WESTERN AST INFL LKD OPP & I WIW
COM · Closed-End Fund · CUSIP 95766R104
* 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 ≈ $8.56.
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 96 |
| Q4 2022 | 92 |
| Q1 2023 | 91 |
| Q2 2023 | 84 |
| Q3 2023 | 88 |
| Q4 2023 | 99 |
| Q1 2024 | 91 |
| Q2 2024 | 94 |
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 | 46 | 46 |
| Q1 2023 | 40 | 43 |
| Q2 2023 | 34 | 40 |
| Q3 2023 | 36 | 39 |
| Q4 2023 | 42 | 40 |
| Q1 2024 | 53 | 35 |
| Q2 2024 | 39 | 36 |
Biggest buyers
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +638.4k |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | Added | +275.9k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Added | +223.8k |
| RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +108.1k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | Added | +86.4k |
| Concorde Asset Management, LLC | New | +67.3k |
| Cutler Capital Management, LLC | Added | +64.2k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +34.8k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC | Added | +31.7k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | New | +16.4k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -13.7m |
| SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC | Reduced | -297.3k |
| WealthPLAN Partners, LLC | Sold out | -208.1k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | Reduced | -162.4k |
| 1607 Capital Partners, LLC | Reduced | -105.8k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Reduced | -100.6k |
| CSS LLC/IL | Reduced | -99.3k |
| Tortoise Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -92.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -89.7k |
| Almitas Capital LLC | Sold out | -84.6k |
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 |
|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 13G · institution +4.4 pts · filed 2025-08-05 | 8.5% |
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 | 1 | $50.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $41.5k | 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 | 7.4m $62.9m | Reduced -13.7m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.0m $26.0m | Added +638.4k |
| RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 2.1m $17.8m | Added +108.1k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.4m $12.1m | Added +31.7k |
| Beach Point Capital Management LP 3.86% of their portfolio | 1.3m $10.9m | Reduced -28.8k |
| 1607 Capital Partners, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.2m | Reduced -105.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 931.1k $7.9m | Reduced -33.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 859.6k $7.3m | Reduced -89.7k |
| SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 629.1k $5.4m | Reduced -297.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 521.1k $4.4m | Added +223.8k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 519.5k $4.4m | Added +8.1k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 507.6k $4.3m | Reduced -27.8k |
| PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. 1.41% of their portfolio | 439.5k $5.1m | Added +10.0k |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 363.1k $3.1m | Added +275.9k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 350.4k $3.0m | Reduced -4.9k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 321.4k $2.7m | Added +86.4k |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP 0.88% of their portfolio | 295.0k $2.5m | Reduced -1.6k |
| ROBERTS GLORE & CO INC /IL/ 0.66% of their portfolio | 257.9k $2.2m | Added +2.9k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.17% of their portfolio | 234.4k $2.0m | Reduced -100.6k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.3k $1.8m | Unchanged |
| Matisse Capital 0.84% of their portfolio | 199.6k $1.7m | Unchanged |
| GRACE & WHITE INC /NY 0.30% of their portfolio | 189.3k $1.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 178.1k $1.5m | Added +9.4k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.7k $1.5m | Reduced -162.4k |
| PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 168.4k $1.4m | Added +6.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.0k $1.2m | Added +34.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.7k $1.2m | Added +3.3k |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 134.9k $1.1m | Reduced -6.1k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 120.6k $1.0m | Added +2.0k |
| Tortoise Investment Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 104.7k $891.0k | Reduced -92.7k |
| CSS LLC/IL 0.06% of their portfolio | 98.2k $835.6k | Reduced -99.3k |
| PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.9k $833.0k | Reduced -12.0k |
| PREVAIL INNOVATIVE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 83.0k $706.6k | Added +7.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.4k $701.0k | Reduced -1.1k |
| Cutler Capital Management, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 77.5k $659.3k | Added +64.2k |
| Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 68.7k $584.5k | Reduced -3.7k |
| Concorde Asset Management, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 67.3k $573.1k | New |
| STANSBERRY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 64.6k $549.6k | Added +4.4k |
| TWIN FOCUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 57.7k $491.1k | Unchanged |
| HOLLENCREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.8k $458.2k | Unchanged |
| COMERICA BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.6k $413.4k | Added +2.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.9k $339.1k | Reduced -1.8k |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 35.8k $304.3k | Reduced -579 |
| BlackDiamond Wealth Management, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 34.0k $289.7k | Added +196 |
| KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 33.7k $286.8k | Added +1.8k |
| VERUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 33.1k $281.5k | Added +394 |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.4k $275.7k | Added +5.0k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.3k $240.9k | Reduced -433 |
| INTEGRATED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 28.1k $239.0k | Added +5.3k |
| Clear Creek Financial Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 26.9k $228.9k | Unchanged |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $228.0k | Reduced -5.3k |
| HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $224.1k | Unchanged |
| Realta Investment Advisors 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.1k $188.3k | Reduced -1.9k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.9k $186.1k | Added +4.0k |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.6k $183.8k | Added +999 |
| Arnhold LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 17.5k $148.9k | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.8k $143.1k | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.4k $139.5k | New |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.7k $134.0k | Unchanged |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $128.0k | Added +3.4k |
| Moors & Cabot, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.0k $127.7k | Reduced -50.5k |
| Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.6k $115.4k | Added +180 |
| Karpus Management, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $106.4k | Unchanged |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.7k $99.0k | Reduced -8.7k |
| Atlas Wealth LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.5k $99.1k | New |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3k $94.9k | First filing |
| Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.9k $92.8k | Unchanged |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.5k $89.7k | Reduced -311 |
| Capital Investment Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.1k $86.3k | Unchanged |
| RPO LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 10.1k $85.9k | Unchanged |
| BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.9k $67.2k | Unchanged |
| Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 6.1k $51.9k | Added +65 |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.8k $49.0k | Reduced -610 |
| WETZEL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.5k $47.5k | New |
| Kimelman & Baird, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2k $27.2k | First filing |
| BARTLETT & CO. WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $25.5k | Unchanged |
| GABLES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4k $20.1k | Unchanged |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $16.0k | Added +85 |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7k $14.7k | Reduced -65 |
| Carmichael Hill & Associates, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7k $14.2k | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5k $12.8k | Added +1.5k |
| Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5k $12.8k | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 850 $7.2k | Unchanged |
| Key Financial Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 708 $6.0k | Unchanged |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 600 $5.1k | New |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 500 $4.3k | Unchanged |
| MATHER GROUP, LLC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 332 $2.9k | New |
| Sandy Spring Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 200 $1.7k | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 84 $715 | New |
| Beaird Harris Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 60 $511 | New |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44 $374 | Unchanged |
| Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1 $2 | New |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |
| BFSG, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $1 | Unchanged |