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Ares Capital

809 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.8B invested in Ares Capital in 2025 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 123 funds opening new positions, 292 increasing their positions, 252 reducing their positions, and 70 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:

more funds holding

Funds holding:

more ownership

Funds ownership:

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.61B → $4.8B (+$192M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1616 (0)

57% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $73.1M | Put options by funds: $171M

Holders
809
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
16
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$73.1M
Puts
$171M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$113M
2 +$66.6M
3 +$33.3M
4
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
+$32M
5
MSDF
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
New York
+$26M

Top Sellers

1 -$46.7M
2 -$36.1M
3 -$26M
4
Two Sigma Advisers
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
-$25.3M
5
MGAM
McGowan Group Asset Management
Texas
-$23.9M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
IA
801
IFS Advisors
Kansas
$606
MHIP
802
Mountain Hill Investment Partners
New Jersey
$606
PK
803
Pflug Koory
Nebraska
$544
HI
804
Horizon Investments
North Carolina
$283
DB
805
Danske Bank
Denmark
$243
TAM
806
Tucker Asset Management
Colorado
$232
DCM
807
Davis Capital Management
Florida
$212
CSB
808
City State Bank
Iowa
$40
KFG
809
Kingdom Financial Group
Arizona
$16
CIAS
810
CBIZ Investment Advisory Services
Ohio
$5
PGH
811
Partners Group Holding
Switzerland
MGAM
812
McGowan Group Asset Management
Texas
NFT
813
Nan Fung Trinity
Hong Kong
Credit Agricole
814
Credit Agricole
France
Wellington Management Group
815
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
HF
816
HRT Financial
New York
KCPG
817
Kavar Capital Partners Group
Kansas
NEAM
818
New England Asset Management
Connecticut
EAM
819
Erste Asset Management
Austria
M&T Bank
820
M&T Bank
New York
ACA
821
Aptus Capital Advisors
Alabama
PIWA
822
Prevail Innovative Wealth Advisors
Kansas
ZIG
823
Zuckerman Investment Group
Illinois
SLC
824
Second Line Capital
Louisiana
Macquarie Group
825
Macquarie Group
Australia