Ares Management Corporation Real Assets Group — Compensation and benefits decreased by 14.0% to $80.09M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 41.2%, from $56.70M to $80.09M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Real Assets Group — Compensation and benefits shows an upward trend with a 35.2% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Rising costs relative to revenue may indicate margin compression, while stable costs suggest efficient scaling.
The total cost of salaries, bonuses, and benefits paid to employees specifically dedicated to the Real Assets segment. T...
Standard operating expense metric across all financial services firms.
ares_segment_real_assets_group_compensation_and_benefits| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $31.92M | $31.92M | $31.92M | $40.60M | $46.95M | $37.99M | $40.64M | $37.61M | $37.64M | $37.92M | $39.13M | $42.36M | $40.95M | $56.70M | $80.29M | $85.51M | $93.11M | $80.09M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +27.2% | +15.6% | -19.1% | +7.0% | -7.5% | +0.1% | +0.7% | +3.2% | +8.3% | -3.3% | +38.5% | +41.6% | +6.5% | +8.9% | -14.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +27.2% | +47.1% | — | +0.1% | -19.9% | — | -0.2% | -3.7% | +12.6% | +8.8% | +49.5% | +105.2% | +101.9% | +127.4% | +41.2% |