RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is earned from its affiliates, including management fees, carried interest allocation, incentive fees, investment income, other fees and administrative expense reimbursements. The related accounts receivable are included within due from affiliates within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, except that accrued carried interest allocations and incentive fees receivable, which are presented within investments and other assets, respectively, within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

The Company has investment management agreements with various funds and accounts that it manages. In accordance with these agreements, the Consolidated Funds bear certain operating costs and expenses which are initially paid by the Company and subsequently reimbursed by the Consolidated Funds.

The Company also has entered into agreements with related parties to be reimbursed for its expenses incurred for providing administrative services to such related parties, including ARCC, ACRE, ARDC, Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., ACF FinCo I L.P, and CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund.

Employees and other related parties may be permitted to participate in co-investment vehicles that invest in Ares funds alongside fund investors. Participation is limited by law to individuals who qualify under applicable securities laws. These employee co-investment vehicles generally do not require the participants to pay management or incentive fees.

Performance income the Company earns from the funds can be distributed to professionals or their related entities on a current basis, subject to repayment by the subsidiary of the Company that acts as general partner of the relevant fund in the event that certain specified return thresholds are not ultimately achieved. The professionals have personally guaranteed, subject to certain limitations, the obligations of these subsidiaries in respect of this general partner obligation. Such guarantees are several and not joint, and are limited to distributions received by the relevant recipient.

The Company considers its professionals and non-consolidated funds to be affiliates. Amounts due from and to affiliates were composed of the following:



	As of March 31,		As of December 31,
	2018		2017
Due from affiliates:
Management fees receivable from non-consolidated funds	$	130,346	$	126,506
Payments made on behalf of and amounts due from non-consolidated funds and employees	38,464		39,244
Due from affiliates—Company	$	168,810	$	165,750
Amounts due from portfolio companies and non-consolidated funds	$	17,782	$	15,884
Due from affiliates—Consolidated Funds	$	17,782	$	15,884
Due to affiliates:
Management fee rebate payable to non-consolidated funds	$	2,560	$	5,213
Management fees received in advance	2,866		1,729
Tax receivable agreement liability	12,925		3,503
Payments made by non-consolidated funds on behalf of and payable by the Company	2,667		4,197
Due to affiliates—Company	$	21,018	$	14,642

Due from Ares Funds and Portfolio Companies

In the normal course of business, the Company pays certain expenses on behalf of Consolidated Funds and non-consolidated funds for which it is reimbursed. Amounts advanced on behalf of Consolidated Funds are eliminated in consolidation. Certain expenses initially paid by the Company, primarily professional services, travel and other costs associated with particular portfolio company holdings are subject to reimbursement by the portfolio companies.