{"url":"https://nivawealth.com/firms/ares-commercial-real-estate-management-159050","iapdUrl":"https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/159050","regulatoryAum":32483242395,"crd":"159050","secFileNumber":"801-72879","legalName":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC","displayName":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management","website":null,"founded":null,"organization":"Delaware limited liability company","fiscalYearEnd":"December","headquarters":{"street":"1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400","city":"Los Angeles","state":"CA","stateName":"California","country":"United States","postalCode":"90067"},"tradeNames":[],"registration":{"secApproved":"14 November 2011","noticeFilings":null,"latestNoticeFiling":null},"staff":{"employees":412,"advisory":245,"brokerDealerReps":13,"insuranceAgents":0,"promoters":2},"aum":{"discretionary":29587770555,"discretionaryAccounts":9,"nonDiscretionary":2895471840,"nonDiscretionaryAccounts":2,"wrapProgram":null,"nonUsClientsPct":9,"nonAumClients":0},"clientTypes":[{"label":"Pooled investment vehicles","clients":10,"regulatoryAum":31768366395},{"label":"Insurance companies","clients":null,"regulatoryAum":714876000}],"fees":[],"feeNotes":[],"custodians":[{"name":"Wells Fargo Bank N.A.","shortName":"Wells Fargo Bank N.A.","location":"Minneapolis, MN","smaAssets":714876000}],"custodyNote":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management has custody of $30.15B for 9 clients.","otherCustodians":[],"leadership":[{"name":"Michael Arougheti","title":"Chief Executive Officer","crd":"2735734"},{"name":"Blair Jacobson","title":"Co-President","crd":"2590352"},{"name":"Taesik Yoon","title":"Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer","crd":"1994263"},{"name":"Richa Gulati","title":"Chief Compliance Officer","crd":"5502357"},{"name":"Antony Ressler","title":"Executive Chairman","crd":"1878120"},{"name":"Naseem Sagati Aghili","title":"General Counsel and Corporate Secretary","crd":"6916957"}],"ownership":[{"label":"Ares Management LLC","detail":"Sole member in the 75% or more ownership band and a control person, since July 2011."},{"label":"Ares Owners Holdings, L.P.","detail":"Indirect owner: a limited partner of Ares Holdings, L.P. in the 25% to 50% band and a control person, since May 2007.","parent":"Ares Holdings, L.P."},{"label":"Ares Holdings, L.P.","detail":"Indirect owner: a limited partner of Ares Management Holdings L.P. in the 75% or more band and a control person, since December 2010.","parent":"Ares Management Holdings L.P."},{"label":"Ares Management Holdings L.P.","detail":"Indirect owner: a member of Ares Management LLC in the 75% or more band and a control person, since December 2010.","parent":"Ares Management LLC"},{"label":"Antony Ressler","detail":"Indirect owner: a limited partner of Ares Owners Holdings, L.P. in the 25% to 50% band and a control person, since January 2002.","parent":"Ares Owners Holdings, L.P."},{"label":"Ares Holdco LLC","detail":"Indirect owner: a general partner of Ares Holdings, L.P. in the 50% to 75% band and a control person, since July 2016. 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(Minneapolis, MN), with $714,876,000. Only custodians holding at least a tenth of those assets are named.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule D, Section 5.K.(3), filed 26 August 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"custodians"}},{"question":"How many financial advisors does Ares Commercial Real Estate Management have?","answer":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management has 0 investment adviser representatives registered with state securities authorities, out of 412 employees, and 245 perform investment advisory functions. 13 are registered representatives of a broker-dealer and 0 are licensed insurance agents.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.A and 5.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"What does Ares Commercial Real Estate Management invest in?","answer":"At the end of its last fiscal year, Ares Commercial Real Estate Management’s separately managed accounts held 100% commercial real estate mortgage loans. It advises 5 private funds.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.K.(1) and 7.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}},{"question":"Who owns Ares Commercial Real Estate Management?","answer":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management is owned through a chain of holding companies by Antony Ressler and Ares Management Corporation. Its direct owner is Ares Management LLC (75% or more).","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B, filed 26 August 2026","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"scheduleA"}},{"question":"How does Ares Commercial Real Estate Management get paid?","answer":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Management is paid through a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Its Form ADV lists no commissions among how it is paid.","source":"Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.E, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file","sourceRef":{"doc":"adv1","section":"employees"}}],"holdings":null,"notice":"Compiled from public SEC Form ADV filings on the dates in `sources`. Facts as filed; not a rating, ranking, or recommendation. Niva Wealth is not affiliated with this firm. Disciplinary history is deliberately not included here or on the page; the SEC publishes the complete record at the `iapdUrl` above."}