Silver Point Capital: Platform Profile

Overview

Silver Point Capital is a global credit-focused alternative investment manager founded in 2002 by Ed Mulé and Bob O'Shea. Its current platform spans direct lending, capital solutions, credit-market opportunities, special situations, liquid performing credit, real-estate lending and opportunistic real estate.

The firm is better understood as a broad credit platform than as an equity hedge fund.

May fit better for

• institutions seeking credit-cycle expertise;
• investors interested in distressed, special-situations or performing credit;
• allocators evaluating direct lending and capital-solutions strategies;
• investors comfortable with private-fund and illiquid credit structures;
• users who understand that 13F captures little of a credit portfolio.

May fit less well for

• retail users seeking public self-service hedge-fund access;
• investors looking primarily for long-only public equities;
• users who treat investable assets including leverage as regulatory AUM;
• investors who interpret downside-risk focus as guaranteed protection;
• users expecting one private-fund minimum.

Silver Point is SEC registered

• Legal adviser: Silver Point Capital, L.P.
• CRD: 157738
• SEC number: 801-73840
• SEC registered investment adviser: Yes

Current regulatory AUM is $46.2B

Form ADV filings show:

• Regulatory AUM: $46.2B
• Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-08-28
• Discretionary AUM: $46.2B
• Client accounts: 58
• Employees: 357

First-party materials describe nearly $50B of investable assets

Current first-party website:

• Public investable assets: nearly $50B
• Public investable assets observed: 2026-09-05
• Founded: 2002
• Co founders:
• Ed Mulé
• Bob O'Shea

A June 30, 2026 SEC filing for an affiliated private-credit vehicle also references $50.8B of investable assets including leverage for applicable funds.

Strategy lineup is broad credit

First-party strategy pages support:

• Direct Lending: Yes
• Capital Solutions: Yes
• Credit Market Opportunities: Yes
• Special Situations: Yes
• Liquid Performing Credit: Yes
• Real Estate Lending: Yes
• Opportunistic Real Estate: Yes

Q2 2026 13F value is only about $1.102B

Current June 30, 2026 filing:

• Q2 2026 13F value: $1.102B
• Q2 2026 13F as of: 2026-06-30
• Q2 2026 13F entry count: 14

The small 13F relative to regulatory AUM is expected for a manager whose core exposures include loans, bonds, private credit and other non-13F instruments.

Private-fund minimums vary materially

The accessible AUMdb vehicle schedule is sourced from October 2024.

Representative historical records:

• Historical private fund schedule date: 2024-10
• Silver Point Offshore Master minimum: $5M
• Silver Point Capital Fund minimum: $5M
• Historical zero or nominal minimum records exist: Yes

A zero, $1, $250K or $5M record is a vehicle-specific regulatory field, not a universal access rule.

Assessment

Silver Point demonstrates why a 13F can dramatically understate the scale of a credit manager. Its August regulatory AUM is $46.2B, while the Q2 13F contains only about $1.102B.

That is a coverage issue, not evidence that one of the figures is wrong.