United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Ares Management Limited
Ares Management Limited is a private limited company registered in England and managed from London. The FCA authorises it as an investment firm under FRN 455547. The FCA has also authorised it as an authorised payment institution under FRN 1017061 since May 2025, and HMRC has registered it as a money service business. Ares Management LLC wholly owns the firm, and Ares Management Corporation, which is listed on the NYSE, ultimately controls it. According to its accounts, it provides advisory and investment management services to funds managed within the Ares group. The firm has not published which payment services it provides.
Licences and registrations
Held by Ares Management Limited (LEI 549300RQPBS2YQL7GX62). 2 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 1017061 | United Kingdom | Active | 2025-05-02 | — |
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| HMRC MLR Supervised Business RegisterHMRCLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Money Service BusinessMoney Transmitter / Remittance | XRML00000205127 | United Kingdom | Active | 2025-09-09 | — |
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Trading names on the register: C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LTD (FCA-PSD, HMRC-MLR)
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ARGAGB21XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of ARGAGB21 marks a passive participant.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2016-11-05
- Last updated
- 2016-11-05
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Ares Management LLC
Firm type
Other
Trades as Ares
- Ownership
- Ares Management LLC holds 100% of the firm and is its sole shareholder, and Ares Management Corporation is the ultimate controlling party.
- Direct parent
- Ares Management LLC, United States 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Ares Management Corporation, United States
- Head office
- 10 New Burlington Street, 6th Floor, W1S 3BE London, United Kingdom (registered office: C/O Tmf Group, 13th Floor, One Angel Court, London, United Kingdom, EC2R 7HJ)
- Company register
- Companies House 05837428
- Incorporated
- 5 Jun 2006
Online
- Websites & references
- ares.com ↗
areswms.com ↗ Ares Wealth Management Solutions site carrying Ares Management Limited's UK regulatory statements
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05837428
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05837428/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05837428/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05837428/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05837428/filing-history/MzQ3OTcxOTA3MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- register.fca.org.uk/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=015b0000006CXC7
- register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000Mff3UAAR
- ares.com/us/legal-disclosures
- ares.com/us/fraud-awareness
- ares.com/us/our-strategies/ares-european-strategic-income-fund
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Management
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an investment firm (FRN 455547) and as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (FRN 1017061). HMRC supervises it for anti-money laundering purposes as a money service business.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 1017061 | In its own name | Active | ares.com ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised firm (investment management) | 455547 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| HM Revenue & Customs United Kingdom | Money Service Business (Money Transmitter / Remittance) | XRML00000205127 | In its own name | Active | — |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
According to its accounts, the firm earns investment management, incentive and agency fees from Ares funds. It has not published what its payment institution authorisation or money service business registration is used for.
The firm operates from London and states that its turnover comes from continuing activities in Europe.
- Revenue
- GBP 198.8m
- Sells to
- Other
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Kevin William Early Director
- Executive
- Blair Victor Jacobson Director
- Executive
- John Richard Atherton Director
- Executive
- John Philip Ruane Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The FCA authorised the firm as an authorised payment institution under reference 1017061.
ares.com ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed John Philip Ruane as a director, and William Stephen Benjamin resigned as a director.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ARGAGB21XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ARGABank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 21Location · passive
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300RQPBS2YQL7GX62
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 1017061
- Licence no. · HMRC-MLR
- XRML00000205127
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entries: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.
- Register-entry ID
- 05183280b120
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-money · Money service businessPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Register licences
- 2 entries on 2 registers
- Activities
- Payment services
- Money remittance
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.aresmgmt.com ↗
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BEVIS MARKS HOUSE FLOOR 6 10 NEW BURLINGTON ST LONDON W1S 3BE UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 10 NEW BURLINGTON ST FLOOR 6 LONDON LONDON W1S 3BE UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ARGAGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300RQPBS2YQL7GX62</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ARGAGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300RQPBS2YQL7GX62</LEI>
<Nm>ARES MANAGEMENT LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BEVIS MARKS HOUSE FLOOR 6 10 NEW BURLINGTON ST LONDON W1S 3BE</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- HMRC MLR Supervised Business Register—HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) · register ↗ as at 24 September 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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