Naseem Sagati Aghili, who serves as General Counsel at Ares Management Corp (NASDAQ:ARES), executed a block of stock sales on January 22, 2026, disposing of 1,849 shares of the firm’s Class A common stock for a combined value of $299238. The disposition unfolded across three discrete transactions, with sale prices quoted between $161.36 and $163.94 per share.
The breakdown of the trades is as follows:
- 1,249 shares sold at $161.36 per share.
- 400 shares sold at $162.28 per share.
- 200 shares sold at $163.94 per share.
After these transactions, Sagati Aghili directly holds 254,671 shares of Ares Management common stock. The sales were executed pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan that the executive adopted on June 11, 2025, indicating the trades were pre-scheduled under the plan’s parameters.
Alongside the insider sale, Ares Management disclosed several material strategic developments. The firm raised roughly $7.1 billion for its Credit Secondaries strategy, marking what the company described as its largest inaugural institutional fundraise to date. This total includes the final closing of the Ares Credit Secondaries Fund, which garnered about $4 billion in limited partner equity commitments, exceeding a stated target of $2 billion.
On the real estate and infrastructure front, Ares has expanded its data center footprint by acquiring a 314-acre development site in Northern Virginia. The property will be developed and operated by Ada Infrastructure, Ares’ data center platform. The first phase of the planned development is expected to include two data center buildings designed to support a combined 200 MW IT load capacity.
In a separate corporate move noted in the disclosures, Automated Industrial Robotics Inc. (AIR) completed the acquisition of KAON Automation, an Ireland-based firm. The transaction was presented as an enhancement to AIR’s capabilities within the medical and life sciences sectors.
Market coverage of Ares has been updated by UBS, which resumed coverage with a Neutral rating and noted that the company’s growth engines and platform appear reflected in the current valuation. Ares was also recently added to the S&P 500, taking the slot of Kellanova, which is being acquired by Mars Inc. Collectively, the disclosed transactions and strategic initiatives outline a series of concurrent moves across fundraising, infrastructure development, and industry repositioning.
The information above is presented as reported in the company disclosures and related notices. The 10b5-1 designation for the insider sale, the fundraising totals, the specifics of the Northern Virginia site, the AIR acquisition of KAON Automation, and UBS’s coverage stance are taken from those disclosures and announcements.