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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, Q4 2024

Institutional positions in First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund as of Dec 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
41
+4 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
5.26M
+578.2K (+12.3%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$22.2M
+$3.09M (+16.2%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
11
12 more added
Sold out
7
11 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2024: 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 holdersQ4 2024: 41 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 heldQ4 2024: $22.2M
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, Q4 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding FGB in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
LPL Financial LLC1,067,248$4.49M0.00%+1910.0%Added
Sit Investment Associates Inc1,010,916$4.26M0.10%+726,220+255.1%Added
Saba Capital Management, L.P.699,009$2.94M0.07%−48,931−6.5%Reduced
Morgan Stanley617,053$2.60M0.00%+46,924+8.2%Added
Rivernorth Capital Management, LLC262,275$1.10M0.05%−131,154−33.3%Reduced
Almitas Capital LLC213,162$897.4K0.20%+33,676+18.8%Added
CF Capital LLC179,500$755.7K0.81%+179,500New
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC179,246$755.0K0.00%+1,146+0.6%Added
Atomi Financial Group, Inc.114,888$483.7K0.02%+6,890+6.4%Added
Flagship Harbor Advisors, LLC104,374$439.4K0.02%−6,500−5.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company81,175$341.7K0.00%+31,959+64.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc72,855$306.7K0.00%+72,855New
Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC63,459$267.2K0.20%+1,443+2.3%Added
Sym Financial Corp62,248$262.1K0.03%+20,254+48.2%Added
CSS LLC58,141$244.8K0.01%+45,444+357.9%Added
Absolute Investment Advisers LLC52,512$221.1K0.03%+52,512New
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.46,716$196.7K0.00%+7,691+19.7%Added
Good Life Advisors, LLC42,631$179.5K0.01%−64,395−60.2%Reduced
Shaker Financial Services, LLC31,134$131.1K0.05%−10,404−25.0%Reduced
NWF Advisory Services Inc.31,050$130.7K0.02%−25,500−45.1%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC23,500$98.9K0.00%+23,500New
Csenge Advisory Group22,643$95.3K0.01%−1,998−8.1%Reduced
CWM, LLC21,765$92.0K0.00%+21,765New
Private Advisor Group, LLC20,958$88.2K0.00%−106,000−83.5%Reduced
Quarry LP20,407$85.9K0.02%+20,407New
Susquehanna International Group, LLP20,347$85.7K0.00%−6,142−23.2%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.19,957$84.0K0.00%+19,957New
Mendel Capital Management LLC19,940$83.9K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Two Sigma Securities, LLC19,854$83.6K0.02%+19,854New
KPP Advisory Services LLC13,500$56.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Cetera Investment Advisers12,390$52.2K0.00%−900−6.8%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc11,522$49.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Belpointe Asset Management LLC11,655$45.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Virtu Financial LLC10,220$43.0K0.00%+10,220New
Equitable Holdings, Inc.10,000$42.1K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
IFP Advisors, Inc6,824$28.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Park Square Financial Group, LLC3,924$16.5K0.01%+3,924New
US Bancorp2,900$12.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Group AG1,882$7.92K0.00%+1,154+158.5%Added
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co701$2.95K0.00%+701New
NBC Securities, Inc.6$260.00%−6,317−99.9%Reduced
Alpine Global Management, LLC0$00.00%−159,500−100.0%Sold out
Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp0$00.00%−144,443−100.0%Sold out
Advisory Services Network, LLC0$00.00%−17,478−100.0%Sold out
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−15,011−100.0%Sold out
L.M. Kohn & Company0$00.00%−11,800−100.0%Sold out
Jane Street Group, LLC0$00.00%−11,687−100.0%Sold out
Bank of America Corp0$00.00%−1,840−100.0%Sold out
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.––––Not filed