FAIR VALUE (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			3 Months Ended																		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Minimum	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Maximum	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level I	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level I	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level I Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level I Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Forward foreign currency contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Forward foreign currency contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Purchased option contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Purchased option contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Interest rate contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Interest rate contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Bonds	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level II Bonds	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III Minimum quote	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III Maximum quote	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III Partnership interests	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Level III Partnership interests	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Forward foreign currency contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Forward foreign currency contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Purchased option contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Purchased option contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Interest rate contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Interest rate contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Bonds	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Bonds	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Partnership interests	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Total Partnership interests	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Interest rate contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Interest rate contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Credit contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Credit contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Equity contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Equity contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Foreign exchange contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Foreign exchange contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Other financial instruments	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Other financial instruments	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Collateralized loan obligations Ares Enhanced Loan Investment Strategy II, Ltd	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Collateralized loan obligations Ares Enhanced Loan Investment Strategy II, Ltd	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level I	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level I	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level I Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level I Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Forward foreign currency contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Forward foreign currency contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Written options	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Interest rate contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Interest rate contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Credit contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Credit contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Equity contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Equity contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Foreign exchange contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Foreign exchange contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Interest rate swaps	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Interest rate swaps	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Other financial instruments	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Bonds	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Bonds	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Loans	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Loans	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Collateralized loan obligations	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level II Other	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level II Other	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Forward foreign currency contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Written options	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Credit contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Credit contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Interest rate swaps	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Other financial instruments	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Loan obligations of CLOS	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Loan obligations of CLOS	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Bonds	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Bonds	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Partnership interests	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Partnership interests	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Loans	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Loans	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Collateralized loan obligations	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Collateralized loan obligations	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Level III Other	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Level III Other	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Forward foreign currency contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Forward foreign currency contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Written options	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Written options	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Interest rate contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Interest rate contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Credit contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Credit contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Equity contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Equity contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Foreign exchange contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Foreign exchange contracts	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Interest rate swaps	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Interest rate swaps	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Other financial instruments	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Loan obligations of CLOS	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Loan obligations of CLOS	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Equity securities	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Equity securities	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Bonds	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Bonds	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Partnership interests	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Partnership interests	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Loans	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Loans	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Collateralized loan obligations	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Collateralized loan obligations	Mar. 31, 2014 Consolidated Funds Total Other	Dec. 31, 2013 Consolidated Funds Total Other
FAIR VALUE
Number of broker quotes to be obtained directly from dealer if pricing services are unable to provide prices to measure fair value of assets or liabilities																					1
Period within which investors of open ended and evergreen funds can withdraw their capital			1 month	3 years
Number of broker non-binding quotes to measure fair value of assets or liabilities																					1	2
Number of quote obtained directly from a broker making a market for the asset																					1
Number of price obtained directly from a pricing vendor for each security or similar securities																					1
Investments, at fair value					$ 92	$ 89	$ 92	$ 89	$ 1,174	$ 1,172							$ 1,174	$ 1,172	$ 120,342	$ 88,177			$ 120,342		$ 121,608	$ 89,438							$ 92	$ 89	$ 1,174	$ 1,172	$ 120,342	$ 88,177	$ 19,485,067	$ 20,823,338													$ 112,075	$ 166,535	$ 112,075	$ 166,535	$ 13,472,321	$ 14,028,045															$ 538,158	$ 482,568	$ 1,466,070	$ 1,576,942	$ 11,448,952	$ 11,868,584	$ 65,405	$ 19,141	$ 34,546	$ 5,900,671	$ 6,628,758									$ 2,825,221	$ 2,958,232	$ 1,477,844	$ 2,052,984	$ 43,993	$ 41,001	$ 983,174	$ 1,058,635	$ 567,846	$ 515,534	$ 2,593	$ 2,372	$ 19,485,067	$ 20,823,338																		$ 3,475,454	$ 3,607,335	$ 2,943,914	$ 3,629,926	$ 43,993	$ 41,001	$ 12,432,126	$ 12,927,219	$ 567,846	$ 580,939	$ 21,734	$ 36,918
Derivative assets, at fair value	1,132	1,164							1,132	1,164	367	247	765	917											1,132	1,164	367	247	765	917									8,961	14,625	0	8	6,271	4,489	245	179	115	8,653	2,330	1,296							6,631	11,490				0	8	6,272	2,651	244	179	115	8,652													2,330	3,135			2,330			3,135															8,961	14,625					0	8	8,602	2,651	244	179	115	8,652			3,135
Assets, at fair value					92	89			2,306	2,336									120,342	88,177				88,177	122,740	90,602																											112,075	166,535			13,478,952	14,039,535																								5,903,001	6,631,893																					19,494,028	20,837,963
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	(2,942)	(2,907)							(2,942)	(2,907)	(1,745)	(1,653)			(1,197)	(1,254)									(2,942)	(2,907)	(1,745)	(1,653)			(1,197)	(1,254)							(53,643)	(75,115)	(2,545)	(3,878)	(39,178)	(28,385)			(3,751)	(38,631)	(8,169)	(4,221)							(44,266)	(68,260)	(2,544)	(38,594)	(34)			(39,177)	(25,754)					(2,545)	(3,703)	(175)										(9,377)	(6,855)	(899)	(78)	(9,299)	(1,633)	(371)	(3,952)															(53,643)	(75,115)	(2,544)	(39,493)	(78)	(34)			(48,476)	(27,387)					(2,545)	(4,074)	(4,127)
Loan obligations of debt																																																																																										(11,066,253)	(11,534,956)																														(11,066,253)	(11,534,956)
Securities sold short, at fair value																																								(1,633)																		(1,633)																																															(1,633)
Liabilities, at fair value																																																									(44,266)	(69,893)																								(11,075,630)	(11,541,811)																					(11,119,896)	(11,611,704)
Debt carried at cost																																																			$ 209,604	$ 239,201