BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FD DSU
COM NEW · Closed-End Fund · CUSIP 09255R202
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once. Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $10.56.
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 101 |
| Q4 2022 | 104 |
| Q1 2023 | 100 |
| Q2 2023 | 89 |
| Q3 2023 | 87 |
| Q4 2023 | 82 |
| Q1 2024 | 83 |
| Q2 2024 | 76 |
| Q3 2024 | 86 |
| Q4 2024 | 91 |
| Q1 2025 | 87 |
| Q2 2025 | 91 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 31 | 40 |
| Q4 2023 | 31 | 39 |
| Q1 2024 | 35 | 32 |
| Q2 2024 | 30 | 37 |
| Q3 2024 | 43 | 20 |
| Q4 2024 | 49 | 22 |
| Q1 2025 | 49 | 32 |
| Q2 2025 | 39 | 34 |
Biggest buyers
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | New | +225.7k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | Added | +186.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Added | +138.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +100.6k |
| Whipplewood Advisors, LLC | Added | +95.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | +37.9k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +30.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +21.4k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | Added | +20.9k |
| GraniteShares Advisors LLC | Added | +16.3k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -75.9k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | Reduced | -74.9k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO | Sold out | -34.6k |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC | Reduced | -21.2k |
| MATRIX PRIVATE CAPITAL GROUP LLC | Reduced | -21.0k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -20.3k |
| OAK HILL ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -18.1k |
| StoneX Group Inc. | Sold out | -12.9k |
| Beaumont Asset Management, L.L.C. | Sold out | -10.5k |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. | Reduced | -9.5k |
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-27 | 5.2% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | $108 | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.8m $40.6m | Reduced -75.9k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.4m $14.8m | Added +186.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 691.4k $7.3m | Added +138.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 655.6k $6.9m | Added +4.4k |
| OAK HILL ADVISORS LP 1.53% of their portfolio | 578.9k $6.1m | Reduced -18.1k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 467.7k $4.9m | Reduced -74.9k |
| Elevated Capital Advisors, LLC 1.21% of their portfolio | 413.6k $4.3m | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 349.6k $3.7m | Added +3.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 272.0k $2.9m | Added +16.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 270.9k $2.8m | Added +21.4k |
| GraniteShares Advisors LLC 1.69% of their portfolio | 260.4k $2.7m | Added +16.3k |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 225.7k $2.4m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.9k $2.2m | Added +100.6k |
| Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 210.9k $2.2m | First filing |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.2k $1.9m | Added +4.1k |
| Smith Asset Management Co., LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 180.4k $1.9m | Reduced -535 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.9k $1.6m | Added +30.3k |
| Moloney Securities Asset Management, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 137.2k $1.4m | Added +643 |
| Modern Wealth Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 97.5k $1.0m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Whipplewood Advisors, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 95.9k $1.0m | Added +95.8k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.2k $974.2k | Added +20.9k |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 86.9k $917.4k | Reduced -2.5k |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.5k $913.8k | Added +2.2k |
| MATRIX PRIVATE CAPITAL GROUP LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 74.0k $781.4k | Reduced -21.0k |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 72.7k $767.7k | Reduced -21.2k |
| Bison Wealth, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 68.6k $728.2k | Reduced -4.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.9k $706.2k | Added +6.8k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.8k $695.0k | Reduced -4.2k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.6k $640.1k | Reduced -20.3k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.1k $634.5k | Added +12 |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.8k $473.2k | Reduced -6.7k |
| Capital Investment Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.0k $464.1k | Reduced -4.7k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.5k $448.4k | Unchanged |
| MELFA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 40.9k $432.0k | Reduced -8.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $400.2k | New |
| Everstar Asset Management, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 34.6k $365.4k | Reduced -85 |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.4k $342.0k | Added +5.3k |
| Register Financial Advisors LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 31.6k $333.3k | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.4k $299.8k | Added +48 |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.5k $269.5k | Unchanged |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.4k $268.3k | Reduced -9.5k |
| WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.3k $247.0k | Reduced -1.1k |
| Jackson Hole Capital Partners, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.3k $235.5k | Added +400 |
| SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 22.3k $235.3k | Reduced -2.3k |
| KELLEHER FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.08% of their portfolio | 21.0k $221.4k | Added +498 |
| Trek Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.8k $219.2k | Unchanged |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $218.5k | Added +4.6k |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.4k $215.5k | Reduced -6.6k |
| Allworth Financial LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $209.3k | Added +8.0k |
| THURSTON, SPRINGER, MILLER, HERD & TITAK, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.0k $201.0k | Added +532 |
| KFA Private Wealth Group, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 17.7k $187.4k | Reduced -3.5k |
| J.W. COLE ADVISORS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.5k $173.9k | Added +1.4k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.4k $174.0k | Unchanged |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.0k $169.0k | Reduced -3.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.6k $153.8k | Reduced -4.6k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.9k $147.0k | Reduced -273 |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.7k $144.2k | Reduced -801 |
| Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 13.2k $138.5k | Added +1.3k |
| Focused Wealth Management, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.6k $132.7k | Reduced -143 |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $132.0k | Unchanged |
| Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.7k $113.2k | Added +201 |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.0k $106.0k | Unchanged |
| Darwin Wealth Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 9.8k $103.2k | Unchanged |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.6k $90.8k | Unchanged |
| CKW FINANCIAL GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.7k $82.0k | Unchanged |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.1k $75.1k | Unchanged |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.1k $64.4k | Added +500 |
| MTM Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.9k $62.5k | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0k $52.4k | Added +55 |
| OLIVER LAGORE VANVALIN INVESTMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.0k $41.8k | First filing |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3k $35.3k | Reduced -7.8k |
| N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $22.5k | Added +7 |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $20.3k | First filing |
| Creekmur Asset Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8k $19.2k | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2k $13.0k | Added +47 |
| Financial Gravity Companies, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0k $10.6k | First filing |
| HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 965 $10.2k | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 786 $8.3k | Unchanged |
| Fourth Dimension Wealth, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 731 $7.7k | Reduced -239 |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 670 $7.1k | Added +201 |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.00% of their portfolio | 333 $3.5k | Unchanged |
| AdvisorNet Financial, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 330 $3.5k | Unchanged |
| NFSG Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 291 $3.1k | New |
| Caldwell Trust Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 275 $2.9k | Unchanged |
| Decker Retirement Planning Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 250 $2.6k | New |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 219 $2.3k | New |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 109 $1.2k | New |
| Larson Financial Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 53 $560 | Added +1 |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 9 $95 | Reduced -476 |
| Avenir Tech Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 1 $11 | Unchanged |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. — of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |