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 ≈ $6.25.
Trends to Q2 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 |
| Q2 2024 | 102 |
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 54 | 44 |
Biggest buyers
| Atlas Wealth LLC | New | +1.1m |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES | Added | +640.5k |
| Camelot Portfolios, LLC | Added | +196.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +181.8k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | Added | +157.9k |
| Aristides Capital LLC | Added | +134.6k |
| Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. | Added | +134.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +122.1k |
| AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC | Added | +70.0k |
| Private Capital Management, LLC | New | +59.9k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -7.5m |
| Amundi | Sold out | -367.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -209.7k |
| PREVAIL INNOVATIVE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC | Sold out | -146.3k |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | Sold out | -134.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Reduced | -109.6k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | Reduced | -85.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Sold out | -84.2k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | Reduced | -72.2k |
| Eschler Asset Management LLP | Sold out | -55.0k |
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 Q2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2024.
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7m $23.0m | Reduced -7.5m |
| Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. 7.17% of their portfolio | 3.3m $20.4m | Added +134.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $20.1m | Added +640.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $13.8m | Added +122.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $11.5m | Added +181.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $11.3m | Added +39.3k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $7.2m | Added +25.6k |
| Atlas Wealth LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 1.1m $7.0m | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $7.1m | Reduced -109.6k |
| NEXPOINT ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.82% of their portfolio | 990.7k $6.2m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 986.7k $6.2m | Added +157.9k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.48% of their portfolio | 915.9k $5.7m | Reduced -53.8k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 688.0k $4.3m | Reduced -9.1k |
| Camelot Portfolios, LLC 2.06% of their portfolio | 582.7k $3.6m | Added +196.2k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 511.1k $3.2m | Reduced -72.2k |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 488.4k $3.1m | Reduced -23.2k |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP 1.08% of their portfolio | 464.5k $2.9m | Reduced -3.5k |
| Matisse Capital 1.35% of their portfolio | 435.0k $2.7m | Added +25.0k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 430.0k $2.7m | Added +4.6k |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 402.1k $2.5m | Added +8.4k |
| CHOREO, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 382.9k $2.4m | Added +55.3k |
| NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP INC, /IA/ /ADV 0.19% of their portfolio | 374.5k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| Alpine Global Management, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 300.0k $1.9m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Aristides Capital LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 269.2k $1.7m | Added +134.6k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 230.7k $1.4m | Reduced -85.9k |
| PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 217.7k $1.4m | Added +39.4k |
| BOKF, NA 0.02% of their portfolio | 206.3k $1.3m | Reduced -3.1k |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 150.6k $940.9k | Added +55.1k |
| AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC 0.72% of their portfolio | 144.9k $905.9k | Added +70.0k |
| Sage Capital Management, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 117.9k $737.1k | Reduced -29.7k |
| KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 104.8k $654.9k | Added +54.2k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 100.0k $625.3k | Added +45.0k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $591.4k | Added +3.5k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.9k $574.0k | Reduced -11.4k |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 91.7k $571.0k | Added +168 |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.9k $480.7k | Added +2.8k |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 70.8k $442.8k | Added +7.1k |
| Arlington Capital Management, Inc. 0.37% of their portfolio | 68.8k $430.0k | Reduced -1.9k |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 63.9k $399.6k | Added +14.0k |
| SFI Advisors, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 63.0k $393.5k | Added +7.7k |
| Private Capital Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 59.9k $374.4k | New |
| Ariadne Wealth Management, LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 51.8k $323.6k | First filing |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.4k $308.9k | Reduced -4.1k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.4k $308.5k | Unchanged |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.4k $308.5k | Added +10.4k |
| Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.4k $302.6k | Added +2.6k |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $287.2k | Added +2.2k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.7k $273.1k | Reduced -4.2k |
| INTEGRATED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.21% of their portfolio | 42.6k $266.3k | Added +10.6k |
| Concorde Asset Management, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 42.4k $264.7k | Added +24.2k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.3k $264.1k | Reduced -23.5k |
| LYNX CAPITAL GROUP LTD /ADV 0.17% of their portfolio | 39.7k $248.2k | Reduced -3.9k |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.2k $232.5k | Added +11.8k |
| MIdWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 36.6k $228.6k | Unchanged |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.0k $232.2k | First filing |
| MONECO ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 35.2k $219.7k | Added +9.3k |
| Almitas Capital LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 34.3k $214.6k | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES TRUST N.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.7k $204.1k | Unchanged |
| MELFA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.14% of their portfolio | 31.9k $199.3k | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.2k $195.0k | Reduced -1.3k |
| B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.7k $191.7k | Reduced -2.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.5k $184.2k | New |
| True North Advisors, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 28.6k $178.8k | Unchanged |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.4k $177.3k | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $171.2k | Added +377 |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $171.1k | Unchanged |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.7k $154.4k | Added +2.0k |
| CSS LLC/IL 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.1k $137.9k | Unchanged |
| Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors P.L.L.C. 0.03% of their portfolio | 21.0k $131.3k | New |
| Keystone Wealth Services, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.5k $115.9k | Added +333 |
| One Charles Private Wealth Services, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 17.2k $107.8k | Unchanged |
| CHANNEL WEALTH LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 17.1k $106.6k | Unchanged |
| Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.9k $105.8k | Added +120 |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.8k $99.0k | Added +848 |
| Catalina Capital Group, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 14.2k $88.5k | Added +528 |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.8k $86.2k | New |
| Beacon Financial Advisory LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 12.9k $80.9k | Reduced -754 |
| Inscription Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.9k $74.5k | Unchanged |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.6k $71.6k | New |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.3k $58.3k | Added +1.1k |
| Spire Wealth Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.0k $43.8k | Reduced -758 |
| Asset Dedication, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.0k $37.4k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.8k $36.1k | Reduced -209.7k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.2k $32.0k | Added +274 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1k $32.0k | Added +3.7k |
| BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2k $26.2k | Added +1.9k |
| Triad Wealth Partners, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1k $19.2k | New |
| CREATIVE FINANCIAL DESIGNS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $14.8k | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3k $14.6k | Reduced -5.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $13.0k | Added +34 |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $11.9k | Unchanged |
| AlphaMark Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $12.0k | Added +34 |
| Byrne Asset Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8k $11.0k | Unchanged |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1k $6.8k | Added +19 |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 758 $4.7k | Unchanged |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 382 $2.4k | Unchanged |
| CALDWELL SUTTER CAPITAL, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 285 $1.8k | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 108 $675 | Reduced -2.0k |
| Cedar Mountain Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 82 $513 | Unchanged |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8 $50 | First filing |