Mackay Shields LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York, NY that reports managing 14 hedge funds on Form ADV. It reports $159.5 billion in regulatory assets under management. Its private funds, of all types, hold $12.2 billion in gross assets. Its disclosed U.S. stock holdings returned an estimated +6.1% 2026 YTD through Jun 30 (S&P 500: +9.5%), based on 13F filings. Over a longer period they returned an estimated +15.1% from Q3 2024 to Q2 2026, compared with +37.2% for the S&P 500, based on 13F filings.
- Regulatory assets under management
- $159.5 billionForm ADV Item 5.F
- Gross assets of private funds
- $12.2 billionAll private fund types, Form ADV
- Hedge funds managed
- 1416 private funds in total
- Employees
- 206Form ADV Item 5.A
- Registration
- SEC-registered adviserCRD 107717
- Latest Form ADV
- 08/06/2026Disciplinary disclosures: yes, see SEC record
Estimated 13F portfolio performance
| Quarter | Est. 13F return | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | +7.5% | +14.8% |
| Q1 2026 | -1.3% | -4.6% |
| Q4 2025 | +2.9% | +2.4% |
| Q3 2025 | +3.6% | +7.8% |
| Q2 2025 | +1.6% | +10.4% |
| Q1 2025 | -1.8% | -4.5% |
| Q4 2024 | -2.1% | +2.1% |
| Q3 2024 | +4.2% | +5.4% |
Estimate of the firm's disclosed long U.S. stock portfolio from its quarterly 13F filings, holding each quarter-end portfolio to the next quarter-end at prices implied by all 13F filers. It is a price return before dividends and fees, ignores shorts, options, bonds, cash and trading within the quarter, and is not the return of any fund. Disclosures
Largest disclosed holdings
- 02079k404$122.6 million
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise C$70.2 million
- Qxo Inc$57.4 million
- Boeing Co$56.2 million
- Nextera Energy Inc$50.5 million
- Microchip Technology Inc.$46.5 million
- Blackrock Mun Target Term TR$44.8 million
- Apollo Global Mgmt Inc$43.5 million
- 65441v200$39.2 million
- 68389x204$29.1 million
As of 2026-06-30, from 13F filing by MacKay Shields LLC.
Hedge funds filing Form D (5)
Matched to this firm by the fund names and related persons in each Form D. The list may be incomplete.
Private funds reported on Form ADV (18)
As reported in the adviser's Form ADV filed Jul 2, 2024. Funds also listed from Form D are shown above.
From SEC filings. Firm data comes from the SEC's Form ADV data as of Oct 2, 2026; performance estimates come from Form 13F. AltMountain has not verified this information, and it is not an offer, solicitation or recommendation. Full disclosures