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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
WC
176
Waterloo Capital
Texas
$3.14M
CSA
177
Cornerstone Select Advisors
Missouri
$3.13M
NA
178
NewEdge Advisors
Louisiana
$3.13M
CWP
179
Curated Wealth Partners
California
$3.1M
IP
180
Intellectus Partners
California
$3.04M
BCI
181
Brinker Capital Investments
Pennsylvania
$3.02M
GFL
182
Granite FO LLC
New Hampshire
$3.02M
UIC
183
Uniplan Investment Counsel
Wisconsin
$3.02M
CA
184
Cornerstone Advisory
Maryland
$2.95M
HWAM
185
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management
New Jersey
$2.95M
SCI
186
Stableford Capital II
Arizona
$2.95M
CTI
187
Community Trust & Investment
Kentucky
$2.93M
Comerica Bank
188
Comerica Bank
Texas
$2.93M
Squarepoint
189
Squarepoint
New York
$2.92M
BCV
190
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Switzerland
$2.91M
USCWA
191
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors
Texas
$2.87M
ATC
192
Argent Trust Co
Tennessee
$2.84M
TFCM
193
Taylor Frigon Capital Management
Arizona
$2.81M
FFA
194
Farther Finance Advisors
California
$2.79M
IC
195
IEQ Capital
California
$2.77M
TW
196
ticino wealth
California
$2.69M
AWA
197
Arkadios Wealth Advisors
Georgia
$2.65M
Aberdeen Group
198
Aberdeen Group
United Kingdom
$2.64M
LFG
199
Larson Financial Group
Missouri
$2.64M
Truist Financial
200
Truist Financial
North Carolina
$2.63M