FAIR VALUE - Schedule of Quantitative Inputs and Assumptions used for Level III Inputs (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Consolidated Funds
Assets
Equity securities	$ 1,861,146	$ 1,240,653
Fixed income investments	8,876,318	11,718,445
Total assets, at fair value	12,740,839	14,610,713
Liabilities
Derivative instruments	(4,734)	(10,782)
Total liabilities, at fair value	(9,676,923)	(12,356,439)
Consolidated Funds  | Level III
Assets
Equity securities	1,829,928	1,190,400
Fixed income investments	593,817	740,113
Total assets, at fair value	2,423,745	1,930,513
Liabilities
Derivative instruments	(1,846)	(1,291)
Total liabilities, at fair value	(1,846)	(1,291)
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach
Assets
Fixed income investments	284,950
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Equity Securities One
Assets
Equity securities	835,432	537,733
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Equity Securities Two
Assets
Equity securities	$ 8,598	3,909
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Fixed Income Investments One
Assets
Fixed income investments		188,322
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Fixed Income Investments Two
Assets
Fixed income investments		$ 2,974
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments	0.074
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Minimum | Fixed Income Investments One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		0.083
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Maximum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments	0.286
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Maximum | Fixed Income Investments One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		0.241
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments	0.099
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Weighted Average | Fixed Income Investments One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		0.122
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Minimum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.0	1.0
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Maximum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.7	1.7
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Weighted Average | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.4	1.3
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Minimum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	5.6	4.5
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Minimum | Fixed Income Investments Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		4.5
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Maximum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	34.6	32.4
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Maximum | Fixed Income Investments Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		32.4
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Weighted Average | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	10.7	8.9
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Market approach | EBITDA multiple | Weighted Average | Fixed Income Investments Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		9.0
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Other
Assets
Equity securities	$ 789	$ 177
Fixed income investments	192	449
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Discounted cash flow
Assets
Equity securities	$ 985,109	648,581
Fixed income investments		$ 104
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Fixed income investments		0.123
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.100	0.100
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Maximum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.200	0.160
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.130	13
Fixed income investments		0.123
Consolidated Funds  | Level III  | Broker quotes and/or 3rd party pricing services
Assets
Fixed income investments	$ 308,675	$ 548,264
Liabilities
Derivative instruments	(1,846)	(1,291)
Ares Management L.P
Assets
Equity securities	515,216	499,063
Total assets, at fair value	1,632,095	632,773
Liabilities
Contingent consideration	17,550
Total liabilities, at fair value	(17,766)	(2,645)
Ares Management L.P | Level III
Assets
Equity securities	411,179	412,491
Total assets, at fair value	453,012	538,785
Liabilities
Contingent consideration	17,550
Total liabilities, at fair value	$ (17,550)	0
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Volatility | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Contingent consideration	0.111
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Volatility | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Contingent consideration	0.111
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Transaction Price
Assets
Equity securities	$ 168,387	131,864
Fixed income investments	22,283	83,000
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach
Assets
Equity securities	100,000
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Equity Securities One
Assets
Equity securities	57,659	118,846
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Equity Securities Two
Assets
Equity securities	56,918	$ 6,447
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Equity Securities Three
Assets
Equity securities	$ 8,489
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.080
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Yield | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.080
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Minimum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.0	1.3
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Minimum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.2
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Maximum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.1	1.6
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Maximum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.7
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Weighted Average | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.0	1.5
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Multiple of book value | Weighted Average | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	1.4
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Earnings multiple | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities		15.4
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Earnings multiple | Equity Securities Three
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	15.4
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Earnings multiple | Weighted Average | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities		15.4
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Market approach | Earnings multiple | Weighted Average | Equity Securities Three
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	15.4
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Other
Assets
Equity securities		$ 874
Fixed income investments	$ 510	22,495
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Option pricing model
Assets
Equity securities	$ 19,205
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Option pricing model | Volatility
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.350
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Option pricing model | Volatility | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.350
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow
Assets
Equity securities		$ 154,460
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Equity Securities Two
Assets
Equity securities	$ 521
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities		20
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Minimum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.100
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Minimum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.185
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Maximum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities		0.300
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Maximum | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.140
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Maximum | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.215
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities		25
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Weighted Average | Equity Securities One
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.120
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | Weighted Average | Equity Securities Two
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Equity securities	0.200
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Broker quotes and/or 3rd party pricing services
Assets
Fixed income investments	$ 19,040	$ 20,799
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Monte Carlo simulation
Liabilities
Contingent consideration	$ 17,550
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Monte Carlo simulation | Discount rate | Minimum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Contingent consideration	0.066
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Monte Carlo simulation | Discount rate | Maximum
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Contingent consideration	0.069
Ares Management L.P | Level III  | Monte Carlo simulation | Discount rate | Weighted Average
Significant Unobservable Input(s)
Contingent consideration	0.068