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First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund

FGBDelisted Jun 30, 2025

First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund was delisted on Jun 30, 2025; its insiders filed their last Form 4 on Dec 29, 2021; 40 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q1 2025, worth $22.9M in total; no superinvestor held it.

13F holders, Q1 2024

Institutional positions in First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund as of Mar 31, 2024. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
35
−1 vs. Q4 2023
Shares held
4.96M
+914.9K (+22.6%) vs. Q4 2023
Total value
$18.7M
+$4.22M (+29.1%) vs. Q4 2023
New holders
8
13 more added
Sold out
9
9 more reduced

Compare with Q4 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting FGB on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ1 2024: 35 institutions
Q1 2021: 27 institutionsQ2 2021: 25 institutionsQ3 2021: 29 institutionsQ4 2021: 29 institutionsQ1 2022: 28 institutionsQ2 2022: 29 institutionsQ3 2022: 29 institutionsQ4 2022: 27 institutionsQ1 2023: 31 institutionsQ2 2023: 28 institutionsQ3 2023: 33 institutionsQ4 2023: 36 institutionsQ1 2024: 35 institutionsQ2 2024: 31 institutionsQ3 2024: 38 institutionsQ4 2024: 41 institutionsQ1 2025: 40 institutionsQ2 2025: 1 institutionQ3 2025: 0 institutionsQ4 2025: 0 institutionsQ1 2026: 0 institutionsQ2 2026: 0 institutions
Value heldQ1 2024: $18.7M
Q1 2021: $8.89MQ2 2021: $7.65MQ3 2021: $7.70MQ4 2021: $8.72MQ1 2022: $8.87MQ2 2022: $7.40MQ3 2022: $7.30MQ4 2022: $6.83MQ1 2023: $9.88MQ2 2023: $10.2MQ3 2023: $11.9MQ4 2023: $14.5MQ1 2024: $18.7MQ2 2024: $17.8MQ3 2024: $19.5MQ4 2024: $22.2MQ1 2025: $22.9MQ2 2025: $21.6KQ3 2025: $0Q4 2025: $0Q1 2026: $0Q2 2026: $0
Institutions holding FGB and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20260$0
Q1 20260$0
Q4 20250$0
Q3 20250$0
Q2 20251$21.6K
Q1 202540$22.9M
Q4 202441$22.2M
Q3 202438$19.5M
Q2 202431$17.8M
Q1 202435$18.7M
Q4 202336$14.5M
Q3 202333$11.9M
Q2 202328$10.2M
Q1 202331$9.88M
Q4 202227$6.83M
Q3 202229$7.30M
Q2 202229$7.40M
Q1 202228$8.87M
Q4 202129$8.72M
Q3 202129$7.70M
Q2 202125$7.65M
Q1 202127$8.89M

Institutions, Q1 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund; share changes are against Q4 2023.

Institutions holding FGB in Q1 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
LPL Financial LLC1,039,348$3.92M0.00%+93,647+9.9%Added
Saba Capital Management, L.P.637,745$2.40M0.05%+442,927+227.4%Added
Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp566,162$2.13M0.56%−9,502−1.7%Reduced
Morgan Stanley557,740$2.10M0.00%+19,085+3.5%Added
PFG Investments, LLC554,102$2.09M0.13%+554,102New
Private Advisor Group, LLC337,075$1.27M0.01%+69,550+26.0%Added
Matisse Capital205,217$773.7K0.37%−42,972−17.3%Reduced
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC158,660$598.0K0.00%+10,506+7.1%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.115,702$436.2K0.00%−26,547−18.7%Reduced
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC115,579$435.7K0.03%+3,400+3.0%Added
Alpine Global Management, LLC100,000$377.0K0.07%+10,654+11.9%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.81,320$306.6K0.00%+2,289+2.9%Added
Good Life Advisors, LLC52,061$196.3K0.02%+612+1.2%Added
Rivernorth Capital Management, LLC49,555$186.8K0.01%+11,387+29.8%Added
Wells Fargo & Company49,216$185.5K0.00%+1,232+2.6%Added
NWF Advisory Services Inc.45,050$169.8K0.03%+5,100+12.8%Added
Sym Financial Corp41,994$158.3K0.03%−6,068−12.6%Reduced
Csenge Advisory Group31,770$119.8K0.01%−4,834−13.2%Reduced
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.31,391$118.3K0.01%−12,819−29.0%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP26,274$99.1K0.00%+26,274New
Mendel Capital Management LLC19,940$75.2K0.05%+19,940New
Advisory Services Network, LLC17,478$65.9K0.00%−1,673−8.7%Reduced
Virtu Financial LLC13,892$52.0K0.00%+13,892New
KPP Advisory Services LLC13,500$50.9K0.01%+13,500New
Cetera Investment Advisers13,290$50.1K0.00%+13,290New
Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors12,281$46.3K0.01%−32,369−72.5%Reduced
Hartline Investment Corp12,281$46.3K0.01%+12,281New
L.M. Kohn & Company11,800$44.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Wedbush Securities Inc10,522$40.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Equitable Holdings, Inc.10,000$37.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC9,087$34.3K0.01%+5,421+147.9%Added
IFP Advisors, Inc6,436$24.3K0.00%−2,082−24.4%Reduced
NBC Securities, Inc.6,323$23.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
US Bancorp2,900$10.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
FMR LLC1$40.00%+1New
Shaker Financial Services, LLC0$00.00%−121,027−100.0%Sold out
Almitas Capital LLC0$00.00%−45,984−100.0%Sold out
Cetera Advisors LLC0$00.00%−38,184−100.0%Sold out
Logan Stone Capital, LLC0$00.00%−24,987−100.0%Sold out
Clough Capital Partners L P0$00.00%−12,542−100.0%Sold out
Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC0$00.00%−11,971−100.0%Sold out
CSS LLC0$00.00%−10,027−100.0%Sold out
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC0$00.00%−7,408−100.0%Sold out
JPMorgan Chase & Co0$00.00%−3,210−100.0%Sold out