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StepStone Group Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a Delaware public company operating in private markets investment management, advisory services, and data services. Its Form 8-K reports include results-of-operations releases and material corporate governance events affecting the company’s charter and security-holder rights.
Proxy and annual meeting materials cover director elections, stockholder voting matters, governance proposals, amendments to the certificate of incorporation, officer liability provisions permitted under Delaware law, and related technical or conforming charter changes. These filings provide the regulatory record for StepStone’s public-company governance, voting mechanics, and reported financial announcements.
StepStone Group Inc. director and CEO Scott W. Hart reported indirect sales of Class A shares held by a trust. On January 26, 2026, the trust sold 4,616 Class A shares at a weighted average price of $71.99 and 5,384 shares at $72.97 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. After these transactions, Hart reports 50,883 Class A shares held directly and 3,061,782 Class B shares held indirectly through a trust.
StepStone Group Inc. investor James Lim filed Amendment No. 6 to his Schedule 13D updating his ownership and recent trading activity. He now beneficially owns 3,204,451 shares of StepStone Class A common stock, representing 4.0% of the outstanding Class A shares, calculated under SEC Rule 13d-3. This total includes 3,040,795 Class A shares and 163,656 Class C units held through Sanctuary Bay LLC that are exchangeable into Class A shares within 60 days on a one-for-one basis.
The filing also details a series of open market sales in January 2026. These include blocks such as 76,692 shares at $69.30 per share on January 5, 123,308 shares at $70.00 on January 6, and 250,000 shares at $72.45 on January 13, among other transactions. The weighted average sale prices are provided for each trading day, and Lim undertakes to provide full trade details upon request to regulators, the issuer, or its security holders.
ARG Private Equity, LLC and related investors filed Amendment No. 3 to their Schedule 13D on StepStone Group Inc. to update their ownership positions. ARG Private Equity, ARGO Holdings, Sanford Energy, George B. Kaiser and Robert A. Waldo now report beneficial ownership of 3,589,480 to 3,687,708 shares of Class A common stock each, representing individual stakes of approximately 4.2%–4.3% and an aggregate group stake of 7,277,188 shares, or 8.4% of the Class A common stock outstanding as of November 4, 2025. The amendment reflects dilution from StepStone’s issuance of additional shares and recent open market sales by Sanford Energy, including blocks such as 125,000 shares at $69.8513 per share on January 6, 2025. The filing clarifies the relationships among the reporting entities, their Class B unit holdings and associated exchange rights, and includes standard joint filing and ancillary governance agreements by reference.
StepStone Group Inc. reported that The Vanguard Group has filed an amended Schedule 13G showing beneficial ownership of 8,449,878 shares of StepStone common stock, representing 10.67% of the class as of 12/31/2025. Vanguard reports no sole voting power, with shared voting power over 520,140 shares, sole dispositive power over 7,840,998 shares, and shared dispositive power over 608,880 shares. The filing states the shares are held in the ordinary course of business for Vanguard’s clients and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of StepStone.
StepStone Group Inc. insider Michael I. McCabe, a director and Head of Strategy, reported multiple sales of the company’s Class A common stock on 12/10/2025.
He sold 108,538 shares at a weighted average price of $66.15, 9,300 shares at $66.82, and 74,214 shares at $66.14, with each sale executed in multiple trades. Following these transactions, he beneficially owned 306,026 Class A shares directly and 122,209 Class A shares indirectly through Benzy LLC, along with 1,906,142 Class B shares directly and 937,416 Class B shares indirectly through Benzy LLC.
StepStone Group Inc. (STEP) CEO Scott W. Hart reported an open market sale of company stock. On 11/25/2025, a trust associated with him sold 10,000 shares of Class A common stock at a weighted average price of $61.70 per share in multiple trades executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. After this transaction, he reports beneficial ownership of 20,000 Class A shares held indirectly by a trust, 50,883 Class A shares held directly, and 3,061,782 Class B shares held indirectly by a trust.
StepStone Group (STEP): Form 4 insider transaction — Co‑Chief Operating Officer and Director Jose A. Fernandez reported Rule 10b5‑1 plan sales of Class A common stock across 11/11–11/13/2025. Disclosed sales include 70,204 shares at a weighted average price of $61.41 on 11/11/2025, 57,798 shares at $62.70 on 11/12/2025, and 55,444 shares at $62.18 on 11/13/2025, with additional smaller tranches at prices noted in the filing.
Following the transactions, beneficial ownership shows Class A: 0 shares indirect by Trust and 11,676 shares direct. Class B: 3,216,601 shares indirect by Trust and 1,605,500 shares indirect by Santaluz Capital Partners, LLC.
StepStone Group Inc. (STEP) reported Q2 FY2026 results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. Total revenues were $454.2 million, up from $271.7 million a year ago, driven by management and advisory fees of $215.5 million and performance fees of $238.7 million, including carried interest allocations of $206.7 million.
Expenses rose sharply to $1,177.0 million, primarily from equity-based compensation of $884.5 million and performance fee-related compensation of $119.7 million. The company reported a net loss attributable to StepStone Group Inc. of $366.1 million, or $4.66 per diluted share, versus net income of $17.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the prior-year quarter.
On the balance sheet, cash and cash equivalents were $229.8 million and debt obligations were $269.9 million. Accrued carried interest allocations increased to $1,733.9 million. As of November 4, 2025, shares outstanding were 79,124,247 Class A and 39,133,716 Class B. For the six months, total revenues were $818.5 million, while equity-based compensation totaled $1,073.2 million.
StepStone Group Inc. (STEP) reported that it issued a press release announcing financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025. The company furnished the release as Exhibit 99.1 to an 8‑K dated November 6, 2025.
The information under Item 2.02 is furnished and not deemed filed under the Exchange Act, and is incorporated by reference only if specifically referenced in future filings.
StepStone Group (STEP) — Form 4: CEO and Director Scott W. Hart reported a Rule 10b5-1 sale of 10,000 shares of Class A common stock on 10/27/2025 at a weighted average price of $64.34, executed in multiple trades between $63.88 and $64.60. Following the transaction, beneficial ownership includes 50,883 Class A shares held directly, 30,000 Class A shares held indirectly by a trust, and 3,061,782 Class B shares held indirectly by a trust.