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Record $36B quarterly fundraising drives 17% AUM growth and 20% fee-related earnings increase.

Despite a dip in realized performance income, Ares Management Corp (ARES) posts record quarterly fundraising and robust fee-related earnings growth, positioning for continued expansion.

Moby summary of Ares Management Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) reported second-quarter results marked by record fundraising, higher fee-paying assets under management and double-digit growth in fee-related earnings and realized income, as the alternative investment manager expanded activity across credit, real assets, secondaries and

ARES' Q2 earnings meet estimates as fee-related earnings and AUM grow y/y, even as revenues missed expectations.

Ares Capital and Blue Owl Capital reported resilient second-quarter results this week, while Ares Management posted record fundraising, highlighting continued institutional demand for private credit despite rising defaults, ‌retail redemptions and liquidity concerns. Ares Management, one of the industry's largest players, raised a record $36 billion ‌in the second quarter, including $23.7 billion for its credit strategies. Assets under management rose 17% from a year earlier to $671.3 billion.

Ares Management (ARES) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 0.00% and -4.16%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Alternative asset manager Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) will be announcing earnings results this Friday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Ares Management is scheduled to report its second-quarter results next week, and analysts expect a double-digit earnings growth.

Ares Management’s first quarter saw strong revenue growth, with management attributing performance to robust institutional fundraising and broad-based product demand across its credit, real assets, and secondaries platforms. CEO Michael J. Arougheti emphasized that, despite a seasonal slowdown and geopolitical uncertainty, the firm’s deployment and fundraising remained resilient. He highlighted that “our pipeline of new institutional funds remains robust for this year and next year,” supporting