{"id":3698703,"date":"2026-05-01T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3698703"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:28:26","slug":"ares-raises-record-30-billion-despite-private-credit-valuation-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/earnings\/2026\/ares-raises-record-30-billion-despite-private-credit-valuation-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Ares Raises Record $30 Billion Despite Private Credit Valuation Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global alternative investment manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aresmgmt.com\/\">Ares Management<\/a> raised $30 billion in the first quarter, a figure that was up more than 45% year over year and marked a first-quarter record for the company.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" 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As of March 31, it had $644 billion of assets under management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSupported by our expanding global platform, a record investment pipeline and nearly $160 billion of available capital, we are well positioned to invest our capital opportunistically and meet our financial objectives for the year,\u201d Ares Chief Financial Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jarrod-phillips-33362122\">Jarrod Phillips<\/a> said in the release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/ares-management-posts-record-30-billion-fundraising-first-quarter-2026-05-01\/\">reported<\/a> Friday that Ares is one of the biggest names in private credit and that the company\u2019s announcement signaled that investor appetite for the asset class remains strong at a time when the private credit sector has seen months of negative headlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report said that the number of direct institutional clients in Ares\u2019 investor base leapt by about 50% between 2022 and 2025 and that this category of investors tends to be more predictable than retail ones during volatile periods.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-1723446127\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-01\/ares-earnings-miss-estimates-despite-record-fundraising-haul\">reported<\/a> Friday that as of Thursday (April 30), Ares\u2019 shares had dropped 27% this year amid greater scrutiny of private credit valuations due to investor concerns over the sector\u2019s lending standards and its exposure to the software sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was reported Thursday (April 28) that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpmorganchase.com\/\">JPMorgan Chase<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpmorganchase.com\/about\/leadership\/jamie-dimon\">Jamie Dimon<\/a> said that there is a possibility of a worse-than-anticipated credit market downturn and that the possibility is even greater in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/economy\/2026\/jpmorgan-ceo-sounds-new-warning-on-private-credit-downturn\/\">private credit<\/a> space, where the sheer number of companies means not all of them will do well if the market falls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 15, it was reported that the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/\">Treasury Department<\/a> has been holding one-on-one meetings with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/regulation\/2026\/us-treasury-ramps-up-private-credit-oversight-efforts\/\">private credit<\/a> leaders for months and began asking for written responses to its requests for data. 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