ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION	1. ORGANIZATION Ares Management, L.P. (the “Company”), a Delaware limited partnership formed on November 15, 2013, is a leading global alternative asset management firm that operates three distinct but complementary investment groups: the Credit Group, the Private Equity Group and the Real Estate Group. Information about segments should be read together with Note 14, “Segment Reporting.” Subsidiaries of Ares Management LLC (“AM LLC”), a subsidiary of the Company, serve as the general partners and/or investment managers to various investment funds and managed accounts within each investment group (the “Ares Funds”), which are generally organized as pass‑through entities for income tax purposes. Such subsidiaries provide investment advisory services to the Ares Funds in exchange for management fees. Ares is managed and operated by its general partner, Ares Management GP LLC. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Ares” or the “Company” refer to Ares Management, L.P. together with its subsidiaries. The Company is a holding partnership, and the Company’s sole assets are equity interests in Ares Holdings Inc. (“AHI”), Ares Domestic Holdings, Inc. (“Domestic Holdings”), Ares Offshore Holdings, Ltd., AI Holdco LLC (“AI”), and Ares Real Estate Holdings LLC. In this quarterly report, the following of the Company’s subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Ares Operating Group”: Ares Domestic Holdings L.P. (“Ares Domestic”), Ares Offshore Holdings L.P. (“Ares Offshore”), Ares Real Estate Holdings L.P. (“Ares Real Estate”), Ares Holdings L.P. (“Ares Holdings”), and Ares Investments L.P. (“Ares Investments”). The Company, indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is the general partner of each of the Ares Operating Group entities. The Company operates and controls all of the businesses and affairs of and conducts all of its material business activities through, the Ares Operating Group. Non-Controlling Interests in Ares Operating Group Entities The non-controlling interests in Ares Operating Group (“AOG”) (collectively, the “Ares Operating Group Units” or “AOG Units”) represent a component of equity and net income attributable to the owners of AOG Units that are not held directly or indirectly by the Company. These interests are adjusted for contributions to and distributions from AOG during the reporting period and are allocated income from the Ares Operating Group entities based on their historical ownership percentage for the proportional number of days in the reporting period. Income Allocation Income (loss) before taxes is allocated based on each partner’s average daily ownership of the Ares Operating Group entities for each period presented. As of March 31, 2016, the Company owned a 37.87% direct interest, or 80,690,612 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities; Ares Owners Holding L.P. owns a 56.26% direct interest, or 119,874,362 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities; and an affiliate of Alleghany Corporation (such affiliate, “Alleghany”) owns a 5.87% direct interest, or 12,500,000 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the daily average ownership of AOG Units in each of the AOG entities by Ares Owners Holding L.P., Alleghany and the Company was 56.26%, 5.87% and 37.87%, respectively.

1. ORGANIZATION

Ares Management, L.P. (the “Company”), a Delaware limited partnership formed on November 15, 2013, is a leading global alternative asset management firm that operates three distinct but complementary investment groups: the Credit Group, the Private Equity Group and the Real Estate Group. Information about segments should be read together with Note 14, “Segment Reporting.” Subsidiaries of Ares Management LLC (“AM LLC”), a subsidiary of the Company, serve as the general partners and/or investment managers to various investment funds and managed accounts within each investment group (the “Ares Funds”), which are generally organized as pass‑through entities for income tax purposes. Such subsidiaries provide investment advisory services to the Ares Funds in exchange for management fees. Ares is managed and operated by its general partner, Ares Management GP LLC. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Ares” or the “Company” refer to Ares Management, L.P. together with its subsidiaries.

The Company is a holding partnership, and the Company’s sole assets are equity interests in Ares Holdings Inc. (“AHI”), Ares Domestic Holdings, Inc. (“Domestic Holdings”), Ares Offshore Holdings, Ltd., AI Holdco LLC (“AI”), and Ares Real Estate Holdings LLC. In this quarterly report, the following of the Company’s subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Ares Operating Group”: Ares Domestic Holdings L.P. (“Ares Domestic”), Ares Offshore Holdings L.P. (“Ares Offshore”), Ares Real Estate Holdings L.P. (“Ares Real Estate”), Ares Holdings L.P. (“Ares Holdings”), and Ares Investments L.P. (“Ares Investments”). The Company, indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is the general partner of each of the Ares Operating Group entities. The Company operates and controls all of the businesses and affairs of and conducts all of its material business activities through, the Ares Operating Group.

Non-Controlling Interests in Ares Operating Group Entities

The non-controlling interests in Ares Operating Group (“AOG”) (collectively, the “Ares Operating Group Units” or “AOG Units”) represent a component of equity and net income attributable to the owners of AOG Units that are not held directly or indirectly by the Company. These interests are adjusted for contributions to and distributions from AOG during the reporting period and are allocated income from the Ares Operating Group entities based on their historical ownership percentage for the proportional number of days in the reporting period.

Income Allocation

Income (loss) before taxes is allocated based on each partner’s average daily ownership of the Ares Operating Group entities for each period presented.

As of March 31, 2016, the Company owned a 37.87% direct interest, or 80,690,612 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities; Ares Owners Holding L.P. owns a 56.26% direct interest, or 119,874,362 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities; and an affiliate of Alleghany Corporation (such affiliate, “Alleghany”) owns a 5.87% direct interest, or 12,500,000 AOG Units, in each of the Ares Operating Group entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the daily average ownership of AOG Units in each of the AOG entities by Ares Owners Holding L.P., Alleghany and the Company was 56.26%, 5.87% and 37.87%, respectively.