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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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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 ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
DEBT (Debt Obligations) (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 24, 2017	Oct. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Credit Facility
DEBT
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,040,000,000.00				$ 1,030,000,000.00
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)	0.20%
Credit Facility \| LIBOR
DEBT
Interest rate spread (as a percent)	1.50%
Term Loan 2015
DEBT
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)			0.025%
Term Loan 2016
DEBT
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)			0.03%
Term Loan 2017
DEBT
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)			0.03%
Ares Management L.P
DEBT
Carrying Value			$ 488,221,000		305,784,000
Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility
DEBT
Carrying Value			$ 165,000,000		$ 0
Interest Rate			2.39%		0.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 1,040,000,000.00
Unused commitment fees (as a percent)			0.20%
Interest rate (as a percent)			0.00%
Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility \| Base rate
DEBT
Interest rate spread (as a percent)			0.50%
Ares Management L.P \| Credit Facility \| LIBOR
DEBT
Interest rate spread (as a percent)			1.50%
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			$ 244,837,000		$ 244,684,000
Interest Rate			4.21%		4.21%
Ares Management L.P \| Term Loan 2015
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount			$ 35,250,000
Carrying Value			$ 35,068,000		$ 35,063,000
Interest Rate			2.89%		2.74%
Ares Management L.P \| Term Loan 2016
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount			$ 26,376,000
Carrying Value			$ 26,034,000		$ 26,037,000
Interest Rate			2.66%		2.66%
Ares Management L.P \| Term Loan 2017
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount			$ 17,600,000
Carrying Value			$ 17,282,000
Interest Rate			2.70%