HIGHLAND OPPORTUNITIES HFRO
HIGHLAND INCOME · Closed-End Fund · CUSIP 43010E404
* 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 ≈ $7.02.
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 95 |
| Q4 2022 | 102 |
| Q1 2023 | 100 |
| Q2 2023 | 98 |
| Q3 2023 | 107 |
| Q4 2023 | 106 |
| Q1 2024 | 108 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 52 | 35 |
| Q1 2023 | 49 | 42 |
| Q2 2023 | 46 | 41 |
| Q3 2023 | 54 | 33 |
| Q4 2023 | 53 | 41 |
| Q1 2024 | 61 | 42 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.2m |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES | Added | +1.5m |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Added | +571.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +533.2k |
| CHOREO, LLC | New | +327.6k |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC | New | +302.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +258.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +236.6k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | Added | +203.9k |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | Added | +157.9k |
Biggest sellers
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -242.6k |
| Advisor Resource Council | Sold out | -221.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Reduced | -195.2k |
| Camelot Portfolios, LLC | Reduced | -161.6k |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO | Sold out | -128.7k |
| Marks Group Wealth Management, Inc | Sold out | -118.8k |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | Reduced | -78.6k |
| Lido Advisors, LLC | Sold out | -40.3k |
| Creative Planning | Reduced | -31.6k |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. | Sold out | -31.4k |
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 |
|---|---|
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
13D · may seek influence
+1.1 pts · filed 2026-06-04
Stated purposeNot Applicable. Full filing |
10.5% |
| DONDERO JAMES D 13D · may seek influence +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 9.6% |
| MORGAN STANLEY 13G · institution -1.2 pts · filed 2026-02-11 | 5.1% |
| Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-10-29 | 5.0% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $8.6k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2024.
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.2m $78.7m | Added +2.2m |
| Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. 7.79% of their portfolio | 3.1m $22.0m | Added +111.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $18.1m | Added +1.5m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $14.6m | Added +236.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $12.4m | Added +533.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $11.6m | Added +258.4k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $8.8m | Reduced -195.2k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.1m $7.9m | Added +142.0k |
| NEXPOINT ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.08% of their portfolio | 998.5k $7.0m | Added +80.5k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.60% of their portfolio | 969.6k $6.8m | Added +571.8k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 828.8k $5.8m | Added +203.9k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 697.1k $4.9m | Added +23.0k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 583.3k $4.1m | Added +5.0k |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 511.6k $3.6m | Added +2.0k |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP 1.09% of their portfolio | 468.0k $3.3m | Added +157.9k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 425.4k $3.0m | Added +83.4k |
| Matisse Capital 1.39% of their portfolio | 410.0k $2.9m | Added +125.0k |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 393.8k $2.8m | Added +8.6k |
| Camelot Portfolios, LLC 2.66% of their portfolio | 386.5k $2.7m | Reduced -161.6k |
| NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP INC, /IA/ /ADV 0.22% of their portfolio | 374.5k $2.6m | Reduced -6.4k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 367.2k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| CHOREO, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 327.6k $2.3m | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 316.6k $2.2m | Added +31.2k |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 302.1k $2.1m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.4k $1.5m | Reduced -242.6k |
| BOKF, NA 0.03% of their portfolio | 209.4k $1.4m | Added +4.8k |
| PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 178.3k $1.3m | Added +27.9k |
| Sage Capital Management, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 147.6k $1.0m | Reduced -23.1k |
| PREVAIL INNOVATIVE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 146.3k $1.0m | Added +52.3k |
| Aristides Capital LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 134.6k $946.4k | Unchanged |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 134.1k $942.9k | Reduced -78.6k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.3k $726.0k | Added +3.3k |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 95.5k $671.0k | Added +14.1k |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 91.6k $643.6k | Added +3.9k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.2k $640.9k | Added +20.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.2k $591.8k | Unchanged |
| AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 74.9k $526.8k | New |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.1k $521.0k | Reduced -31.6k |
| Arlington Capital Management, Inc. 0.41% of their portfolio | 70.7k $497.2k | New |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.8k $462.6k | Reduced -22.4k |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 63.7k $448.1k | Added +12.3k |
| SFI Advisors, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 55.2k $388.3k | Added +10.2k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.0k $386.6k | New |
| Eschler Asset Management LLP 0.24% of their portfolio | 55.0k $375.1k | New |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.5k $375.9k | Reduced -29.7k |
| KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 50.6k $388.8k | Unchanged |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.9k $350.8k | Added +3.3k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.4k $347.0k | Added +22.6k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $336.6k | Added +7.0k |
| Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.8k $322.3k | Added +4.9k |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.7k $307.5k | Added +4.5k |
| LYNX CAPITAL GROUP LTD /ADV 0.21% of their portfolio | 43.6k $306.7k | Reduced -543 |
| Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 41.0k $288.2k | Reduced -1.5k |
| Edge Financial Advisors LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 40.1k $281.8k | First filing |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.0k $273.9k | Added +7.5k |
| MIdWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 36.6k $257.1k | Unchanged |
| B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.2k $267.0k | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES TRUST N.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.7k $229.6k | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.5k $228.7k | Added +3.3k |
| INTEGRATED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 32.0k $225.2k | Added +9.8k |
| MELFA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.16% of their portfolio | 31.9k $224.2k | Added +46 |
| True North Advisors, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 28.6k $201.2k | New |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.4k $199.5k | Reduced -3.7k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $192.4k | Reduced -1.4k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $190.0k | Reduced -706 |
| MONECO ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 25.8k $181.5k | Reduced -1.7k |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.4k $178.7k | New |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.7k $159.4k | Reduced -2.6k |
| CSS LLC/IL 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.1k $155.2k | Unchanged |
| Keystone Wealth Services, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.2k $128.0k | Added +483 |
| Concorde Asset Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 18.1k $127.2k | New |
| One Charles Private Wealth Services, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 17.2k $121.3k | Unchanged |
| CHANNEL WEALTH LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 17.1k $119.9k | Reduced -443 |
| Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.8k $118.2k | Added +3.6k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $105.5k | Unchanged |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $105.0k | Reduced -966 |
| Marex Group Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.8k $97.0k | New |
| Beacon Financial Advisory LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 13.7k $96.3k | Reduced -1.8k |
| Catalina Capital Group, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 13.6k $95.8k | Reduced -4.9k |
| Jackson Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.2k $93.0k | Unchanged |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.6k $88.3k | New |
| Inscription Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.9k $83.8k | New |
| DRW Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.8k $75.9k | New |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.2k $57.8k | Reduced -4.9k |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.0k $56.5k | Reduced -19.4k |
| Spire Wealth Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.8k $54.5k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.5k $45.5k | New |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0k $33.9k | New |
| CREATIVE FINANCIAL DESIGNS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $16.6k | Unchanged |
| BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3k $16.5k | Reduced -25 |
| PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $14.8k | Reduced -2.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0k $14.0k | Added +479 |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $13.4k | New |
| AlphaMark Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8k $13.0k | Added +49 |
| Byrne Asset Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8k $12.7k | Unchanged |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6k $11.2k | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4k $9.8k | Reduced -938 |
| Raleigh Capital Management Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1k $7.7k | Unchanged |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1k $7.5k | Added +19 |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 758 $5.3k | Reduced -53 |