DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Schedule of Fair Value and Notional Amounts of Derivative Contracts by Major Product Type on a Gross Basis (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Consolidated Funds
Assets
Notional amount, assets	$ 56,499,000	$ 56,000,000
Fair Value	536,000	0
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	279,971,000	279,516,000
Fair Value	5,849,000	20,927,000
Derivative liability, amount offset	0	0
Derivative asset, amount offset	0	0
Consolidated Funds  | Foreign currency forward contracts
Assets
Notional amount, assets	536,000	0
Fair Value	536,000	0
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	496,000	0
Fair Value	496,000	0
Consolidated Funds  | Warrants
Assets
Notional amount, assets	0	0
Fair Value	0	0
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	230,000,000	230,000,000
Fair Value	2,000,000	17,822,000
Consolidated Funds  | Asset swaps
Assets
Notional amount, assets	55,963,000	56,000,000
Fair Value	0	0
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	49,475,000	49,516,000
Fair Value	3,353,000	3,105,000
Ares Management L.P
Assets
Notional amount, assets	80,239,000	409,018,000
Fair Value	9,247,000	5,682,000
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	175,453,000	11,011,000
Fair Value	6,581,000	328,000
Derivative liability, amount offset	6,600,000	300,000
Ares Management L.P | Foreign currency forward contracts
Assets
Notional amount, assets	80,239,000	409,018,000
Fair Value	9,247,000	5,682,000
Liabilities
Notional amount, liabilities	175,453,000	11,011,000
Fair Value	$ 6,581,000	$ 328,000