Ares Raises $4.2 Billion for Inaugural Global Structured Solutions Strategy

Final Fund Close Significantly Exceeds $1 Billion Target

Further Strengthens Private Equity Secondaries Strategy’s Ability to Partner With Leading Sponsors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that it has raised approximately $4.2 billion of capital for its inaugural Ares Global Structured Solutions Fund (“AGSS” or the “Fund”) and affiliated vehicles. The Fund significantly exceeded its $1 billion Target .

Through AGSS, the Ares Private Equity Secondaries Team aims to partner with managers seeking flexible capital to support a range of strategic objectives, including increasing GP fund commitments, seeding new strategies with structured LP commitments and facilitating succession plans. The final close further strengthens Ares’ market position and ability to partner with leading sponsors, with Ares funds deploying nearly $9 billion across structured solutions transactions since 2013.

“The successful close of AGSS highlights the increasing demand for tailored GP solutions in today’s market environment and the innovative leadership of the Ares Secondaries platform,” said Blair Jacobson, Co-President of Ares. “Throughout the firm’s history, Ares has been a close partner to leading managers, and AGSS expands upon our existing GP capabilities, providing creative solutions for their growth initiatives. AGSS reflects the breadth and scale of our platform as well as the confidence of our LPs in this significant market opportunity.”

“For more than a decade, Ares Private Equity Secondaries has been an established provider of structured solutions that support leading GPs in their strategic initiatives, and this dedicated pool of capital further strengthens our ability to act as a scaled partner to a broader set of managers,” said Nate Walton, Head of Private Equity Secondaries at Ares. “With over 30 years of secondaries market experience, we believe our Team brings the skills, deep relationships and data-driven insights to deliver differentiated capital solutions and a collaborative approach across Ares Secondaries’ comprehensive suite of GP offerings, including structured solutions, continuation vehicles and GP stakes. We are grateful for the support of our investors and look forward to our continued work with GPs as they advance their goals for long-term value creation.”

The Ares Private Equity Secondaries strategy is part of the Ares Secondaries Group, which has established a more than 30-year track record providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs across the private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit asset classes and managed $44 billion of assets as of June 30, 2026.

About Ares Management Corporation

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to advance our stakeholders' long-term goals by providing flexible capital that supports businesses and creates value for our investors and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2026, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had over $671 billion of assets under management, with operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.ares.com.

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Source: Ares Management Corporation