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Fri, 01 May 2026 17:57:00 +0000	Ares Management Stock Rises After Earnings. Institutions Still Love Private Credit. Ares Management rose Friday after the private-credit manager reported higher first-quarter earnings and a flood of new money from institutional investors. Private credit stocks like Ares have sunk in the past six months on worries about artificial intelligence threats to the lenders’ software borrowers, and redemptions by wealthy individuals from nontraded credit funds. Redemptions by a small number of overseas family offices represent a fraction of the firm’s wealthy investors and the assets it manages.
Fri, 01 May 2026 16:55:03 +0000	Ares (ARES) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Greg Michael Mason: Good morning, and thank you for joining us today for our first quarter 2026 conference call. Please also note that past performance is not a guarantee of future results, and nothing on this call constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase an interest in Ares Management Corporation or any Ares Management Corporation fund.
Fri, 01 May 2026 16:52:41 +0000	Ares Management Q1 Earnings Call Highlights Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) reported first-quarter 2026 results that executives described as “strong” across fundraising, assets under management, and profitability, while highlighting a growing deployment pipeline despite a slower U.S. direct lending transaction environment early in the quarter. O
Fri, 01 May 2026 16:47:33 +0000	Ares Management Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary Moby summary of Ares Management Corporation's Q1 2026 earnings call
Fri, 01 May 2026 16:05:55 +0000	Private credit roundup: the ebb and flow of fresh investment Ares Management, one of the biggest names in private credit, reported not just a record amount of fundraising this week; it also showed ‌its balance sheet is feeling no stress from the jitters around loans to software ‌businesses. While the record first-quarter fundraising of about $30 billion was for the entire group, the results showing Ares continued to widen ​its base of stable institutional clients and grow its credit business seemed to make analysts who have dismissed risks around private credit stresses happy. Its private credit fund, Ares Capital Corp (ARCC), was first off the mark with March quarter results and indicated that the lender expects limited strain from industry liquidity ‌pressures or its exposure to software ⁠companies.
Fri, 01 May 2026 15:39:52 +0000	Ares Management Q1 2026 earnings miss, record fundraising After-tax realized income of $1.24 per share fell short of analyst expectations even as assets under management climbed 18%
Fri, 01 May 2026 15:03:00 +0000	Ares Management Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates, Stock Up as AUM Rises Y/Y ARES' Q1 realized income per share misses estimates as expenses rise Y/Y. Nevertheless, shares gain nearly 1.2% as AUM climbs 18% from a year ago.
Fri, 01 May 2026 13:30:03 +0000	Ares Management (ARES) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say Although the revenue and EPS for Ares Management (ARES) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Fri, 01 May 2026 11:25:02 +0000	Ares Management (ARES) Misses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates Ares Management (ARES) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -6.19% and -2.53%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Fri, 01 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000	Ares Management Announces First Quarter 2026 U.S. Direct Lending Origination Activity Approximately $9.5 Billion in New Commitments Closed in the First Quarter and Approximately $53.0 Billion Closed in the 12 Months Ended March 31, 2026 NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) announced ...
Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000	Ares Management Corporation Reports First Quarter 2026 Results NEW YORK, May 01, 2026--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) today reported its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:27:35 +0000	Stock Market Today, April 30: Blue Owl Capital Surges As Q1 Results Beat Expectations Today, April 30, 2026, surging fee revenues and record assets under management boosted this under-fire private credit firm.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:05:26 +0000	Ares Management Reshapes Leadership And Credit Platform With BlueCove Deal Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) appointed Peter Ogilvie as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy. The company completed its acquisition of BlueCove Limited, a specialist in systematic credit investing. These developments mark a shift in Ares Management's leadership structure and credit investing capabilities. Ares Management, a global alternative investment manager, is reinforcing its leadership bench and product set as investors pay closer attention to credit markets and institutional...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0000	Ares Appoints Peter Ogilvie as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy NEW YORK, April 29, 2026--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) ("Ares"), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that Peter Ogilvie has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy, where he will support the leadership team in executing the firm’s strategic growth initiatives while scaling some of Ares’ key global operating capabilities.
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Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:59:00 +0000	Ares Capital Posts a Profit After Accounting Gain Despite lower interest rates and markdowns on some holdings, the $30 billion private credit fund Ares Capital reported a rise in its March quarter net investment income after a noncash accounting gain. Ares Capital is the largest publicly traded credit fund, and CEO Kort Schnabel told listeners on the Tuesday earnings call that the year is off to a strong start. Net investment income for the March quarter came to $398 million, or 55 cents a share.
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:04:23 +0000	Ares Capital Corp's software valuations steady despite concerns Private credit fund Ares Capital Corp's balance sheet at the end of March shows the firm does not expect much strain from the liquidity issues the ‌industry is facing or over its exposure to the software sector. At the end of the March quarter, ‌during which major private credit firms faced heavy redemptions and concerns over artificial intelligence upending businesses they have lent to, Ares Capital Corp saw ​a slight drop in its earnings and ample funding. Software and services comprised nearly 22% of ARCC's loan portfolio, even though it slightly reduced that exposure in the first quarter, its filings ‌show.
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:00 +0000	Ares Management Q1 Earnings on the Deck: Here's What to Expect ARES's Q1 results, scheduled to report on May 1, are likely to reflect strong Y/Y revenue and earnings growth. However, rising expenses may weigh on earnings.
Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:49:00 +0000	Platinum Equity and Ares Commercial Finance Provide Financing for Kingswood Capital Management's Acquisition of Daramic Platinum Credit Opportunities Funds ("PCOF") and Ares Commercial Finance ("ACF") announced today that they provided financing to support Kingswood Capital Management's ("KCM" or the "Sponsor") acquisition of Daramic, LLC ("Daramic" or the "Company"), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based global leader in supplying high-performance polyethylene and phenolic resin-based battery separators to the lead battery industry.
Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:45:00 +0000	Emerald Lake Capital Management Holds Final Close On New $825 Million Fund Emerald Lake Capital Management ("Emerald Lake") today announced the final close of Emerald Lake Capital Partners ("the Fund"), which secured $800 million in capital commitments from unaffiliated limited partners at its revised hard cap, along with approximately $25 million from its general partner and other affiliated investors. The Fund was heavily oversubscribed and significantly exceeded its $500 million target and original $750 million hard cap. The Fund attracted a diverse mix of existing

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