FSSL · FS Specialty Lending Fund · Holdings
Institutional ownership from SEC Form 13F filings. Investment managers with more than $100 million in U.S. equities must disclose their positions every quarter, within 45 days of quarter-end, so the holdings shown can lag the market by up to a quarter.
Institutional Ownership Trend
Holder Concentration
Across 259 13F filersWho Holds FSSL
Last 4 quarters through Sep 30, 2026 (filing window open)Each kind of 13F filer's share of the common shares 13F filers report. Holder type comes from regulatory records, never the filer's name; style, turnover and horizon are measured from each filer's own 13F book. The quarter selector does not change this card.
Jun 30, 2026, the newest closed quarter: 259 filers, like-for-like change +15.0%; actively managed books +14.5%; index-like books +27.1%.
| Holder type | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered adviser | 62.5% | 182 | +11.7% |
| Adviser | 0.7% | 2 | -4.0% |
| Bank | 2.4% | 10 | +35.2% |
| Broker-dealer | 1.6% | 1 | -7.2% |
| Holding company | 5.4% | 3 | +24.9% |
| Unknown | 27.4% | 61 | +22.3% |
| Style | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index-like | 4.4% | 2 | +27.1% |
| Systematic-like | 2.0% | 3 | +84.3% |
| Concentrated | 17.6% | 80 | +13.1% |
| Diversified active | 76.0% | 174 | +13.8% |
| Unknown | 0.0% | 0 | -100.0% |
| Not measured | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| Turnover | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low turnover | 50.0% | 173 | +7.7% |
| Medium turnover | 37.5% | 51 | +22.4% |
| High turnover | 10.4% | 13 | +21.9% |
| Unknown | 2.1% | 22 | +62.1% |
| Not measured | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| Holding horizon | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short horizon | 6.4% | 27 | +7.7% |
| Medium horizon | 12.3% | 63 | +48.9% |
| Long horizon | 62.8% | 159 | +11.2% |
| Unknown | 18.4% | 10 | +13.8% |
| Not measured | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| 13F book size | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1B | 26.2% | 112 | +12.7% |
| $1B to $10B | 27.1% | 85 | +12.1% |
| $10B to $100B | 31.5% | 46 | +19.6% |
| $100B or more | 15.2% | 16 | +15.6% |
| Not measured | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| Client base | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals and high net worth | 18.6% | 160 | -0.5% |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 19.8% | 5 | +14.8% |
| Registered funds and BDCs | 19.9% | 4 | +13.2% |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 1.7% | 3 | +12.3% |
| Other investment advisers | 2.4% | 4 | +211.8% |
| Diversified | 0.1% | 4 | -3.7% |
| Insurance companies | 0.0% | 0 | -100.0% |
| Corporations | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 37.5% | 78 | +21.0% |
| Private funds | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedge funds | 31.8% | 13 | +21.8% |
| Private equity funds | 0.3% | 5 | -37.8% |
| Venture capital funds | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Real estate funds | 0.2% | 4 | -4.6% |
| Other private funds | 9.6% | 13 | +20.1% |
| Mixed private funds | 0.0% | 0 | — |
| No private funds | 20.5% | 145 | -2.5% |
| Private funds, type not stated | 0.0% | 0 | -100.0% |
| Unknown | 37.5% | 78 | +21.0% |
| Location | Share | Filers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86.9% | 251 | +12.2% |
| Outside the US | 13.1% | 8 | +37.9% |
The Sep 30, 2026 filing window is still open, so its bar carries the Jun 30, 2026 positions of filers that have not filed yet.
How the mix is measured
Shares are 13F common shares restated to today's split basis; options and principal amounts are left out. The change compares only filers with a 13F in both quarters and keeps each filer in its bucket of the later quarter on both sides; a filer that continues under a new CIK is compared through its successor. Holder type comes from each filer's current regulatory profile; client base and private funds come from the Form ADV roster current at each quarter end (rosters from December 2019, so an earlier quarter reads Unknown). Style, turnover, horizon and book size are measured from each filer's 13F book in the newest measured quarter, and Not measured means none was. Actively managed books are those measured systematic-like, concentrated or diversified active.
Excluded 4 holders with no observed 2026-03-31 13F and 5 holders with no observed 2026-06-30 13F.
Conviction and Crowding
259 13F filers, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Measured across every 13F filer's common-share book once the quarter's filing window closed. Crowding counts filers with high turnover or that advise private funds on Form ADV.
Managers in the top fifth by current three-year FundScore alpha were net buyers of $0 (0 buying, 0 selling).
Estimated Holder Cost Basis
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, on that quarter's share basisEstimated, never filed: each 13F buy is costed at its quarter's average traded price and each sale keeps the average cost, so this is what holders paid on average if they traded evenly through each quarter.
Estimated cost covers 99.0% of the 13F shares; positions already held when a filer's 13F history starts, or bought in a quarter without a trusted average price, have no estimate.
Fund Ownership of FSSL by Fund Type
Registered funds' Form N-PORT reports for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Index funds and index ETFs hold 1.79% of shares outstanding.
| Fund type | Of shares outstanding | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Index funds | 0.00% | 0 |
| Index ETFs | 1.79% | 1,358,845 |
| Active ETFs | 0.13% | 99,075 |
| Active funds | 2.46% | 1,864,770 |
| Unclassified | 0.01% | 8,644 |
| All registered funds | 4.39% | 3,331,334 |
How fund types are measured
Each fund series counts once, with its latest Form N-PORT report dated inside the quarter; only long share positions count, restated to today's split basis. The fund type is the series' latest Form N-CEN answer on or before the quarter end (the index-fund box and the exchange-traded flag), never its name. Unclassified funds have no usable N-CEN; unit investment trusts are among them, so index ownership is a floor. Funds sit inside their advisers' 13F reports, so these shares overlap the 13F figures and are never added to them.
| Holder | Value (USD) | % of 13F | Shares | Type | Filed | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | $41,467,808 | 10.53% | 3,719,086 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. Registered adviser | $32,342,392 | 8.21% | 2,900,663 | Shares | 2026-08-10 | |
| Small OAK HILL ADVISORS LP Registered adviser | $32,024,004 | 8.13% | 2,872,108 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Registered adviser | $31,220,535 | 7.93% | 2,800,048 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC Registered adviser | $29,080,136 | 7.38% | 2,608,084 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Mega ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC Registered adviser | $18,934,963 | 4.81% | 1,698,203 | Shares | 2026-09-23 | |
| Mid GCM Grosvenor Holdings, LLC | $16,745,906 | 4.25% | 1,501,875 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Penserra Capital Management LLC Registered adviser | $15,223,708 | 3.87% | 1,365,355 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large Pathstone Holdings, LLC | $15,051,317 | 3.82% | 1,349,894 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mega MORGAN STANLEY Holding company | $14,308,425 | 3.63% | 1,283,267 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC Registered adviser | $9,491,682 | 2.41% | 851,272 | Shares | 2026-07-29 | |
| Micro North Ground Capital Registered adviser | $9,116,240 | 2.31% | 817,600 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large TORONTO DOMINION BANK Bank | $7,805,000 | 1.98% | 700,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Registered adviser | $6,522,917 | 1.66% | 585,015 | Shares | 2026-09-02 | |
| Mega LPL Financial LLC Broker-dealer | $6,431,253 | 1.63% | 576,794 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Small Almitas Capital LLC Registered adviser | $5,990,839 | 1.52% | 537,295 | Shares | 2026-08-17 | |
| Large Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | $5,842,979 | 1.48% | 524,034 | Shares | 2026-07-30 | |
| Small Matisse Capital Registered adviser | $5,786,850 | 1.47% | 519,000 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Large Cetera Investment Advisers Registered adviser | $5,552,499 | 1.41% | 497,982 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Mega STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | $4,781,766 | 1.21% | 428,858 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Large OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. Holding company | $3,651,144 | 0.93% | 327,457 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | $3,540,749 | 0.90% | 317,556 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega BlackRock, Inc. Holding company | $3,208,044 | 0.81% | 287,717 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Mid Advisors Asset Management, Inc. Registered adviser | $2,979,971 | 0.76% | 267,262 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC Registered adviser | $2,433,403 | 0.62% | 209,235 | Shares | 2026-10-13 | |
| Large COHEN & STEERS, INC. Adviser | $2,397,250 | 0.61% | 215,000 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid CHOREO, LLC Registered adviser | $2,354,043 | 0.60% | 211,125 | Shares | 2026-08-04 | |
| Large Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. Registered adviser | $2,335,913 | 0.59% | 209,499 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Small Noble Wealth Management PBC | $2,285,515 | 0.58% | 196,519 | Shares | 2026-10-01 | |
| Large Clear Street Group Inc. | $2,000,644 | 0.51% | 179,430 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Micro Closed-End Fund Advisors, Inc. | $1,899,201 | 0.48% | 170,332 | Shares | 2026-07-27 | |
| Mid RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC Registered adviser | $1,779,506 | 0.45% | 159,597 | Shares | 2026-07-13 | |
| Large Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | $1,660,357 | 0.42% | 148,911 | Shares | 2026-07-28 | |
| Mid Saba Capital Management, L.P. Registered adviser | $1,428,225 | 0.36% | 128,092 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small COFG Advisors, LLC | $1,392,690 | 0.35% | 124,905 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid XTX Topco Ltd | $1,288,415 | 0.33% | 115,553 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Kovack Advisors, Inc. Registered adviser | $1,251,487 | 0.32% | 112,241 | Shares | 2026-07-29 | |
| Small TrueMark Investments, LLC | $1,104,686 | 0.28% | 99,075 | Shares | 2026-07-22 | |
| Large MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC | $1,069,039 | 0.27% | 95,878 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Small Ellis Investment Partners, LLC Registered adviser | $1,047,966 | 0.27% | 93,988 | Shares | 2026-08-05 | |
| Small WEST MICHIGAN ADVISORS, LLC Registered adviser | $971,399 | 0.25% | 87,121 | Shares | 2026-08-21 | |
| Large HighTower Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $936,332 | 0.24% | 83,976 | Shares | 2026-08-05 | |
| Mid Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | $911,617 | 0.23% | 78,385 | Shares | 2026-10-20 | |
| Small CERTIOR FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC Registered adviser | $901,743 | 0.23% | 77,536 | Shares | 2026-10-19 | |
| Large Mariner, LLC Registered adviser | $855,617 | 0.22% | 76,737 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Large Cerity Partners LLC Registered adviser | $850,789 | 0.22% | 76,304 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. Registered adviser | $827,943 | 0.21% | 74,255 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Large WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC | $824,625 | 0.21% | 70,905 | Shares | 2026-10-13 | |
| Mid OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC Registered adviser | $797,960 | 0.20% | 71,566 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Large Merit Financial Group, LLC Registered adviser | $720,267 | 0.18% | 64,598 | Shares | 2026-07-20 | |
| Small Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. Registered adviser | $715,908 | 0.18% | 64,207 | Shares | 2026-08-04 | |
| Large Private Advisor Group, LLC Registered adviser | $699,171 | 0.18% | 62,706 | Shares | 2026-07-27 | |
| Mega BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ Bank | $685,267 | 0.17% | 61,459 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid SUMMIT WEALTH GROUP LLC / CO Registered adviser | $639,965 | 0.16% | 57,396 | Shares | 2026-07-28 | |
| Mid Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $623,273 | 0.16% | 55,899 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Small ROBINSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $595,588 | 0.15% | 53,416 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Mid PFG Investments, LLC | $584,839 | 0.15% | 52,452 | Shares | 2026-07-23 | |
| Mid Apollon Wealth Management, LLC Registered adviser | $570,813 | 0.14% | 51,194 | Shares | 2026-07-23 | |
| Mid GREAT VALLEY ADVISOR GROUP, INC. | $569,575 | 0.14% | 51,083 | Shares | 2026-08-10 | |
| Large Blackstone Inc. Adviser | $561,547 | 0.14% | 50,363 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid Plancorp, LLC Registered adviser | $553,452 | 0.14% | 49,637 | Shares | 2026-07-14 | |
| Large Farther Finance Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $534,386 | 0.14% | 45,949 | Shares | 2026-10-08 | |
| Mid Inscription Capital, LLC Registered adviser | $526,837 | 0.13% | 47,250 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mega UBS Group AG Bank | $498,114 | 0.13% | 44,674 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mega Creative Planning Registered adviser | $476,171 | 0.12% | 42,706 | Shares | 2026-08-13 | |
| Mid J.W. COLE ADVISORS, INC. | $465,021 | 0.12% | 41,706 | Shares | 2026-07-21 | |
| Micro Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. Registered adviser | $447,254 | 0.11% | 38,457 | Shares | 2026-10-09 | |
| Large NewEdge Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $445,531 | 0.11% | 39,958 | Shares | 2026-08-12 | |
| Small SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS LLC Broker-dealer | $436,125 | 0.11% | 37,500 | Shares | 2026-10-14 | |
| Mid Summit Trail Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $421,258 | 0.11% | 37,781 | Shares | 2026-08-11 | |
| Large Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $418,437 | 0.11% | 37,528 | Shares | 2026-08-18 | |
| Small Maridea Wealth Management LLC Registered adviser | $410,944 | 0.10% | 36,856 | Shares | 2026-08-06 | |
| Small Intrua Financial, LLC Registered adviser | $397,932 | 0.10% | 35,689 | Shares | 2026-07-24 | |
| Mid Arkadios Wealth Advisors Registered adviser | $376,010 | 0.10% | 33,723 | Shares | 2026-08-10 | |
| Large Lido Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $371,540 | 0.09% | 33,322 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Small Trivium Point Advisory, LLC Registered adviser | $370,202 | 0.09% | 33,202 | Shares | 2026-08-06 | |
| Mid Soltis Investment Advisors LLC | $369,388 | 0.09% | 33,129 | Shares | 2026-07-31 | |
| Large &PARTNERS | $366,444 | 0.09% | 32,865 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Seven Springs Wealth Group, LLC Registered adviser | $365,653 | 0.09% | 32,794 | Shares | 2026-08-04 | |
| Mid IFG Advisory, LLC Registered adviser | $364,560 | 0.09% | 32,696 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid CSS LLC/IL | $353,455 | 0.09% | 31,700 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mega JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | $348,615 | 0.09% | 31,266 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large AE Wealth Management LLC Registered adviser | $340,497 | 0.09% | 30,538 | Shares | 2026-08-03 | |
| Mid IHT Wealth Management, LLC | $336,841 | 0.09% | 30,210 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Advisor Resource Council Registered adviser | $332,091 | 0.08% | 29,784 | Shares | 2026-07-28 | |
| Mid Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $331,433 | 0.08% | 29,725 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Small Alpine Global Management, LLC | $325,334 | 0.08% | 29,178 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Mid OPPENHEIMER & CO INC | $321,019 | 0.08% | 28,791 | Shares | 2026-08-03 | |
| Large MONETA GROUP INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC Registered adviser | $315,478 | 0.08% | 28,294 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large Cresset Asset Management, LLC Registered adviser | $313,950 | 0.08% | 28,157 | Shares | 2026-08-14 | |
| Large MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV Registered adviser | $311,163 | 0.08% | 27,907 | Shares | 2026-08-19 | |
| Large Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC Registered adviser | $309,230 | 0.08% | 26,589 | Shares | 2026-10-16 | |
| Mid CX Institutional Registered adviser | $302,728 | 0.08% | 26,030 | Shares | 2026-10-02 | |
| Mid Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. Registered adviser | $296,523 | 0.08% | 26,594 | Shares | 2026-08-11 | |
| Mid Csenge Advisory Group Registered adviser | $288,573 | 0.07% | 25,881 | Shares | 2026-08-10 | |
| Small Financial Gravity Companies, Inc. | $288,194 | 0.07% | 25,847 | Shares | 2026-08-05 | |
| Mid Dakota Wealth Management Registered adviser | $282,518 | 0.07% | 25,338 | Shares | 2026-08-07 | |
| Small Financial Partners Group, Inc Registered adviser | $278,201 | 0.07% | 23,921 | Shares | 2026-10-19 | |
| Small BOS Asset Management, LLC Registered adviser | $275,026 | 0.07% | 23,648 | Shares | 2026-10-09 | |
| Large Empower Advisory Group, LLC Registered adviser | $270,632 | 0.07% | 24,272 | Shares | 2026-08-12 |
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