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Ares Management LLC, Los Angeles, CA: $459 billion AUM, SEC registered investment adviser
Ares Management LLC is an SEC registered investment adviser with its main office in Los Angeles, California and reports $459 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filed August 26, 2026. Its clients include pooled investment vehicles, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. It is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance based fees. It advises 682 private funds.
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- Registration
- SEC registered investment adviser
- CRD number
- 130074
- SEC file number
- 801-63800
- SEC status
- Approved, effective January 31, 2005
- Main office
- 1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067
- Phone
- (310) 201-4100
- Website
- aresfoundation.org
- Regulatory AUM
- $458,821,489,418 in the Form ADV filed August 26, 2026
- Discretionary AUM
- $433,966,995,326
- Non discretionary AUM
- $24,854,494,092
- Accounts
- 715
- Employees
- 3,990, of which 1,550 give investment advice
- Form of organization
- Limited Liability Company
- Paid through
- a percentage of assets under management, performance based fees
- Private funds
- 682: 255 hedge funds, 157 private equity funds, 113 real estate funds, 98 securitized asset funds, 54 other private funds, 5 venture capital funds
- Gross assets of private funds
- $417,636,424,273
- Other offices
- 67
- Umbrella registration
- 71 relying advisers
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pooled investment vehicles | 655 | $403.55 billion |
| Insurance companies | 27 | $40.33 billion |
| Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions | Fewer than 5 | $5.73 billion |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 13 | $4.93 billion |
| Corporations or other businesses | Fewer than 5 | $1.11 billion |
| Other investment advisers | Fewer than 5 | $235.6 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 | $458.82 billion | March 27, 2026 |
| December 1, 2025 | $359.15 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 |
| 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 |
| Ares Capital Management LLC | Los Angeles | $97.62 billion | 34 | 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 |
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Updated November 7, 2026. Read from the SEC's Form ADV data files for investment advisers. Public data published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US government work). Advisers report these values themselves in Form ADV, and neither the SEC nor the states approve or guarantee them. AUM is regulatory assets under management as the adviser reported it in Form ADV item 5.F, which can differ from the AUM a firm quotes elsewhere. Exempt reporting advisers do not report AUM. Office address, phone and website are the adviser's main office as filed; a firm that files its main office as a private residence shows no street address or phone. An Item 11 disclosure is a reported event, not a finding about the firm today. Details for each firm are on the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site. This page uses SEC data and is not endorsed or certified by the SEC. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.