Ares Management Corporation Real Assets Group — Total performance related compensation—realized decreased by 58.9% to $7.40M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 84.2%, from $46.81M to $7.40M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Real Assets Group — Total performance related compensation—realized shows an upward trend with a 4.8% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
High levels correlate with high performance income, but excessive payouts relative to fees can indicate lower net margins.
The portion of realized performance income that is paid out to employees or investment professionals as incentive compen...
Standard variable compensation metric for performance-based asset managers.
ares_segment_real_assets_group_total_performance_related_compensation_realized| 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 | |
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| Value | $14.76M | $14.76M | $14.76M | $11.19M | $17.12M | $3.76M | $1.67M | $3.34M | $4.00M | $2.23M | $3.50M | $9.40M | $22.15M | $46.81M | $2.32M | $769.00K | $17.99M | $7.40M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | -24.2% | +53.0% | -78.0% | -55.6% | +100.1% | +20.0% | -44.4% | +57.2% | +168.4% | +135.6% | +111.3% | -95.0% | -66.8% | >999% | -58.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -24.2% | +15.9% | — | -85.1% | -80.5% | — | -40.7% | +110.0% | +181.7% | +453.2% | >999% | -33.9% | -91.8% | -18.8% | -84.2% |