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 ($2.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 52.6m as of 2024-08-06, 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 ≈ $77.17. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($19.5m notional), 7 hold puts ($8.6m).
Trends to Q2 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 |
| Q2 2024 | 324 |
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 155 | 162 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $12.9m | $4.1m | 0.32 |
| Q4 2023 | $32.4m | $8.9m | 0.27 |
| Q1 2024 | $27.2m | $11.7m | 0.43 |
| Q2 2024 | $19.5m | $8.6m | 0.44 |
Biggest buyers
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +403.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +299.7k |
| Amundi | Added | +257.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | +227.2k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +223.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +184.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +166.4k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC | Added | +158.6k |
| GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | New | +137.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Added | +136.1k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -976.7k |
| KAHN BROTHERS GROUP INC | Reduced | -669.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -638.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -567.6k |
| Cerity Partners LLC | Reduced | -392.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -371.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -267.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -142.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Sold out | -101.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.7m74.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.7m47.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.8m36.4k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $2.3m30.0k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | New | $1.7m22.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $1.7m21.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $879.5k11.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $478.3k6.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $146.6k1.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $84.9k1.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.3m42.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.2m41.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.0m13.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $516.0k6.7k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | New | $370.3k4.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $216.0k2.8k 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 Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $5.8m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-20 | FREDERICO DOMINIC President/CEO/Deputy Chairman, director | Sold | $3.1m40.0k shares |
| 2024-05-09 | Bailenson Robert Chief Operating Officer | Sold | $2.4m30.0k shares |
| 2024-05-09 | Bieling Laura Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $311.8k3.9k 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, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.6m $511.1m | Reduced -371.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.6m $510.1m | Added +38.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.0m $382.9m | Reduced -28.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.2m $325.0m | Reduced -23.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $149.6m | Reduced -83.0k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.1m $88.3m | Added +223.4k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 923.5k $71.2m | Reduced -93.5k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 2.91% of their portfolio | 906.6k $69.9m | Added +16.1k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.63% of their portfolio | 866.8k $66.9m | Added +136.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 844.9k $65.2m | Added +7.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 765.3k $59.0m | Reduced -976.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 744.5k $57.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 678.2k $52.3m | Added +184.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 662.4k $51.1m | Added +299.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.04% of their portfolio | 643.5k $49.6m | Reduced -267.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 642.8k $49.6m | Reduced -96.8k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 640.1k $49.4m | Added +3.8k |
| Boston Partners 0.06% of their portfolio | 622.7k $48.4m | Reduced -33.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 584.6k $45.1m | Reduced -26.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 504.9k $39.0m | Reduced -27.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 495.2k $38.2m | Added +13.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 488.8k $37.7m | Reduced -9.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 443.0k $34.2m | Added +71.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 442.8k $34.2m | Reduced -17.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 432.3k $33.4m | Added +55.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 425.7k $32.8m | Added +403.2k |
| Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC 6.80% of their portfolio | 378.5k $29.2m | Added +158.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 361.5k $27.9m | Reduced -142.8k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 303.4k $23.7m | Added +257.7k |
| KAHN BROTHERS GROUP INC 3.90% of their portfolio | 301.1k $23.2m | Reduced -669.5k |
| Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co 1.72% of their portfolio | 301.1k $23.2m | Unchanged |
| LRI Investments, LLC 2.57% of their portfolio | 292.9k $22.6m | Added +10.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 288.1k $22.2m | Added +227.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 285.2k $22.0m | Added +6.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 272.7k $21.0m | Added +166.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 271.2k $20.9m | Reduced -638.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 255.5k $19.7m | Added +11.9k |
| Long Focus Capital Management, LLC 2.03% of their portfolio | 255.0k $19.7m | Added +15.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.7k $17.0m | Reduced -61.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.1k $16.8m | Reduced -24.8k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 190.8k $14.7m | Reduced -4.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 175.6k $13.5m | Reduced -567.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.6k $13.2m | Reduced -18.7k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 170.6k $13.3m | Added +13.9k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 154.4k $11.9m | Added +17.8k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 152.5k $11.8m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 150.1k $11.6m | Added +30.5k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.70% of their portfolio | 148.6k $11.5m | Added +9.0k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 141.8k $10.9m | Added +54.8k |
| GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 0.88% of their portfolio | 137.3k $10.6m | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.6k $10.2m | Reduced -7.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 132.2k $10.2m | Reduced -9.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 126.7k $9.8m | Added +94.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.1k $9.6m | Reduced -14.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.7k $9.2m | Added +2.0k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.06% of their portfolio | 113.8k $8.8m | Added +2.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.7k $8.6m | Added +22.1k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 108.4k $8.4m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 103.7k $8.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.9k $7.9m | Reduced -11.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.4k $7.3m | Added +29.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.4k $7.1m | Reduced -5.1k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.0k $6.6m | Added +9 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 82.9k $6.4m | Added +42.7k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 82.0k $6.3m | Reduced -392.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.8k $6.2m | Reduced -44.6k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.3k $5.8m | Reduced -76.2k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 71.2k $5.5m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.5k $5.4m | Reduced -15.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.9k $5.4m | Added +20.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.6k $5.3m | Added +14.5k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.1k $5.3m | Reduced -5.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.2k $5.0m | Reduced -696 |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.13% of their portfolio | 60.0k $4.6m | Added +18.0k |
| STRS OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.9k $4.4m | Added +580 |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp 1.63% of their portfolio | 55.8k $4.3m | Reduced -9.0k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.2k $4.1m | Reduced -2.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 52.7k $4.1m | Added +20.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.5k $4.0m | Reduced -3.0k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.0k $3.9m | New |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.18% of their portfolio | 47.9k $3.7m | Added +42.6k |
| Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 44.8k $3.5m | Added +2.2k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.24% of their portfolio | 41.5k $3.2m | Added +30.7k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.11% of their portfolio | 40.1k $3.1m | Unchanged |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.3k $3.0m | Added +31.2k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $2.9m | Reduced -1.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.1k $2.9m | Unchanged |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.0k $2.6m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.6k $2.4m | Reduced -1.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.1k $2.4m | Reduced -211 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.04% of their portfolio | 30.6k $2.4m | Reduced -459 |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 30.4k $2.3m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Sapience Investments, LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 29.5k $2.3m | Reduced -18.9k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.6k $2.1m | Added +8.3k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.4k $2.0m | Added +2.9k |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 26.0k $2.0m | Reduced -900 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $2.0m | Reduced -2.6k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $2.0m | Reduced -283 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.2k $1.9m | Added +13.0k |
| De Lisle Partners LLP 0.41% of their portfolio | 24.6k $1.9m | New |