Ares Acquisition Corp. II
13F holders, Q2 2025 (June 30)At the end of Q2 2025, 60 institutions reported holding Ares Acquisition Corp. II in their 13F filings, up 3 from Q1 2025. 24 opened new positions and 20 sold out. The largest holders were Meteora Capital, LLC ($54.9M), Fort Baker Capital Management LP ($51.4M) and Westchester Capital Management, LLC ($43.4M). 4 famous investors held it, including George Soros (0.3% of Soros Fund Management's portfolio), David E. Shaw (0.0% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio) and Israel Englander (0.0% of Millennium Management's portfolio).
- Company
- Ares Acquisition Corp. II
- CUSIP
- G33033104
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2025
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 24 | $50.0M |
| Exits | 20 | $68.0M |
All 13F filers, Q1 2025 → Q2 2025: 13,975,282 shares bought and 11,927,526 shares sold, net +2,047,756 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 60 holders
| Meteora Capital, LLC | 10.57% | Add +190.1% | 4,845,228 | $54.9M |
| Fort Baker Capital Management LP | 9.03% | Reduce -4.8% | 4,537,487 | $51.4M |
| Westchester Capital Management, LLC | 2.54% | Reduce -3.1% | 3,827,254 | $43.4M |
| Berkley W R Corp. | 2.47% | Add +452.9% | 3,513,649 | $39.8M |
| First Trust Capital Management L.P. | 1.99% | Add +34.2% | 2,604,010 | $29.5M |
| Linden Advisors LP | 2.62% | No change | 2,200,000 | $24.9M |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 1.66% | Add +155.6% | 2,023,711 | $22.9M |
| Sculptor Capital LP | 0.59% | Reduce -4.2% | 2,000,000 | $22.7M |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | 0.79% | Reduce -34.7% | 1,875,229 | $21.2M |
| Aristeia Capital, L.L.C. | 1.03% | Reduce -5.9% | 1,798,169 | $20.4M |
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | 0.42% | — | 1,765,354 | $19.9M |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 0.22% | Reduce -30.2% | 1,384,000 | $15.7M |
| Soros Fund Management | 0.27% | New | 900,000 | $10.2M |
| Decagon Asset Management LLP | 8.04% | New | 894,668 | $10.1M |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 0.26% | Reduce -50.4% | 691,482 | $7.8M |
| Glazer Capital, LLC | 0.31% | Reduce -6.3% | 655,864 | $7.4M |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 0.02% | Add +484.8% | 643,243 | $7.3M |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 0.05% | Add +56.3% | 625,000 | $7.1M |
| Moore Capital Management, LP | 0.12% | No change | 500,000 | $5.7M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.01% | Reduce -79.8% | 500,000 | $5.7M |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 0.15% | No change | 497,596 | $5.6M |
| DLD Asset Management, LP | 2.64% | Reduce -25.0% | 480,798 | $5.4M |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 1.38% | Reduce -4.0% | 479,272 | $5.4M |
| Governors Lane LP | 0.63% | New | 400,000 | $4.5M |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | Reduce -11.5% | 353,929 | $4.0M |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | 0.00% | New | 325,464 | $3.7M |
| Amova Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 0.04% | New | 325,464 | $3.7M |
| Logan Stone Capital, LLC | 1.68% | New | 315,275 | $3.6M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | New | 300,000 | $3.4M |
| Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP | 0.89% | No change | 300,000 | $3.4M |
| K2 Principal Fund, L.P. | 1.38% | Add +1406.7% | 282,079 | $3.2M |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0.00% | Add +438.6% | 223,697 | $2.5M |
| Rivernorth Capital Management, LLC | 0.14% | Reduce -33.6% | 221,607 | $2.5M |
| FNY Investment Advisers, LLC | 0.99% | Add +81.3% | 202,396 | $2.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -52.9% | 188,306 | $2.1M |
| Quarry LP | 0.48% | New | 176,908 | $2.0M |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 0.10% | Add +214.7% | 163,906 | $1.9M |
| Deltec Asset Management LLC | 0.30% | Add +50.0% | 150,000 | $1.7M |
| Highbridge Capital Management LLC | 0.25% | New | 141,800 | $1.6M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Add +1906.5% | 141,499 | $1.6M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -32.1% | 129,440 | $1.5M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.00% | New | 112,470 | $1.3M |
| Periscope Capital Inc. | 0.45% | Reduce -51.2% | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| Shaolin Capital Management LLC | 0.30% | New | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.00% | New | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| BCK Capital Management LP | 0.91% | Add +25.0% | 92,834 | $1.1M |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0.02% | New | 76,373 | $865K |
| StoneX Group Inc. | 0.03% | New | 50,000 | $567K |
| Militia Capital Partners, LP | 0.22% | New | 41,100 | $466K |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.00% | New | 40,063 | $454K |
| Bluefin Capital Management, LLC | 0.36% | New | 40,000 | $453K |
| HRT Financial LP | 0.00% | New | 25,460 | $288K |
| Fifth Lane Capital, LP | 0.28% | New | 20,001 | $227K |
| Sage Advisors, LLC | 0.13% | New | 15,643 | $177K |
| Rangeley Capital, LLC | 0.18% | New | 11,920 | $135K |
| Clear Street LLC | 0.00% | New | 3,500 | $40K |
| Group One Trading LLC | 0.00% | New | 885 | $10K |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | No change | 100 | $1K |
| Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd | 0.00% | New | 83 | $940 |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 0.00% | No change | 1 | $11 |
"% of holder's portfolio" is ARES ACQUISITION CORP II's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Ares Acquisition Corp. II the manager owns.