KREF KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.: institutional ownership and insider trading
166 funds reported holding $386M of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. in their latest 13F filings; in Q2 2026 funds net bought $9.95M, with 32 new positions and 45 funds selling out; over the last 12 months insiders bought $1.22M and sold $2.07M on the open market.
Famous investors holding KREF
- Izzy Englander (Millennium Management): $6.63M, 0.0% of the portfolio
- Two Sigma (Two Sigma Investments): $4.40M, 0.0% of the portfolio
- Ken Griffin (Citadel Advisors): $2.45M, 0.0% of the portfolio
- D. E. Shaw (D. E. Shaw & Co.): $1.67M, 0.0% of the portfolio
Largest institutional holders of KREF
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. — $68.4M
- BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) — $40.3M
- Long Pond Capital, LP — $39.8M
- VANGUARD GROUP INC — $30.4M
- UBS Group AG (UBS) — $24.9M
- NOMURA HOLDINGS INC (NMR, NRSCF) — $18.5M
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — $15.6M
- DIMENSION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — $10.9M
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC — $9.65M
- MORGAN STANLEY (MS, MS-PA, MS-PE, MS-PF, MS-PI, MS-PK, MS-PL, MS-PO, MS-PP, MS-PQ) — $8.83M
Recent KREF insider trades
- Apr 24, 2026: Mattson W Patrick bought 40,000 shares ($241K)
- Apr 24, 2026: Salem Matthew A bought 60,000 shares ($362K)
- Dec 3, 2025: Rosenberg Ralph F sold 250,578 shares ($2.07M)
- Nov 7, 2025: Lee Christen E.J. bought 10,000 shares ($78.0K)
5%+ owners
- Long Pond Capital, LP: 8.9% (Schedule 13G, filed May 14, 2026)
- Terra Capital Partners, LLC: 8.0% (Schedule 13G/A, filed Oct 19, 2026)
- BlackRock, Inc.: 7.8% (Schedule 13G/A, filed Apr 7, 2026)