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 ($5.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 55.5m as of 2024-02-26, 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 ≈ $87.15. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($27.2m notional), 8 hold puts ($11.7m).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 249 |
| Q4 2022 | 264 |
| Q1 2023 | 264 |
| Q2 2023 | 264 |
| Q3 2023 | 256 |
| Q4 2023 | 281 |
| Q1 2024 | 333 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 125 | 121 |
| Q1 2023 | 121 | 131 |
| Q2 2023 | 117 | 129 |
| Q3 2023 | 99 | 142 |
| Q4 2023 | 112 | 130 |
| Q1 2024 | 167 | 142 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $13.5m | $2.9m | 0.21 |
| Q3 2023 | $12.9m | $4.1m | 0.32 |
| Q4 2023 | $32.4m | $8.9m | 0.27 |
| Q1 2024 | $27.2m | $11.7m | 0.43 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.6m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +909.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +740.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +677.1k |
| Cerity Partners LLC | New | +474.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +470.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +459.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +332.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +244.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +146.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -627.6k |
| M Holdings Securities, Inc. | Sold out | -283.1k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC | Reduced | -235.8k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -174.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -160.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -144.3k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -137.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -130.7k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | Sold out | -96.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Reduced | -88.0k |
Biggest calls
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $11.1m127.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.7m53.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.9m45.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $3.0m34.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.3m26.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $872.5k10.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $549.7k6.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $366.4k4.2k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $244.3k2.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $130.9k1.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.1m47.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $3.4m39.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.9m21.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.4m16.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $392.6k4.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $314.1k3.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $113.4k1.3k 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 Q1 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.9m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $292.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.8m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.3m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $5.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-20 | FREDERICO DOMINIC President/CEO/Deputy Chairman, director | Sold | $5.1m55.0k 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, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.0m $610.5m | Reduced -51.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.6m $573.5m | Reduced -37.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 5.0m $435.5m | Reduced -160.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.2m $369.6m | Reduced -63.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $176.4m | Reduced -24.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $166.8m | Added +470.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.7m $152.0m | Added +1.6m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.0m $88.7m | Reduced -144.3k |
| KAHN BROTHERS GROUP INC 12.56% of their portfolio | 970.6k $84.7m | Reduced -16.8k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.35% of their portfolio | 921.1k $80.4m | Reduced -137.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.07% of their portfolio | 910.7k $79.5m | Added +677.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.13% of their portfolio | 909.2k $79.3m | New |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 3.16% of their portfolio | 890.5k $77.7m | Reduced -3.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 837.6k $73.1m | Added +12.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 743.2k $64.8m | Added +740.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 739.5k $64.5m | Added +332.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.57% of their portfolio | 730.7k $63.8m | Reduced -88.0k |
| Boston Partners 0.07% of their portfolio | 655.9k $56.3m | Reduced -16.1k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 636.3k $55.5m | Added +5.8k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 611.3k $53.3m | Added +55.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 532.4k $46.5m | Added +459.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 504.3k $44.0m | Added +244.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 498.2k $43.5m | Added +130.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 493.6k $43.1m | Added +63.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 481.3k $42.0m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 474.7k $41.4m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 460.4k $40.2m | Reduced -27.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 377.1k $32.9m | Reduced -30.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 371.3k $32.4m | Added +146.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 362.7k $31.6m | Added +35.3k |
| Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co 2.05% of their portfolio | 301.1k $26.3m | Reduced -9 |
| LRI Investments, LLC 6.23% of their portfolio | 282.9k $24.7m | First filing |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 282.1k $24.6m | Reduced -128 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 278.9k $24.3m | Reduced -26.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 243.6k $21.3m | Added +76.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 241.9k $21.1m | Reduced -130.7k |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC 2.42% of their portfolio | 240.0k $20.9m | Reduced -50.0k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC 4.01% of their portfolio | 219.9k $19.2m | Reduced -235.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.9k $17.0m | Reduced -57.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 190.4k $16.6m | Reduced -15.6k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 159.9k $14.0m | Reduced -1.4k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 156.7k $13.4m | Added +7.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 151.6k $13.2m | Reduced -47.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.6k $12.4m | Reduced -11.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 140.5k $12.3m | Reduced -85.8k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.73% of their portfolio | 139.6k $12.2m | Reduced -42.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.3k $12.1m | Reduced -15.0k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 136.6k $11.9m | Added +10.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 124.4k $10.9m | Added +48.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 119.5k $10.4m | Reduced -17.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.7k $10.2m | Added +8.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.5k $9.9m | Reduced -319 |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.07% of their portfolio | 111.4k $9.7m | Reduced -1.4k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.9k $9.7m | Reduced -430 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.3k $9.4m | Reduced -2.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 106.3k $9.3m | Added +99.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 101.7k $8.9m | Added +98.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 96.5k $8.4m | Reduced -23.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.5k $7.8m | Added +11.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 87.0k $7.6m | Added +15.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.3k $4.3m | Added +5.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.0k $7.5m | Reduced -7.5k |
| Point72 Hong Kong Ltd 0.36% of their portfolio | 82.9k $7.2m | Added +82.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.5k $6.4m | Reduced -1.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.2k $5.7m | Reduced -15.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.9k $5.7m | Reduced -364 |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 0.82% of their portfolio | 64.8k $5.7m | Reduced -14.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.8k $5.3m | Added +57.9k |
| STRS OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.3k $4.9m | Reduced -298 |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.9k $4.9m | Added +28.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.5k $4.8m | Reduced -5.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.1k $4.7m | Added +31.7k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 49.4k $4.3m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.0k $4.3m | New |
| Sapience Investments, LLC 1.40% of their portfolio | 48.4k $4.2m | Reduced -38.1k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 47.6k $4.2m | Added +638 |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.7k $3.5m | Added +37.0k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 44.3k $3.9m | New |
| Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 42.6k $3.7m | Unchanged |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.10% of their portfolio | 42.0k $3.7m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.3k $3.5m | Added +29.1k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.14% of their portfolio | 40.1k $3.5m | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.6k $3.5m | Added +23.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.5k $3.4m | Reduced -6.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.1k $3.2m | Reduced -3.3k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.9k $3.0m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.5k $2.9m | Added +8.6k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 33.1k $2.9m | Reduced -327 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.0k $2.9m | Reduced -6.2k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 32.7k $2.9m | Added +32.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.3k $2.8m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $2.8m | Reduced -7.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.3k $2.7m | Added +302 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.04% of their portfolio | 31.0k $2.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.1k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.05% of their portfolio | 26.9k $2.3m | Reduced -300 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.7k $2.2m | Reduced -2 |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.7k $2.2m | Reduced -1.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 25.0k $2.2m | New |
| YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 24.6k $2.1m | Reduced -3.6k |