Ares Management Corporation Credit Group — Performance income—realized decreased by 42.4% to $166.23M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 207.2%, from $54.11M to $166.23M. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Credit Group — Performance income—realized shows an upward trend with a 8.9% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Higher values indicate strong investment performance and successful exits.
Represents the realized incentive fees or 'carried interest' earned by the Credit Group segment based on the performance...
Standard for alternative asset managers; peers report this as 'Performance Fees' or 'Carried Interest'.
ares_segment_credit_group_performance_income_realized| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $68.11M | $6.33M | $7.36M | $48.53M | $3.05M | $6.59M | $62.76M | $12.22M | $242.16M | $16.77M | $98.26M | $6.19M | $204.99M | $54.11M | $21.92M | $19.44M | $288.43M | $166.23M |
| QoQ Change | — | -90.7% | +16.3% | +559.1% | -93.7% | +116.5% | +851.9% | -80.5% | >999% | -93.1% | +486.0% | -93.7% | >999% | -73.6% | -59.5% | -11.3% | >999% | -42.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -28.7% | -51.9% | -10.5% | +29.3% | +301.4% | — | +154.3% | +56.6% | -49.3% | -15.3% | +222.7% | -77.7% | +213.9% | +40.7% | +207.2% |