Ares Acquisition Corp. II
13F holders, Q4 2024 (December 31)57holders +9
10new positions
1sold out
2famous investors
$10.98avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q4 2024, 57 institutions reported holding Ares Acquisition Corp. II in their 13F filings, up 9 from Q3 2024. 10 opened new positions and 1 sold out. The largest holders were First Trust Capital Management L.P. ($48.4M), Westchester Capital Management, LLC ($34.0M) and AQR Arbitrage LLC ($33.5M). 2 famous investors held it, including 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 Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 10 | $32.0M |
| Exits | 1 | $11.1M |
All 13F filers, Q3 2024 → Q4 2024: 4,983,881 shares bought and 2,761,395 shares sold, net +2,222,486 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 57 holders
| First Trust Capital Management L.P. | 3.70% | Add +0.7% | 4,410,056 | $48.4M |
| Westchester Capital Management, LLC | 2.03% | No change | 3,098,687 | $34.0M |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | 1.41% | Reduce -12.8% | 3,050,702 | $33.5M |
| Schechter Investment Advisors, LLC | 2.55% | Reduce -11.1% | 3,028,781 | $33.3M |
| Karpus Management, Inc. | 0.96% | Reduce -0.8% | 2,948,054 | $32.4M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.03% | Add +2.5% | 2,475,000 | $27.2M |
| Linden Advisors LP | 7.97% | No change | 2,200,000 | $24.2M |
| Sculptor Capital LP | 0.55% | Add +295.7% | 2,086,921 | $22.9M |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 0.83% | No change | 1,984,000 | $21.8M |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 0.04% | New | 1,959,855 | $21.5M |
| Aristeia Capital, L.L.C. | 1.43% | No change | 1,910,342 | $21.0M |
| Berkley W R Corp. | 1.00% | Add +6.6% | 1,608,763 | $17.7M |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 0.30% | No change | 1,394,317 | $15.3M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.03% | No change | 1,125,000 | $12.4M |
| HGC Investment Management Inc. | 4.63% | No change | 981,504 | $10.8M |
| Glazer Capital, LLC | 0.78% | Reduce -3.8% | 889,868 | $9.8M |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 0.67% | Add +17.7% | 808,594 | $8.9M |
| Wealthspring Capital LLC | 10.55% | Reduce -21.3% | 632,696 | $6.9M |
| Gritstone Asset Management LLC | 6.81% | — | 577,668 | $6.3M |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 1.50% | Add +55.0% | 523,243 | $5.7M |
| Moore Capital Management, LP | 0.11% | No change | 500,000 | $5.5M |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | 0.05% | No change | 500,000 | $5.5M |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 0.04% | No change | 500,000 | $5.5M |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC | 0.33% | No change | 497,596 | $5.5M |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 0.03% | No change | 470,000 | $5.2M |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS | 0.03% | No change | 401,000 | $4.4M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.01% | No change | 400,000 | $4.4M |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | No change | 400,000 | $4.4M |
| Periscope Capital Inc. | 3.22% | Reduce -36.4% | 350,000 | $3.8M |
| Rivernorth Capital Management, LLC | 0.18% | Reduce -16.6% | 333,769 | $3.7M |
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | 0.06% | New | 323,950 | $3.5M |
| Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP | 0.43% | No change | 300,000 | $3.3M |
| Radcliffe Capital Management, L.P. | 26.16% | No change | 200,000 | $2.2M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | New | 190,776 | $2.1M |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) | 0.05% | No change | 165,422 | $1.8M |
| ADAR1 Capital Management, LLC | 0.33% | No change | 138,966 | $1.5M |
| Dupont Capital Management Corp. | 0.13% | New | 125,000 | $1.4M |
| FNY Investment Advisers, LLC | 0.58% | New | 101,100 | $1.1M |
| TENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Co., L.P. | 1.09% | No change | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P. | 0.28% | No change | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| Deltec Asset Management LLC | 0.22% | No change | 100,000 | $1.1M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.00% | New | 80,383 | $883K |
| BCK Capital Management LP | 0.59% | No change | 74,267 | $815K |
| Fir Tree Capital Management LP | 1.77% | Reduce -1.6% | 68,600 | $753K |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0.00% | New | 62,235 | $683K |
| Corsair Capital Management, L.P. | 0.12% | New | 51,503 | $566K |
| K2 Principal Fund, L.P. | 0.27% | Reduce -50.8% | 50,000 | $549K |
| Kepos Capital LP | 0.33% | Reduce -90.7% | 35,000 | $384K |
| Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. | 0.03% | No change | 31,590 | $347K |
| Condor Capital Management | 0.03% | Reduce -24.4% | 27,298 | $300K |
| Robinson Capital Management, LLC | 0.11% | Reduce -22.9% | 25,638 | $282K |
| StoneX Group Inc. | 0.02% | New | 25,013 | $275K |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 0.01% | Add +4.2% | 22,710 | $249K |
| TrueMark Investments, LLC | 0.06% | No change | 18,471 | $203K |
| Tidal Investments LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -35.8% | 13,638 | $150K |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Add +24983.3% | 6,020 | $66K |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | New | 100 | $1K |
"% 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.