ASSURED GUARANTY LTD AGO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP G0585R106
- SectorFinancials
- IndustrySurety Insurance
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 59.1m as of 2023-02-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $62.25. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($13.9m notional), 8 hold puts ($6.9m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 249 |
| Q4 2022 | 264 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $6.9m | $7.7m | 1.11 |
| Q4 2022 | $13.9m | $6.9m | 0.49 |
Biggest buyers
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +151.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +110.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +92.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +88.3k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | New | +78.5k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +74.5k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP | New | +65.5k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | New | +60.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | New | +60.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Added | +56.7k |
Biggest sellers
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Sold out | -324.5k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | Sold out | -206.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -190.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -125.8k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. | Sold out | -117.2k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC | Reduced | -108.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -92.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -88.0k |
| Candriam S.C.A. | Reduced | -66.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.5m71.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.5m56.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.0m32.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.3m20.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $1.2m19.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.0m16.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $379.8k6.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $2.4m38.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.3m36.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.2m18.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $435.8k7.0k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $348.7k5.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $292.6k4.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $6.0k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-18 | 11.0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 8.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP (1.3%, 2026-02-10)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.1m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $7.8m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.9m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $292.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.3m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-01 | Albert Howard Chief Risk Officer | Sold | $2.3m35.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.2m $510.4m | Reduced -88.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.2m $447.9m | Reduced -125.8k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 5.9m $370.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.4m $335.8m | Reduced -190.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.4m $271.8m | Added +88.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $133.2m | Reduced -37.2k |
| KAHN BROTHERS GROUP INC 10.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $76.7m | Reduced -21.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.2m $75.7m | Reduced -33.7k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.1m $69.9m | Added +74.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 792.1k $49.3m | Added +13.0k |
| Boston Partners 0.06% of their portfolio | 712.9k $44.3m | Added +15.8k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 2.27% of their portfolio | 672.3k $41.9m | Reduced -7.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 617.7k $38.5m | Reduced -23.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 587.2k $36.6m | Added +32.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 561.4k $35.0m | Reduced -25.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 524.3k $32.6m | Added +31.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 491.4k $30.6m | Added +56.7k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC 8.69% of their portfolio | 436.8k $27.2m | Reduced -108.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 423.7k $26.4m | Added +110.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 413.2k $25.7m | Reduced -6.5k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.26% of their portfolio | 403.9k $25.1m | Reduced -35.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 334.8k $20.8m | Added +92.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 329.5k $20.5m | Reduced -7.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 306.9k $19.1m | Reduced -34.0k |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC 3.05% of their portfolio | 297.0k $18.5m | Reduced -15.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 294.5k $18.3m | Reduced -23.4k |
| M Holdings Securities, Inc. 1.82% of their portfolio | 276.7k $17.2m | Unchanged |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 272.8k $17.0m | Reduced -58.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 254.6k $15.9m | Reduced -5.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 236.2k $14.6m | Reduced -8.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.1k $14.2m | Added +1.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 212.0k $13.2m | Added +43.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 211.1k $13.1m | Added +151.8k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 191.6k $11.9m | Added +38.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.1k $10.8m | Added +4.8k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.4k $10.5m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 165.9k $10.3m | Added +46.6k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 164.1k $10.2m | Reduced -5.3k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.07% of their portfolio | 163.6k $10.2m | Reduced -66.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.3k $10.0m | Reduced -4.8k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 158.2k $9.8m | Reduced -21.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.0k $9.8m | Added +1.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 142.1k $8.8m | Reduced -2.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 132.7k $8.3m | Added +5.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.7k $8.2m | Added +13.8k |
| TEGEAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 14.04% of their portfolio | 130.4k $8.1m | Reduced -19.6k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 129.0k $8.0m | Added +51.3k |
| Sapience Investments, LLC 1.47% of their portfolio | 112.2k $7.0m | Reduced -12.5k |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 1.12% of their portfolio | 110.7k $6.9m | Reduced -8.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.1k $6.9m | Added +14.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.05% of their portfolio | 109.1k $6.8m | Reduced -4.4k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.1k $5.9m | Added +237 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.0k $5.7m | Reduced -2.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.7k $5.6m | Added +1.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.3k $5.4m | Unchanged |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.7k $5.3m | Reduced -10.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.3k $5.2m | Reduced -36.4k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 82.8k $5.2m | Added +18.8k |
| STRS OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 81.6k $5.1m | Added +10.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.2k $5.0m | Reduced -20.2k |
| NFC Investments, LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 80.0k $5.0m | Unchanged |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 78.5k $4.8m | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.4k $4.7m | Added +32.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.1k $4.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 74.0k $4.6m | Reduced -8.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.8k $4.3m | Added +1.7k |
| Nicholas Investment Partners, LP 0.36% of their portfolio | 65.5k $4.1m | New |
| COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS 0.03% of their portfolio | 64.2k $4.0m | Added +7.8k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.8k $3.8m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.7k $3.8m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 56.7k $3.5m | Added +491 |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 51.9k $3.2m | Reduced -26.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.5k $2.8m | Reduced -54.9k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 44.9k $2.7m | Reduced -11.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.9k $2.8m | Added +6.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 43.6k $2.7m | Added +28.9k |
| Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 43.1k $2.7m | Reduced -1.2k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 41.8k $2.6m | Reduced -1.1k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 40.3k $2.5m | Reduced -4.2k |
| YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 40.2k $2.5m | Reduced -12.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 39.7k $2.5m | Added +29.6k |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 39.5k $2.5m | Added +8.2k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.8k $2.4m | Reduced -4.1k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 37.8k $2.4m | Reduced -7.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 37.3k $2.3m | Added +1.9k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 37.3k $2.3m | Added +18.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.2k $2.3m | Added +16.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.7k $2.3m | Reduced -7.0k |
| Ergoteles LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 36.7k $2.3m | Added +8.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.1k $2.2m | Added +8.8k |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System 0.05% of their portfolio | 29.4k $1.8m | Reduced -634 |
| EJF Capital LP 0.56% of their portfolio | 28.6k $1.8m | Reduced -27.0k |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.05% of their portfolio | 28.5k $1.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.4k $1.8m | Added +3.4k |
| M&T Bank Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.4k $1.8m | Added +459 |
| J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.9k $1.7m | Added +1.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 27.6k $1.7m | Reduced -699 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $1.7m | Added +543 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.6k $1.7m | Reduced -4.2k |
| HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 26.1k $1.6m | Reduced -50 |