Activist campaigns on closed-end funds and BDCs
Funds where an activist investor owns 5% or more and has filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC.
- ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 13.5%
- TCPC BlackRock TCP Capital Corp: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 7.1%
- VVR Invesco Senior Income Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 5.2%
- MSIF MSC Income Fund, Inc.: Main Street Capital CORP 5.0%
- BGX Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 6.9%
- WIA Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund: Karpus Management, Inc. 38.8%
- PEO Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 7.3%, Rescind vote-stripping provisions
- GF The New Germany Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 23.0%
- MXF The Mexico Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 16.6%
- KTF DWS Municipal Income Trust: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 22.9%, NAV liquidity event, fee refund
- EVV Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 7.7%
- ECAT BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 12.7%, Board seats
- MGF Aberdeen Government Markets Income Fund: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 36.7%, Oppose MFS reorganization
- GRX The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 14.3%
- MIN Aberdeen Intermediate Income Fund: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 29.9%, Oppose MFS reorganization
- RMT Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 7.1%
- ASA ASA Gold and Precious Metals: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 32.2%, Convert ASA to a BDC
- IIF Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 9.0%
- PPT Franklin Premier Income Trust: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 30.1%
- AFB AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc.: Karpus Management, Inc. 12.6%
- GAM General American Investors: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 7.3%
- EQS Equus Total Return, Inc.: Howard Todd Horberg 5.6%
- GDV Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 5.3%, Board seat
- HFRO Highland Opportunities and Income Fund: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10.5%
- GLO Clough Global Opportunities Fund: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 8.2%
- DMB BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 8.5%, Board seat
- PIM Franklin Master Intermediate Income Trust: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 47.2%
- BSTZ BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 7.9%, Terminate management agreement
- FMY First Trust Mortgage Income Fund: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 54.1%
- KF The Korea Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 5.1%
- EVG Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 5.2%
- DSM BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10.3%, Board seat; merger
- LEO BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 9.8%, Board seat; merger
- SABA Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 8.1%
- DMA Destra Multi-Alternative Fund: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 24.9%, Board seats
- FINS Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust: Karpus Management, Inc. 16.5%
- NRK Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund: Karpus Management, Inc. 19.6%, Board seats, terminate advisory agreement
- BKT BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 14.2%
- NBXG Neuberger Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc.: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 9.7%, Declassify board
- BMEZ BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 20.0%, Tender offer
- CEV Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. 0.0%
- NEA Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund: Karpus Management, Inc. 0.0%, Self-tender or open-ending
- EIM Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund: Karpus Management, Inc. 0.0%, Tender offer
- NPFD Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 5.6%, Board seats
- EMO ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc: Saba Capital Management, L.P. 23.5%, Rescind vote-stripping provisions
- TDF Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.: City of London Investment Management Company Limited 0.0%