | $97.62 billion | March 27, 2026 |
| December 1, 2025 | $85.09 billion | November 24, 2025 |
Other advisers in Los Angeles
| Adviser | City | AUM | Private funds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Research and Management Company | Los Angeles | $4.32 trillion | Not listed | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Ares Management LLC | Los Angeles | $458.82 billion | 682 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. | Los Angeles | $183.29 billion | 284 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Payden & Rygel | Los Angeles | $158.23 billion | 3 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. | Los Angeles | $85.60 billion | 107 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| TCW Asset Management Company LLC | Los Angeles | $81.18 billion | 39 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC | Los Angeles | $78.52 billion | Not listed | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
| Capital International, Inc. | Los Angeles | $64.25 billion | 2 | adviserinfo.sec.gov |
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