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Upsized maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility, with the upsized amount subject to obtaining commitments for the additional borrowing capacity.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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- Definition

The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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DEBT (Debt Obligations) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
DEBT (Debt Obligations) (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Credit Facility
DEBT
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,030,000,000.00
Term Loan 2015
DEBT
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)		0.025%
Term Loan 2016
DEBT
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)		0.03%
Ares Management L.P
DEBT
Carrying Value		$ 305,784,000	$ 389,120,000
Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility
DEBT
Carrying Value		$ 0	$ 110,000,000
Interest Rate		0.00%	2.11%
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,030,000,000.00
Upsized amount		$ 1,280,000,000
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)		0.25%
Interest rate (as a percent)		0.00%
Ares Management L.P \| AFC Notes
DEBT
Debt issuance percentage	98.268%
Ares Management L.P \| Senior Notes
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 250,000,000
Carrying Value		$ 244,684,000	$ 244,077,000
Interest Rate		4.21%	4.21%
Ares Management L.P \| Term Loan 2015
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 35,250,000
Carrying Value		$ 35,063,000	$ 35,043,000
Interest Rate		2.74%	2.18%
Ares Management L.P \| Term Loan 2016
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 26,375,728.5000
Carrying Value		$ 26,037,000	$ 0
Interest Rate		2.66%
Base rate \| Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility
DEBT
Interest rate spread (as a percent)		0.75%
LIBOR \| Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility
DEBT
Interest rate spread (as a percent)		1.75%