UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
N-CSR
CERTIFIED
SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment
Company Act file number: 811-05410
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
405
Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor
New
York, New York 10174
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Michael
D’Angelo
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
405
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10174
(Name
and address of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
George
M. Silfen, Esq.
1177
Avenue of the Americas
New
York, New York 10036
Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 542-4644
Date
of fiscal year end: October 31
Date
of reporting period: November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024
Item
1. Report to Stockholders.
Managed
Distribution Policy: The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has authorized a managed distribution
plan (the “Managed Distribution Plan”) pursuant to which the Fund will make monthly distributions to shareholders
at a fixed amount of $0.085 per share. This fixed distribution amount excludes any special dividends (which are not paid pursuant
to the Managed Distribution Plan).
The
Fund will generally distribute amounts necessary to satisfy the Fund’s Managed Distribution Plan and the requirements prescribed
by excise tax rules and Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Managed Distribution Plan is intended to provide shareholders
with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month and is intended to narrow the discount between
the market price and the net asset value of the Fund’s common shares, but there is no assurance that the Managed Distribution
Plan will be successful in doing so.
No
conclusions should be drawn about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of the Fund’s distributions or
from the terms of the Fund’s Managed Distribution Plan.
Under
the Managed Distribution Plan, to the extent that sufficient investment income is not available on a monthly basis, the Fund will
distribute capital gains and/or return of capital in order to maintain its managed distribution rate. A return of capital may
occur, for example, when some or all of the money that was invested in the Fund is paid back to shareholders. A return of capital
distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield”
or “income”.
The
Managed Distribution Plan provides that the Board may amend the terms of the Managed Distribution Plan or terminate the Managed
Distribution Plan at any time without prior notice to Fund shareholders; however, at this time, there are no reasonably foreseeable
circumstances that might cause the Fund to terminate the Managed Distribution Plan. An amendment or termination of the Managed
Distribution Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund’s common shares. The Managed Distribution
Plan will be subject to the periodic review by the Board, including a yearly review of the annual minimum fixed rate to determine
if an adjustment should be made.
Table
of Contents
Shareholder Letter |
1 |
Performance Update |
3 |
Material Risk Factors |
5 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
24 |
Consolidated Schedule
of Investments |
25 |
Consolidated Statement
of Assets and Liabilities |
49 |
Consolidated Statement
of Operations |
50 |
Consolidated Statements
of Changes in Net Assets |
51 |
Consolidated Statement
of Cash Flows |
52 |
Financial Highlights |
53 |
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements |
55 |
Additional Information |
72 |
Trustees and Officers |
73 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Shareholder
Letter |
October
31, 2024
Dear
Shareholders,
Thank
you for your continued interest in the Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”). We are pleased to
provide you with a review of the Fund’s performance and financial markets for the period.
Performance
Summary1
For
the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund’s primary benchmark),
as can be seen in the table below.
Reporting
Period: |
|
|
November
1, 2023 – October 31, 2024 |
Total
Return2 |
Annualized
Volatility3 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
18.00% |
10.85% |
iBoxx
USD Liquid High Yield Index4,5 |
15.85% |
5.10% |
The
primary contributors to the Fund’s returns6 were closed-end funds, tactical cross-asset relative value positions,
agency MBS, and reinsurance. The main detractors were equity and credit hedges, which mostly neutralized the beta exposure in
the Fund.
Markets
Review
Heading
into 2024, market participants were worried about persistent inflation, central bank responses, escalation in ongoing geopolitical
conflicts, ballooning fiscal deficit levels, and global elections. Markets experienced brief periods of increased volatility.
However, economic data quickly confirmed the strength of the U.S. economy, and recessionary concerns quickly subsided. Markets
promptly recovered. Even as interest rates moved higher in October 2024 with indications from the Fed that it may cut rates at
a slower pace than the market expected, credit spreads continued to grind tighter.
While
higher rates have not cracked global economies, they have created pockets of stress as borrowing is expensive for both companies
and consumers. As we transition into 2025, although business cycle dynamics will remain crucial to the outlook, we expect there
to be a heightened focus on policy changes in the U.S. across trade, immigration, fiscal, and regulatory policies with the incoming
new administration. We also expect that technological innovation, and the broadening of the AI cycle will remain an important
driver across markets, with monetization becoming a greater focus in the coming quarters.
Investment
Objective
The
Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with a high level of current income, with a secondary goal
of capital appreciation. The Fund invests globally in debt and equity securities of public and private companies, which includes,
among other things, investments in closed-end funds, special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”), reinsurance and
public and private debt instruments. The Fund also may utilize derivatives, including but not limited to, total return swaps,
credit default swaps (“CDS”), options and futures, in seeking to enhance returns and/or to reduce portfolio risk.
The Fund may also invest up to 15% of its total assets in private funds on a discretionary basis.
Current
Portfolio and Strategy
Risk
assets have generally rallied over the last year, but we also saw how quickly that can change on a sign of softness in U.S. economic
data in early August. While markets quickly bounced back, plenty of uncertainty remains in financial markets today with uneven
policy rate normalization and changes in trade, fiscal, and energy policies.
As
such, the Fund maintained a defensive posture from a net exposure perspective until July and then opportunistically increased
the net exposure to be close to its stated benchmark during a volatile August. Year-to-date, about half of the NAV returns can
be attributed to beta, and the remaining can be attributed to alpha returns from closed-end fund discount tightening and cross-asset
relative value positions. Looking forward, we expect to employ a flexible investing approach with a measured stance in terms of
net exposure. More importantly, the Fund will continue to invest in asymmetric opportunities that we believe to be mispriced on
a relative basis, such as MBS spreads relative to IG spreads, closed-end funds relative to their net asset value (“NAV”),
and reinsurance.
Annual
Report | October 31, 2024 |
1 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Shareholder
Letter |
October
31, 2024
Below
is an overview of the Fund’s portfolio performance for the period:
Closed-End
Funds/Investment Trusts – Closed-end funds continued to be a meaningful contributor to the Fund’s performance
over the last year. The Fund primarily benefited from discount tightening as the average portfolio discount ended the period at
approximately 10.7% from approximately 15.6% one year prior. Currently, the Fund holds about 60% long closed-end funds, which
are partially hedged.
Cross-Asset
Relative Value Strategy – Dynamic positioning in Credit vs Equity indices (SPX/IWM vs HY index) contributed meaningfully
in the third quarter with gamma and vega monetization around the volatility.
Long/Short
Credit – The Fund’s long exposure to bonds and loans, along with tactical hedges through CDX, served as contributors
to the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period. The Fund has opportunistically increased its allocation to long fixed
income securities through investments in U.S. high-yield and investment-grade bonds and credit derivatives.
Reinsurance
– The catastrophe reinsurance market became dislocated at the end of 2022 (with premiums increasing, on average,
between 20% and 50%+ YoY). The premium increase from 2022 has persisted, and the Fund has increased the exposure to about 13%.
Agency
Mortgages – During the depths of the regional banking crisis in Q1 2023, the interest rate volatility was significantly
elevated and was “dislocated” compared to both equity volatility and credit volatility. Since then, there has also
been a dislocation compared to investment grade corporate bond spreads. Although the dislocation has persisted thus far and led
to moderate gains, we believe that this dislocation will likely dissipate.
Equities
– The Fund’s public equity investments benefited from the market rally and produced moderate gains. They were
partially offset by equity hedges in the portfolio in place to neutralize the beta exposure in the Fund.
Conclusion
We
will continue to search for investment opportunities with the goal of creating long-term value for shareholders.
If
you have any questions about the Fund, please visit www.sabacef.com. We are grateful for your trust and support.
Boaz
R. Weinstein
Founder
and Chief Investment Officer
Saba
Capital Management, L.P.
The
foregoing reflects the views, analysis, and opinions of Saba Capital Management, L.P. (“Saba”) as of 20 December,
2024.
| 1 | Past
performance is no guarantee of future results and shares of the Fund, when sold, may be worth less than their original cost. |
| 2 | “Total
Return” is calculated assuming a purchase of the referenced security/index at the
opening on November 1, 2023 and a sale at October 31, 2024 and includes an assumption
that dividends/distributions, if any, are reinvested. Additional returns of the Fund
on a NAV basis and market value basis for the reporting period can be found on page 3.
|
| 3 | “Annualized
Volatility” is the standard deviation of daily returns (trading days) for any reporting
period times sqrt (252), where 252 is the expected number of trading days in an annual
period. |
| 4 | iShares
iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index
composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds. |
| 5 | Indices
and other financial benchmarks are provided for illustrative purposes only and do not
imply that the Fund will achieve similar performance, returns or volatility or invest
in any specific investments that compromise any such index. Comparisons to indices have
limitations and material characteristics that may differ from the Fund. Any index information
contained herein is included merely to show general trends in the markets in the periods
indicated, is not meant to imply that these indices are the only relevant indices or
the Fund’s portfolio was similar to the index either in composition or element
of risk. Indices referenced in the foregoing letter were selected by us in good faith,
but there is no guarantee that such indices are appropriate or suitable for comparison
with the Fund’s performance. No assurance is made as to the accuracy of such indices
and all information above is subject to revision. In addition, the composition of each
of these indices is not under our control and may change over time in the discretion
of the respective provider of such index, which may affect the results of the performance
comparisons. |
| 6 | The
returns discussed in this paragraph represent the gains and losses that the Fund’s
portfolio investments generated during the reporting period and are therefore calculated
using a different methodology than the “Total Return” presented in the table
to this “Performance Summary” section. |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Performance
Update |
October
31, 2024
Average
Annual Total Returns (as of October 31, 2024)
|
1
Year |
3
Year |
5
Year |
10
Year |
Returns
at NAV |
12.77% |
6.98% |
4.54% |
4.26% |
Returns
at Market Value |
18.00% |
6.31% |
5.20% |
4.57% |
iShares
iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)1 |
15.85% |
2.42% |
3.37% |
3.74% |
Average
annual returns for the period since Saba Capital Management, L.P. began managing the Fund on June 4, 2021 are at NAV 6.93% and
at market value 6.46%2.
Comparison
of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment
The
performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return
and value of the Fund shares will fluctuate so that a shareholder’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their
original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Fund performance current to the most recent month-end
is available by visiting www.sabacef.com.
| 1 | iBoxx
USD Liquid High Yield Index consists of liquid USD high yield bonds, selected to provide
a balanced representation of the USD high yield corporate bond universe. The index is
market-value weighted with an issuer cap of 3%. |
| 2 | Total
investment return is calculated assuming a purchase at the opening on June 4, 2021 and
a sale at October 31, 2024 and includes an assumption that dividends/distributions are
reinvested. |
Annual
Report | October 31, 2024 |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Performance
Update |
October
31, 2024
Top
Ten Holdings by Issuer (as a % of Net Assets)(a)
Stone
Ridge Opportunities Fund Feeder LP |
13.01% |
RR
Donnelley & Sons Co. |
6.19% |
Bitwise
10 Crypto Index Fund |
3.89% |
Grayscale
Ethereum Classic Trust |
3.15% |
Cannae
Holdings, Inc. |
3.01% |
Level
3 Financing Inc. |
2.58% |
J
Crew Group LLC |
2.54% |
Altria
Group, Inc. |
2.53% |
Fidelity
Emerging Markets Ltd. |
2.35% |
Pershing
Square Holdings, Ltd. |
2.28% |
Top
Ten Holdings |
41.53% |
Portfolio
Composition (as a % of Net Assets)(a)
Closed
End Funds |
22.66% |
Corporate
Bonds |
18.56% |
Private
Funds |
13.96% |
Senior
Loans |
13.70% |
Common
Stock |
12.52% |
Investment
Trusts |
8.79% |
Unit
Trusts |
3.58% |
Simple
Agreement For Future Equity Contracts |
2.09% |
Preferred
Stock |
1.14% |
Mortgage-Backed
Securities |
1.10% |
Money
Market Funds |
0.94% |
Options |
0.90% |
Special
Purpose Acquisition Companies |
0.53% |
Futures
Contracts |
0.55% |
Sovereign
Debt Obligations |
0.54% |
Credit
Default Swap Contracts |
0.44% |
Credit
Default Swaptions |
0.24% |
Investment
in Affiliated Fund |
0.23% |
Forward
Foreign Currency Contracts |
0.14% |
Warrants |
0.08% |
Rights |
0.01% |
Participation
Agreement |
0.00% |
Preferred
Stock |
-0.05% |
Total
Return Swap Contracts |
-0.22% |
To
Be Announced Mortgage-Backed Securities Forward Contracts |
-1.07% |
Corporate
Bonds |
-1.46% |
Exchange
Traded Funds |
-3.06% |
Common
Stock |
-13.11% |
Sovereign
Debt Obligations |
-53.81% |
Total
Investment |
29.92% |
Other
Assets in Excess of Liabilities |
70.08% |
Net
Assets |
100.00% |
| (a) | Holdings
are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Tables present indicative values only. |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Material
Risk Factors |
October
31, 2024
General
Risk Factors
Dependence
on Key Individuals. Shareholders have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the Fund. The success of the Fund depends
upon the ability of key members of the Investment Adviser’s investment team to develop and implement investment strategies
that achieve the Fund’s investment objectives. If the Fund were to lose the services of these members, the consequence to
the Fund could be material and adverse. In addition, subjective decisions made by the individual CEF Managers may cause the Fund
to incur losses or to miss profit opportunities on which it may otherwise have capitalized. Although Saba Capital may allocate
assets of the Fund to CEF Managers who use different investment strategies, there can be no assurance that market or other events
will not have an adverse impact on the strategies employed by multiple CEF Managers.
Dependence
on Service Providers. The Fund is also dependent upon their counterparties and the businesses that are not controlled
by the Investment Adviser that provide services to the Fund (the “Service Providers”). Examples of Service Providers
include the administrator, custodian, legal counsel, auditors, Principal Financial Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer. Errors
are inherent in the business and operations of any business, and although the Investment Adviser will adopt measures to prevent
and detect errors by, and misconduct of, counterparties and Service Providers, and transact with counterparties and Service Providers
it believes to be reliable, such measures may not be effective in all cases. Errors or misconduct could have a material adverse
effect on the Fund and the Investor’s investments therein.
Indemnification.
The Fund will indemnify the Investment Adviser and other Service Providers for liabilities incurred in connection with
the affairs of the Fund. Such liabilities may be material and have an adverse effect on the returns to the investors. The indemnification
obligations of the Fund would be payable from the assets of the Fund.
Third
Party Managers. The Fund has and may in the future invest in public and/private funds managed by third party managers,
or may allocate portions of its assets to third party managers to manage on a discretionary basis, if the Investment Adviser determines
that such an arrangement represents the best way to access a particular investment opportunity or otherwise expand the investment
expertise available to the Fund. The Fund will be subject to various costs relating to such investments, including performance-based
and/or fixed asset-based fees or allocations payable to such third party managers. Any such fees and allocations will not reduce
the Management Fee.
An
investor in an advisory client (any such investor, a “Referring Investor”) of the Investment Adviser may refer to
the Investment Adviser one or more third party managers that manage funds and/or accounts in which the Fund may invest. The Fund
may invest in one or more funds and/or accounts managed by such third party managers directly or indirectly (through a vehicle
managed by such Referring Investor). In exchange for any such referral (or access), a Referring Investor may be compensated through
payment or allocation of performance-based or fixed asset-based fees or allocations. A Referring Investor may also be granted
preferential terms with respect to its investment in any other advisory client of the Investment Adviser in connection with any
referral it makes to the Investment Adviser. Additionally, from time to time, the Fund has in the past invested, and may in the
future invest, in funds advised by third party managers where the Investment Adviser also provides advisory services to advisory
clients advised by such third party managers. These investments may create a potential conflict of interest for the Investment
Adviser to make such investments to receive fees from a Referring Investor or the clients advised by the third party managers.
When making an investment of the Fund’s assets with such third party managers, the Investment Adviser will evaluate the
facts and circumstances of the proposed investment to assess the appropriateness of the investment in light of the potential conflict
of interest.
Selection
of Brokers. The Investment Adviser may be subject to conflicts of interest relating to its selection of brokers on behalf
of the Fund. Transactions for the Fund will be allocated to brokers on the basis of, among other things, best execution and in
consideration of a broker's ability to effect the transactions, its facilities, reliability and financial responsibility, as well
as the provision or payment by the broker of the costs of research and research-related services. In addition, brokers may provide
other services that are beneficial to the Investment Adviser, but not necessarily beneficial to the Fund, including, without limitation,
capital introduction, marketing assistance, consulting with respect to technology, operations or equipment, and other services
or items. Such services and items may influence the Investment Adviser’s selection of brokers.
Fees
and Expenses Risk. The Fund will pay fees and expenses regardless of whether it records profits for the period and will
be required to pay fees and expenses at the level of the CEFs regardless of whether a CEF experiences any profits (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, expenses attributable to trading commissions).
Affiliated
Service Provider. The Investment Adviser from time to time engages service providers on behalf of the Fund in which certain
advisory clients of the Investment Adviser, including but not limited to the Fund, and/or employees, consultants, affiliates and/or
other personnel of Saba Capital have a financial interest and which certain employees, consultants, affiliates and/or other personnel
of the Investment Adviser participate in the management of (the “Affiliated Service Provider”). When engaging an Affiliated
Service Provider, the Fund is expected to bear the Affiliated Service Provider’s fees and rates (including with respect
to terms and compensation), which are expected to be competitive with compensation paid
to third parties for comparable services that could reasonably be made available to the Fund. No management fee offset is expected
to be applied to the Affiliated Service Provider for such services. The Investment Adviser may be viewed as having an incentive
to direct the Fund to engage the Affiliated Service Provider because of the financial or other business interests of certain advisory
clients of the Investment Adviser, including but not limited to the Fund, and/or employees, consultants, affiliates and/or other
personnel of the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser seeks to mitigate any such conflict by periodically evaluating the
pricing of alternative unaffiliated service providers
Annual
Report | October 31, 2024 |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Material
Risk Factors |
October
31, 2024
Risks
Relating to Market Conditions Generally
General
Economic and Market Conditions. The success of the Fund’s activities will be affected by general economic and market
conditions, such as interest rates, availability of credit, credit defaults, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in
laws (including laws relating to taxation of the Fund’s investments), trade barriers, currency exchange controls, and national
and international political circumstances (including wars, terrorist acts or security operations). These factors may affect the
level and volatility of the prices and the liquidity of the Fund’s investments. Volatility or illiquidity could impair the
Fund’s profitability or result in losses. The Fund may maintain substantial trading positions that can be adversely affected
by the level of volatility in the financial markets.
Market
Disruption and Geopolitical. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events may disrupt securities markets and
adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions
in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including
the U.S. War, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead,
to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally.
Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. Those
events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect
individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment,
and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the Fund and the Fund. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the
operations of the Fund and of the Service Providers.
Potential
Interest Rate Increases. Uncertainty of the U.S. and global economy, and sensitivity of interest rates to changes in U.S.
government and other nations’ monetary and fiscal policies, including changes in the federal funds rate, create a risk that
interest rates will be volatile in the future. Interest rate volatility is difficult to predict, and may cause the value of any
assets sensitive to interest rates, including fixed-income instruments, held by the Fund and the CEFs to decrease.
Volatile
Markets. The prices of financial instruments in which the Fund may invest can be volatile. Price movements of forward
and other derivative contracts in which the Fund’s assets may be invested are influenced by, among other things, interest
rates, changing supply and demand relationships, trade, fiscal, monetary and exchange control programs and policies of governments,
and national and international political and economic events and policies. The Fund is subject to the risk of failure of any of
the exchanges on which its positions trade or of their clearinghouses.
There
can be no assurance that the Fund will not suffer material adverse effects from broad and rapid changes in market conditions.
Recent market conditions have shown that markets can quickly change at times or in ways that are difficult for the Investment
Adviser to predict, so even a well analyzed investment approach may not protect the Fund from significant losses under certain
market conditions.
Global
Market Investments. The Fund may invest in the equity, debt or other securities and instruments of issuers located outside
the United States. In addition to business uncertainties, such investments may be affected by political, social and economic uncertainty
affecting a country or region. Many financial markets are not as developed or as efficient as those in the United States, and
as a result, liquidity may be reduced and price volatility may be higher. The legal and regulatory environment may also be different,
particularly as to bankruptcy and reorganization. Financial accounting standards and practices may differ, and there may be less
publicly available information in respect of such companies.
The
values and relative yields of investments in the securities markets of different countries, and their associated risks, are expected
to change independently of each other. Income received by the Fund from sources within some countries may be reduced by withholding
and other taxes imposed by such countries.
The
Fund may be subject to additional risks which include possible adverse political and economic developments and possible adoption
of governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest to investors located outside the
country of the issuer, whether from currency blockage or otherwise. Furthermore, some of the securities may be subject to brokerage
taxes levied by governments, which has the effect of increasing the cost of such investment and reducing the realized gain or
increasing the realized loss on such securities at the time
of sale. While the Investment Adviser will take these factors into consideration in making investment decisions for the Fund,
no assurance can be given that the Fund will be able to fully avoid these risks.
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Material
Risk Factors |
October
31, 2024
In
addition, economic problems in a single country are increasingly affecting other markets and economies. A continuation of this
trend could adversely affect global economic conditions and world markets and, in turn, could adversely affect the Fund’s
performance.
Emerging
Market Investments. Certain markets in which the Fund may invest may be regarded as emerging or developing markets. In
emerging and developing markets, there is often less government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices,
stock exchanges, over-the-counter markets, brokers, dealers, counterparties and issuers than in other more established markets.
Any regulatory supervision which is in place may be subject to manipulation or control. Some emerging and developing market countries
do not have mature legal systems comparable to those of more developed countries. Moreover, the process of legal and regulatory
reform may not be proceeding at the same pace as market developments, which could result in investment risk. Legislation to safeguard
the rights of private ownership may not yet be in place in certain areas, and there may be the risk of conflict among local, regional
and national requirements. In certain cases, the laws and regulations governing investments in financial instruments may not exist
or may be subject to inconsistent or arbitrary appreciation or interpretation. Both the independence of judicial systems and their
immunity from economic, political or nationalistic influences remain largely untested in many countries. The Fund may also encounter
difficulties in pursuing legal remedies or in obtaining and enforcing judgments in non-U.S. courts. Due to the foregoing risks
and complications, the costs associated with investments in emerging market securities generally are higher than for securities
of issuers based in developed countries.
Investment
Strategy Risk Factors
An
investor should be aware that it may lose money. All investments involve the risk of loss of capital. The Investment Adviser
believes that the Fund’s investment program and research techniques moderate this risk through a careful selection of investments,
the use of short and long positions and other financial instruments. However, no guarantee or representation is made that the
Fund’s investment program will be successful. The Fund’s investment program is expected to utilize leverage and may
utilize such investment techniques as option transactions, short sales, limited diversification and forward contracts, which can,
in certain circumstances, increase the adverse impact to which the Fund’s portfolio may be subject.
Leverage
Risks. The use of leverage may take the form of, without limitation, any of the financial instruments described herein,
including derivative instruments which are inherently leveraged and trading in products with embedded leverage such as options,
short sales, swaps and forwards. The instruments and borrowings utilized by the Fund to leverage investments may be collateralized
by the Fund’s portfolio, respectively.
The
use of leverage will magnify the volatility of changes in the value of the investments of the Fund. Accordingly, any event which
adversely affects the value of an investment would be magnified to the extent the investment is leveraged. The cumulative effect
of the use of leverage by the Fund in a market that moves adversely to its investments could result in substantial losses to the
Fund, which would be greater than if the Fund was not leveraged.
While
leverage increases the buying power of the Fund and presents opportunities for increasing total returns, it has the effect of
potentially increasing losses as well. For example, funds borrowed for leveraging will be subject to interest, transaction and
other costs, and other types of leverage also involve transaction and other costs. Any such costs may or may not be recovered
by the return on the Fund’s portfolio. Leverage will increase the investment return of the Fund if an investment purchased
with or utilizing leverage earns a greater return than the cost to the Fund of such leverage. The use of leverage will decrease
the investment return if the Fund fails to recover the cost of such leverage.
Short
Selling
General
Risk. The success of the Fund’s short selling investment strategy depends upon the Investment Adviser’s ability
to identify and sell short securities that are overvalued. A short sale creates the risk of a theoretically unlimited loss, in
that the price of the underlying security could theoretically increase without limit, thus increasing the cost to the Fund of
buying those securities to cover the short position.
Borrowing
and Counterparty Risk. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to maintain the ability to borrow securities sold
short. In such cases, the Fund can be “bought in” (i.e., forced to repurchase securities in the open market to return
to the lender). There also can be no assurance that the securities necessary to cover a short position will be available for purchase
at or near prices quoted in the market. Purchasing securities to close out a short position can itself cause the price of the
securities to rise further, thereby exacerbating the loss.
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Even
though the Fund secures a “good borrow” of the security sold short at the time of execution, the lending institution
may recall the lent security at any time, thereby forcing the Fund to purchase the security at the then-prevailing market price,
which may be higher than the price at which such security was originally sold short by the Fund.
In
addition, the Fund may be required to provide additional margin to its counterparties, including its prime brokers, on short notice
if the price of a security underlying a short position suddenly rises. If the Fund is unable to deliver the additional margin
required, the Fund may need to prematurely close out the short position at unattractive prices, thereby resulting in a substantial
loss. Depending on the timing and magnitude of a price increase in respect of an open short position, the Fund may be required
to liquidate long positions to meet margin requirements, thereby further increasing the losses (or decreasing the gains) of the
Fund.
The
Fund may make “short sales against-the-box,” in which it will sell short securities it owns or has the right to
obtain without payment of additional consideration. If the Fund makes a short sale against-the-box, it will be required to
set aside securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (or securities convertible or exchangeable
into those securities) and will be required to hold those securities while the short sale is outstanding. The Fund will incur
transaction costs, including interest expense, in connection with opening, maintaining and closing short sales
against-the-box.
Further,
fees charged to the Fund for borrowing securities may be substantial, and will decrease any gains (or increase losses) associated
with a short position.
Short
strategies can also be implemented synthetically through various instruments and be used with respect to indices or in the OTC
market and with respect to futures and other instruments. In some cases of synthetic short sales, there is no floating supply
of an underlying instrument with which to cover or close out a short position and the Fund may be entirely dependent on the willingness
of OTC market makers to quote prices at which the synthetic short position may be unwound. There can be no assurance that such
market makers will be willing to make such quotes. Short strategies can also be implemented on a leveraged basis.
Short-Squeeze
Risk. A so-called “short squeeze” can occur when the price of securities in which the Fund has an open short position
rises sharply in a short time frame. The rapid rise may be a result of (i) multiple short sellers seeking to cover their short
positions in the same time frame by purchasing the security, resulting a rapid price increase; (ii) market participants collectively
purchasing a significant amount of shares, thereby causing a substantial increase the price of such securities; or (iii) one or
more lenders of a security that was used to facilitate a short position suddenly demanding the return of the security that has
been loaned. A “short squeeze” may result in the Fund having to prematurely close out a short position at relatively
unattractive high prices, resulting in a substantial loss. Further, the risk of a “short squeeze” likely will increase
if other short sellers, market participants and/or lenders become aware of the Fund’s short positions, including, without
limitation, as a result of legally-required reporting with respect to the Fund’s ownership of options to purchase the underlying
security being shorted.
Legal
Restrictions and Reporting-Related Risk. Certain jurisdictions have enacted restrictions on short selling (including wholesale
bans, at times) as well as public disclosure requirements. If additional short selling restrictions and disclosure requirements
are enacted, the prices of the instruments in which the Fund invests may be materially affected and the ability of the Investment
Adviser to take advantage of opportunities for short selling may be significantly reduced.
Specifically,
on October 13, 2023, the SEC adopted new rule 13f-2 (“Rule 13f-2”) of the Exchange Act. Rule 13f-2 requires institutional
investment managers to report equity security short positions to the SEC on new Form SHO. While the Form SHO information that
the Investment Adviser will file with the SEC (if any) is treated as confidential, the SEC plans to publish aggregated data derived
from Form SHO submissions within a month of the end of each reporting period. This information published by the SEC will be the
aggregated gross short position for each class of equity security and the aggregate of the net activity reported by all reporting
managers for each equity security. In addition, each month the SEC also plans to publish similar aggregated Form SHO data for
the prior 12 months that reflect updated information that accounts for any changes that result from amendments and restatements
to Form SHO filings. Rule 13f-2 went into effect on January 2, 2024. However, compliance with the Rule 13f-2 reporting requirements
will not be required until 12 months later, January 2025, with the SEC commencing the publication of aggregated short position
data collected under Rule 13f-2 three months later. In addition, in December 2023, several industry groups sued the SEC to invalidate
the rule, although it is not clear whether the case will be resolved before market participants will need to comply with the rule’s
requirements.
While
the short position information provided by the Investment Adviser to the SEC will be confidential and not available to the public,
market participants will now have monthly visibility, albeit on an aggregate basis, into the magnitude of open short positions
with respect to a particular issuer. The disclosure that will be provided pursuant to Rule 13f-2 increases the risk that a “short
squeeze” could occur in one or more short positions
maintained by the Fund because market participants will now have broad and regularly recurring information regarding the open
short positions.
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Equity
Securities Generally. The Fund expects to buy and sell private and public equity securities. The value of equity securities
of public and private, listed and unlisted companies and equity derivatives generally varies with the performance of the issuer
and movements in the equity markets. As a result, the Fund may suffer losses if it invests in equity instruments of issuers whose
performance diverges from the Investment Adviser’s expectations or if equity markets generally move in a single direction
and the Fund has not hedged against such a general move. The Fund also may be exposed to risks that issuers will not fulfill contractual
obligations such as, in the case of convertible securities or private placements, delivering marketable common stock upon conversions
of convertible securities and registering restricted securities for public resale.
Debt
Securities Generally. The Fund expects to buy and sell private and government debt securities and instruments. The Fund
may buy or sell debt instruments that are unrated, and whether or not rated, the debt instruments may have speculative characteristics.
The issuers of such instruments (including sovereign issuers) may face significant ongoing uncertainties and exposure to adverse
conditions that may undermine the issuer’s ability to make timely payment of interest and principal. Such instruments are
regarded as predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance
with the terms of the obligations and involve major risk exposure to adverse conditions.
Currency
Risks. The Fund’s investments that are denominated in a foreign currency are subject to the risk that the value
of a particular currency will change in relation to one or more other currencies. Among the factors that may affect currency values
are trade balances, the level of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies,
long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation and political developments. The Investment Adviser may try to
hedge these risks by investing directly in foreign currencies, buying and selling forward foreign currency exchange contracts
and buying and selling options on foreign currencies, but there can be no assurance such strategies will be effective.
Sovereign
Debt. The Fund may buy and sell sovereign debt. Several factors may affect (i) the ability of a government, its agencies,
instrumentalities or its central bank to make payments on the debt it has issued (“Sovereign Debt”), including securities
that the Investment Adviser believes are likely to be included in restructurings of the external debt obligations of the issuer
in question, (ii) the market value of such debt and (iii) the inclusion of Sovereign Debt in future restructurings, including
such issuer’s (x) balance of trade and access to international financing, (y) cost of servicing such obligations, which
may be affected by changes in international interest rates, and (z) level of international currency reserves, which may affect
the amount of non-U.S. exchange available for external debt payments. Significant ongoing uncertainties and exposure to adverse
conditions may undermine the issuer’s ability to make timely payment of interest and principal, and issuers may default
on their Sovereign Debt.
Distressed
Securities. The Fund may invest in “below investment grade” securities and obligations of issuers in weak
financial condition, experiencing poor operating results, having substantial capital needs or negative net worth, facing special
competitive or product obsolescence problems, including companies involved in bankruptcy or other reorganization and liquidation
proceedings. It is anticipated that certain debt instruments purchased by the Investment Adviser for the Fund may be non-performing
and possibly in default. Furthermore, the obligor or relevant guarantor may also be in bankruptcy or liquidation. There can be
no assurance as to the amount and timing of payments, if any, with respect to the loans. These securities are likely to be particularly
risky investments although they also may offer the potential for correspondingly high returns. Among the risks inherent in investments
in troubled entities is the fact that it frequently may be difficult to obtain information as to the true condition of such issuers.
Such investments may also be adversely affected by laws relating to, among other things, fraudulent transfers and other voidable
transfers or payments, lender liability and the bankruptcy court’s power to disallow, reduce, subordinate or disenfranchise
particular claims. Such companies’ securities may be considered speculative, and the ability of such companies to pay their
debts on schedule could be affected by adverse interest rate movements, changes in the general economic climate, economic factors
affecting a particular industry or specific developments within such companies. In addition, there is no minimum credit standard
that is a prerequisite to the Fund’s investment in any instrument, and a significant portion of the obligations and securities
in which the Fund invests may be less than investment grade. The level of analytical sophistication, both financial and legal,
necessary for successful investment in companies experiencing significant business and financial difficulties is unusually high.
There is no assurance that the Investment Adviser will correctly evaluate the value of the assets underlying the Fund’s
investments or the prospects for a successful reorganization or similar action. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding
relating to a company in which the Fund invests, the Fund may lose its entire investment, may be required to accept cash or securities
with a value less than the Fund’s original investment and/or may be required to accept payment over an extended period of
time. Under such circumstances, the returns generated from the Fund’s investments may not compensate the investors adequately
for the risks assumed.
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In
liquidation (both in and out of bankruptcy) and other forms of corporate reorganization, there exists the risk that the reorganization
either will be unsuccessful (due to, for example, failure to obtain requisite approvals), will be delayed (for example, until
various liabilities, actual or contingent, have been satisfied) or will result in a distribution of cash or a new security the
value of which will be less than the purchase price to the Fund of the security in respect to which such distribution was made.
In
certain transactions, the Fund may not be “hedged” against market fluctuations, or, in liquidation situations, may
not accurately value the assets of the company being liquidated. This can result in losses, even if the proposed transaction is
consummated.
High-Yield
Securities. The Fund expects to invest in bonds or other fixed income securities, including, without limitation, “higher
yielding” (including non-investment grade) debt securities, and may take short positions in these securities. Such securities
are generally not exchange traded and, as a result, these financial instruments trade in the over-the-counter marketplace, which
is less transparent and has wider bid/ask spreads than the exchange-traded marketplace. The Fund may invest in these securities
when they offer opportunities for capital appreciation (or capital depreciation in the case of short positions) and may also invest
in these securities for temporary defensive purposes and to maintain liquidity. High-yield securities include, among other securities:
bonds, notes and debentures issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporations and U.S. Government securities or debt securities issued
or guaranteed by a non-U.S. government. These securities may pay fixed, variable or floating rates of interest, and may include
zero coupon obligations.
In
addition, the Fund may invest in bonds of issuers that do not have publicly traded equity securities, making it more difficult
to hedge the risks associated with such investments. Also, the market for credit spreads is often inefficient and illiquid, making
it difficult to accurately calculate discounting spreads for valuing financial instruments. High-yield securities face ongoing
uncertainties and exposure to adverse business, financial or economic conditions which could lead to the issuer’s inability
to meet timely interest and principal payments. High-yield securities are subject to the risk of the issuer’s inability
to meet principal and interest payments on its obligations (i.e., credit risk) and are subject to price volatility resulting from,
among other things, interest rate sensitivity, market perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and general market liquidity
(i.e., market risk). High-yield securities may or may not be subordinated to certain other outstanding securities and obligations
of the issuer, which may be secured by substantially all of the issuer’s assets. High-yield securities may also not be protected
by financial covenants or limitations on additional indebtedness.
The
market values of certain of these lower-rated and unrated debt securities tend to reflect individual corporate developments to
a greater extent than do higher-rated securities which react primarily to fluctuations in the general level of interest rates,
and tend to be more sensitive to economic conditions than are higher-rated securities. Companies that issue such securities are
often highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. It is possible that a major economic
recession could severely disrupt the market for such securities and may have an adverse impact on the value of such securities.
In addition, it is possible that any such economic downturn could adversely affect the ability of the issuers of such securities
to repay principal and pay interest thereon and increase the incidence of default of such securities.
The
Fund may invest in obligations of issuers that are generally trading at significantly higher yields than had been historically
typical of the applicable issuer’s obligations. Such investments may include debt obligations that have a heightened probability
of being in covenant or payment default in the future or that are currently in default and are generally considered speculative.
The repayment of defaulted obligations is subject to significant uncertainties. Defaulted obligations might be repaid only after
lengthy workout or bankruptcy proceedings, during which the issuer might not make any interest or other payments. Typically such
workout or bankruptcy proceedings result only in partial recovery of cash payments or an exchange of the defaulted security for
other debt or equity securities of the issuer or its affiliates, which may in turn be illiquid or speculative.
Bank
Loans. The Fund’s investment program may include investments in bank loans and participations. These obligations
are subject to unique risks, including: (i) the possible invalidation of an investment transaction as a fraudulent conveyance
under relevant creditors’ rights laws; (ii) so-called lender-liability claims by the issuer of the obligations; (iii) environmental
liabilities that may arise with respect to collateral securing the obligations; and (iv) limitations on the ability of the Fund
to directly enforce its rights with respect to participations. In analyzing each bank loan or participation, the Investment Adviser
attempts to compare the relative significance of the risks against the expected benefits of the investment. Successful claims
by third parties arising from these and other risks will be borne by the Fund.
As
secondary market trading volumes increase, new loans are frequently adopting standardized documentation to facilitate loan trading,
which may improve market liquidity. There can be no assurance, however, that future levels of supply and demand in loan trading
will provide an adequate degree of liquidity or that the current level of liquidity will continue. Because of the provision to
holders of such loans of confidential information relating to the borrower, the unique and customized nature of the loan agreement,
and the private syndication of the loan, loans are not as easily purchased or sold as a publicly traded security, and historically
the trading volume in the loan market has been small relative to the high-yield debt market.
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Second
Lien Loans. The Fund may invest in loans that are secured by a second lien on assets. Second lien loans have been a developed
market for a relatively short period of time, and there is limited historical data on the performance of second lien loans in
adverse economic circumstances. In addition, second lien loan products are subject to intercreditor arrangements with the holders
of first lien indebtedness, pursuant to which the second lien holders have waived many of the rights of a secured creditor, and
some rights of unsecured creditors, including rights in bankruptcy which can materially affect recoveries. While there is broad
market acceptance of some second lien intercreditor terms, no clear market standard has developed for certain other material intercreditor
terms for second lien loan products. This variation in key intercreditor terms may result in dissimilar recoveries across otherwise
similarly situated second lien loans in insolvency or distressed situations. While uncertainty of recovery in an insolvency or
distressed situation is inherent in all debt instruments, second lien loan products carry more risks than certain other debt products.
Non-Investment
Grade and Unrated Instruments. A portion of the Fund’s assets may be invested in instruments that are unrated or
have a credit quality rating below investment grade by internationally recognized credit rating organizations, such as Moody’s
Investors Service Inc. and S&P Global Ratings. The market prices of those securities may fluctuate more than higher-rated
securities, and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. Those securities generally are considered
to have extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment grade standing and to have a current identifiable vulnerability
to default. The issuers or guarantors of those securities are considered to be less likely to have the capacity to pay interest
and repay principal when due in the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions. Alternatively, such issuers may
be in default or not current in the payment of interest or principal. Adverse changes in economic conditions or developments regarding
the individual issuer are more likely to cause price volatility and weaken the capacity of the issuers of non-investment grade
debt securities to make principal and interest payments than issuers of higher grade debt securities. An economic downturn affecting
an issuer of non-investment grade debt securities may result in an increased incidence of default. In addition, the market for
lower grade debt securities may be less liquid and less active than for higher grade debt securities.
Inflation
Risks. The value of assets or income from investments may be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money.
As inflation increases, the value of the Fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the Fund’s distributions. This
risk is significantly greater if the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in fixed-income securities with longer maturities.
Credit
Risk. An issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other contract, may be
unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The issuer or guarantor
may default causing a loss of the full principal amount of a security. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected
in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase,
which may adversely affect the value of the security.
Interest
Rate Risk. Changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities.
When interest rates rise, the value of investments in fixed-income securities tends to fall and this decrease in value may not
be offset by higher income from new investments. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-income securities with longer
maturities or durations.
Credit
Default Swaps. The Fund expects to invest in credit default swaps. A credit default swap is a contract between two parties
which transfers the risk of loss if a company fails to pay principal or interest on time or files for bankruptcy. In essence,
an institution which owns corporate debt instruments can purchase a limited form of default protection by entering into a credit
default swap with another bank, broker-dealer or financial intermediary. Upon an event of default, the swap may be terminated
in one of two ways: (i) by the purchaser of credit protection delivering the referenced instrument to the swap counterparty and
receiving a payment of par value, or (ii) by the parties pairing off payments, with the purchaser of the protection receiving
a payment equal to the par value of the reference security less the price at which the reference security trades subsequent to
default. The first way is the more common form of credit default swap termination.
In
the manner described above, credit default swaps can be used to hedge a portion of the default risk on a single corporate bond
or a portfolio of bonds. Credit default swaps can be used to implement the Investment Adviser’s view that a particular credit,
or group of credits, will experience credit improvement. In the case of expected credit improvement, the Fund may sell credit
default protection in which it receives a premium to take on the risk. In such an instance, the obligation of the Fund to make
payments upon the occurrence of a credit event creates leveraged exposure to the credit risk of the referenced entity. The Fund
may also “purchase” credit default protection even in the case in which it does not own the referenced instrument
if, in the judgment of the Investment Adviser, there is a high likelihood of credit deterioration. In such instance, the Fund
will pay a premium regardless of whether there is a credit event.
The
credit default swap market in high-yield securities is comparatively new and rapidly evolving compared to the credit default swap
market for more seasoned and liquid investment grade securities, creating the risk that the newer markets will be less liquid,
and making it potentially more difficult to exit or enter into a particular transaction. Swap transactions dependent upon credit
events are priced incorporating many variables including the pricing and volatility of the common stock, potential loss upon default
and the shape of the U.S. Treasury Yield curve, among other factors. As such, there are many factors upon which market participants
may have divergent views. The Investment Adviser may also enter into credit default swap transactions, even if the credit outlook
is positive, if it believes that participants in the marketplace have incorrectly valued the components which determine the value
of a swap.
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Widening
and Narrowing Credit Spreads. The Fund will be impacted by the widening or narrowing of credit spreads. If credit spreads
were to narrow, it may result in an increase in the cost to the Fund of buying securities to cover the short position or resulting
in the inability of the Fund to cover the short position.
Index
or Index Options. The Fund may also purchase and sell indices as well as call and put options on indices, whether or not
stock indices are listed on securities exchanges or traded in the over-the-counter market. An index or index option fluctuates
with changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Specifically, investments in the ABX, CMBX, CDX and
iBoxx indices will fluctuate based upon the value of the subprime mortgage bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”)
and credit default swaps that are part of such index, respectively. The value of subprime mortgage bonds bear various risks, including
credit, market, interest rate, structural and legal risks that can each affect the repayment rate of the underlying subprime mortgages;
the value of CMBS will be influenced by factors affecting the value of the underlying real estate portfolio, and by the terms
and payment histories of such CMBS; and, the value of credit default swaps are subject to the risks described in “Credit
Default Swaps” above. In addition, because the value of an index or index option depends upon movements in the level of
the index rather than the price of a particular asset, whether the Fund will realize gains or losses from the purchase or writing
of options on indices depends upon movements in the level of instrument prices in the assets generally or, in the case of certain
indices, in an industry or market segment, rather than movements in the price of particular assets.
Trading
of Swaps. The Fund expects to enter into swap transactions. A swap transaction is an individually negotiated, non-standardized
derivative agreement between two parties to exchange cash flows (and sometimes principal amounts) measured by different interest
rates, currency exchange rates, securities, commodities or other items, indices, or prices, with payments generally calculated
by reference to a principal (“notional”) amount or quantity. Swap contracts are not traded on exchanges and are not
otherwise regulated, and as a consequence investors in such contracts do not benefit from regulatory protections. Swap trading
is similar to the spot and forward markets in that banks, broker-dealers or their affiliates generally act as principals in the
swap markets, and the Fund is subject to risks similar to those described in the discussion of the spot and forward markets.
Futures.
The Fund may engage in futures transactions. Futures contracts are usually made on a futures exchange which call for the
future delivery of a specified “commodity” at a specified time and place. These contractual obligations, depending
on whether one is a buyer or a seller, may be satisfied by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an equivalent futures contract
on the same exchange prior to the end of trading in the contract month. Futures prices are highly volatile. Financial instrument
and foreign currency futures prices are influenced by, among other things, interest rates, changes in balances of payments and
trade, domestic and international rates of inflation, international trade restrictions and currency devaluations and revaluations.
The Fund’s profitability may depend on its ability to analyze price movements in those markets. Because low margin deposits
are normally required, an extremely high degree of leverage is obtainable in futures trading. A relatively small price movement
in a futures contract, consequently, may result in large losses. Thus, like other highly leveraged investments, any purchase or
sale of a futures contract may result in losses which exceed the amount invested.
Most
U.S. futures exchanges limit fluctuations during a single day in futures contract prices by regulations referred to as “daily
price fluctuation limits” or “daily limits.” During a single trading day, no trade may be executed at prices
beyond the daily limits, and positions in a particular contract can neither be taken nor liquidated at a price beyond the applicable
limit. Futures prices in various commodities have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little
or no trading. Similar occurrences could prevent the Fund from promptly liquidating unfavorable positions and subject the Fund
to substantial losses, which could exceed the margin initially committed to such trades. In addition, even if futures prices have
not moved the daily limit, the Fund may not be able to execute futures trades at favorable prices if little trading in the contracts
the Fund wishes to trade is taking place. It is also possible that an exchange or regulatory authority may suspend trading in
a particular contract or order that trading in a contract be conducted for liquidation of open positions only.
Securities
Futures Products. The Fund may enter into transactions involving securities futures products for investment, hedging and
risk management. Although securities futures contracts share some characteristics with options on securities (options contracts),
these products are also different in a number of material ways.
If
the Fund purchases an options contract, it has the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a security prior to the expiration
date. By contrast, if it takes a position in a security futures contract (either long or short), it has both the right and the
obligation to buy or sell a security at a future date.
The only way the Fund can avoid the obligation incurred by the securities futures contract is to liquidate the position with an
offsetting contract.
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The
purchaser and seller of a security futures contract each enter into an agreement to buy or sell a specific quantity of shares
in the underlying security. Based on the movement in prices of the underlying security, a person who holds a position in a security
futures contract can gain or lose many times his or her initial margin deposit. In this respect, the benefits of a security futures
contract are similar to the benefits of purchasing an option, while the risks of entering into a security futures contract are
similar to the risks of selling an option.
Both
the purchaser and seller of a security futures contract have daily margin obligations. At least once each day, security futures
contracts are marked-to-market and the increase or decrease in the value of the contract is credited or debited to the buyer and
seller. As a result, any time the Fund has an open position in a futures contract including security futures products, it may
be called upon to meet additional margin requirements. As a consequence of the mark-to-market feature, investors generally feel
the effects of gains and losses from such investments immediately.
In
addition, the Fund may not be able to execute futures contract trades at favorable prices if trading volume is low. It is also
possible that an exchange or the CFTC may suspend trading in a particular contract, order immediate liquidation and settlement
of a particular contract or order trading in a particular contract be conducted for liquidation only.
There
are other risks of trading security futures products that differ from the risks of investing in securities. Some, but not all,
are:
1.
Under certain market conditions it may be difficult or impossible to liquidate a position. If the Fund cannot liquidate a position,
it may be impossible to realize a gain from its position or prevent losses from mounting. This could occur, for example, in the
event of a trading halt in the underlying security.
2.
Under certain market conditions, the prices of futures interests and security futures products may not maintain their customary
or anticipated relationship to the price of the underlying security. This could occur, for example, when the market for the primary
security is closed, reporting is delayed or the primary market is illiquid.
3.
The brokerage firm that holds the Fund’s futures interests may be required to deliver the Fund’s funds into the accounts
of a foreign broker, exchange or clearing organization to satisfy the margin and mark-to-market requirements (if any) of futures
contracts traded on foreign exchanges. In the event of the bankruptcy of a counter party, the Fund’s funds may not receive
the same protections as they would have in the hands of a domestic broker, exchange or clearing organization.
Forward
Trading. Forward contracts and options thereon, unlike futures contracts, are not traded on exchanges and are not standardized;
rather, banks and dealers act as principals in these markets, negotiating each transaction on an individual basis. Forward and
“cash” trading is substantially unregulated. There is no limitation on daily price movements and speculative position
limits are not applicable. The primary risks associated with entering into such transactions include the risk that there will
not be a market for such instruments; that trading will be disrupted because of unusually high trading volume, government intervention
or other factors; that there is counterparty credit risk; and that the counterparty may not be able to perform on its obligation
under the contract. The principals who deal in the forward markets are not required to continue to make markets in the currencies
or commodities they trade and these markets can experience periods of illiquidity, sometimes of significant duration. There have
been periods during which certain participants in these markets have refused to quote prices for certain currencies or commodities
or have quoted prices with an unusually wide spread between the price at which they were prepared to buy and that at which they
were prepared to sell. The imposition of controls by governmental authorities might also limit such forward trading to less than
that which the Investment Adviser would otherwise recommend, to the possible detriment of the Fund. Market illiquidity, trading
disruption, or failure of the counterparty to perform could result in major losses to the Fund. To the extent possible, the Investment
Adviser endeavors to deal only with counterparties that are creditworthy and reputable institutions, but such counterparties need
not be rated investment grade.
Convertible
Securities. Convertible securities are bonds, debentures, notes, preferred stocks or other securities that may be converted
into or exchanged for a specified amount of common stock of the same or different issuer within a particular period of time at
a specified price or formula. A convertible security entitles its holder to receive interest that is generally paid or accrued
on debt or a dividend that is paid or accrued on preferred stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed, converted
or exchanged. Convertible securities have unique investment characteristics in that they generally (i) have higher yields than
common stocks, but lower yields than comparable non-convertible securities, (ii) are less subject to fluctuation in value than
the underlying common stock due to their fixed-income characteristics and (iii) provide the potential for capital appreciation
if the market price of the underlying common stock increases.
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The
value of a convertible security is a function of its “investment value” (determined by its yield in comparison with
the yields of other securities of comparable maturity and quality that do not have a conversion privilege) and its “conversion
value” (the security’s worth, at market value, if converted into the underlying common stock). The investment value
of a convertible security is influenced by changes in interest rates, with investment value declining as interest rates increase
and increasing as interest rates decline. The credit standing of the issuer and other factors may also have an effect on the convertible
security’s investment value. The conversion value of a convertible security is determined by the market price of the underlying
common stock. If the conversion value is low relative to the investment value, the price of the convertible security is governed
principally by its investment value. To the extent the market price of the underlying common stock approaches or exceeds the conversion
price, the price of the convertible security will be increasingly influenced by its conversion value. A convertible security generally
will sell at a premium over its conversion value by the extent to which investors place value on the right to acquire the underlying
common stock while holding a fixed-income security. Generally, the amount of the premium decreases as the convertible security
approaches maturity.
A
convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s
governing instrument. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to permit
the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third-party. Any of these actions
could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to achieve their investment objective.
Catastrophe
Bonds. The Fund may invest in catastrophe bonds. Event-linked or catastrophe bonds carry material uncertainties and risk
exposures to adverse conditions. If a trigger event, as defined within the terms of the bond, involves losses or other metrics
exceeding a specific magnitude in the geographic region and time period specified therein, the Fund may lose a portion or all
of its investment in such security, including accrued interest and/or principal invested in such security. Because catastrophe
bonds cover “catastrophic” events that, if they occur, will result in significant losses, catastrophe bonds carry
a high degree of risk of loss and are considered “high yield” or “junk bonds”. The rating, if any, primarily
reflects the rating agency’s calculated probability that a predefined trigger event will occur. Thus, lower-rated bonds
have a greater likelihood of a triggering event occurring and loss to the Fund.
Catastrophe
bonds are also subject to extension risk. The sponsor of such an investment might have the right to extend the maturity of the
bond or note to verify that the trigger event did occur or to process and audit insurance claims. The typical duration of mandatory
and optional extensions of maturity for reinsurance-related securities currently is between three months to two years. In certain
circumstances, the extension may exceed two years. An extension to verify the potential occurrence of a trigger event will reduce
the value of the bond or note due to the uncertainty of the occurrence of the trigger event and will hinder the Fund’s ability
to sell the bond or note. Even if it is determined that the trigger event did not occur, such an extension will delay the Fund’s
receipt of the bond’s or note’s principal and prevent the reinvestment of such proceeds in other, potentially higher
yielding securities.
Quota
Share Notes, Excess of Loss Notes and ILW Notes. The Fund may invest, directly or indirectly, in reinsurance contracts
through shares or notes issued in connection with quota shares and/or may gain exposure to reinsurance contracts through excess
of loss notes and/or industry loss warranties (collectively, “Reinsurance Notes”). As Reinsurance Notes represent
an interest, either proportional or non-proportional, in one or more underlying reinsurance contracts, the Fund has limited transparency
into the individual underlying contract(s) and, therefore, must rely upon the risk assessment and sound underwriting practices
of the sponsor. Accordingly, it may be more difficult to fully evaluate the underlying risk profile of Reinsurance Notes, which
may place the Fund’s assets at greater risk of loss than if the Investment Adviser had more complete information. The lack
of transparency may also make the valuation of such investments more difficult and potentially result in mispricing that could
result in losses to the Fund. In Reinsurance Notes, the Fund cannot lose more than the amount invested.
Reinsurance
Industry Risk. The performance of reinsurance-related securities and the reinsurance industry itself are tied to the occurrence
of various triggering events, including weather, natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.), non-natural large catastrophes
and other specified events causing physical and/or economic loss. If the likelihood and severity of natural and other large disasters
increase, the risk of significant losses to reinsurers may also increase. Typically, one significant triggering event (even in
a major metropolitan area) will not result in financial failure to a reinsurer. However, a series of major triggering events could
cause the failure of a reinsurer. Similarly, to the extent the Fund invests in reinsurance-related securities for which a triggering
event occurs, losses associated with such event could result in losses to the Fund’s investment, and a series of major triggering
events affecting a large portion of the reinsurance-related securities held by the Fund could result in substantial losses to
the Fund’s investment. In addition, unexpected events such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks could lead to government
intervention. Political, judicial and legal developments affecting the reinsurance industry could also create new and expanded
theories of liability or regulatory or other requirements; such changes could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s
investment.
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Duration
of Reinsurance-Related Securities. The determination of the level of losses under a reinsurance-related security may be
a protracted process and the realizable value of these reinsurance-related securities, particularly those with respect to which
a loss event has occurred, will be delayed until the related collateral, if any, is released to the Fund and any remaining associated
liabilities are finally determined.
Modeling
Risk. The Investment Adviser, in selecting certain investments for the Fund, may consider risk models created in-house
or by third parties that are based, in part, on prior transactions, quantitative analysis and industry knowledge. Risk models
are designed to assist investors, governments and businesses to understand the potential impact of a wide variety of events and
allow such parties to analyze the probability of loss. Risk models are created using historical, scientific and other related
data and may incorporate quantitative methods. Because such risk models are based in part upon historical data and averages, there
is no guarantee that such information will accurately predict the future occurrence or severity of any particular event and thus
may fail to accurately calculate the probability of an event and may underestimate the likelihood of an event. Securities or other
investments selected using such methods may perform differently from the market as a whole or from their expected performance
for many reasons, including factors used in building the analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing
sources of market returns, among others. In addition, any errors or imperfections in a risk model (quantitative or otherwise),
analyses, the data on which they are based or any technical issues with the construction of the models (including, for example,
data problems and/or software or other implementation issues) could adversely affect the ability of the Investment Adviser to
use such analyses or models effectively, which in turn could adversely affect the Fund’s performance. Risk models are used
by the Investment Adviser as one input in its risk analysis process for Fund investments. There can be no assurance that these
methodologies will help the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
When-Issued
and Forward Commitment Securities. The purchase of securities on a “when-issued” basis involves a commitment
by the Fund to purchase or sell securities at a future date (typically one or two months later). No income accrues on securities
that have been purchased on a when-issued basis prior to delivery to the Fund. When-issued securities may be sold prior to the
settlement date. If the Fund disposes of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition, it may generate
a gain or loss. In addition, there is a risk that securities purchased on a when-issued basis may not be delivered to the Fund.
In such cases, the Fund may incur a loss. One type of security which the Fund is permitted to acquire on a “when-issued”
basis is a forward-settling agency MBS where the pool is “to-be-announced”, known as a “TBA”. Pursuant
to these TBAs, the Fund will agree to purchase, for future delivery, agency MBS with certain principal and interest terms and
certain types of underlying collateral, but where the specific agency MBS to be delivered will not be identified until shortly
before the TBA settlement date. In the case of TBAs there is an additional risk that, when the actual terms of the underlying
mortgage pool become known, the Fund may be exposed to greater risk than anticipated.
Illiquid
Investments. The Fund may invest in securities, bank debt, private funds and companies, other assets and/or third-party
managers and other claims, which are subject to legal or other restrictions on transfer or for which no liquid market exists.
The market prices, if any, for such investments tend to be volatile and may not be readily ascertainable, and the Fund may not
be able to execute a buy or sell order on exchanges at the desired price or to liquidate an open position due to market conditions,
including the operation of daily price fluctuation limits. The sale of restricted and illiquid securities often requires more
time and results in higher brokerage charges or dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of securities eligible
for trading on national securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter markets. The Fund may not be able to readily dispose of
such illiquid investments and, in some cases, may be contractually prohibited from disposing of such investments for a specified
period of time. If trading on an exchange is suspended or restricted, the Fund may not be able to execute trades or close out
positions on terms that the Investment Adviser believes are desirable. Realization of value from such investments may be difficult
in the short-term, or may have to be made at a substantial discount compared to other freely tradable investments. An investment
in the Fund is suitable only for certain sophisticated investors who do not require immediate liquidity for their investments.
Private
Company Risks. The Fund may invest in securities issued by private companies or other private issuers. Investments in
private issuers involve a number of significant risks. Generally, little public information exists about these issuers, and the
Investment Adviser is required to rely on the ability of its investment professionals to obtain adequate information to evaluate
the potential returns from investing in these issuers. If the Investment Adviser is unable to uncover all material information
about these issuers, the Investment Adviser may not make a fully informed investment decision, and the Fund may lose money on
its investments. Private issuers may have limited financial resources and may be unable to meet their obligations under their
debt securities that the Fund holds, which may be accompanied by a deterioration in the value of any collateral and a reduction
in the likelihood of the Fund realizing any guarantees it may have obtained in connection with its investment. In addition, private
issuers typically have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which
tend to render them more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns.
Additionally, private issuers are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; therefore,
the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on the
private issuer and, in turn, on the Fund. Private issuers also generally have less predictable operating results, may from time
to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of
obsolescence and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance expansion or maintain their competitive
position. In addition, the Investment Adviser’s and the Fund’s executive officers and directors may, in the ordinary
course of business, be named as defendants in litigation arising from the Fund’s investments in these types of issuers.
Private issuers are also typically subject to heightened valuation risk. See “Valuation” risk below.
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Valuation.
Securities which the Investment Adviser believes are fundamentally undervalued or overvalued may not ultimately be valued
in the capital markets at prices and/or within the time frame the Investment Adviser anticipates. In particular, purchasing securities
at prices which the Investment Adviser believes to be distressed or below fair value is no guarantee that the price of such securities
will not decline even further.
Under
the 1940 Act, we are required to carry our investments at market value or, if there is no readily available market value, at fair
value as determined pursuant to our valuation procedures. There may not be a public market for certain of the investments that
we make (for example, investments in privately issued securities). Elements of judgment may play a greater role in valuation in
such cases than for investments with a more active secondary market because there is less observable market data available. An
instrument that is fair valued may be valued at a price higher or lower than the value determined by other funds using their own
fair valuation procedures. We will value these securities at fair value as determined in good faith pursuant to our valuation
procedures.
Certain
inputs used in the determination of the fair value of our investments may be unaudited or may be subject to little verification
or other due diligence. In addition, such factors may be estimated by our Adviser on the basis of information available at the
time. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over
short periods of time and may be based on estimates, our determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that
would have been used if a ready market for these non-traded securities existed or if we tried to sell our investments. Due to
this uncertainty, our fair value determinations may cause our NAV on a given date to understate or overstate the value that we
may ultimately realize upon the sale of one or more of our investments. This may adversely affect our return.
Derivative
Investments. The prices of derivative instruments, including futures and options, are highly volatile. Payments made pursuant
to swap agreements may also be highly volatile. Price movements of futures and options contracts and payments pursuant to swap
agreements are influenced by, among other things, interest rates, changing supply and demand relationships, trade, fiscal, monetary
and exchange control programs and policies of governments, and national and international political and economic events and policies.
The value of futures, options and swap agreements also depends upon the price of the commodities underlying them. In addition,
the Fund’s assets are subject to the risk of the failure of any of the exchanges on which its positions trade or of its
clearinghouses or counterparties.
The
Fund may buy or sell (write) both call options and put options, and when it writes options, it may do so on a “covered”
or an “uncovered” basis. A call option is “covered” when the writer owns securities of the same class
and amount as those to which the call option applies. A put option is covered when the writer has an open short position in securities
of the relevant class and amount. The Fund’s option transactions may be part of a hedging strategy (i.e., offsetting the
risk involved in another securities position) or a form of leverage, in which the Fund has the right to benefit from price movements
in a large number of securities with a small commitment of capital. These activities involve risks that can be substantial, depending
on the circumstances.
In
general, without taking into account other positions or transactions the Fund may enter into, the principal risks involved in
options trading can be described as follows: When the Fund buys an option, a decrease (or inadequate increase) in the price of
the underlying security in the case of a call, or an increase (or inadequate decrease) in the price of the underlying security
in the case of a put, could result in a total loss of the Fund’s investment in the option (including commissions). The Fund
could mitigate those losses by selling short, or buying puts on, the securities for which it holds call options, or by taking
a long position (e.g., by buying the securities or buying calls on them) in securities for which it holds put options.
When
the Fund sells (writes) an option, the risk can be substantially greater than when it buys an option. The seller of an uncovered
call option bears the risk of an increase in the market price of the underlying security above the exercise price. The risk is
theoretically unlimited unless the option is “covered”. If it is covered, the Fund would forego the opportunity for
profit on the underlying security should the market price of the security rise above the exercise price. If the price of the underlying
security were to drop below the exercise price, the premium received on the option (after transaction costs) would provide profit
that would reduce or offset any loss the Fund might suffer as a result of owning the security.
Swaps
and certain options and other customized instruments are subject to the risk of non-performance by the swap counterparty, including
risks relating to the creditworthiness of the swap counterparty, market risk, liquidity risk and operations risk.
Hedging
Transactions. The Fund may utilize financial instruments, both for investment purposes and for risk management purposes
in order to (i) protect against possible changes in the market value of the Fund’s investment portfolio resulting from fluctuations
in the securities markets and changes
in interest rates; (ii) protect the Fund’s unrealized gains in the value of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (iii)
facilitate the sale of any such investments; (iv) enhance or preserve returns, spreads or gains on any investment in the Fund’s
portfolio; (v) hedge the interest rate or currency exchange rate on any of the Fund’s liabilities or assets; (vi) protect
against any increase in the price of any securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date or (vii) for any other reason
that the Investment Adviser deems appropriate.
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The
success of the Fund’s hedging strategy will depend, in part, upon the Investment Adviser’s ability to correctly assess
the degree of correlation between the performance of the instruments used in the hedging strategy and the performance of the portfolio
investments being hedged. Since the characteristics of many securities change as markets change or time passes, the success of
the Fund’s hedging strategy will also be subject to the Investment Adviser’s ability to continually recalculate, readjust
and execute hedges in an efficient and timely manner. While the Fund may enter into hedging transactions to seek to reduce risk,
such transactions may result in a poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not engaged in such hedging transactions.
For a variety of reasons, the Investment Adviser may not seek to establish a perfect correlation between the hedging instruments
utilized and the portfolio holdings being hedged. Such an imperfect correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving the intended
hedge or expose the Fund to risk of loss. The Investment Adviser may not hedge against a particular risk because it does not regard
the probability of the risk occurring to be sufficiently high as to justify the cost of the hedge, or because it does not foresee
the occurrence of the risk. The successful utilization of hedging and risk management transactions requires skills complementary
to those needed in the selection of the Fund’s portfolio holdings.
Investing
in Other Funds Risk. The Fund’s investment in other funds (affiliated and/or unaffiliated funds, including closed-end
funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)) subjects the Fund to the investment performance (positive or negative) and risks of the
underlying funds in direct proportion to the Fund’s investment therein. In addition, investments in other funds have unique
characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure and additional expenses associated with investing in them.
The performance of the underlying funds could be adversely affected if other investors in the same underlying funds make relatively
large investments or redemptions in such underlying funds. The Fund, and its shareholders, indirectly bear a portion of the expenses
of any funds in which the Fund invests. Also, to the extent that the Fund is constrained/restricted from investing (or investing
further) in a particular underlying fund for one or more reasons (e.g., underlying fund capacity constraints or regulatory restrictions)
or if the Fund chooses to sell its investment in an underlying fund because of poor investment performance or for other reasons,
the Fund may have to invest in other underlying funds, including less desirable funds – from a strategy or investment performance
standpoint – which could have a negative impact on Fund performance. In addition, Fund performance could be negatively impacted
if an appropriate alternate underlying fund is not identified in a timely manner or at all.
Closed-End
Funds (the “CEFs”). The Fund does invest globally in CEFs that are operated by a diversified group of U.S.
and non-U.S. closed-end fund managers (“CEF Managers”). To the extent that such CEFs invest in financial instruments
similar to those invested in by the Fund, the risk factors that are set forth herein with respect to such instruments will also
apply to the CEFs in which the Fund invests, and thus indirectly apply to the Fund.
Risks
Relating to Underlying CEF Managers. CEF Managers are subject to various risks, including, but not limited to, operational
risks such as the ability to provide the adequate operating environment for a CEF such as back office functions, trade processing,
accounting, administration, risk management, valuation services and reporting. CEF Managers may also face competition from other
investment managers, which may be more established and have larger capital bases and have larger numbers of qualified management
and technical personnel. Additionally, certain CEF Managers may pursue over time different investment strategies which may limit
the Fund’s ability to assess a CEF Manager’s ability to achieve its long-term investment objective. Furthermore, a
CEF Manager may face additional risks as the assets of a CEF increase over time. In such instances, a CEF Manager may not be able
to handle properly the operating volumes of a CEF with an increased capital basis. Also, a CEF Manager may be unable to manage
a CEF’s increased assets effectively because it may be unable to maintain such CEF’s current investment strategy or
find the types of investments better suited for a CEF with an increased capital basis.
Independent
CEF Managers. CEF Managers generally invest wholly independently of one another and may at times hold economically offsetting
positions. To the extent that such CEF Managers do, in fact, hold offsetting positions, the Fund, considered as a whole, may not
achieve any gains or losses despite incurring investment expenses, including, without limitation, performance-based compensation.
In addition, there may often be times when a particular CEF Manager may receive performance-based compensation in respect of the
Fund’s investments for a period even though the Fund’s overall portfolio depreciated during such period. Some CEF
Managers also may compete with each other from time to time for the same positions in certain markets. Such competition may adversely
affect the performance of CEFs managed by such CEF Managers. In addition, although the Investment Adviser receives detailed information
from each CEF Manager regarding its investment performance and investment strategy, the Investment Adviser may have little or
no means of independently verifying this information. A CEF Manager may use proprietary investment strategies that are not fully
disclosed to the Investment Adviser, which may involve risks that are not anticipated by the Investment Adviser.
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Misconduct
or Bad Judgment of CEF Managers and Their Service Providers. Misconduct by employees of CEF Managers or by third-party
service providers of such CEFs could cause losses to the Fund. Employee misconduct may include binding a CEF to transactions that
exceed authorized limits or present unacceptable risks and unauthorized trading activities or concealing unsuccessful trading
activities (which, in either case, may result in unknown and unmanaged risks or losses) or other fraud. Losses could also result
from actions by third-party service providers, including, without limitation, failing to recognize trades and misappropriating
assets. Although the Investment Adviser will seek to monitor CEF Managers and their CEFs, such measures may not be effective in
all cases in detecting fraud or misconduct.
In
addition, the Fund will still face the risk of CEF Manager misrepresentation, material strategy alteration or poor judgment. Although
CEF Managers are required to adhere to the offering documents for the respective funds, the Investment Adviser cannot control
the investments made by a CEF Manager. The Investment Adviser’s sole remedy in the event of a deviation by a CEF Manager
from its offering documents (such as in the case of “style drift”) may be to cause the Fund to withdraw capital from
a CEF Manager’s fund, subject to any applicable withdrawal restrictions.
Style
Drift. The Investment Adviser relies primarily on information provided by CEF Managers in assessing a CEF Manager’s
defined investment strategy, the underlying risks of such a strategy and, ultimately, determining whether, and to what extent,
it will allocate the Fund’s assets to particular CEF Managers. “Style drift” is the risk that a CEF Manager
may deviate from his or her stated or expected investment strategy. Style drift can occur abruptly if a CEF Manager believes it
has identified an investment opportunity for higher returns from a different approach (and the manager disposes of an interest
quickly to pursue this approach) or it can occur gradually, such as if, for instance, a “value”-oriented CEF Manager
gradually increases a CEF’s investments in “growth” stocks. Style drift can also occur if a CEF Manager focuses
on factors it had deemed immaterial in its offering documents --such as particular statistical information or returns relative
to certain benchmarks. Additionally, style drift may result in a manager pursuing investment opportunities in an area in which
it has a competitive disadvantage or is outside the manager’s area of expertise (e.g., a large-cap manager focusing on small-cap
investment opportunities). Moreover, style drift poses a particular risk for multiple-manager structures since, as a consequence,
the Fund may be exposed to particular markets or strategies to a greater extent than was anticipated by the Investment Adviser
when it assessed the portfolio’s risk-return characteristics and allocated assets to a CEF Manager (and which may, in turn,
result in overlapping investment strategies among various CEF Managers).
Special
Purpose Acquisition Companies. A SPAC is a publicly traded company formed for the purpose of raising capital through an
initial public offering to fund the acquisition, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar
business combination, of one or more operating businesses that are typically not publicly-listed. Following the acquisition of
a target company, a SPAC’s management team may exercise control over the management of the combined company in an effort
to increase its value. Often now, though, management of the target company will continue to manage the now publicly-traded business
subsequent to completion of its business combination with the SPAC. Capital raised through the initial public offering of securities
of a SPAC is typically placed into a trust account until acquired business combination is completed or a predetermined period
of time (typically 24 months) elapses. Investors in a SPAC would receive a return on their investment in the event that a target
company is acquired and the combined publicly-traded company’s shares trade above the SPAC’s initial public offering
(“IPO”) price, or alternatively, the market price at which an investor acquired a SPAC’s shares subsequent to
its IPO. In the event that a SPAC is unable to locate and acquire a target business by the timeframe established at the time of
its IPO, the SPAC would be forced to liquidate its assets, which may result in losses due to the expenses and liabilities of the
SPAC, to the extent third-parties are permitted to bring claims against IPO proceeds held in the SPAC’s trust account. Investors
in a SPAC are subject to the risk that, among other things, (i) such SPAC may not be able to complete a qualifying business combination
by the deadline established at the time of its IPO, (ii) assets in the trust account may become subject to third-party claims
against such SPAC, which may reduce the per share liquidation value received by the investors in the SPAC in the event it fails
to complete a business combination within the required time period, (iii) such SPAC may be exempt from the rules promulgated by
the SEC to protect investors in “blank check” companies, such as Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), so that investors in such SPAC may not be afforded the benefits or protections
of those rules, (iv) such SPAC will likely only complete one business combination, which will cause its returns and future prospects
to be solely dependent on the performance of a single acquired business, (v) the value of any target business, including its stock
price as a public company, may decrease following its acquisition by such SPAC, (vi) the value of the funds invested and held
in the trust account may decline, (vii) the inability to redeem due to the failure to hold the securities in the SPAC on the applicable
record date to do so, and (viii) if the SPAC is unable to consummate a business combination, public stockholders will be forced
to wait until the deadline before liquidating distributions are made. The Fund may invest in a SPAC that, at the time of investment,
has not selected or approached any prospective target businesses with respect to a business combination. In such circumstances,
there may be limited basis for the Fund to evaluate the possible merits or risks of such SPAC’s investment in any particular
target business. In addition, to the extent that a SPAC completes a business combination, it may be affected by numerous risks
inherent in the business operations of the acquired company or companies. For these and additional reasons, investments in SPACs
are speculative and involve a high degree of risk.
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Further,
SPACs are structured as publicly-traded blank check companies. Accordingly, the Fund will also be subject to risks that arise
from investments in vehicles that are managed by independent third parties, as well as the risk that the underlying business combinations
being pursued by the SPACs in which the Fund invests will not be consummated or will not be successful.
Founder’s
Equity and Sponsor Vehicle Investments. The Fund may invest in founder’s equity, consisting of founder’s shares
and/or private placement warrants issued by a SPAC in connection with its formation and IPO, either directly or indirectly through
equity interests in a related sponsor vehicle which holds such founders equity instruments. Founder’s shares are similar
to the shares of stock issued by a SPAC in its IPO, but have no right to receive any proceeds from a SPAC’s trust account
pursuant to redemption or liquidation of the SPAC. Similarly, private placement warrants have terms that mirror those of the warrants
issued by a SPAC in connection with its IPO, but expire worthless if the SPAC fails to consummate a qualifying business combination
within the required time period. As a result, an investment in founder’s equity of a SPAC poses a risk of total loss of
investment in the event the SPAC is unsuccessful in completing a business combination. In addition, the Fund may be required to
agree to certain terms, including with respect to the acquisition, holding and/or voting of its liquid position in a SPAC, in
order to receive exposure to a SPAC’s founder’s equity. Any founders shares distributed to the Fund will also typically
be subject to a lock-up period subsequent to completion of a business combination, which will restrict the Fund’s ability
to dispose of such shares for up to one year after a SPAC completes its business combination. Similar to SPAC PIPE shares, founder’s
shares, private placement warrants, and any shares issued upon exercise of such private placement warrants, will also be restricted
securities, which further limit their liquidity absent registration under the Securities Act.
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk. Investments in ETFs have unique characteristics, including, but not limited to, the expense structure
and additional expenses associated with investing in ETFs. An ETF’s share price may not track its specified market index
(if any) and may trade below its NAV. Certain ETFs use a “passive” investment strategy and do not take defensive positions
in volatile or declining markets. Other ETFs in which the Fund may invest are actively managed ETFs (i.e., they do not track a
particular benchmark), which indirectly subjects the Fund to active management risk. An active secondary market in an ETF’s
shares may not develop or be maintained and may be halted or interrupted due to actions by its listing exchange, unusual market
conditions or other reasons. There can be no assurance an ETF’s shares will continue to be listed on an active exchange.
In addition, the Fund’s shareholders bear both their proportionate share of the Fund’s expenses and, indirectly, the
ETF’s expenses, incurred through the Fund’s ownership of the ETF. Because the expenses and costs of an underlying
ETF are shared by its investors, redemptions by other investors in the ETF could result in decreased economies of scale and increased
operating expenses for such ETF. These transactions might also result in higher brokerage, tax or other costs for the ETF. This
risk may be particularly important when one investor owns a substantial portion of the ETF.
The
Funds generally expect to purchase shares of ETFs through broker-dealers in transactions on a securities exchange, and in such
cases the Funds will pay customary brokerage commissions for each purchase and sale. Shares of an ETF may also be acquired by
depositing a specified portfolio of the ETF’s underlying securities, as well as a cash payment generally equal to accumulated
dividends of the securities (net of expenses) up to the time of deposit, with the ETF’s custodian, in exchange for which
the ETF will issue a quantity of new shares sometimes referred to as a “creation unit.” Similarly, shares of an ETF
purchased on an exchange may be accumulated until they represent a creation unit, and the creation unit may be redeemed in kind
for a portfolio of the underlying securities (based on the ETF’s NAV) together with a cash payment generally equal to accumulated
dividends as of the date of redemption.
Co-Investment
Considerations. The Fund may invest capital in negotiated transactions that are sourced by the Investment Adviser. These
transactions may include transactions that are privately negotiated. Because the Investment Adviser may manage other investment
funds or accounts (including proprietary capital) whose mandates include participating in such transactions, such investments
will need to be made on a co-investment basis. The 1940 Act imposes significant limits on co-investment with affiliates of the
Investment Adviser or the Investment Adviser itself. Accordingly, the Fund may be restricted from participating in various suitable
investment opportunities that may otherwise be available to other clients of the Investment Adviser that are not subject to these
restrictions.
The
Investment Adviser and the Fund have applied for an exemptive order from the SEC (the “Order”) granting funds managed
by the Investment Adviser and certain other affiliates the ability to negotiate material terms other than price and quantity of
co-investment transactions with other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, subject to the conditions included therein. In
certain situations where co-investment with one or more funds managed by the Investment Adviser or other affiliates is not covered
by the Order, such as when there is an opportunity to invest in different securities of the same issuer, the personnel of the
Investment Adviser will need to decide which client will proceed with the investment. Such personnel will make these determinations
based on policies and procedures, which are designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and
equitably among affiliated funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Moreover,
except in certain circumstances, when relying on the Order (if granted), the Fund may be unable to invest in any issuer in which
one or more funds managed by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates has previously invested.
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Under
the terms of the Order (if granted), the Fund would have the opportunity to participate in co-investment opportunities that align
with the Fund’s investment objective and strategies. When the Fund participates in a co-investment transaction, the personnel
of the Investment Adviser will allocate a portion of the investment to the Fund based on the Fund’s investment objective
and strategies, investment policies, investment positions, capital available for investment, and other pertinent factors. To the
extent the Fund is able to make co-investments with the Investment Adviser’s affiliates, these co-investment transactions
may give rise to certain conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest among the Fund and the other participating accounts
(such as differing interests with respect to the desired timing of investment monetization).
In
order to reduce certain conflicts of interest that may arise between the Fund and the personal trading activity of the Investment
Adviser’s personnel, the Investment Adviser has adopted policies within its code of ethics, together with the Investment
Adviser’s policies and procedures to prevent and detect market abuse and insider trading, placing restrictions on personal
trading by the Investment Adviser’s personnel. The Investment Adviser’s personnel are required to periodically submit
holdings and transaction reports, pre-approve transactions in covered securities prior to execution, and maintain exposure to
a position in a security for a minimum of 30 days before exiting the transaction. Unless approved by the Investment Adviser’s
Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”) or a member of the Investment Adviser’s compliance department (“Compliance”),
the Investment Adviser’s personnel are generally prohibited from transacting in any security (or related security) that
the Investment Adviser recommends to the Fund, with limited exceptions (with pre-approval) for investing in the current largest
twenty ETFs by volume irrespective of the Fund’s ownership of such ETFs (or similar products), investing in the Fund, selling
of positions that the Investment Adviser’s personnel held prior to joining the Investment Adviser, or other securities deemed
appropriate by Compliance. Because such investments have the potential to create a conflict of interest between the Investment
Adviser and the Fund, any such exception is evaluated by the CCO or a member of Compliance in accordance with the Investment Adviser’s
fiduciary obligations to the Fund. It is the responsibility of all of the Investment Adviser’s personnel to ensure their
adherence to the Investment Adviser’s code of ethics. Compliance is responsible for monitoring for potential violations
of the Investment Adviser’s code of ethics, including without limitation the monitoring and review of the Investment Adviser’s
personnels’ personal securities transactions.
Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning Risks. The emergence of recent technology developments in generative artificial intelligence
such as ChatGPT and similar large language models and chatbots (collectively, “Generative AI”) can pose risks to the
Investment Adviser and Fund investments. While the Investment Adviser is still evaluating ways to utilize Generative AI in connection
with its business operations and investment activities, the Investment Adviser expects to use Generative AI in various processes.
The Investment Adviser is likely to be exposed to the risks of Generative AI through third parties (including, but not limited
to, the Investment Adviser’s and the Fund’s service providers or counterparties) that use Generative AI, and the Investment
Adviser may not always be aware of such use. The Investment Adviser cannot necessarily control the manner in which products created
and/or utilized by third parties are developed or maintained. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of Generative AI and its widespread
potential uses, the Investment Adviser expects that its practices with respect to Generative AI will evolve over time as the Investment
Adviser’s use of, and interaction with, such technologies evolves.
Generative
AI is often highly reliant on the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, and in many instances it may not be possible
or practicable to incorporate all potentially relevant data into the data set that Generative AI utilizes or to evaluate the source
and the reliability of the data being analyzed. Further, the outputs of Generative AI may be inaccurate or unreliable and are
also susceptible to errors in such outputs’ subsequent analysis. Additionally, the use of Generative AI may involve (i)
cybersecurity risks (including, but not limited to, the increased likelihood that the Investment Adviser and Fund investments
become a victim of cybercrime), (ii) threats to proprietary and confidential information, (iii) intellectual property violations,
(iv) access to, or disclosure of, personal information in violation of applicable data protection laws, and (v) other risks that
are not currently foreseen. Such inaccuracies, errors, risks, threats, and/or violations could have adverse impacts on the Investment
Adviser and Fund investments. Generative AI continues to develop rapidly, making it difficult to predict the future risks that
may arise from such developments.
Risks
Relating to Investments in Exchange Traded Funds/Trusts that invest in cryptocurrencies or similar digital assets that utilize
blockchain technology. Consistent with the Fund’s closed-end fund investment approach, where the Fund seeks to capitalize
on the difference between a closed-end fund’s aggregate asset value and its net asset value, the Fund has and may in the
future invest in exchange traded investment funds/trusts that invest in cryptocurrencies or similar assets that utilize blockchain
technology (such as, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust) and the Fund may hedge such investments through the use of other securities
(including other exchange trade funds that own virtual currencies) and derivatives of virtual currencies, in each case, to the
extent permitted by, and in accordance with, any future law, regulation, guidance, or exemptive relief provided by the SEC or
its staff or other regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction. The Fund expects that any such investments are likely to constitute
only a small proportion of its portfolio.
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The
following risk factors relate to investment held by exchange traded investment funds/trusts that invest in cryptocurrencies or
similar assets:
Virtual
currencies are relatively new, evolving products based upon new and evolving technologies. An investment in any virtual currency
is subject to a variety of risks, including technological, security and regulatory risks as well as associated uncertainties over
the future existence, support and development of such virtual currency. Virtual currencies may also experience unusual volatility.
Any such investment is highly speculative and subject to the risk that the entirety or a material portion of such investment or
its value may be lost. Virtual currency derivatives, such as futures or options on futures on a virtual currency, are also a relatively
new asset class, and trading in these instruments, like trading in the virtual currencies themselves, carries a high level of
risk. Investments in virtual currency derivatives, like direct investments in virtual currencies, should be considered speculative
and may to result in a total loss of capital. Virtual currencies are not legal tender, but a type of highly decentralized electronic
commodity that is not typically backed by any intermediating authority, such as a central bank or a national, supra-national or
quasi-national organization, or any hard assets, human capital, or other form of credit. Rather, their value is based on (and
fluctuates frequently according to) supply and demand factors, the number of merchants that accept the currency, and the value
that various market participants place on it through their mutual agreement, barter or transactions.
The
creation of new units of the virtual currency, as well recordation of ownership and transactions in the currency, is typically
driven by an algorithmic system distributed over a very large computer network with many participants. Typically, an individual
virtual currency unit exists as a record in a digital file, based upon a mathematical proof, and is comprised of a public key
that encrypts a transaction value and a private key that decrypts it. Virtual currencies allow users to send payments within a
decentralized, peer-to-peer network, and do not require a central clearinghouse or financial institution clearing transactions.
Cybersecurity
Risk. Because of the cryptographic characteristics of virtual currency networks and their large number of users,
direct attacks on the integrity of a virtual currency network (such as to change ownership, the number of units of the virtual
currency in circulation, or the history of transactions) are generally considered impractical, but new technological developments
or unforeseen technical flaws in a virtual currency’s algorithm could create opportunities for disruption. If the basic
algorithm of a virtual currency were compromised, the value of the virtual currency itself, and derivatives thereupon, could be
severely affected. Note, also, that the electronic exchanges and third-party custodians that facilitate trading in virtual currencies
may experience, and have experienced, cybersecurity incidents of their own. As described below, depending upon the electronic
custody arrangements used by an exchange, a compromise of its systems can result in an irreversible loss of virtual currency for
users even if the algorithm of the virtual currency itself remains technically sound. Hackers or malicious actors may launch attacks
to steal, compromise, or secure virtual currencies, such as by attacking virtual currency network source code, exchange servers,
third-party platforms, cold and hot storage locations or software, or virtual currency transaction history, or by other means.
Depending upon the scale of such an incident, it could have systemic effects upon the value and liquidity of a virtual currency.
Although virtual currency derivatives may not be directly exposed to this latter so-called “wallet risk”, major disruptions
to one or more virtual currency exchanges could have valuation effects on a virtual currency that would negatively impact the
value of its derivatives in turn.
Risks
Associated with “Digital Wallets”. Exchange traded funds and trusts may use digital currency “wallets”
(a “virtual currency wallet” being a programmatic record system that contains virtual currency units) provided by
exchanges or other third-parties to hold all or a portion of such exchange traded fund’s and trust’s virtual currencies.
Such funds may be unable to conduct detailed information technology diligence on such third-party wallet providers and, as a result,
may not be aware of all security vulnerabilities and risks. Certain third-party wallet providers might not indemnify the exchange
traded fund or trust against any losses of virtual currencies. Certain virtual currencies are intended to be controllable only
by the possessor of both the unique public and private keys relating to the local or online digital wallet in which such virtual
currencies are held. If private keys relating to such exchange traded fund’s or trust’s virtual currency holdings
are lost, destroyed or otherwise compromised and such private keys are not capable of being restored by a virtual currency network,
such exchange traded fund or trust may be unable to access the related virtual currencies. Further, virtual currencies are typically
transferred digitally, through electronic media not controlled or regulated by any entity. If a virtual currency transfers to
the wrong destination, the exchange traded fund or trust may be unable to recover the virtual currency or its value.
Price
Volatility Risks. A principal risk in trading virtual currencies and virtual currency derivatives is the rapid
fluctuation of their market price. Virtual currencies experience significant price volatility, which may result in
substantial changes in the value of a derivative contract on the underlying virtual commodity. The price of virtual
currencies may be affected generally by a wide variety of complex and difficult to predict factors such as virtual currency
supply and demand; rewards and transaction fees for the recording of transactions; availability and access to virtual
currency service providers (such as payment processors), exchanges or other virtual currency users and market participants;
perceived or actual virtual currency network or virtual currency security vulnerability; inflation levels; fiscal policy;
interest rates; and political, natural and economic events. Additionally, the highly distributed nature of virtual currency
trading can complicate efficient price discovery for a virtual currency in the marketplace,
an effect compounded by the fact that the distributed network responsible for processing virtual currency transactions may have
a relatively limited transaction volume.
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Fluctuations
in the underlying virtual currency’s value between the time that a trade is placed for a virtual currency futures contract
and the time that an attempt is made to it liquidate it will affect the value of a futures contract and the potential profit and
losses related to it.
Like
futures generally, virtual currency futures are also traded using initial margin, which permits positions to be established in
these instruments whose value exceeds the initial investment. Because the initial margin of a virtual currency derivative may
be set as a percentage of the value of the contract, margin requirements for a long position may significantly increase if price
of the contract rises. Additionally, due to the leverage effect provided by initial margin, unfavorable movements in the price
of a virtual currency future can produce substantial losses compared to the size of the size of the initial investment. These
risks are enhanced in the context of increased price volatility. There is no guarantee that the exchange traded fund or trust
will be able to achieve a better than average market price for virtual currencies in owns through such exchange traded fund or
trust or virtual currency derivatives or will purchase such assets at the most favorable price available.
Virtual
Currencies are Speculative Investments. To date, speculators and investors seeking to profit from either short- or long-term
holding of virtual currencies have driven much of the demand for these products. Virtual currencies typically have a very limited
commercial and retail market application, thus contributing to price volatility that could adversely affect an investment. Virtual
currencies are not yet widely adopted as a means of payment for goods and services, and banks and other established financial
institutions may refuse to process funds for virtual currency transactions, process wire transfers to or from their exchanges,
as well as virtual currency-related companies or service providers, or maintain accounts for persons or entities transacting in
virtual currencies. Accordingly, investments in virtual currencies and virtual currency derivatives should be considered highly
speculative.
Risk
of Competition. As purely algorithmic constructs, virtual currencies present a relatively low barrier to entry for new
financial products, and competitive products for a particular virtual currency may readily develop and vie for market share.
Fees
Associated with Virtual Currency Networks. Virtual currency network participants may charge a fee for effectuating certain
essential services, such as transaction recording. These fees are sensitive to prevailing market conditions and may increase during
periods of high volume.
Risks
Associated with Virtual Currency Exchanges. The virtual currency exchanges on which virtual currencies trade are relatively
new and largely unregulated and may therefore be more exposed to theft, fraud and failure than established, regulated exchanges
for other products. Liquidity for a virtual currency may be inconsistent or limited, particularly during periods of market stress.
Virtual currency exchanges may impose daily, weekly, monthly or customer-specific transaction or distribution limits or suspend
redemptions entirely, rendering the exchange of virtual currency difficult or impossible. Virtual currency exchanges are appealing
targets for cybercrime, hackers and malware. It is possible that any such exchange may cease operations due to theft, fraud, security
breach, liquidity issues, anti-money laundering issues or government investigation. While the virtual currency spot trading market
is relatively unregulated, investors should note that both U.S.-domestic and foreign regulators have applied serious sanctions,
including trading bans, to virtual currency exchanges that were found derelict under applicable laws. In addition, banks may refuse
to process wire transfers to or from exchanges. Over the past several years, many exchanges have, indeed, closed due to fraud,
theft, government or regulatory involvement, failure or security breaches, or banking issues. The exchange traded fund and trust
may be unable to replace missing virtual currencies or seek reimbursement for any theft of virtual currencies.
While
virtual currencies have been determined to be commodities under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, the CFTC’s
regulatory oversight authority over commodity cash markets is limited. The CFTC maintains general anti-fraud and manipulation
enforcement authority over virtual currency cash markets as a commodity in interstate commerce. However, recourse for recovery
of any fiat currency lost as a result of participating in a virtual currency exchange may be limited in practice due to technological
considerations. The spot and underlying markets for virtual currency are relatively opaque systems in which the ultimate beneficial
owners of units of virtual currency may be difficult or impossible to identify, complicating antitheft and antifraud measures
by virtual currency exchanges or regulators.
Risks
Associated with Virtual Currency Derivatives Exchanges. Futures exchanges subject to U.S. jurisdiction that trade in virtual
currency derivatives are responsible for regulating their activities with CFTC oversight; certain exchanges have also contracted
with the NFA to implement monitoring and rule compliance in furtherance of the CFTC’s rules. Exchange-traded virtual currency
derivatives that are subject to CFTC jurisdiction mitigate some of the risks of direct participation in virtual currency trading
by interposing regulated facilities and contracts between traders and the underlying virtual currency market. Nevertheless, to
the extent that disruptions in the exchanges of an underlying virtual currency affect the value of that commodity, derivatives
in that virtual currency may be negatively impacted as well.
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Futures
commission merchants may impose enhanced trading restrictions upon virtual currency derivatives due to their novel and highly
speculative nature. Virtual currency derivatives contracts may be subject to additional margin, dynamic price limits, position
limits, or prohibitions on trading strategies such as certain forms of short selling or give-up/give-in transactions. Designated
contract markets for virtual currency derivatives may impose trading halts that may restrict a market participant’s ability
to exit a position during a period of high volatility. Such features could affect the ability of the Investment Adviser to expand
or exit a position in virtual currency derivatives at the most financially opportune moment, potentially resulting in losses to
the Fund.
Additional
Regulatory Considerations. The regulatory schemes affecting virtual currencies may not be fully developed. Government
action or regulation may directly or indirectly affect a virtual currency market or network, influencing virtual currency use
or prices. It is possible that any jurisdiction may, in the near or distant future, adopt laws, regulations, policies or rules
directly or indirectly affecting a virtual currency network, generally, or restricting the right to acquire, own, hold, sell,
convert, trade, use or exchange virtual currencies. Like virtual currencies themselves, virtual currency derivatives exist within
an evolving regulatory landscape and could also become subject to new regulations with valuation consequences for these instruments.
Such changes could be difficult or impossible to predict.
Additional
Tax Considerations. Many significant aspects of the tax treatment of investments in cryptocurrency are uncertain, and
a direct or indirect investment in cryptocurrency may produce income that if directly earned by a regulated investment company
like the Fund, would be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of the income test applicable to regulated investment companies.
Accordingly, to the extent the Fund invests in cryptocurrencies futures, or investment vehicles that invest in cryptocurrencies,
it will do so through a subsidiary.
In
2014, the IRS released a notice (the “Notice”) discussing certain aspects of “convertible virtual currency”
(that is, digital assets that have an equivalent value in fiat currency or that act as a substitute for fiat currency) for U.S.
federal income tax purposes and, in particular, stating that such a digital asset (i) is “property,” (ii) is not “currency”
for purposes of the rules relating to foreign currency gain or loss and (iii) may be held as a capital asset. In 2019, the IRS
released a revenue ruling and a set of “Frequently Asked Questions” (the “Ruling & FAQs”) that provide
some additional guidance. However, the Notice and the Ruling & FAQs do not address other significant aspects of the U.S. federal
income tax treatment of digital assets.
Other
tax issues include the income and withholding taxation of incidental rights received through a fork in the blockchain, airdrops
offered to bitcoin holders and other similar events, including situations where such rights are disclaimed, as is expected with
respect to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s intended treatment of such events. There is limited guidance from the IRS with respect
to the treatment of bitcoin for tax purposes. In any event, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not alter its positions
or otherwise provide further guidance, potentially retroactive in effect, with respect to digital assets in the future or that
a court would uphold the treatment set forth in the Notice and the Ruling & FAQs or in other guidance.
It
is unclear what additional guidance on the treatment of digital assets for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes may
be issued or when such guidance may be issued. Because of the evolving nature of digital assets, it is not possible to predict
potential future developments that may arise with respect to digital assets. Any future guidance on the treatment of digital assets
for federal, state or local tax purposes could result in adverse tax consequences for the Fund or the subsidiary and could have
an adverse effect on the value of bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies.
The
foregoing list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete enumeration or explanation of the risks involved in an investment
in the Fund. The Fund opportunistically implements strategies it believes from time to time will be best suited to prevailing
market conditions and to the Investment Adviser’s investment experience. Such strategies or approaches may involve higher
levels of risk than the ones discussed herein. There can be no assurance that the Investment Adviser will be successful in applying
any strategy or discretionary approach to the Fund’s investments.
Investors
and prospective investors should read this entire risk disclosure as well as the more complete list of Fund Risk Factors and other
materials set forth on the Fund’s website (https://www.sabacef.com) and the Fund’s Prospectus. Investors and prospective
investors should consult with their own advisors before deciding whether to invest in the Fund. In addition, prospective and current
investors should note that the Prospectus is and may become outdated and/or inaccurate as the Fund’s investment program
may develop and change over time. An investment in the Fund may be subject to additional and different risk factors that are not
outlined above. Nothing in this report or any document provided to current or future shareholders, as applicable, will prohibit
or limit the recipient from voluntarily communicating with or providing information to any national, federal, state or local governmental
agency or regulator regarding any potential violations of law or regulation, and the recipient is not required to seek consent
from or provide notice to the Investment Adviser or the Fund in connection with any such communication with a national, federal,
state or local governmental agency or regulator.
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Report
of Independent Registered
Saba Capital Income &
Opportunities Fund |
Public
Accounting Firm |
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
(the “Fund”), including the consolidated schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2024, and the related consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years
in period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2024, the period from
March 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021 and each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2021 and the related notes (collectively
referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund at October 31, 2024, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended
and their financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2024, the period from March 1, 2021
to October 31, 2021 and each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2021, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles.
Basis
for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance
with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error
or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s internal control over
financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence
regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as
of October 31, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies
from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide
a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We
have served as the auditor of Saba Capital Income and Opportunities Fund since 2019.
New
York, New York
December
20, 2024
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
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31, 2024
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS - 18.56% | |
| | | |
| | |
Communications - 4.30% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Altice France Holding S.A., 5.500%, 10/15/2029(b) | |
$ | 1,322,000 | | |
$ | 994,805 | |
Charter Communications Operating Capital, 3.500%, 03/01/2042 | |
| 5,000,000 | | |
| 3,383,560 | |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, 7.500%, 06/01/2029(b)(f) | |
| 4,653,000 | | |
| 4,001,580 | |
CSC Holdings LLC, 3.375%, 02/15/2031(b) | |
| 559,000 | | |
| 403,179 | |
DISH Network Corp., 11.750%, 11/15/2027(b) | |
| 2,780,000 | | |
| 2,931,162 | |
Gray Television Inc., 7.000%, 05/15/2027(b)(f) | |
| 1,391,000 | | |
| 1,356,225 | |
Level 3 Financing Inc., 10.500%, 05/15/2030(b) | |
| 1,111,000 | | |
| 1,217,934 | |
Level 3 Financing Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/2030(b) | |
| 621,600 | | |
| 473,193 | |
| |
| | | |
| 14,761,638 | |
Consumer Discretionary - 8.20% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Adtalem Global Education, Inc., 5.500%, 03/01/2028(b) | |
| 4,195,000 | | |
| 4,100,612 | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 9.500%, 08/01/2029(b)(f) | |
| 13,203,000 | | |
| 13,285,519 | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 10.870%, 08/01/2029(b)(f) | |
| 8,067,000 | | |
| 7,956,079 | |
RRD Parent Inc., 10.000%, 10/15/2031(b)(f) | |
| 202,641 | | |
| 357,947 | |
Selina Hospitality, 6.000%, 11/01/2029(a) | |
| 4,981,328 | | |
| 146,252 | |
Staples Inc., 10.750%, 09/01/2029(b)(f) | |
| 2,345,000 | | |
| 2,280,512 | |
| |
| | | |
| 28,126,921 | |
Consumer Staples - 2.53% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Altria Group, Inc., 4.250%, 08/09/2042 | |
| 10,614,000 | | |
| 8,684,141 | |
| |
| | | |
| 8,684,141 | |
Financials - 1.77% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 04/30/2030(i) | |
| 25,000 | | |
| 19,203 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 07/31/2030(i) | |
| 80,000 | | |
| 59,047 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 10/30/2030(i) | |
| 80,000 | | |
| 52,991 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 09/26/2033(i) | |
| 428,000 | | |
| 292,966 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 10/31/2033(i) | |
| 266,000 | | |
| 157,071 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 02/28/2034(i) | |
| 478,000 | | |
| 320,628 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 03/31/2034(i) | |
| 302,000 | | |
| 181,387 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 04/30/2034(i) | |
| 66,000 | | |
| 42,898 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 05/30/2034(I) | |
| 89,000 | | |
| 59,816 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 06/30/2034(I) | |
| 460,000 | | |
| 302,201 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 07/31/2034(I) | |
| 25,000 | | |
| 16,453 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 08/29/2034(I) | |
| 171,000 | | |
| 114,936 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 09/30/2034(I) | |
| 319,000 | | |
| 215,698 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 10/08/2034(I) | |
| 32,000 | | |
| 21,461 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 10/31/2034(i) | |
| 641,000 | | |
| 420,004 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 11/28/2034(i) | |
| 256,000 | | |
| 154,695 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 01/30/2035(i) | |
| 244,000 | | |
| 159,455 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 02/27/2035(i) | |
| 36,000 | | |
| 24,430 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 03/31/2035(i) | |
| 641,000 | | |
| 431,315 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 02/29/2036(i) | |
| 61,000 | | |
| 41,396 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 04/28/2036(i) | |
| 10,000 | | |
| 7,384 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 06/30/2036(i) | |
| 40,000 | | |
| 28,879 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 08/31/2036(i) | |
| 2,289,000 | | |
| 1,666,415 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 09/30/2036(i) | |
| 40,000 | | |
| 30,766 | |
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Schedule of Investments |
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| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 11/29/2036(i) | |
$ | 103,000 | | |
$ | 79,469 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 01/31/2037(i) | |
| 224,000 | | |
| 170,427 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 03/31/2037(i) | |
| 747,000 | | |
| 583,064 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 04/28/2037(i) | |
| 40,000 | | |
| 27,129 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 05/31/2037(i) | |
| 25,000 | | |
| 17,847 | |
Morgan Stanley, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 08/31/2037(i) | |
| 58,000 | | |
| 36,587 | |
UBS Group AG, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 07/31/2030(i) | |
| 10,000 | | |
| 7,878 | |
UBS Group AG, 0.000% (Variable Rate), 10/30/2030(i) | |
| 420,000 | | |
| 331,973 | |
| |
| | | |
| 6,075,869 | |
Industrials - 0.26% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LABL Inc., 8.625%, 10/01/2031(b)(f) | |
| 928,000 | | |
| 897,840 | |
| |
| | | |
| 897,840 | |
Materials - 0.22% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp., 7.000%, 03/15/2027 | |
| 746,000 | | |
| 745,068 | |
| |
| | | |
| 745,068 | |
Real Estate - 1.28% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
China Evergrande Group, 8.250%, 03/23/2022(a)(e) | |
| 7,985,000 | | |
| 178,066 | |
China Evergrande Group, 9.500%, 04/11/2022(a)(e) | |
| 3,205,000 | | |
| 73,907 | |
China Evergrande Group, 11.500%, 01/22/2023(a)(e) | |
| 6,500,000 | | |
| 145,145 | |
China Evergrande Group, 10.000%, 04/11/2023(a)(e) | |
| 10,409,000 | | |
| 244,612 | |
China Evergrande Group, 7.500%, 06/28/2023(a)(e) | |
| 16,029,000 | | |
| 373,315 | |
China Evergrande Group, 12.000%, 01/22/2024(a)(e) | |
| 8,094,000 | | |
| 187,943 | |
China Evergrande Group, 9.500%, 03/29/2024(a)(e) | |
| 12,165,000 | | |
| 286,607 | |
China Evergrande Group, 10.500%, 04/11/2024(a)(e) | |
| 17,000,000 | | |
| 403,920 | |
China Evergrande Group, 8.750%, 06/28/2025(a)(e) | |
| 109,833,000 | | |
| 2,517,372 | |
| |
| | | |
| 4,410,887 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | |
| | | |
| 63,702,364 | |
(Cost $77,183,507) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
SENIOR LOANS - 13.70% | |
| | | |
| | |
Communication Services - 2.99% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Gogo Intermediate Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, TSFR6M + 3.750%, 04/30/2028(f) | |
| 3,310,000 | | |
| 3,110,225 | |
Level 3 Financing Inc., Term B-1 Loan, TSFR1M + 6.560%, 04/15/2029 | |
| 7,000,000 | | |
| 7,157,500 | |
| |
| | | |
| 10,267,725 | |
Consumer Discretionary - 7.43% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, TSFR3M + 5.000%, 12/29/2025(a) | |
| 298,690 | | |
| 123,956 | |
ClubCorp Holdings Inc., Term Loan, TSFR3M + 5.000%, 09/18/2026 | |
| 6,118,029 | | |
| 3,665,276 | |
J Crew Group LLC, Initial Term Loan, TSFR3M + 6.000%, 09/26/2031(f) | |
| 8,605,572 | | |
| 8,731,084 | |
NPC International, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 3M US L + 7.500%, 04/18/2025(j) | |
| 605,000 | | |
| - | |
The GEO Group, Inc., Term B Loan, TSFR1M + 5.250%, 04/13/2029 | |
| 2,050,800 | | |
| 2,093,097 | |
Vortex Opco LLC, Term Loan, TSFR3M + 6.250%, 4/30/2030(f) | |
| 3,310,000 | | |
| 3,426,893 | |
Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Term B Loan, TSFR1M + 3.250%, 10/30/2027(f) | |
| 469,000 | | |
| 445,784 | |
Wok Holdings Inc., First Lien Term Loan, TSFR1M + 6.250%, 03/01/2026 | |
| 7,086,727 | | |
| 7,022,202 | |
| |
| | | |
| 25,508,292 | |
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Opportunities Fund |
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October
31, 2024
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
Consumer Staples - 0.51% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Moran Foods LLC, First Lien Term Loan, TSFR3M + 7.250%, 06/30/2026 | |
$ | 927,417 | | |
$ | 718,749 | |
Moran Foods LLC, First Lien A&R 2023 FLFO PIK Term Loan, TSFR3M + 11.954%, 06/30/2026(i) | |
| 500,990 | | |
| 363,218 | |
Moran Foods LLC, First Lien A&R 2023 FLSO PIK Term Loan, TSFR3M + 11.954%, 06/30/2026(i) | |
| 919,177 | | |
| 666,403 | |
| |
| | | |
| 1,748,370 | |
Industrials - 0.98% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Multi-Color Corp., Term Loan, TSFR1M + 5.000%, 10/29/2028 | |
| 3,418,635 | | |
| 3,351,134 | |
| |
| | | |
| 3,351,134 | |
Information Technology - 1.50% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Diebold Nixdorf Inc., Term Loan, TSFR1M + 7.500%, 08/11/2028 | |
| 5,040,000 | | |
| 5,137,650 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Health Care - 0.26% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
ModivCare Inc., Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.750%, 07/01/2031(f) | |
| 938,000 | | |
| 906,342 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Materials - 0.03% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CPC Acquisition Corp., Second Lien Term Loan, TSFR3M + 7.750%, 12/29/2028 | |
| 175,000 | | |
| 106,751 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL SENIOR LOANS | |
| | | |
| 47,026,264 | |
(Cost $47,601,963) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS - 0.54% | |
| | | |
| | |
Sovereign - 0.54% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Lebanon Government International Bond, 6.150%, 06/19/2020(a)(f) | |
$ | 21,159,000 | | |
| 1,810,787 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.750%, 09/01/2027(e)(f) | |
| 29,000 | | |
| 9,512 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 1.750%, 02/01/2029(e)(f) | |
| 8,302 | | |
| 5,013 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 0.000%, 02/01/2034(e)(f) | |
| 3,952 | | |
| 1,497 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 1.750%, 02/01/2034(e)(f) | |
| 58,325 | | |
| 27,923 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 0.000%, 02/01/2035(e)(f) | |
| 2,032 | | |
| 998 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 1.750%, 02/01/2035(e)(f) | |
| 1,207 | | |
| 568 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 0.000%, 02/01/2036(e)(f) | |
| 1,694 | | |
| 828 | |
Ukraine Government International Bond, 1.750%, 02/01/2036(e)(f) | |
| 25,038 | | |
| 11,549 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS | |
| | | |
| 1,868,675 | |
(Cost $1,414,131) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 1.10% | |
| | | |
| | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) - 1.10% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
FNMA, Series 427, Class C20, 2.000%, 02/25/2051 | |
| 6,919,842 | | |
| 896,532 | |
FNMA, Series 437, Class C8, 2.500%, 06/25/2052 | |
| 5,754,083 | | |
| 914,835 | |
FNMA, Series 428, Class C15, 3.000%, 07/25/2052 | |
| 2,283,123 | | |
| 412,831 | |
FNMA, Series 429, Class C5, 3.000%, 10/25/2052 | |
| 8,293,275 | | |
| 1,554,227 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES | |
| | | |
| 3,778,425 | |
(Cost $3,416,548) | |
| | | |
| | |
Annual Report | October 31,
2024 |
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Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
COMMON STOCK - 12.52% | |
| | | |
| | |
Commercial Services - 0.07% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Travelport LLC(f) | |
| 69 | | |
$ | 254,653 | |
| |
| | | |
| 254,653 | |
Communication Services - 4.54% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Baidu, Inc.(f) | |
| 18,367 | | |
| 1,675,621 | |
Bumble, Inc.(f) | |
| 652,765 | | |
| 4,621,576 | |
Snap Inc.(f) | |
| 319,381 | | |
| 3,883,673 | |
Uber Technologies Inc.(f) | |
| 11,098 | | |
| 799,611 | |
Weibo Corp | |
| 506,837 | | |
| 4,586,875 | |
| |
| | | |
| 15,567,356 | |
Consumer Discretionary - 0.50% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide(f) | |
| 306,005 | | |
| 3,060 | |
Arbe Robotics, Ltd.(f) | |
| 391,766 | | |
| 713,014 | |
Everyware Global(c)(f)(j) | |
| 43,777 | | |
| - | |
Next.e.GO N.V.(f) | |
| 5,788 | | |
| 2 | |
PDD Holdings Inc. | |
| 5,821 | | |
| 701,955 | |
Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC | |
| 116,694 | | |
| 129,530 | |
The RealReal, Inc.(f) | |
| 58,883 | | |
| 170,761 | |
| |
| | | |
| 1,718,322 | |
Consumer Staples - 0.01% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Benson Hill, Inc.(f) | |
| 3,906 | | |
| 26,639 | |
Moran Foods LLC(c)(f)(j) | |
| 3,699,885 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| 26,639 | |
Energy - 0.41% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. | |
| 33,264 | | |
| 197,256 | |
Sable Offshore Corp.(f) | |
| 58,598 | | |
| 1,198,915 | |
| |
| | | |
| 1,396,171 | |
Financials - 3.67% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cannae Holdings, Inc.(f) | |
| 520,029 | | |
| 10,322,576 | |
Compass Diversified Holdings(f) | |
| 23,820 | | |
| 516,894 | |
PagSeguro Digital, Ltd.(f) | |
| 219,353 | | |
| 1,763,599 | |
| |
| | | |
| 12,603,069 | |
Health Care - 0.28% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(f) | |
| 176,995 | | |
| 680,546 | |
Compass Pathways PLC(f) | |
| 61,188 | | |
| 291,255 | |
| |
| | | |
| 971,801 | |
Industrials - 0.73% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC | |
| 24,044 | | |
| 913,672 | |
The GEO Group, Inc.(f) | |
| 104,627 | | |
| 1,588,239 | |
| |
| | | |
| 2,501,911 | |
Materials - 0.75% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Covia Energy LLC(f) | |
| 43,354 | | |
| 657,556 | |
Covia Holdings LLC | |
| 125,999 | | |
| 1,911,022 | |
| |
| | | |
| 2,568,578 | |
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Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Real Estate - 0.85% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Anywhere Real Estate, Inc.(f) | |
| 129,041 | | |
$ | 498,098 | |
Star Holdings(f) | |
| 188,549 | | |
| 2,402,115 | |
| |
| | | |
| 2,900,213 | |
Technology - 0.50% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CommScope Holding Company, Inc.(f) | |
| 48,814 | | |
| 328,519 | |
GDS Holdings Ltd.(f) | |
| 27,653 | | |
| 605,877 | |
Vertex, Inc.(f) | |
| 18,815 | | |
| 781,012 | |
| |
| | | |
| 1,715,408 | |
Utilities - 0.21% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Longview Power LLC | |
| 61,813 | | |
| 741,756 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCK | |
| | | |
| 42,965,877 | |
(Cost $38,616,383) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
CLOSED END FUNDS - 22.66% | |
| | | |
| | |
Alternative - 3.55% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Trust | |
| 410,267 | | |
| 7,040,182 | |
Destra Multi-Alternative Fund(f) | |
| 56,768 | | |
| 493,314 | |
Platinum Asia Investments Ltd. | |
| 9,984 | | |
| 6,899 | |
VGI Partners Global Investments, Ltd. | |
| 3,459,204 | | |
| 4,644,052 | |
| |
| | | |
| 12,184,447 | |
Equity - 10.64% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. | |
| 46,838 | | |
| 272,129 | |
abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. | |
| 865 | | |
| 4,662 | |
abrdn Healthcare Investors(f) | |
| 12,719 | | |
| 229,324 | |
abrdn Life Sciences Investors(f) | |
| 37,835 | | |
| 550,878 | |
Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund | |
| 9,477 | | |
| 185,743 | |
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | |
| 28,606 | | |
| 619,606 | |
ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd.(f) | |
| 163,658 | | |
| 3,595,566 | |
BlackRock Health Services Term Trust | |
| 19,805 | | |
| 305,591 | |
BlackRock Innovation & Growth Trust | |
| 330,506 | | |
| 2,488,710 | |
BlackRock Science & Technology Trust II | |
| 8,800 | | |
| 175,824 | |
ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund, Inc. | |
| 12,840 | | |
| 545,957 | |
Diversified United Investment Ltd.(f) | |
| 22,312 | | |
| 76,648 | |
GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust | |
| 17,606 | | |
| 102,819 | |
Hearts and Minds Investments, Ltd. | |
| 1,130,270 | | |
| 2,201,733 | |
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. | |
| 7,794 | | |
| 59,546 | |
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | |
| 10,907 | | |
| 125,321 | |
MFF Capital Investments, Ltd. | |
| 2,498,521 | | |
| 6,511,318 | |
Miller/Howard High Dividend Fund | |
| 293,928 | | |
| 3,609,436 | |
Neuberger Berman MLP & Energy Income Fund, Inc. | |
| 54,753 | | |
| 453,355 | |
Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund, Inc. | |
| 165,408 | | |
| 2,074,216 | |
NYLI CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Term Fund | |
| 74,080 | | |
| 1,033,416 | |
Pengana International Equities, Ltd. | |
| 4,054,812 | | |
| 3,068,734 | |
Platinum Capital, Ltd. | |
| 501,228 | | |
| 473,345 | |
Principal Real Estate Income Fund | |
| 22,041 | | |
| 235,839 | |
Annual Report | October 31,
2024 |
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Saba Capital Income &
Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Taiwan Fund, Inc. | |
| 3,223 | | |
$ | 139,717 | |
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. | |
| 16,435 | | |
| 649,511 | |
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | |
| 13,232 | | |
| 533,647 | |
Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. | |
| 50,952 | | |
| 2,567,471 | |
Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. | |
| 7,027 | | |
| 312,772 | |
Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund | |
| 55,342 | | |
| 299,400 | |
WAM Global Ltd. | |
| 1,885,004 | | |
| 2,803,570 | |
WCM Global Growth, Ltd. | |
| 201,603 | | |
| 212,279 | |
| |
| | | |
| 36,518,083 | |
Fixed Income - 4.64% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund | |
| 396 | | |
| 4,479 | |
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | |
| 169,800 | | |
| 1,988,358 | |
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. | |
| 4,402 | | |
| 48,774 | |
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. | |
| 1,729 | | |
| 18,431 | |
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. | |
| 2,660 | | |
| 30,909 | |
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. | |
| 200 | | |
| 2,066 | |
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund, Inc. | |
| 4,708 | | |
| 56,637 | |
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | |
| 2,297 | | |
| 24,463 | |
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust | |
| 7 | | |
| 77 | |
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. | |
| 190 | | |
| 1,144 | |
Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund, Inc. | |
| 681 | | |
| 9,057 | |
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust | |
| 228 | | |
| 2,296 | |
Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund | |
| 59,833 | | |
| 554,652 | |
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust | |
| 9,707 | | |
| 102,409 | |
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund | |
| 144,910 | | |
| 1,376,645 | |
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund, Ltd. | |
| 85,672 | | |
| 791,609 | |
Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund | |
| 2,201 | | |
| 25,135 | |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | |
| 1,680 | | |
| 6,451 | |
Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc. | |
| 1,548 | | |
| 16,781 | |
New America High Income Fund, Inc. | |
| 27,003 | | |
| 220,886 | |
Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund | |
| 196,587 | | |
| 2,215,536 | |
Nuveen New Jersey Quality Municipal Income Fund | |
| 29,196 | | |
| 361,739 | |
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund | |
| 62,780 | | |
| 750,222 | |
PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | |
| 232,206 | | |
| 5,354,671 | |
Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Fund, Inc. | |
| 961 | | |
| 8,285 | |
Pioneer Municipal High Income Fund, Inc. | |
| 108,304 | | |
| 1,018,059 | |
Pioneer Municipal High Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. | |
| 22,790 | | |
| 276,325 | |
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | |
| 36,023 | | |
| 672,190 | |
| |
| | | |
| 15,938,286 | |
Mixed Allocation - 3.83% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
BlackRock Capital Allocation Trust | |
| 43,394 | | |
| 690,400 | |
Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund | |
| 327,580 | | |
| 4,120,957 | |
Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. | |
| 175,609 | | |
| 7,832,162 | |
Tortoise Sustainable and Social Impact Term Fund | |
| 37,011 | | |
| 469,671 | |
| |
| | | |
| 13,113,190 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL CLOSED END FUNDS | |
| | | |
| 77,754,006 | |
(Cost $61,593,506) | |
| | | |
| | |
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Fair Value | |
INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 8.79% | |
| | | |
| | |
Alternative - 3.89% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund(f)(g) | |
| 362,839 | | |
$ | 13,334,333 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Equity - 4.90% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC | |
| 71,210 | | |
| 1,287,348 | |
Fidelity Emerging Markets Ltd.(f) | |
| 932,297 | | |
| 8,070,082 | |
Henderson Opportunities Trust | |
| 558,280 | | |
| 1,526,143 | |
Herald Investment Trust PLC(f) | |
| 2,610 | | |
| 70,003 | |
Schroder British Opportunities Trust PLC(f) | |
| 1,453,746 | | |
| 1,415,281 | |
Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund PLC | |
| 570,790 | | |
| 4,438,138 | |
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC | |
| 2,626 | | |
| 5,622 | |
| |
| | | |
| 16,812,617 | |
Mixed Allocation - 0.00% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust PLC | |
| 7,080 | | |
| 3,753 | |
Citadel Income Fund | |
| 2,588 | | |
| 4,908 | |
| |
| | | |
| 8,661 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT TRUSTS | |
| | | |
| 30,155,611 | |
(Cost $20,950,209) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
PREFERRED STOCK - 1.14% | |
| | | |
| | |
Consumer Discretionary - 0.94% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.(f) | |
| 407,959 | | |
| 20,398 | |
G-ILS Transportation Ltd. Preferred B-3(c)(f) | |
| 1,332 | | |
| 2,156,815 | |
HAAT Delivery Ltd. Preferred Seed-1(c)(f) | |
| 64,188 | | |
| 1,060,918 | |
| |
| | | |
| 3,238,131 | |
Technology - 0.20% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Xtend Reality Expansion Ltd. Preferred B-2(c)(f) | |
| 775,774 | | |
| 663,627 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK | |
| | | |
| 3,901,758 | |
(Cost $4,373,063) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Fair Value | |
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT - 0.00%(d) | |
| | |
| |
| | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (Covid Insurance Claim)(c)(f)(g)(j) | |
| - | |
| |
| | |
TOTAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT | |
| | |
(Cost $2,320,000) | |
| - |
|
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Opportunities Fund |
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October
31, 2024
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Fair Value | |
PRIVATE FUNDS - 13.96% | |
| | |
| |
| | |
Alternative Capital Investments Fund III LP, Special Class Interests(f) | |
$ | 1,686,940 | |
Alternative Capital Investments Fund III LP, Standard Class Interests(f) | |
| 156,703 | |
New Holland Special Opportunities Aggregator LP(f)(h) | |
| 1,400,213 | |
Stone Ridge Opportunities Fund Feeder LP(f) | |
| 44,644,824 | |
| |
| | |
TOTAL PRIVATE FUNDS | |
| 47,888,680 | |
(Cost $32,074,780) | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
UNIT TRUSTS - 3.58% | |
| | | |
| | |
Specialty - 3.58% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund(f)(g) | |
| 53,235 | | |
| 1,474,610 | |
Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust(g)(f) | |
| 1,268,046 | | |
| 10,803,755 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL UNIT TRUSTS | |
| | | |
| 12,278,365 | |
(Cost $9,909,317) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
| Fair Value | |
SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANIES - 0.53% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp.(f) | |
| 179,925 | | |
| 1,800,150 | |
Deezer SA(f) | |
| 8,179 | | |
| 12,767 | |
GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., Class A(c)(f) | |
| 30,730 | | |
| 11,985 | |
Graf Global Corp.(c)(f)(g) | |
| 20,960 | | |
| 7,336 | |
Nogin, Inc.(f)(j) | |
| 11,264 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANIES | |
| | | |
| 1,832,238 | |
(Cost $2,297,051) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
WARRANTS - 0.08% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
A SPAC II Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/03/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 34,421 | | |
| 697 | |
AirJoule Technologies Corp., Expires 3/15/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 43,480 | | |
| 22,773 | |
Achari Ventures Holdings Corp. I, Expires 10/15/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 38,384 | | |
| 254 | |
Agrinam Acquisition Corp., Expires 06/30/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,798 | | |
| 2,376 | |
Airship AI Holdings Inc., Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 14,696 | | |
| 3,161 | |
Allurion Technologies Inc., Expires 08/01/2030, Strike Price $8.10(f) | |
| 16,492 | | |
| 949 | |
Alternus Clean Energy Inc., Expires 02/24/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 49,587 | | |
| 195 | |
APx Acquisition Corp. I, Expires 08/19/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 3,981 | | |
| 297 | |
Arverne Group SA, Expires 09/20/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 33,822 | | |
| 2,759 | |
Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 10/17/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 36,968 | | |
| 1,231 | |
Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 11/12/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 80,774 | | |
| 2,427 | |
Aura FAT Projects Acquisition Corp., Expires 06/02/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 58,439 | | |
| - | |
Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd., Expires 10/02/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 22,349 | | |
| 1,073 | |
Battery Future Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/26/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 36,968 | | |
| 645 | |
Bellevue Life, Sciences Acquisi, Expires 02/10/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 14,638 | | |
| 414 | |
BenevolentAI, Expires 06/30/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 7,014 | | |
| - | |
Benson Hill Inc., Expires 09/29/2026, Strike Price $402.50(c)(f) | |
| 187,607 | | |
| 19,697 | |
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
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Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
Bitcoin Depot Inc., Expires 07/03/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 116,268 | | |
$ | 6,110 | |
BitFuFu Inc., Expires 06/07/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 30,366 | | |
| 14,278 | |
Bleuacacia, Ltd., Expires 10/30/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 100,804 | | |
| 1,391 | |
Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I, Expires 11/01/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 93,986 | | |
| 2,190 | |
Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp., Expires 10/21/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 16,257 | | |
| 428 | |
Borealis Foods Inc., Expires 08/26/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 20,287 | | |
| 1,329 | |
Brand Engagement Network Inc., Expires 03/14/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 25,249 | | |
| 641 | |
BurTech Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/18/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,696 | | |
| 3,851 | |
Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1, Ltd., Expires 10/29/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 21,180 | | |
| 635 | |
Canna-Global Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/09/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 154,766 | | |
| 789 | |
Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp., Expires 04/27/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 69,120 | | |
| 1,382 | |
Captivision Inc., Expires 11/16/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 43,794 | | |
| 1,285 | |
Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc., Expires 12/01/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,933 | | |
| 747 | |
Carmell Therapeutics Corp., Expires 07/12/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 3,816 | | |
| 377 | |
CARTESIAN GROWTH Corp. II, Expires 07/12/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 5,984 | | |
| 419 | |
Cartica Acquisition Corp., Expires 04/30/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 74,354 | | |
| 11,711 | |
CERo Therapeutics Holdings Inc., Expires 02/14/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 21,939 | | |
| 156 | |
CF Acquisition Corp. VII, Expires 03/15/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 4,928 | | |
| 402 | |
Chain Bridge I, Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 33,367 | | |
| 2,171 | |
Chenghe Acquisition I Co., Expires 04/22/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 400 | | |
| - | |
Chenghe Acquisition I Co., Expires 01/25/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 37,849 | | |
| 2,392 | |
ClimateRock, Expires 06/01/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 11,778 | | |
| 309 | |
Concord Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 25,741 | | |
| 2,413 | |
Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc., Expires 02/03/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 51,468 | | |
| 603 | |
Consilium Acquisition Corp. I, Ltd., Expires 06/01/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 38,488 | | |
| 3,370 | |
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 41,045 | | |
| - | |
Critical Metals Corp., Expires 06/06/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 43,590 | | |
| 11,170 | |
Currenc Group Inc., Expires 05/19/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 55,058 | | |
| - | |
Deezer SA, Expires 06/07/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 95,238 | | |
| 52 | |
Denali Capital Acquisition Corp., Expires 04/07/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 27,621 | | |
| 1,550 | |
DIH Holdings US Inc., Expires 02/07/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 63,578 | | |
| 1,856 | |
Distoken Acquisition Corp., Expires 03/30/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 5,841 | | |
| 140 | |
DUET Acquisition Corp., Expires 07/19/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 5,996 | | |
| 153 | |
Engene Holdings Inc., Expires 08/28/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 6,044 | | |
| 9,610 | |
EVe Mobility Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 27,110 | | |
| 1,206 | |
Everest Consolidator Acquisition Corp., Expires 07/19/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 50,492 | | |
| 1,250 | |
Evergreen Corp., Expires 02/15/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 70,092 | | |
| 3,505 | |
Finnovate Acquisition Corp., Expires 09/30/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 71,462 | | |
| 1,158 | |
flyExclusive Inc., Expires 05/28/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 27,981 | | |
| 4,547 | |
Fortune Rise Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/06/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 15,616 | | |
| 385 | |
Four Leaf Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/12/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 3,750 | | |
| 225 | |
FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp., Expires 08/22/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 23,822 | | |
| 4,169 | |
Future Health ESG Corp., Expires 09/09/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 37,402 | | |
| - | |
FutureTech II Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/16/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 48,383 | | |
| 1,435 | |
GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc., Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 54,452 | | |
| 4,152 | |
Genesis Growth Tech Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/19/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 6,030 | | |
| 152 | |
Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/10/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 40,470 | | |
| 554 | |
Globalink Investment, Inc., Expires 12/03/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 14,771 | | |
| 384 | |
Gores Holdings IX, Inc., Expires 01/14/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 40,512 | | |
| 2,635 | |
GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., Class B Warrants, Expires 01/25/2029, Strike Price $11.50(c)(f) | |
| 38,411 | | |
| 150 | |
GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., Class B Warrants, Expires 01/25/2029, Strike Price $11.50(c)(f)(g) | |
| 26,200 | | |
| 107 | |
GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 42,413 | | |
| 4,916 | |
Graphjet Technology, Expires 11/16/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 45,714 | | |
| - | |
Healthcare AI Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/14/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 18,681 | | |
| 383 | |
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2024 |
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
HHG Capital Corp., Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 17,425 | | |
$ | 99 | |
HNR Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/15/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 44,874 | | |
| 3,049 | |
Holdco Nuvo Group DG Ltd., Expires 05/01/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 63,179 | | |
| 117 | |
Hwh International Inc., Expires 02/02/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 13,297 | | |
| - | |
iCoreConnect Inc., Expires 05/15/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 1,112 | | |
| 263 | |
Inception Growth Acquisition, Ltd., Expires 10/15/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 2,402 | | |
| 144 | |
Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/12/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 48,874 | | |
| - | |
Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp., Expires 10/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 1,475 | | |
| 23 | |
Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp. I, Expires 11/23/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 24,645 | | |
| 429 | |
Investcorp India Acquisition Corp., Expires 06/28/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 37,472 | | |
| 2,912 | |
Iris Acquisition Corp., Expires 03/05/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 27,683 | | |
| 908 | |
Israel Acquisitions Corp., Expires 02/28/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 8,683 | | |
| 269 | |
IX Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/24/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 112 | | |
| 5 | |
Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corp., Expires 01/30/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,820 | | |
| 472 | |
Kairous Acquisition Corp. Ltd, Expires 09/15/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 6,746 | | |
| 97 | |
Klotho Neurosciences, Inc., Expires 06/21/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 32,327 | | |
| 1,369 | |
LeddarTech Holdings Inc., Expires 12/21/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 21,521 | | |
| 473 | |
Liberty Resources Acquisition Corp., Expires 10/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 22,928 | | |
| - | |
Lifezone Metals Ltd., Expires 07/05/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 49,529 | | |
| 31,203 | |
Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp., Expires 04/01/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 40,420 | | |
| 356 | |
Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp., Expires 09/30/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 62,660 | | |
| 811 | |
Murano Global BV, Expires 03/30/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 10,493 | | |
| 1,731 | |
New Horizon Aircraft Ltd., Expires 04/03/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 11,690 | | |
| 154 | |
New Providence Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 21,526 | | |
| 861 | |
NewGenIvf Group Ltd., Expires 06/26/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 1 | | |
| - | |
Nogin, Inc., Expires 08/26/2027 Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 8,372 | | |
| - | |
NorthView Acquisition Corp., Expires 08/02/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,197 | | |
| 997 | |
Nova Vision Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 31,088 | | |
| 1,399 | |
Nvni Group Ltd., Expires 11/01/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 15,665 | | |
| 318 | |
Onyx Acquisition Co. I, Expires 11/30/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 24,790 | | |
| 43 | |
Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I, Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 76,584 | | |
| 2,317 | |
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp., Expires 03/10/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 46,145 | | |
| 2,127 | |
Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/15/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 18,484 | | |
| 417 | |
Perception Capital Corp IV., Expires 11/10/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 31,463 | | |
| 838 | |
Pinstripes Holdings Inc., Expires 09/30/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 45,560 | | |
| 815 | |
Pono Capital Two, Inc., Expires 10/17/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 9,738 | | |
| 2,902 | |
PowerUp Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/18/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 70,545 | | |
| 1,869 | |
Psyence Biomedical Ltd., Expires 01/25/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 30,398 | | |
| 763 | |
QT Imaging Holdings Inc., Expires 12/31/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 3,954 | | |
| 71 | |
Relativity Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/11/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 45,142 | | |
| - | |
Rezolve AI Ltd., Expires 07/31/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19 | | |
| 2 | |
RF Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/01/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 19,704 | | |
| 564 | |
Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/05/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 22,493 | | |
| 7,198 | |
Roadzen Inc., Expires 11/30/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 55,430 | | |
| 3,949 | |
Roth CH Acquisition Co., Expires 10/29/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 48,884 | | |
| 134 | |
Ross Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 02/12/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 28,225 | | |
| - | |
Selina Hospitality PLC, Expires 10/25/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 218,500 | | |
| - | |
ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/17/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 94,845 | | |
| 1,494 | |
SMX Security Matters PLC, Expires 03/07/2028, Strike Price $18,975.00(f) | |
| 36,580 | | |
| 285 | |
Solidion Technology Inc., Expires 11/16/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 29,262 | | |
| - | |
Southport Acquisition Corp., Expires 05/24/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 6,161 | | |
| 555 | |
Spectaire Holdings Inc., Expires 10/17/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 58,258 | | |
| 879 | |
Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd., Expires 12/22/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 20,337 | | |
| 2 | |
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Saba Capital
Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 02/25/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 13,573 | | |
$ | 383 | |
SpringBig Holdings, Inc., Expires 06/14/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 24,279 | | |
| 32 | |
Swiftmerge Acquisition Corp., Expires 06/17/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 132 | | |
| 12 | |
Syntec Optics Holdings Inc., Expires 11/08/2026, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 31,515 | | |
| 1,497 | |
Target Global Acquisition I Corp., Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 18,073 | | |
| 1,852 | |
Technology & Telecommunication Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/15/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 52,993 | | |
| 1,203 | |
TLGY Acquisition Corp., Expires 01/14/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 68,311 | | |
| 2,391 | |
Toyo Co Ltd., Expires 01/10/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f)(j) | |
| 23,302 | | |
| - | |
United Homes Group, Inc., Expires 01/28/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 8,191 | | |
| 6,526 | |
Valuence Merger Corp. I, Expires 03/01/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 60,778 | | |
| 1,945 | |
Vast Solar Pty Ltd., Expires 07/01/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 87,846 | | |
| 4,195 | |
Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., Expires 12/31/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 327 | | |
| 85 | |
Volato Group Inc., Expires 12/03/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 20,757 | | |
| 61 | |
VSee Health, Inc., Expires 11/04/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 17,198 | | |
| 1,203 | |
Western Acquisition Ventures Corp., Expires 01/12/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 29,980 | | |
| 826 | |
Yotta Acquisition Corp., Expires 03/15/2027, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 47,369 | | |
| 1,895 | |
Zapata Computing Holdings Inc., Expires 03/23/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 24,523 | | |
| 147 | |
Zapp Electric Vehicles Group L, Expires 03/03/2028, Strike Price $230.00(f) | |
| 11,642 | | |
| 111 | |
Zeo Energy Corp., Expires 03/14/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 61,117 | | |
| 2,445 | |
Zoomcar Holdings Inc., Expires 07/01/2028, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 71,433 | | |
| 2,642 | |
Zooz Power Ltd., Expires 04/04/2029, Strike Price $11.50(f) | |
| 24,350 | | |
| 1,099 | |
ZyVersa Therapeutics Inc., Expires 12/12/2027, Strike Price $4,025.00(f)(j) | |
| 7,100 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL WARRANTS | |
| | | |
| 280,404 | |
(Cost $1,777,181) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
RIGHTS - 0.01% | |
| | | |
| | |
A SPAC II Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 68,843 | | |
| 2,753 | |
Agrinam Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 19,798 | | |
| 3,960 | |
Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition Corp., Expires 02/14/2025(f) | |
| 14,638 | | |
| 2,041 | |
bleuacacia, Ltd., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 201,609 | | |
| 4,254 | |
Broad Capital Acquisition Corp., Expires 01/13/2025(f) | |
| 53,360 | | |
| 6,939 | |
ClimateRock, Expires 06/01/2027(f) | |
| 23,557 | | |
| 2,049 | |
Consilium Acquisition Corp. I, Ltd., Expires 06/01/2027(f) | |
| 69,644 | | |
| 12,115 | |
Distoken Acquisition Corp., Expires 11/18/2025(f) | |
| 5,841 | | |
| 692 | |
Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 40,470 | | |
| 2,481 | |
Globalink Investment, Inc., Expires 12/09/2024(f) | |
| 4,837 | | |
| 750 | |
Inception Growth Acquisition, Ltd., Expires 12/13/2024(f) | |
| 7,394 | | |
| 925 | |
Kairous Acquisition Corp. Ltd., Expires 12/16/2024(f) | |
| 13,555 | | |
| 1,468 | |
Mars Acquisition Corp., Expires 03/14/2073(f) | |
| 10,247 | | |
| 2,536 | |
Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 40,420 | | |
| 2,013 | |
Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. V, Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 8,917 | | |
| 625 | |
NorthView Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 38,482 | | |
| 1,761 | |
RF Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 19,704 | | |
| 2,060 | |
Sagaliam Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f)(j) | |
| 84,310 | | |
| - | |
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II, Expires 10/17/2025(f) | |
| 27,147 | | |
| 1,766 | |
Welsbach Technology Metals Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 29,571 | | |
| 3,977 | |
Yotta Acquisition Corp., Expires 12/31/2049(f) | |
| 29,452 | | |
| 4,045 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL RIGHTS | |
| | | |
| 59,210 | |
(Cost $142,732) | |
| | | |
| | |
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Contracts | | |
Fair Value | |
OPTIONS(k) - 0.90% | |
| | | |
| | |
Call Option Contracts - 0.04% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Russell 2000 Index, Expires 12/20/2024, Strike Price $2,250(f) | |
| 25 | | |
$ | 147,375 | |
| |
| | | |
| 147,375 | |
Put Option Contracts - 0.86% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 11/15/2024, Strike Price $5,230(f) | |
| 15 | | |
| 18,525 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 11/15/2024, Strike Price $5,245(f) | |
| 113 | | |
| 146,335 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 11/15/2024, Strike Price $5,250(f) | |
| 6 | | |
| 7,692 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 11/15/2024, Strike Price $5,355(f) | |
| 37 | | |
| 71,410 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 11/15/2024, Strike Price $5,380(f) | |
| 19 | | |
| 40,470 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 12/20/2024, Strike Price $5,630(f) | |
| 30 | | |
| 330,150 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 12/20/2024, Strike Price $5,680(f) | |
| 51 | | |
| 638,265 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 01/17/2025, Strike Price $5,700(f) | |
| 11 | | |
| 164,175 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 01/17/2025, Strike Price $5,730(f) | |
| 26 | | |
| 413,920 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 01/17/2025, Strike Price $5,740(f) | |
| 35 | | |
| 569,450 | |
S&P 500 Index, Expires 01/17/2025, Strike Price $5,745(f) | |
| 32 | | |
| 526,080 | |
| |
| | | |
| 2,926,472 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL OPTIONS | |
| | | |
| 3,073,847 | |
(Premiums paid $4,352,307) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.94% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
BNY Mellon U.S. Treasury Fund, 7 Day Yield, 4.020%(g)(h) | |
| 538,344 | | |
| 538,344 | |
JPMorgan US Treasury Plus Money Market Fund, 7 Day Yield, 4.770% | |
| 2,660,034 | | |
| 2,660,034 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS | |
| | | |
| 3,198,378 | |
(Cost $3,198,378) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Investments in Securities - 99.01% | |
| | | |
| 339,764,102 | |
(Cost $311,221,056) | |
| | | |
| | |
INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATED
FUND
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
CLOSED END FUNDS - 0.23% | |
| | | |
| | |
Fixed Income - 0.23% | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | |
| 93,150 | | |
| 795,501 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Investment in Affiliated Fund - 0.23% | |
| | | |
| 795,501 | |
(Cost $712,074) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - (0.76%) | |
| | | |
| 2,591,466 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NET ASSETS - 100.00% | |
| | | |
$ | 343,151,069 | |
Amounts above are shown as a percentage of net assets as of October 31, 2024.
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
SCHEDULE
OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS - (1.46%) | |
| | | |
| | |
Industrials - (0.80%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corporation, 4.375%, 02/01/2029(f) | |
$ | (696,000 | ) | |
$ | (580,290 | ) |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corporation, 5.250%, 05/15/2027(f) | |
| (2,317,000 | ) | |
| (2,166,395 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (2,746,685 | ) |
Real Estate - (0.66%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CPI Property Group SA, 1.750%, 01/14/2030(e)(f) | |
| (2,462,000 | ) | |
| (2,257,156 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (2,257,156 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | |
| | | |
| (5,003,841 | ) |
(Proceeds $5,039,022) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Principal Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS - (53.81%) | |
| | | |
| | |
Sovereign - (53.81%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
United States Treasury, 3.750%, 08/31/2026(f) | |
| (52,452,000 | ) | |
| (52,065,440 | ) |
United States Treasury, 3.500%, 09/30/2029(f) | |
| (55,309,000 | ) | |
| (53,724,255 | ) |
United States Treasury, 4.125%, 10/31/2029(f) | |
| (39,602,000 | ) | |
| (39,563,994 | ) |
United States Treasury, 4.375%, 05/15/2034(f) | |
| (8,090,000 | ) | |
| (8,148,777 | ) |
United States Treasury, 3.875%, 08/15/2034(f) | |
| (32,191,000 | ) | |
| (31,152,327 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS | |
| | | |
| (184,654,793 | ) |
(Proceeds $187,581,942) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
COMMON STOCK - (13.11%) | |
| | | |
| | |
Communications - (1.41%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Alphabet Inc., Class A Common Shares | |
| (1,896 | ) | |
| (324,425 | ) |
Alphabet Inc., Class C Common Shares | |
| (3,963 | ) | |
| (684,370 | ) |
Delivery Hero SE(b)(f) | |
| (2,989 | ) | |
| (126,150 | ) |
DoorDash, Inc.(f) | |
| (2,092 | ) | |
| (327,816 | ) |
Freenet AG(f) | |
| (7,046 | ) | |
| (208,928 | ) |
Lumen Technologies, Inc.(f) | |
| (6,535 | ) | |
| (41,759 | ) |
Meta Platforms, Inc.(f) | |
| (879 | ) | |
| (498,903 | ) |
NetEase, Inc. | |
| (2,396 | ) | |
| (192,902 | ) |
Netflix, Inc.(f) | |
| (85 | ) | |
| (64,263 | ) |
Pinterest, Inc.(f) | |
| (2,480 | ) | |
| (78,839 | ) |
ROBLOX Corp. | |
| (3,555 | ) | |
| (183,865 | ) |
Scout24 SE(b)(f) | |
| (2,525 | ) | |
| (216,979 | ) |
Spotify Technology SA.(f) | |
| (361 | ) | |
| (139,021 | ) |
System1, Inc.(f) | |
| (78,907 | ) | |
| (77,329 | ) |
The Trade Desk, Inc.(f) | |
| (2,118 | ) | |
| (254,605 | ) |
Uber Technologies, Inc.(f) | |
| (78 | ) | |
| (5,620 | ) |
Universal Music Group NV(f) | |
| (25,914 | ) | |
| (650,577 | ) |
Upwork Inc.(f) | |
| (19,049 | ) | |
| (258,304 | ) |
Zillow Group, Inc.(f) | |
| (8,516 | ) | |
| (511,726 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (4,846,381 | ) |
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2024 |
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Consumer Discretionary - (1.48%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.(f) | |
| (37 | ) | |
$ | (3,625 | ) |
Amazon.com, Inc.(f) | |
| (5,996 | ) | |
| (1,117,654 | ) |
Chegg, Inc. | |
| (14,927 | ) | |
| (23,883 | ) |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(f) | |
| (11,810 | ) | |
| (658,644 | ) |
Cie Financiere Richemont SA | |
| (776 | ) | |
| (112,642 | ) |
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | |
| (4,089 | ) | |
| (428,324 | ) |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | |
| (4,312 | ) | |
| (1,012,673 | ) |
JD.com Inc.(f) | |
| (3,742 | ) | |
| (152,000 | ) |
Lowe's Cos Inc. | |
| (242 | ) | |
| (63,363 | ) |
MercadoLibre, Inc.(f) | |
| (196 | ) | |
| (399,287 | ) |
PDD Holdings Inc. | |
| (1,036 | ) | |
| (124,931 | ) |
Restaurant Brands International Inc.(f) | |
| (6,762 | ) | |
| (470,297 | ) |
Rivian Automotive, Inc.(f) | |
| (911 | ) | |
| (9,201 | ) |
Sanlorenzo SpA/Ameglia | |
| (8 | ) | |
| (301 | ) |
Sweetgreen, Inc.(f) | |
| (4,933 | ) | |
| (178,081 | ) |
Tesla, Inc.(f) | |
| (55 | ) | |
| (13,742 | ) |
The Home Depot, Inc.(f) | |
| (551 | ) | |
| (216,956 | ) |
Wayfair Inc.(f) | |
| (1,942 | ) | |
| (83,176 | ) |
Zalando SE(b)(f) | |
| (731 | ) | |
| (21,874 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (5,090,654 | ) |
Consumer Staples - (0.10%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Heineken Holding NV | |
| (2,528 | ) | |
| (175,302 | ) |
Heineken NV | |
| (1,749 | ) | |
| (143,637 | ) |
HelloFresh SE(f) | |
| (2,395 | ) | |
| (26,403 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (345,342 | ) |
Energy - (2.35%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Antero Midstream Corp. | |
| (15,233 | ) | |
| (218,898 | ) |
Archrock, Inc. | |
| (598 | ) | |
| (11,972 | ) |
Civitas Resources, Inc. | |
| (386 | ) | |
| (18,833 | ) |
ConocoPhillips | |
| (489 | ) | |
| (53,565 | ) |
DT Midstream, Inc. | |
| (2,764 | ) | |
| (249,175 | ) |
Enbridge, Inc. | |
| (8,338 | ) | |
| (336,670 | ) |
Energy Transfer LP | |
| (62,519 | ) | |
| (1,030,313 | ) |
EnLink Midstream LLC | |
| (5,026 | ) | |
| (74,586 | ) |
Enterprise Products Partners LP | |
| (26,230 | ) | |
| (751,752 | ) |
EQT Corp. | |
| (1,158 | ) | |
| (42,313 | ) |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | |
| (896 | ) | |
| (104,635 | ) |
Genesis Energy LP | |
| (1,072 | ) | |
| (12,124 | ) |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | |
| (9,040 | ) | |
| (221,570 | ) |
Koninklijke Vopak NV(f) | |
| (6,454 | ) | |
| (296,539 | ) |
Marathon Oil Corp. | |
| (1,727 | ) | |
| (47,838 | ) |
MPLX LP | |
| (17,554 | ) | |
| (779,749 | ) |
Neste Oyj | |
| (1,283 | ) | |
| (20,487 | ) |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | |
| (508 | ) | |
| (25,456 | ) |
ONEOK Inc | |
| (5,063 | ) | |
| (490,503 | ) |
Pembina Pipeline Corp. | |
| (3,934 | ) | |
| (164,582 | ) |
Plains All American Pipeline LP | |
| (8,137 | ) | |
| (132,389 | ) |
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Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Plains GP Holdings LP | |
| (23,067 | ) | |
$ | (396,752 | ) |
Targa Resources Corp. | |
| (5,455 | ) | |
| (910,767 | ) |
TC Energy Corp. | |
| (6,603 | ) | |
| (307,114 | ) |
Western Midstream Partners LP | |
| (13,942 | ) | |
| (526,032 | ) |
Williams Cos., Inc. | |
| (15,785 | ) | |
| (826,660 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (8,051,274 | ) |
Financials - (1.11%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Adyen NV(b)(f) | |
| (54 | ) | |
| (82,610 | ) |
Allfunds Group Plc(f) | |
| (28,484 | ) | |
| (174,282 | ) |
American Express Co.(f) | |
| (1,091 | ) | |
| (294,657 | ) |
Bank of America Corp.(f) | |
| (5,681 | ) | |
| (237,579 | ) |
BFF Bank SpA.(b) | |
| (12,822 | ) | |
| (125,175 | ) |
CME Group Inc.(f) | |
| (826 | ) | |
| (186,147 | ) |
Credicorp Ltd.(f) | |
| (961 | ) | |
| (176,949 | ) |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.(f) | |
| (1,139 | ) | |
| (177,536 | ) |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | |
| (1,305 | ) | |
| (377,693 | ) |
MasterCard Inc. | |
| (1,615 | ) | |
| (806,838 | ) |
Paysafe Ltd.(f) | |
| (19,255 | ) | |
| (408,976 | ) |
Van Lanschot Kempen N.V. | |
| (8 | ) | |
| (366 | ) |
Visa Inc. | |
| (2,642 | ) | |
| (765,784 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (3,814,592 | ) |
Health Care - (0.97%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
10X Genomics Inc.(f) | |
| (2,482 | ) | |
| (39,786 | ) |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(f) | |
| (5,010 | ) | |
| (1,335,616 | ) |
Bayer AG | |
| (687 | ) | |
| (18,540 | ) |
Denali Therapeutics Inc.(f) | |
| (556 | ) | |
| (14,434 | ) |
DexCom Inc. | |
| (908 | ) | |
| (63,996 | ) |
Exact Sciences Corp.(f) | |
| (6,763 | ) | |
| (466,174 | ) |
Genmab A/S | |
| (376 | ) | |
| (84,134 | ) |
Grail, Inc.(f) | |
| (20 | ) | |
| (271 | ) |
Illumina, Inc. | |
| (121 | ) | |
| (17,441 | ) |
Merck & Co Inc. | |
| (964 | ) | |
| (98,636 | ) |
Moderna, Inc.(f) | |
| (835 | ) | |
| (45,391 | ) |
Novo Nordisk A/S | |
| (6,106 | ) | |
| (683,567 | ) |
Novocure Ltd.(f) | |
| (8,253 | ) | |
| (125,281 | ) |
PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC. | |
| (4,237 | ) | |
| (70,334 | ) |
Progyny Inc.(f) | |
| (4,555 | ) | |
| (68,553 | ) |
STAAR Surgical Co. | |
| (7,346 | ) | |
| (212,961 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (3,345,115 | ) |
Industrials - (2.74%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Accelleron Industries AG(f) | |
| (4,671 | ) | |
| (250,332 | ) |
Aerovironment Inc.(f) | |
| (1,735 | ) | |
| (372,956 | ) |
Alight, Inc.(f) | |
| (299,298 | ) | |
| (2,074,135 | ) |
American Superconductor Corp.(f) | |
| (4,827 | ) | |
| (118,358 | ) |
Arcadis NV. | |
| (1,981 | ) | |
| (137,155 | ) |
Axon Enterprise, Inc.(f) | |
| (1,884 | ) | |
| (797,874 | ) |
Bilfinger SE(f) | |
| (5,118 | ) | |
| (246,066 | ) |
Bravida Holding AB(b) | |
| (3,360 | ) | |
| (24,819 | ) |
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2024 |
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Saba Capital
Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.(f) | |
| (4,332 | ) | |
$ | (334,257 | ) |
Deere & Co. | |
| (261 | ) | |
| (105,624 | ) |
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.(f) | |
| (393,644 | ) | |
| (4,680,427 | ) |
Fugro NV(f) | |
| (2,364 | ) | |
| (54,154 | ) |
Generac Holdings, Inc. | |
| (46 | ) | |
| (7,615 | ) |
Hexpol AB.(f) | |
| (4,048 | ) | |
| (38,335 | ) |
Interpump Group SpA | |
| (248 | ) | |
| (11,017 | ) |
Prysmian SpA(f) | |
| (338 | ) | |
| (23,832 | ) |
TKH Group NV | |
| (1,725 | ) | |
| (69,988 | ) |
Trelleborg AB | |
| (507 | ) | |
| (16,826 | ) |
Watsco Inc. | |
| (110 | ) | |
| (52,031 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (9,415,801 | ) |
Real Estate - (0.25%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CoStar Group Inc.(f) | |
| (2,236 | ) | |
| (162,758 | ) |
TAG Immobilien AG(f) | |
| (18,785 | ) | |
| (310,995 | ) |
The Howard Hughes Corporation(f) | |
| (5,042 | ) | |
| (383,394 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (857,147 | ) |
Technology - (2.62%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Appian Corp.(f) | |
| (264 | ) | |
| (9,438 | ) |
Apple, Inc. | |
| (16,104 | ) | |
| (3,638,055 | ) |
Arista Networks Inc.(f) | |
| (15 | ) | |
| (5,797 | ) |
ASML Holding NV | |
| (543 | ) | |
| (366,910 | ) |
Atoss Software AG(f) | |
| (313 | ) | |
| (41,332 | ) |
BE Semiconductor Industries NV | |
| (1,112 | ) | |
| (118,466 | ) |
Blackline Inc.(f) | |
| (815 | ) | |
| (45,127 | ) |
Cloudflare, Inc.(f) | |
| (2,965 | ) | |
| (260,060 | ) |
Datadog Inc.(f) | |
| (1,033 | ) | |
| (129,580 | ) |
Descartes Systems Group, Inc. | |
| (313 | ) | |
| (32,517 | ) |
Doximity Inc.(f) | |
| (4,288 | ) | |
| (178,981 | ) |
Duolingo Inc.(f) | |
| (1,314 | ) | |
| (384,963 | ) |
Fabrinet.(f) | |
| (51 | ) | |
| (12,289 | ) |
HashiCorp Inc. | |
| (1,974 | ) | |
| (66,840 | ) |
HubSpot, Inc. | |
| (16 | ) | |
| (8,877 | ) |
Inficon Holding AG(f) | |
| (135 | ) | |
| (161,959 | ) |
Infineon Technologies AG | |
| (999 | ) | |
| (31,579 | ) |
Infosys Ltd. | |
| (8,959 | ) | |
| (187,333 | ) |
Microsoft Corp. | |
| (55 | ) | |
| (22,349 | ) |
MongoDB Inc.(f) | |
| (83 | ) | |
| (22,443 | ) |
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | |
| (120 | ) | |
| (91,116 | ) |
NVIDIA Corp. | |
| (138 | ) | |
| (18,321 | ) |
Pegasystems Inc. | |
| (933 | ) | |
| (74,118 | ) |
Salesforce Inc.(f) | |
| (239 | ) | |
| (69,637 | ) |
ServiceNow, Inc.(f) | |
| (9 | ) | |
| (8,397 | ) |
Shopify Inc.(f) | |
| (4,260 | ) | |
| (333,249 | ) |
Snowflake Inc. | |
| (652 | ) | |
| (74,863 | ) |
SPS Commerce Inc.(f) | |
| (240 | ) | |
| (39,600 | ) |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | |
| (11,855 | ) | |
| (2,258,852 | ) |
Varonis Systems Inc. | |
| (1,416 | ) | |
| (71,324 | ) |
Workday, Inc.(f) | |
| (817 | ) | |
| (191,054 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (8,955,426 | ) |
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Saba Capital
Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
Utilities - (0.08%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
AES Corp. | |
| (966 | ) | |
$ | (15,929 | ) |
Ameren Corp. | |
| (169 | ) | |
| (14,722 | ) |
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC | |
| (81 | ) | |
| (1,787 | ) |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | |
| (1,383 | ) | |
| (40,840 | ) |
Constellation Energy Corp. | |
| (15 | ) | |
| (3,944 | ) |
DTE Energy Co. | |
| (277 | ) | |
| (34,409 | ) |
Duke Energy Corp. | |
| (184 | ) | |
| (21,210 | ) |
Eversource Energy | |
| (54 | ) | |
| (3,556 | ) |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | |
| (918 | ) | |
| (72,752 | ) |
NextEra Energy Partners LP | |
| (1,951 | ) | |
| (37,752 | ) |
PPL Corp. | |
| (922 | ) | |
| (30,020 | ) |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | |
| (43 | ) | |
| (2,873 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (279,794 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCK | |
| | | |
| (45,001,526 | ) |
(Proceeds $40,716,629) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - (3.06%) | |
| | | |
| | |
Alternative - (3.06%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust B(f) | |
| (270,301 | ) | |
| (1,674,514 | ) |
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust(f) | |
| (158,787 | ) | |
| (8,830,145 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| (10,504,659 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS | |
| | | |
| (10,504,659 | ) |
(Proceeds $10,513,021) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Shares | | |
Fair Value | |
PREFERRED STOCK - (0.05%) | |
| | | |
| | |
Materials - (0.05%) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Fuchs Petrolub SE(f) | |
| (3,635 | ) | |
| (168,202 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK | |
| | | |
| (168,202 | ) |
(Proceeds $161,014) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Securities Sold Short - (71.49%) | |
| | | |
| (245,333,021 | ) |
(Proceeds $244,011,628) | |
| | | |
| | |
Annual Report | October 31,
2024 |
41 |
Saba Capital
Income & Opportunities Fund | Consolidated
Schedule of Investments |
October
31, 2024
| (a) | Security
is in default as of year-end and is therefore non-income producing. |
| (b) | Security
exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities
Act”). Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounts to $39,658,980, which
represented approximately 11.56% of net assets as of October 31, 2024. Such securities
may normally be sold to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. |
| (c) | Level
3 assets valued using significant unobservable inputs as a result of unavailable quoted
prices from an active market or the unavailability of other significant observable inputs. |
| (d) | Amount
represents less than 0.005% of net assets. |
| (e) | Securities
were originally issued pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which
exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such
securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration
statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from
registration. As of October 31, 2024, the aggregate market value of those securities
was $4,468,775, which represents approximately 1.30% of net assets. |
| (f) | Non-income
producing security. |
| (g) | A
portion or all of the security is owned by BRW SPV I, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Fund. |
| (h) | A
portion or all of the security is owned by BRW SPV II, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Fund. |
| (i) | The
security is a floating rate note which has an annual interest rate, reset monthly, that
is calculated by taking the product of a leverage multiplier and (USISDA30 - USISDA02).
At October 31, 2024, the current coupon rate for these notes is 0%. |
| (j) | At
October 31, 2024 the value of these investments amounted to $0, representing 0.0% of
the net assets of the Fund. |
| (k) | At
October 31, 2024, all options held by the Fund are exchange traded listed options. |
Investment
Abbreviations:
ESTRON
- Euro Short-Term Rate
OBFR
- United States Overnight Bank Funding Rate
LIBOR
- London Interbank Offered Rate
RBACOR
- RBA Interbank Overnight Cash Rate
SOFR
- Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SONIA
- Sterling Over Night Index Average
Reference
Rates:
ESTRON
- Euro Short-Term Rate as of October 31, 2024 was 3.155%
OBFR
- United States Overnight Bank Funding Rate as of October 31, 2024 was 4.830%
SOFR
- Secured Overnight Financing Rate as of October 31, 2024 was 4.900%
3M
US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of October 31, 2024 was 4.854%
TSFR1M
- CME Term SOFR 1 Month as of October 31, 2024 was 4.656%
TSFR3M - CME Term SOFR 3 Month as of October 31, 2024 was 4.559%
TSFR6M
- CME Term SOFR 6 Month as of October 31, 2024 was 4.353%
SONIA- Sterling Overnight Index Average as of October 31, 2024 was 4.950%
Counterparty
Abbreviations:
JPM
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
GSI
- Goldman Sachs International
MSCS
- Morgan Stanley Capital Services
BARC
- Barclays Bank PLC
MSCO
– Morgan Stanley & Company
Currency
Abbreviations:
USD
- United States Dollar
AUD
- Australian Dollar
EUR
- Eurozone Currency
GBP
- Great British Pound
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Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
SIMPLE AGREEMENT FOR FUTURE EQUITY (SAFE) CONTRACTS
| |
Cost | | |
Fair Value | |
AEYE Health Inc.(a) | |
$ | 1,000,000 | | |
$ | 1,236,109 | |
BeeHero Ltd.(a) | |
| 321,841 | | |
| 325,728 | |
Quantalx Neuroscience Ltd.(a) | |
| 3,000,000 | | |
| 3,324,094 | |
Real View Imaging Ltd.(a) | |
| 2,250,000 | | |
| 2,284,432 | |
| |
$ | 6,571,841 | | |
$ | 7,170,363 | |
| (a) | Level 3 assets valued using significant unobservable
inputs as a result of unavailable quoted prices from an active market or the unavailability of other significant observable inputs. |
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS
Counterparty | | |
Settlement Date | |
Fund Receiving | | |
Value | | |
Fund Delivering | | |
Cost | | |
Unrealized Appreciation | |
JPM | | |
11/08/2024 | |
USD | | |
$ | 21,305,221 | | |
| AUD | | |
$ | 20,606,218 | | |
$ | 699,003 | |
JPM | | |
11/07/2024 | |
USD | | |
| 2,600,336 | | |
| EUR | | |
| 2,556,591 | | |
| 43,745 | |
JPM | | |
11/07/2024 | |
USD | | |
| 25,181,401 | | |
| GBP | | |
| 24,718,762 | | |
| 462,639 | |
| | |
| |
| | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
$ | 1,205,387 | |
Counterparty | | |
Settlement Date | |
Fund Receiving | | |
Value | | |
Fund Delivering | | |
Cost | | |
Unrealized Depreciation | |
JPM | | |
11/25/2024 | |
GBP | | |
$ | 73,492,284 | | |
| EUR | | |
$ | 73,909,667 | | |
$ | (417,383 | ) |
JPM | | |
11/07/2024 | |
GBP | | |
| 8,381,427 | | |
| USD | | |
| 8,526,582 | | |
| (145,155 | ) |
JPM | | |
11/25/2024 | |
GBP | | |
| 24,627,739 | | |
| USD | | |
| 24,779,244 | | |
| (151,505 | ) |
JPM | | |
11/07/2024 | |
EUR | | |
| 1,414,284 | | |
| USD | | |
| 1,421,112 | | |
| (6,828 | ) |
JPM | | |
11/12/2024 | |
CAD | | |
| 574,726 | | |
| USD | | |
| 581,557 | | |
| (6,831 | ) |
| | |
| |
| | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
$ | (727,702 | ) |
| | |
| |
| | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
$ | 477,685 | |
FUTURES CONTRACTS
Description | |
Number of Contracts | |
Maturity Date | |
Notional Amount | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Long Position Contracts | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
E-Mini Russ 2000 Dec24 | |
| 11 | |
12/20/2024 | |
$ | 1,228,548 | | |
$ | (13,818 | ) |
| |
| | |
| |
| | | |
$ | (13,818 | ) |
Short Position Contracts | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NASDAQ 100 E-MINI Dec24 | |
| (12) | |
12/20/2024 | |
$ | 4,742,871 | | |
$ | (62,349 | ) |
S&P500 EMINI FUT Dec24 | |
| (346) | |
12/20/2024 | |
| 100,841,056 | | |
| 1,565,006 | |
US 5YR NOTE (CBT) Dec24 | |
| (174) | |
12/31/2024 | |
| 19,071,051 | | |
| 412,269 | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | | |
$ | 1,914,926 | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | | |
$ | 1,901,108 | |
Annual Report | October 31, 2024 |
43 |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
TO BE ANNOUNCED (TBA) MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (MBS) FORWARD
CONTRACTS
Counterparty | | |
Description | | |
Maturity Date | |
Notional Amount | | |
Net
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
MSCO | | |
FNCL 5.5 12/24 | | |
12/10/2024 | |
$ | 264,602,000 | | |
$ | (3,581,443 | ) |
MSCO | | |
FNCL 6 12/24 | | |
12/10/2024 | |
| 105,628,000 | | |
| (88,705 | ) |
| | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
$ | (3,670,148 | ) |
SINGLE NAME CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS (CENTRALLY CLEARED)
Buy/Sell Protection(a) | |
Reference Obligations | |
Annual Payment Rate Received (Paid) | | |
Currency | |
Maturity Date | |
Notional Amount(b) | | |
Fair Value | | |
Upfront Premiums Received/(Paid) | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Sell | |
CSC Holdings Ltd. | |
5.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
$ | 800,000 | | |
$ | (212,984 | ) | |
$ | 298,000 | | |
$ | 85,016 | |
Buy | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
| 2,434,000 | | |
| 3,883 | | |
| 153,219 | | |
| 157,102 | |
Buy | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2029 | |
| 6,468,000 | | |
| 178,418 | | |
| 629,074 | | |
| 807,492 | |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | |
$ | (30,683 | ) | |
$ | 1,080,293 | | |
$ | 1,049,610 | |
INDEX CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS (CENTRALLY CLEARED)
Buy/Sell Protection(a) | |
Reference Obligations | |
Annual Payment Rate Received (Paid) | | |
Currency | |
Maturity Date | |
Notional Amount(b) | | |
Fair Value | | |
Upfront Premiums Received/(Paid) | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Buy | |
Markit CDX High Yield Index, Series 42 | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2029 | |
$ | 355,000 | | |
$ | (28,009 | ) | |
$ | 28,462 | | |
$ | 453 | |
Buy | |
Markit CDX High Yield Index, Series 43 | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
12/20/2029 | |
| 25,088,000 | | |
| (1,353,126 | ) | |
| 1,740,823 | | |
| 387,697 | |
Buy | |
Markit iTraxx Europe Subordinated Financials Index, Series 39 | |
(1.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
| 45,000,000 | | |
| (400,188 | ) | |
| (2,626,045 | ) | |
| (3,026,233 | ) |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | |
$ | (1,781,323 | ) | |
$ | (856,760 | ) | |
$ | (2,638,083 | ) |
SINGLE NAME CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS (OVER THE COUNTER)
Buy/Sell Protection(a) | |
Counterparty | | |
Reference Obligations | |
Annual Payment Rate Received (Paid) | | |
Currency | |
Maturity Date | |
Notional Amount(b) | | |
Fair Value | | |
Upfront Premiums Received/(Paid) | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Sell | |
BARC | | |
AT&T Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2025 | |
$ | 2,249,000 | | |
$ | 13,210 | | |
$ | (11,224 | ) | |
$ | 1,986 | |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
AT&T, Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2024 | |
| 7,090,000 | | |
| 15,678 | | |
| (34,619 | ) | |
| (18,941 | ) |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 10,000,000 | | |
| 244,322 | | |
| (268,823 | ) | |
| (24,501 | ) |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 10,000,000 | | |
| 244,322 | | |
| (257,109 | ) | |
| (12,787 | ) |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2029 | |
| 14,307,000 | | |
| 424,726 | | |
| (449,191 | ) | |
| (24,465 | ) |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
International Business Machines Corporation | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 20,642,000 | | |
| 480,263 | | |
| (395,100 | ) | |
| 85,163 | |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
International Business Machines Corporation | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2027 | |
| 1,000 | | |
| 21 | | |
| (19 | ) | |
| 2 | |
Sell | |
BARC | | |
International Business Machines Corporation | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2028 | |
| 3,675,000 | | |
| 98,920 | | |
| (81,859 | ) | |
| 17,061 | |
Sell | |
BARC | | |
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
| 4,306,000 | | |
| 79,608 | | |
| (22,659 | ) | |
| 56,949 | |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
Pfizer, Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 9,152,000 | | |
| 222,080 | | |
| (228,364 | ) | |
| (6,284 | ) |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
Pfizer, Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 7,325,000 | | |
| 177,746 | | |
| (178,314 | ) | |
| (568 | ) |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
Pfizer, Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2028 | |
| 15,802,000 | | |
| 449,234 | | |
| (438,142 | ) | |
| 11,092 | |
Buy | |
GSI | | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2029 | |
| 113,000 | | |
| 3,117 | | |
| 10,902 | | |
| 14,019 | |
Buy | |
BARC | | |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2029 | |
| 6,020,000 | | |
| 166,060 | | |
| 610,990 | | |
| 777,050 | |
Sell | |
GSI | | |
The Procter & Gamble Company | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 6,951,000 | | |
| 180,743 | | |
| (176,001 | ) | |
| 4,742 | |
Buy | |
BARC | | |
Unisys Corporation | |
(5.00 | )% | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
| 286,000 | | |
| (18,583 | ) | |
| (38,292 | ) | |
| (56,875 | ) |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 14,654,000 | | |
| 348,648 | | |
| (322,298 | ) | |
| 26,350 | |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
Verizon Communications Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
06/20/2028 | |
| 3,181,000 | | |
| 59,780 | | |
| (2,900 | ) | |
| 56,880 | |
Sell | |
MSCS | | |
Verizon Communications Inc. | |
1.00 | % | |
USD | |
12/20/2027 | |
| 7,000,000 | | |
| 125,086 | | |
| 4,885 | | |
| 129,971 | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | |
$ | 3,314,981 | | |
$ | (2,278,137 | ) | |
$ | 1,036,844 | |
44
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
| (a) | If the Fund is a seller
of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i)
pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation
or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities
equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising
the referenced index. |
| (b) | The maximum potential
amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit
event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. Notional amounts are presented in the currency indicated
in the table. |
INDEX CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPTION CONTRACTS (CENTRALLY
CLEARED)
Payer/ Receiver(a) | |
Reference Obligations | |
Strike Price | | |
Currency | | |
Expiry Date | |
Notional Amount | | |
Fair Value | | |
Upfront Premiums Received/(Paid) | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Payer | |
Markit CDX High Yield Index, Series 42 | |
98.50 | | |
USD | | |
12/18/2024 | |
$ | 34,666,000 | | |
$ | (15,077 | ) | |
$ | 261,728 | | |
$ | 246,651 | |
Receiver | |
Markit CDX High Yield Index, Series 42 | |
104.50 | | |
USD | | |
12/19/2024 | |
| 34,666,000 | | |
| 845,266 | | |
| (244,395 | ) | |
| 600,871 | |
| |
| |
| | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
$ | 830,189 | | |
$ | 17,333 | | |
$ | 847,522 | |
| (a) | If the Fund is a payer
in the credit default swaption, the Fund has the right to enter into the underlying credit default swap where the Fund pays premiums
and, if Fund is a receiver in the credit default swaption, the Fund has the right to enter into the underlying credit default swap
where the Fund receives premiums. |
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS(a)
Counterparty | |
Reference Obligations | |
Currency | |
Notional Amount(b) | |
Termination Date | |
Financing Rate
Index | |
Financing Rate
Spread Paid/(Received) by
Fund | |
Value | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Long Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
JPM | |
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust | |
GBP | |
51,928 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
$ | 50,575 | | |
$ | (1,353 | ) |
JPM | |
Aberdeen New India Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
825,315 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 845,176 | | |
| 19,861 | |
JPM | |
Abrdn UK Smaller Cos Growth Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
2,173,180 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 2,160,193 | | |
| (12,987 | ) |
JPM | |
Allianz Technology Trust PLC | |
EUR | |
740,134 | |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
40 bps | |
| 720,345 | | |
| (19,789 | ) |
JPM | |
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
463,658 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 460,493 | | |
| (3,165 | ) |
JPM | |
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
4,698,948 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 4,672,549 | | |
| (26,399 | ) |
JPM | |
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
10,496,216 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 10,569,276 | | |
| 73,060 | |
JPM | |
Baker Steel Resources Trust, Ltd. | |
GBP | |
214,372 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 214,372 | | |
| - | |
JPM | |
Bankers Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
2,395,378 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 2,386,762 | | |
| (8,616 | ) |
JPM | |
Bellevue Healthcare Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
643,077 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 645,806 | | |
| 2,729 | |
JPM | |
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
1,441,139 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 1,441,139 | | |
| - | |
JPM | |
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
348,886 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 347,709 | | |
| (1,177 | ) |
JPM | |
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies PLC | |
GBP | |
355,078 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 359,068 | | |
| 3,990 | |
JPM | |
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income PLC | |
GBP | |
453,330 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 455,682 | | |
| 2,352 | |
JPM | |
Diverse Income Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
222,250 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 224,225 | | |
| 1,975 | |
JPM | |
Ecofin Global Utilities/Infrastructure Trust | |
GBP | |
206,483 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 201,718 | | |
| (4,765 | ) |
JPM | |
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
16,570,716 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 16,549,687 | | |
| (21,029 | ) |
JPM | |
European Assets Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
269,497 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 265,628 | | |
| (3,869 | ) |
JPM | |
European Smaller Companies | |
GBP | |
5,231,646 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 5,049,147 | | |
| (182,499 | ) |
JPM | |
Geiger Counter, Ltd. | |
GBP | |
41,016 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 40,358 | | |
| (658 | ) |
JPM | |
Henderson International Income Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
369,149 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 365,292 | | |
| (3,857 | ) |
JPM | |
Henderson Opportunities Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
190,722 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 191,626 | | |
| 904 | |
JPM | |
Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
1,119,105 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 1,112,355 | | |
| (6,750 | ) |
JPM | |
Herald Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
7,774,599 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 7,737,400 | | |
| (37,199 | ) |
JPM | |
Impax Environmental Markets PLC | |
GBP | |
1,009,645 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 995,461 | | |
| (14,184 | ) |
JPM | |
Invesco Global Equity Income Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
111,361 | |
06/30/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 110,621 | | |
| (740 | ) |
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45 |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS(a)
Counterparty | |
Reference Obligations | |
Currency | |
Notional Amount(b) | |
Termination Date | |
Financing Rate
Index | |
Financing Rate
Spread Paid/(Received) by
Fund | |
Value | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Long Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
JPM | |
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
30,754,050 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
$ | 30,350,718 | | |
$ | (403,332 | ) |
JPM | |
Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
3,050,697 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 3,037,824 | | |
| (12,873 | ) |
JPM | |
Lowland Investment Company PLC | |
GBP | |
156,506 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 156,506 | | |
| - | |
JPM | |
Mercantile Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
5,037,828 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 4,984,234 | | |
| (53,594 | ) |
JPM | |
MFF Capital Investments, Ltd. | |
AUD | |
936,803 | |
11/28/2025 | |
RBACOR | |
45 bps | |
| 951,215 | | |
| 14,412 | |
JPM | |
Middlefield Canadian Income PC | |
GBP | |
1,987 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 1,978 | | |
| (9 | ) |
JPM | |
Monks Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
106,460 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 106,639 | | |
| 179 | |
JPM | |
Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
295,788 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 293,762 | | |
| (2,026 | ) |
JPM | |
Montanaro UK Smaller Cos Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
10,529 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 10,580 | | |
| 51 | |
JPM | |
Pengana International Equities, Ltd. | |
AUD | |
219,670 | |
11/28/2025 | |
RBACOR | |
45 bps | |
| 218,719 | | |
| (951 | ) |
JPM | |
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
218,063 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 219,272 | | |
| 1,209 | |
JPM | |
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
3,882,695 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 3,833,313 | | |
| (49,382 | ) |
JPM | |
RIT Capital Partners PLC | |
GBP | |
883,663 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 879,862 | | |
| (3,801 | ) |
JPM | |
River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap Inv Co Ltd | |
GBP | |
969,259 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 1,003,368 | | |
| 34,109 | |
JPM | |
Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund PLC | |
GBP | |
99,595 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 100,093 | | |
| 498 | |
JPM | |
Schroders Capital Global | |
GBP | |
8,661 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 8,626 | | |
| (35 | ) |
JPM | |
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
4,043,682 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 4,043,682 | | |
| - | |
JPM | |
Templeton EM Investment Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
3,080,275 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 3,032,490 | | |
| (47,785 | ) |
JPM | |
VGI Partners Global Investments, Ltd. | |
AUD | |
622,140 | |
11/28/2025 | |
RBACOR | |
45 bps | |
| 628,300 | | |
| 6,160 | |
JPM | |
WAM Global, Ltd. | |
AUD | |
392,391 | |
11/28/2025 | |
RBACOR | |
45 bps | |
| 394,135 | | |
| 1,744 | |
JPM | |
Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC | |
GBP | |
438,416 | |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
40 bps | |
| 437,126 | | |
| (1,290 | ) |
Total Long Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
$ | 112,865,105 | | |
$ | (760,881 | ) |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Short Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
JPM | |
4imprint Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(459,389 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (449,708 | ) | |
| 9,681 | |
JPM | |
A2A SpA | |
EUR | |
(193,309 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (189,873 | ) | |
| 3,436 | |
JPM | |
Alpha Group International PLC | |
GBP | |
(71,348 | ) |
04/30/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (73,772 | ) | |
| (2,424 | ) |
JPM | |
Alten SA | |
EUR | |
(27,072 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (25,778 | ) | |
| 1,294 | |
JPM | |
ANDRITZ AG | |
EUR | |
(174,023 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(30) bps | |
| (154,852 | ) | |
| 19,171 | |
JPM | |
Auction Technology Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(2,072 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (2,114 | ) | |
| (42 | ) |
JPM | |
Auto Trader Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(160,210 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (153,725 | ) | |
| 6,485 | |
JPM | |
Balfour Beatty PLC | |
GBP | |
(90,454 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(75) bps | |
| (91,275 | ) | |
| (821 | ) |
JPM | |
Barratt Redrow PLC | |
GBP | |
(5,979 | ) |
09/30/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (5,653 | ) | |
| 326 | |
JPM | |
BAWAG Group AG | |
EUR | |
(171,555 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(30) bps | |
| (228,138 | ) | |
| (56,583 | ) |
JPM | |
Bellway PLC | |
GBP | |
(6,550 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (6,070 | ) | |
| 480 | |
JPM | |
BFF Bank SpA | |
EUR | |
(171,555 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (176,673 | ) | |
| (5,118 | ) |
JPM | |
Big Technologies PLC | |
GBP | |
(1,039 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(85) bps | |
| (997 | ) | |
| 42 | |
JPM | |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | |
GBP | |
(54 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (53 | ) | |
| 1 | |
JPM | |
BPER Banca SPA | |
EUR | |
(312,323 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (310,990 | ) | |
| 1,333 | |
JPM | |
Bytes Technology Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(68,890 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (66,596 | ) | |
| 2,294 | |
JPM | |
Card Factory PLC | |
GBP | |
(602 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (586 | ) | |
| 16 | |
JPM | |
Chemring Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(240,277 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (243,362 | ) | |
| (3,085 | ) |
JPM | |
Clarkson PLC | |
GBP | |
(28,735 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (29,234 | ) | |
| (499 | ) |
JPM | |
Computacenter PLC | |
GBP | |
(67,398 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (63,566 | ) | |
| 3,832 | |
JPM | |
Conduit Holdings, Ltd. | |
GBP | |
(3,142 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (3,123 | ) | |
| 19 | |
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Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS(a)
Counterparty | |
Reference Obligations | |
Currency | |
Notional Amount(b) | |
Termination Date | |
Financing Rate Index | |
Financing Rate Spread Paid/(Received) by Fund | |
Value | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Short Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
JPM | |
Covivio SA | |
EUR | |
(233,241 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
$ | (228,865 | ) | |
$ | 4,376 | |
JPM | |
Cranswick PLC | |
GBP | |
(199,447 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (195,211 | ) | |
| 4,236 | |
JPM | |
Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC | |
GBP | |
(27,572 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (26,020 | ) | |
| 1,552 | |
JPM | |
CVS Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(26,958 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (28,028 | ) | |
| (1,070 | ) |
JPM | |
Dassault Systemes SE | |
EUR | |
(40,525 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (39,422 | ) | |
| 1,103 | |
JPM | |
De' Longhi SpA | |
EUR | |
(149,696 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (147,440 | ) | |
| 2,256 | |
JPM | |
Diploma PLC | |
GBP | |
(390,837 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (385,763 | ) | |
| 5,074 | |
JPM | |
DiscoverIE Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(4,516 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (4,416 | ) | |
| 100 | |
JPM | |
Dunelm Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(286,848 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (275,444 | ) | |
| 11,404 | |
JPM | |
Edenred | |
EUR | |
(17,932 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (17,871 | ) | |
| 61 | |
JPM | |
Elis SA | |
EUR | |
(278,449 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (284,466 | ) | |
| (6,017 | ) |
JPM | |
Esker SA | |
EUR | |
(8,550 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (8,524 | ) | |
| 26 | |
JPM | |
Experian PLC | |
GBP | |
(140,974 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (138,121 | ) | |
| 2,853 | |
JPM | |
Fagron | |
EUR | |
(43,642 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(30) bps | |
| (42,774 | ) | |
| 868 | |
JPM | |
Fluidra SA | |
EUR | |
(186,123 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (198,146 | ) | |
| (12,023 | ) |
JPM | |
Future PLC | |
GBP | |
(55,917 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (56,077 | ) | |
| (160 | ) |
JPM | |
Games Workshop Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(364,432 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (365,962 | ) | |
| (1,530 | ) |
JPM | |
Gamma Communications PLC | |
GBP | |
(4,814 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (4,832 | ) | |
| (18 | ) |
JPM | |
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | |
EUR | |
(142,478 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (138,431 | ) | |
| 4,047 | |
JPM | |
Genus PLC | |
GBP | |
(191,559 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (189,294 | ) | |
| 2,265 | |
JPM | |
Grafton Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(148,549 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(75) bps | |
| (148,861 | ) | |
| (312 | ) |
JPM | |
Hunting PLC | |
GBP | |
(14,174 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (14,610 | ) | |
| (436 | ) |
JPM | |
IMI PLC | |
GBP | |
(119,676 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (114,806 | ) | |
| 4,870 | |
JPM | |
Impax Asset Management Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(3,227 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (3,191 | ) | |
| 36 | |
JPM | |
Inchcape PLC | |
GBP | |
(103,227 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (101,456 | ) | |
| 1,771 | |
JPM | |
Intermediate Capital Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(229,301 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (223,238 | ) | |
| 6,063 | |
JPM | |
IPSOS | |
EUR | |
(73,675 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (71,641 | ) | |
| 2,034 | |
JPM | |
Kainos Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(12,641 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (10,904 | ) | |
| 1,737 | |
JPM | |
Kering SA | |
EUR | |
(52,882 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (51,031 | ) | |
| 1,851 | |
JPM | |
Lottomatica Group Spa | |
EUR | |
(129,357 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (129,582 | ) | |
| (225 | ) |
JPM | |
Man Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(132,092 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (131,562 | ) | |
| 530 | |
JPM | |
Merlin Properties Socimi SA | |
EUR | |
(158,517 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (154,894 | ) | |
| 3,623 | |
JPM | |
Morgan Advanced Materials PLC | |
GBP | |
(1,057 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (1,028 | ) | |
| 29 | |
JPM | |
Morgan Sindall Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(26,105 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (25,932 | ) | |
| 173 | |
JPM | |
Nexans SA | |
EUR | |
(294,589 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (270,996 | ) | |
| 23,593 | |
JPM | |
Next Fifteen Communications | |
GBP | |
(117 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (114 | ) | |
| 3 | |
JPM | |
Ocado Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(121,049 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (119,741 | ) | |
| 1,308 | |
JPM | |
Oxford Instruments PLC | |
GBP | |
(267,995 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (266,754 | ) | |
| 1,241 | |
JPM | |
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC | |
GBP | |
(197,794 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (190,432 | ) | |
| 7,362 | |
JPM | |
Pagegroup PLC | |
GBP | |
(325 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (327 | ) | |
| (2 | ) |
JPM | |
Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC | |
USD | |
(773,670 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
OBFR | |
(2500) bps | |
| (878,220 | ) | |
| (104,550 | ) |
JPM | |
QinetiQ Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(314,318 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (314,592 | ) | |
| (274 | ) |
JPM | |
Reach PLC | |
GBP | |
(96 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (97 | ) | |
| (1 | ) |
JPM | |
Saipem SpA | |
EUR | |
(202,456 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (204,422 | ) | |
| (1,966 | ) |
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Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
October 31, 2024
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS(a)
Counterparty | |
Reference Obligations | |
Currency | |
Notional Amount(b) | |
Termination Date | |
Financing Rate
Index | |
Financing Rate
Spread Paid/(Received) by
Fund | |
Value | | |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Short Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
JPM | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | |
USD | |
(65,561 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
OBFR | |
(40) bps | |
$ | (64,599 | ) | |
$ | 962 | |
JPM | |
Sanlorenzo SpA/Ameglia | |
EUR | |
(53,175 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (51,900 | ) | |
| 1,275 | |
JPM | |
Sartorius AG | |
EUR | |
(36,747 | ) |
04/30/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (35,681 | ) | |
| 1,066 | |
JPM | |
Scout24 SE | |
EUR | |
(62,490 | ) |
04/30/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (61,214 | ) | |
| 1,276 | |
JPM | |
SEB SA | |
EUR | |
(60,275 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (59,140 | ) | |
| 1,135 | |
JPM | |
Senior PLC | |
GBP | |
(1,299 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (1,274 | ) | |
| 25 | |
JPM | |
Soitec | |
EUR | |
(14,712 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (13,870 | ) | |
| 842 | |
JPM | |
Sopra Steria Group | |
EUR | |
(154,209 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (156,614 | ) | |
| (2,405 | ) |
JPM | |
Spie SA | |
EUR | |
(416,613 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (394,949 | ) | |
| 21,664 | |
JPM | |
SSP Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(102 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (98 | ) | |
| 4 | |
JPM | |
Telecom Plus PLC | |
GBP | |
(54,032 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (53,334 | ) | |
| 698 | |
JPM | |
Unipol Gruppo SpA | |
EUR | |
(331,646 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (325,383 | ) | |
| 6,263 | |
JPM | |
Verallia SA | |
EUR | |
(49,989 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (47,232 | ) | |
| 2,757 | |
JPM | |
Vesuvius PLC | |
GBP | |
(20,669 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (20,440 | ) | |
| 229 | |
JPM | |
Virbac SACA | |
EUR | |
(85,538 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
ESTRON | |
(40) bps | |
| (85,048 | ) | |
| 490 | |
JPM | |
Watches of Switzerland Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(102,597 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (93,374 | ) | |
| 9,223 | |
JPM | |
WH Smith PLC | |
GBP | |
(9,276 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (8,834 | ) | |
| 442 | |
JPM | |
Wise PLC | |
GBP | |
(20,741 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (20,538 | ) | |
| 203 | |
JPM | |
Workspace Group PLC | |
GBP | |
(150 | ) |
11/28/2025 | |
SONIA | |
(40) bps | |
| (135 | ) | |
| 15 | |
Total Short Position Contracts | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
$ | (9,973,333 | ) | |
$ | (6,137 | ) |
All Reference Obligations shown above for Total
Return Swap Contracts are closed end funds and common stock.
| (a) | The
Fund receives monthly payments based on any positive monthly return of the Reference Obligation. The Fund makes payments on any
negative monthly return of such Reference Obligation. |
| (b) | Notional
amounts are presented in U.S. dollar equivalent. |
48
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
October 31, 2024
ASSETS: | |
| |
Investments in securities, at fair value (cost $311,221,056) | |
$ | 339,764,102 | |
Investment in affiliated fund, at fair value (cost $712,074) | |
| 795,501 | |
Foreign currency, at fair value (cost $8,253,183) | |
| 8,328,091 | |
Cash | |
| 20,223 | |
Restricted cash | |
| 246,977,026 | |
Receivables: | |
| | |
Investment securities sold | |
| 14,932,660 | |
Collateral posted to clearing house for futures | |
| 6,544,463 | |
Collateral posted to clearing house for centrally cleared derivatives | |
| 1,139,321 | |
Collateral posted to secured party under tri-party arrangement for over-the-counter derivatives | |
| 69,099,635 | |
Collateral posted to secured party under tri-party arrangement for loan facility | |
| 2,121,575 | |
Dividend | |
| 211,861 | |
Interest | |
| 2,580,960 | |
Simple agreement for future equity contracts, at fair value (cost $6,571,841) | |
| 7,170,363 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | |
| 1,205,387 | |
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | |
| 1,977,275 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaps, at fair value (net upfront premiums received of $782,293) | |
| 182,301 | |
Over-the-counter credit default swaps, at fair value (net upfront premiums paid of $2,239,845) | |
| 3,333,564 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaptions, at fair value (net upfront premiums paid of $244,395) | |
| 845,266 | |
Unrealized appreciation on total return swap contracts | |
| 356,657 | |
Prepaid expenses | |
| 84,173 | |
Total Assets | |
| 707,670,404 | |
| |
| | |
LIABILITIES: | |
| | |
Securities sold short, at fair value (proceeds $244,011,628) | |
| 245,333,021 | |
Unrealized depreciation on TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| 3,670,148 | |
Payables: | |
| | |
Notes payable (Note 7) | |
| 86,000,000 | |
Payable for investment securities purchased | |
| 23,276,090 | |
Accrued interest payable | |
| 1,665,707 | |
Payable for investment management fees | |
| 43,081 | |
Payable for trustees fees | |
| 4,583 | |
Payable for fund administration fees | |
| 168,399 | |
Payable for professional fees | |
| 296,543 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | |
| 727,702 | |
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts | |
| 76,167 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaps, at fair value (net upfront premiums paid of $558,760) | |
| 1,994,307 | |
Over-the-counter credit default swaps, at fair value (net upfront premiums paid of $38,292) | |
| 18,583 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaptions, at fair value (net upfront premiums received of $261,728) | |
| 15,077 | |
Unrealized depreciation on total return swap contracts | |
| 1,123,675 | |
Other accrued expenses | |
| 106,252 | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 364,519,335 | |
Net Assets | |
$ | 343,151,069 | |
| |
| | |
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHARES: | |
| | |
Paid-in capital | |
| 532,685,299 | |
Total distributable loss | |
| (189,534,230 | ) |
NET ASSETS | |
$ | 343,151,069 | |
| |
| | |
Net assets value per common share outstanding (net assets divided by 42,529,493 shares of beneficial interest authorized and outstanding, no par value) | |
$ | 8.07 | |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Statement of Operations |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2024
INVESTMENT INCOME: | |
| |
Interest | |
$ | 33,248,458 | |
Dividend (net of withholding taxes of $15,758) | |
| 6,023,492 | |
Other income | |
| 270,375 | |
Total Investment Income | |
| 39,542,325 | |
| |
| | |
EXPENSES: | |
| | |
Interest expense | |
| 12,182,518 | |
Investment management fees (Note 4) | |
| 4,340,801 | |
Dividend expense | |
| 2,137,945 | |
Fund administration fees | |
| 475,953 | |
Custodian fees | |
| 281,270 | |
Professional fees | |
| 432,358 | |
Registration and filing fees | |
| 94,482 | |
Insurance expense | |
| 89,369 | |
Transfer agent fees | |
| 85,422 | |
Trustees fees | |
| 61,875 | |
Miscellaneous expenses | |
| 388,934 | |
Total Expenses | |
| 20,570,927 | |
Waived and reimbursed fees (Note 5) | |
| (987,184 | ) |
Net expenses | |
| 19,583,743 | |
Net Investment Income | |
| 19,958,582 | |
| |
| | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS): | |
| | |
Net realized gain/(loss) on: | |
| | |
Investments in securities | |
| 17,888,764 | |
Investment in affiliated fund | |
| (198,106 | ) |
Securities sold short | |
| (16,221,080 | ) |
Forward foreign currency contracts | |
| (3,126,505 | ) |
Futures contracts | |
| (14,784,360 | ) |
TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| 15,522,700 | |
Credit default swaps | |
| (50,896,363 | ) |
Credit default swaptions | |
| 1,258,822 | |
Total return swaps | |
| 30,099,035 | |
Foreign currency transactions | |
| (951,072 | ) |
Net realized loss | |
| (21,408,165 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on: | |
| | |
Investments in securities | |
| 45,158,151 | |
Investment in affiliated fund | |
| 83,427 | |
Securities sold short | |
| (6,028,004 | ) |
Simple agreement for future equity contracts | |
| 169,207 | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | |
| 495,505 | |
Futures contracts | |
| 871,918 | |
TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| (1,039,504 | ) |
Credit default swaps | |
| 1,453,943 | |
Credit default swaptions | |
| 847,522 | |
Total return swaps | |
| (1,844,400 | ) |
Foreign currency translation | |
| (1,193,597 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | |
| 38,974,168 | |
Net realized and change in unrealized gain | |
| 17,566,003 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
$ | 37,524,585 | |
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Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2024 | | |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2023 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net investment income | |
$ | 19,958,582 | | |
$ | 7,694,970 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) | |
| (21,408,165 | ) | |
| 21,617,627 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | |
| 38,974,168 | | |
| 1,283,599 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
| 37,524,585 | | |
| 30,596,196 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS: | |
| | | |
| | |
Total distributions (excluding tax return of capital) | |
| (48,240,779 | ) | |
| (8,594,037 | ) |
Tax return of capital | |
| - | | |
| (35,594,107 | ) |
Decrease in net assets from distributions to common shareholders | |
| (48,240,779 | ) | |
| (44,188,144 | ) |
Net decrease in net assets | |
| (10,716,194 | ) | |
| (13,591,948 | ) |
NET ASSETS: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net assets, beginning of year | |
| 353,867,263 | | |
| 367,459,211 | |
Net assets, end of year | |
$ | 343,151,069 | | |
$ | 353,867,263 | |
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51 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows |
For the Year Ended October
31, 2024
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH | |
| |
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | |
| |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | |
$ | 37,524,585 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from
operations to net cash flows provided by operating activities: | |
| | |
Purchases of investment securities | |
| (688,658,108 | ) |
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities | |
| 708,050,647 | |
Proceeds from disposition of investment in affiliated fund | |
| 2,618,807 | |
Payment for securities sold short | |
| (771,898,695 | ) |
Proceeds from securities sold short | |
| 787,242,366 | |
Net payments on derivative contracts | |
| (15,277,357 | ) |
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments | |
| (6,020,495 | ) |
Net realized (gain)/loss on investments in securities | |
| (17,888,764 | ) |
Net realized (gain)/loss on investments in in affiliated fund | |
| 198,106 | |
Net realized (gain)/loss on securities sold short | |
| 16,221,080 | |
Net realized (gain)/loss on forward foreign currency contracts | |
| 3,126,505 | |
Net realized (gain)/loss on futures contracts | |
| 14,784,360 | |
Net realized (gain)/loss on credit default swaps | |
| 50,896,363 | |
Net realized (gain)/loss on credit default swaptions | |
| (1,258,822 | ) |
Net realized (gain)/loss on total return swaps | |
| (30,099,035 | ) |
Net realized (gain)/loss on TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| (15,522,700 | ) |
Net realized (gain)/loss on foreign currency transactions | |
| 951,072 | |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on investments in securities | |
| (45,158,151 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on investments in affiliated fund | |
| (83,427 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on securities sold short | |
| 6,028,004 | |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on simple agreement for future equity contracts | |
| (169,207 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | |
| (495,505 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on total return swaps | |
| 1,844,400 | |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on futures contracts | |
| (871,918 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| 1,039,504 | |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on credit default swaps | |
| (1,453,943 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on credit default swaptions | |
| (847,522 | ) |
Change in unrealized (appreciation)/depreciation on foreign currency translation | |
| 1,193,597 | |
(Increase)/decrease in assets: | |
| | |
Collateral posted to clearing house for futures | |
| (6,544,463 | ) |
Collateral posted to clearing house for centrally cleared derivatives | |
| 11,022,046 | |
Collateral posted to secured party under tri-party arrangement for over-the-counter derivatives | |
| (609,033 | ) |
Collateral posted to secured party under tri-party arrangement for loan facility | |
| (1,455,541 | ) |
Dividend receivable | |
| (76,105 | ) |
Interest receivable | |
| (1,397,910 | ) |
Prepaid expenses | |
| 196,674 | |
Increase/(decrease) in liabilities: | |
| | |
Accrued interest payable | |
| (153,111 | ) |
Payable for investment management fees | |
| (318,958 | ) |
Payable for trustees fees | |
| 963 | |
Payable for fund administration fees | |
| 168,399 | |
Payable for professional fees | |
| 296,543 | |
Other accrued expenses | |
| (778,908 | ) |
Net cash flows provided by operating activities | |
| 36,366,343 | |
| |
| | |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | |
Repayments of long-term debt | |
| (87,500,000 | ) |
Proceeds from long-term debt | |
| 120,600,000 | |
Cash distributions paid | |
| (48,240,779 | ) |
Foreign currency overdraft | |
| (6,571,524 | ) |
Net cash used in financing activities | |
| (21,712,303 | ) |
| |
| | |
Effect of exchange rates on cash | |
| (2,144,669 | ) |
| |
| | |
Net change in cash and foreign currency | |
| 12,509,371 | |
Cash, restricted cash and foreign currency, beginning of year | |
$ | 242,815,969 | |
Cash, restricted cash and foreign currency, end of year | |
$ | 255,325,340 | |
Cash paid for interest on loan during the year | |
| 12,335,629 | |
52
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Financial
Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods
Presented
| |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2024(a) | | |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2023(a) | | |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2022(a) | | |
For the Period Ended October 31, 2021(b)(c) | | |
For the Year Ended February 28, 2021(c) | | |
For the Year Ended February 28, 2020(c) | |
PER COMMON SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net asset value - beginning of year/period | |
$ | 8.32 | | |
$ | 8.64 | | |
$ | 9.86 | | |
$ | 9.94 | | |
$ | 10.60 | | |
$ | 11.08 | |
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net investment income(d) | |
| 0.47 | | |
| 0.18 | | |
| 0.05 | | |
| 0.10 | | |
| 0.32 | | |
| 0.60 | |
Net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investments and unfunded loan commitments(d) | |
| 0.41 | | |
| 0.54 | | |
| (0.21 | ) | |
| 0.16 | | |
| (0.64 | ) | |
| (0.46 | ) |
Total Income/(Loss) from Investment Operations | |
| 0.88 | | |
| 0.72 | | |
| (0.16 | ) | |
| 0.26 | | |
| (0.32 | ) | |
| 0.14 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
From net investment income(d) | |
| (1.13 | ) | |
| (0.20 | ) | |
| (0.31 | ) | |
| (0.12 | ) | |
| (0.34 | ) | |
| (0.62 | ) |
From tax return of capital(d) | |
| - | | |
| (0.84 | ) | |
| (0.75 | ) | |
| (0.22 | ) | |
| (0.02 | ) | |
| - | |
Total Distributions to Common Shareholders | |
| (1.13 | ) | |
| (1.04 | ) | |
| (1.06 | ) | |
| (0.34 | ) | |
| (0.36 | ) | |
| (0.62 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion to net asset value resulting from share repurchases and tender offer(d)(e) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 0.02 | | |
| - | |
Total Capital Share Transactions | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 0.02 | | |
| - | |
Net asset value per common share - end of year/period | |
$ | 8.07 | | |
$ | 8.32 | | |
$ | 8.64 | | |
$ | 9.86 | | |
$ | 9.94 | | |
$ | 10.60 | |
Market price per common share - end of year/period | |
$ | 7.50 | | |
$ | 7.39 | | |
$ | 7.84 | | |
$ | 9.34 | | |
$ | 9.26 | | |
$ | 9.82 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total Investment Return - Net Asset Value(f) | |
| 12.77 | % | |
| 9.63 | % | |
| (0.95 | %) | |
| 2.84 | % | |
| (2.14 | %) | |
| 1.88 | % |
Total Investment Return - Market Price(f) | |
| 18.00 | % | |
| 7.31 | % | |
| (5.12 | %) | |
| 4.57 | % | |
| (1.59 | %) | |
| 8.48 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratios to average net assets | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratio of expenses including waivers to average net assets(h)(j) | |
| 5.72 | % | |
| 4.61 | % | |
| 2.36 | % | |
| 1.43 | %(g) | |
| 2.26 | % | |
| 2.85 | % |
Ratio of expenses excluding waivers to average net assets(j) | |
| 6.01 | % | |
| 4.73 | % | |
| 2.75 | % | |
| 1.60 | %(g) | |
| 2.68 | % | |
| 2.86 | % |
Ratio of net investment income including waivers to average net assets | |
| 5.83 | % | |
| 2.09 | % | |
| 0.49 | % | |
| 1.62 | %(g) | |
| 3.37 | % | |
| 5.29 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Portfolio turnover rate | |
| 129.43 | % | |
| 76.16 | % | |
| 99.00 | % | |
| 94.00 | % | |
| 56.00 | % | |
| 53.00 | % |
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s) | |
$ | 343,151 | | |
$ | 353,867 | | |
$ | 367,459 | | |
$ | 419,710 | | |
$ | 605,535 | | |
$ | 782,813 | |
Total shares outstanding (000s)(c) | |
| 42,529 | | |
| 42,529 | | |
| 42,529 | | |
| 42,529 | | |
| 60,920 | | |
| 73,894 | |
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000(i) | |
| 3,990 | | |
$ | 6,689 | | |
$ | 3,904 | | |
$ | 9,394 | | |
$ | 27,794 | | |
$ | 3,478 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Aggregate principal amount of borrowings, end of year/period (000s) | |
$ | 86,000 | | |
$ | 52,900 | | |
$ | 175,500 | | |
$ | 50,000 | | |
$ | 22,600 | | |
$ | 315,900 | |
Average borrowings outstanding during the end of year/period (000s) | |
$ | 71,653 | | |
$ | 88,961 | | |
$ | 124,674 | | |
$ | 20,559 | | |
$ | 211,066 | | |
$ | 312,939 | |
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53 |
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Financial
Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented
| |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2024(a) | | |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2023(a) | | |
For the Year Ended October 31, 2022(a) | | |
For the Period Ended October 31, 2021(b)(c) | | |
For the Year Ended February 28, 2021(c) | | |
For the Year Ended February 28, 2020(c) | |
SUPPLEMENTAL RATIOS | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratios to average net assets | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratio of expenses excluding dividend expense on securities sold short, interest expense and other fees related to revolving credit facility to average net assets(j) | |
| 1.54 | % | |
| 1.58 | % | |
| 1.67 | % | |
| 1.38 | %(g) | |
| 2.13 | % | |
| 1.62 | % |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratios to average net assets plus borrowings | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Ratio of expenses including waivers to average net assets(h)(j) | |
| 4.73 | % | |
| 3.71 | % | |
| 1.79 | % | |
| 1.37 | %(g) | |
| 1.72 | % | |
| 2.05 | % |
Ratio of expenses excluding waivers to average net assets(j) | |
| 4.97 | % | |
| 3.81 | % | |
| 2.09 | % | |
| 1.54 | %(g) | |
| 2.04 | % | |
| 2.06 | % |
Ratio of expenses excluding dividend expense on securities sold short, interest expense and other fees related to revolving credit facility to average net assets(j) | |
| 1.27 | % | |
| 1.27 | % | |
| 1.27 | % | |
| 1.32 | %(g) | |
| 1.30 | % | |
| 1.16 | % |
Ratio of net investment income including waivers to average net assets | |
| 4.82 | % | |
| 1.69 | % | |
| 0.38 | % | |
| 1.56 | %(g) | |
| 2.56 | % | |
| 3.81 | % |
(a) | Consolidated financials. |
(b) | With the approval of the Board effective October 31, 2021, the Fund's fiscal year end was changed
from February 28 to October 31. |
(c) | Reflects a 1 for 2 reverse stock split effective May 20, 2022, see Note 8 in the accompanying
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
(d) | Calculated using average common shares outstanding. |
(e) | Please see Note 8 in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information. |
(f) | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common share
at the opening on the first day and a sale at closing on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
Total investment returns do not reflect sales load or brokerage commissions, if any, and are not annualized. |
(h) | The Investment Adviser (See Note 1 and Note 5) has entered into a written
expense limitation agreement with the Fund under which it will limit the expenses of the Fund (excluding interest, taxes, investor
relations services, other investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, other expenses not incurred in the
ordinary course of such Fund’s business, and expenses of any counsel or other persons or services retained by such Fund’s
trustees who are not interested persons) subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser within three years of being incurred.
|
(i) | Asset coverage ratio is presented to represent the coverage available to
each $1,000 of borrowings. The asset coverage ratio per $1,000 of debt is presented to represent the coverage available to each
$1,000 of borrowings. Calculated by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities (excluding the principal amount of the Leverage Facility)
from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the principal amount of the Leverage Facility and then multiplying by $1,000.
|
(j) | Expense ratios do not include any acquired fund fees. |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
NOTE
1 — ORGANIZATION
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), a Massachusetts business trust, is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a closed-end, management investment company. The common shares
of the Fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “BRW”. The Fund’s
investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with a high level of current income, with a secondary goal of capital
appreciation. The Fund invests globally in debt and equity securities of public and private companies, which includes, among other
things, investments in closed-end funds, special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”), reinsurance and public and
private debt instruments. The Fund also may utilize derivatives, including but not limited to, total return swaps, credit default
swaps (“CDS”), options and futures, in seeking to enhance returns and/or to reduce portfolio risk. The Fund may also
invest up to 15% of its total assets in private funds on a discretionary basis.
Saba
Capital Management, L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”), a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment adviser
to the Fund.
NOTE
2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America (“GAAP”) and are stated in United States dollars (“U.S. dollars”). The Fund is considered
an investment company under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, “Financial Services – Investment
Companies”, and follows the accounting and reporting guidance therein. The preparation of the consolidated financial
statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts in the consolidated financial statements
and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and the differences may be material.
The
Fund is open for business every day the NYSE opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net
asset value (“NAV”) per common share of the Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading
session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor
of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA).
The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities
exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per common share of the Fund is calculated
by dividing the value of the Fund’s assets plus all cash and other assets (including accrued expenses but excluding capital
and surplus) attributable to the common shares by the number of common shares outstanding. The NAV per common share is made available
for publication. On days when the Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and the Fund does not transact purchase
and redemption orders. To the extent the Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price
its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or sell shares of the
Fund.
A.
Financial Instrument Valuation. Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at fair market
value. Securities (including common stock, closed end funds, investment trusts, preferred stock, unit trusts and SPACs) listed
or traded on an exchange are valued at their last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading
session on the exchange where the particular security at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided
by the CTA. Investments in money market funds are valued at NAV, which approximates fair market value. The private fund investments
are valued at the NAV reported by the private funds’ general partner or Investment Adviser. This is commonly referred to
as using NAV as the practical expedient which allows for estimation of the fair value of an investment in an investment entity
based on NAV or its equivalent if the NAV of the investment entity is calculated in a manner consistent with ASC 946. Because
of the inherent uncertainty of valuations of the investments in the private funds, their estimated values may differ significantly
from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the private funds existed, and the differences could be material.
Corporate bonds, convertible corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, sovereign debt obligations and senior loans are valued
at mid-level prices provided by independent pricing services. Exchange traded derivatives such as warrants, rights, options and
futures contracts are valued at last sales price on the valuation date or, if such price is not available, the mean between the
last bid and ask prices (the “mid-price”) from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Non-exchange traded
derivatives whose underlying reference assets are exchanged traded products (such as total return swaps) are fair valued using
the last sales price or mid-price of the underlying reference asset. Other non-exchange traded derivatives (such as credit default
swaps) are valued by independent pricing services, which use various techniques including industry standard pricing models, to
determine the fair value of those instruments. Investments for which market quotations are not readily available (including common
stock, preferred stock, participation agreements, SPACs, warrants and simple agreement for future equity contracts) are valued
by third-party valuation specialists or at cost, which approximates fair market value.
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Report | October 31, 2024 |
55 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
B.
Fair Value Measurement. Investments held by the Fund are recorded at fair value in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair
Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”). As defined in ASC 820, fair value is the price that would be
received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. In accordance with Rule 2a-5 promulgated under the 1940 Act, the Board has appointed the Investment Adviser as the Fund’s
valuation designee. In that role, it has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) that oversees the valuation
of the Fund’s investments pursuant to procedures adopted by the Investment Adviser (the “Valuation Policy”).
Under Rule 2a- 5, the Board has assigned to the Investment Adviser general responsibility for determining, in accordance with
the Valuation Policy, the value of its investments. The Committee is led by the Investment Adviser’s Chief Financial Officer
and is comprised of the Investment Adviser’s Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Fund Accounting team, Chief
Risk Officer (Trustee of the Fund) and Director of Operations, all of whom are independent of the Fund’s portfolio investment
decisions. Additionally, Investment Adviser’s Portfolio Managers, whose roles are limited to providing insight into recent
trade activity and overall market performance, are also members of the Committee. The majority of Committee members are independent
of the Fund’s portfolio investment decisions. The Committee meets on a monthly basis and is responsible for compliance and
consistent application of the Valuation Policy.
ASC
820 establishes a hierarchical disclosure framework which prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability of inputs
used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is affected by a number of factors, including the type
of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for
which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability
and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value. Investments measured and reported at fair value are classified and
disclosed in one of the following categories:
Level
1 – Quoted prices available in active markets for identical financial instruments as of the reporting date. An active market
for the financial instrument is a market in which transactions for the financial instrument occur with sufficient frequency and
volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis, as well as at the reporting date. Investments classified within Level
1 primarily include money market funds, common stock, closed end funds, exchange traded funds, investment trusts, preferred stock,
SPACs, exchange traded unit trusts, derivatives (including warrants, rights, options and futures contracts), and certain government
bonds. The Investment Adviser does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments, even in situations where the Fund holds a
large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.
Level
2 – Consists of financial instruments fair valued using inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are
observable for the financial instrument, either directly or indirectly. This category includes pricing inputs that are quoted
prices for similar financial instruments in active markets or quoted prices for similar or identical financial instruments in
markets that at times may not meet the definition of active. Derivatives are valued using observable inputs, such as quotations
received from third party service providers, counterparties, dealers or brokers, whenever available and considered reliable. In
instances where models are used, the value of a derivative depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent
in, the instrument as well as the availability and reliability of observable inputs. Such inputs include market prices for reference
securities, yield curves, credit curves, measures of volatility, prepayment rates and correlations of such inputs. If inputs are
unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.
Level
3 – Pricing inputs that are unobservable for the financial instrument and includes situations where there may be little,
if any, market activity for the financial instrument. The inputs into the determination of fair value could require significant
management judgment or estimation. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest
level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. However, the determination of what constitutes “observable”
requires significant judgment by the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser considers observable data to be market data, which
is readily available, regularly distributed or updated, reliable and verifiable, not proprietary, and provided by independent
sources that are actively involved in the relevant market. The categorization of a financial instrument within the hierarchy is
based upon the pricing transparency of the instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Investment Adviser’s perceived
risk of that instrument.
56
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
The
following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s financial instruments in accordance with the above fair value hierarchy
levels as of October 31, 2024. Refer to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional details.
Investments
in Securities at Fair Value | |
Level
1 - Quoted Prices | | |
Level
2 - Significant
Observable
Inputs | | |
Level
3 - Significant
Unobservable
Inputs | | |
Total | |
Corporate Bonds | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 63,702,364 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 63,702,364 | |
Senior Loans*** | |
| - | | |
| 47,026,264 | | |
| - | | |
| 47,026,264 | |
Sovereign Debt Obligations** | |
| - | | |
| 1,868,675 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,868,675 | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities | |
| - | | |
| 3,778,425 | | |
| - | | |
| 3,778,425 | |
Common Stock*** | |
| 38,738,812 | | |
| 4,227,065 | | |
| - | | |
| 42,965,877 | |
Closed End Funds | |
| 77,754,006 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 77,754,006 | |
Investment Trusts | |
| 30,155,611 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 30,155,611 | |
Preferred Stock | |
| - | | |
| 20,398 | | |
| 3,881,360 | | |
| 3,901,758 | |
Participation Agreement*** | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Private Funds* | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 47,888,680 | |
Unit Trusts | |
| 12,278,365 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 12,278,365 | |
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies*** | |
| 1,812,917 | | |
| - | | |
| 19,321 | | |
| 1,832,238 | |
Warrants | |
| 280,095 | | |
| 52 | | |
| 257 | | |
| 280,404 | |
Rights | |
| 59,210 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 59,210 | |
Options**** | |
| 3,073,847 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,073,847 | |
Money
Market Funds | |
| 3,198,378 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,198,378 | |
Total | |
$ | 167,351,241 | | |
$ | 120,623,243 | | |
$ | 3,900,938 | | |
$ | 339,764,102 | |
Investment
in Affiliated Fund, at Fair Value | |
Level
1 - Quoted Prices | | |
Level
2 - Significant
Observable
Inputs | | |
Level
3 - Significant
Unobservable
Inputs | | |
Total | |
Closed
End Fund | |
$ | 795,501 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 795,501 | |
Total | |
$ | 795,501 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 795,501 | |
Securities
Sold Short, at Fair Value | |
| Level
1 - Quoted Prices | | |
| Level
2 - Significant Observable
Inputs | | |
| Level
3 - Significant Unobservable
Inputs | | |
| Total | |
Corporate Bonds | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 5,003,841 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 5,003,841 | |
Sovereign Debt Obligations** | |
| 184,654,793 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 184,654,793 | |
Common Stock | |
| 45,001,526 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 45,001,526 | |
Exchange Traded Funds | |
| 10,504,659 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 10,504,659 | |
Preferred
Stock | |
| 168,202 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 168,202 | |
Total | |
$ | 240,329,180 | | |
$ | 5,003,841 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 245,333,021 | |
Derivative
Contracts, at Fair Value | |
| Level
1 - Quoted Prices | | |
| Level
2 - Significant Observable
Inputs | | |
| Level
3 - Significant Unobservable
Inputs | | |
| Total | |
Assets | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Simple Agreement For Future Equity Contracts | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 7,170,363 | | |
$ | 7,170,363 | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | |
| - | | |
| 1,205,387 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,205,387 | |
Futures Contracts | |
| 1,977,275 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 1,977,275 | |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 182,301 | | |
| - | | |
| 182,301 | |
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 3,333,564 | | |
| - | | |
| 3,333,564 | |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaptions | |
| - | | |
| 845,266 | | |
| - | | |
| 845,266 | |
Total
Return Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 356,657 | | |
| - | | |
| 356,657 | |
Total
Assets | |
$ | 1,977,275 | | |
$ | 5,923,175 | | |
$ | 7,170,363 | | |
$ | 15,070,813 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 727,702 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 727,702 | |
Futures Contracts | |
| 76,167 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 76,167 | |
TBA MBS Forward Contracts | |
| - | | |
| 3,670,148 | | |
| - | | |
| 3,670,148 | |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 1,994,307 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,994,307 | |
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 18,583 | | |
| - | | |
| 18,583 | |
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaptions | |
| - | | |
| 15,077 | | |
| - | | |
| 15,077 | |
Total
Return Swaps | |
| - | | |
| 1,123,675 | | |
| - | | |
| 1,123,675 | |
Total
Liabilities | |
$ | 76,167 | | |
$ | 7,549,492 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 7,625,659 | |
| * | In
accordance with ASC 820-10, investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV
per share (or its equivalent) as practical expedient have not been classified in the
fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to
permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the Consolidated
Schedule of Investments and Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| ** | Investments
classified in Level 1 include sovereign debt obligations issued by G10 countries. All
other sovereign debt obligations are classified as Level 2. |
| *** | The
Fund held Level 3 investments that are priced at $0. |
| **** | All
options held by the Fund are exchange traded listed options. |
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Report | October 31, 2024 |
57 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
The
following is a reconciliation of the fair value of investments for which the Fund has used Level 3 unobservable inputs in determining
fair value as of October 31, 2024:
| |
Common
Stock | | |
Preferred
Stock | |
Participation
Agreement | | |
Special
Purpose
Acquisition
Companies | | |
Warrants | | |
Simple
Agreement
for
Future
Equity
Contracts | |
Total | |
Balance
as of October 31, 2023 | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 3,067,747 | |
$ | 959,660 | | |
$ | 292,435 | | |
$ | 5,628 | | |
$ | 6,429,315 | |
$ | 10,754,785 | |
Accrued
premium/discount | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| - | |
Purchases/commitments | |
| - | | |
| 663,627 | |
| - | | |
| 207 | | |
| 64,611 | | |
| 571,841 | |
| 1,300,286 | |
Sales
proceeds | |
| (543,310 | ) | |
| - | |
| - | | |
| (92 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| (543,402 | ) |
Realized
gain/(loss) | |
| 543,310 | | |
| - | |
| - | | |
| (116 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| 543,194 | |
Transfer
out of Level 3 | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (19,697 | ) | |
| - | |
| (19,697 | ) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | |
| - | | |
| 149,986 | |
| (959,660 | ) | |
| (273,113 | ) | |
| (50,285 | ) | |
| 169,207 | |
| (963,865 | ) |
Balance
as of October 31, 2024 | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 3,881,360 | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 19,321 | | |
$ | 257 | | |
$ | 7,170,363 | |
$ | 11,071,301 | |
Net change
in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) included in Consolidated Statement of Operations attributable to Level 3 investments
held at October 31, 2024 | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 149,986 | |
$ | (959,660 | ) | |
$ | (273,113 | ) | |
$ | (50,285 | ) | |
$ | 169,207 | |
$ | (963,865 | ) |
The
following table summarizes the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used for the Fund’s investments
that are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of October 31, 2024:
|
Fair value at |
|
|
Inputs |
Asset
Category: |
October
31,
2024 |
Valuation
Technique |
Unobservable
Inputs |
Range |
Weighted
Average |
Preferred
Stock |
$ |
3,881,360 |
Market
Comparable Technique |
Comparable
Multiple |
0.88x |
8.01x |
4.45x |
|
|
|
Backsolve
Method |
Volatility |
55.0% |
55.0% |
55.0% |
|
|
|
Transaction
Price |
Transaction
Price |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Private
Warrants |
$ |
257 |
Probability
Weighted Expected Return Method |
Probability
of Success |
4.97% |
5.00% |
4.99% |
|
|
|
Backsolve
Method |
Volatility |
36.9% |
288.6% |
162.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Simple
Agreement for Future
Equity Contracts |
$ |
7,170,363 |
Market
Comparable Technique |
Comparable
Multiple |
3.16x |
5.25x |
4.21x |
|
|
|
Monte
Carlo Analysis |
Volatility |
55.0% |
70.0% |
62.5% |
|
|
|
Monte
Carlo Analysis |
Discount
Rate |
75.0% |
80.0% |
77.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special
Purpose Acquisition Companies |
$ |
19,321 |
Probability
Weighted Expected Return Method |
Probability
of Success |
4.97% |
5.00% |
4.99% |
|
|
|
Backsolve
Method |
Volatility |
36.9% |
288.6% |
162.8% |
All
Level 3 investments were valued at October 31, 2024 either using unadjusted prices provided by third-party valuation specialists
or at cost.
C.
Security Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Investment transactions are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividend income
and expense are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expense are recorded on the accrual basis and include the
amortization/accretion of premiums and discounts on fixed income securities using the effective interest method. Dividend and
interest income are recorded net of applicable withholding taxes. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are computed
on the basis of the identified cost of the securities sold or covered. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in net change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities, derivatives and foreign currency translation on the Consolidated Statement
of Operations. Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis as incurred.
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
D.
Foreign Currency Translation. Assets and liabilities, including investments, denominated in currencies other than U.S.
dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange on the following basis:
| (1) | Market
value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange
rates prevailing at Market Close. |
| (2) | Purchases
and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange
prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. |
Net
realized currency translation gains or losses include the effects of currency movements between trade and settlement dates on
investment transactions and the difference between amounts actually received or paid upon settlement. The Fund does not isolate
that portion of the results of operations arising from the changes in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices of
investments held. Such fluctuations are included in either net realized gains (losses) on securities and derivative transactions
or net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and derivative transactions in the Consolidated Statement
of Operations. Foreign currency translation gains and losses on assets and liabilities (excluding investments) are included in
either net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transaction or net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
foreign currency translation.
E.
Cash and Foreign Currency. Cash and foreign currency balances are held in custodial accounts at the Bank of New York Mellon
and TD Bank and are reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
F.
Restricted Cash. At October 31, 2024, the Fund held restricted cash in connection with certain securities sold short.
Restricted cash is held in a segregated account with the Fund’s counterparty broker and is reflected in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
G.
Derivatives. Derivatives may be traded on regulated exchanges or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets.
In seeking to limit the credit risk associated with transactions in the OTC market, the Fund conducts business only with recognized
financial institutions, the financial condition of which is monitored by the Investment Adviser.
In
addition, the Fund’s OTC derivative contracts subject to International Swaps and Derivative Association (“ISDA”)
Master Agreements which contain provisions that may require the Fund to comply with certain covenants (including minimum NAV and
performance based thresholds) and other provisions (occurrence of a credit event) that may call for early termination and settlement
of the derivative at its then fair value. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments subject to those covenants and
provisions that are in a net liability position at October 31, 2024 is $3,959,479. During the year ended October 31, 2024, the
Fund did not trigger covenants related to minimum NAV and performance based thresholds.
With
futures and cleared swaps, the central counterparty clearinghouses (“CCPs” or “clearinghouses”), as counterparty
to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouses stand between the buyer and the seller of the contract;
therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouses. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund
does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including bankruptcy
or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in futures and cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that
is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from
their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall
in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated
on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. Cash that is
posted to the clearinghouses for initial margin and variation margin is reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and
Liabilities under collateral posted to clearing house for centrally cleared derivatives and collateral posted to clearing house
for futures.
1.
Option Contracts: The Fund may buy or write put and call options through listed exchanges and the OTC market, as a part
of its investment strategy. An option contract provides its owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell specified
amounts of a financial instrument, commodity, or currency, at a contracted price during a specified period or a specified date.
The Fund has elected to classify listed options as investments in securities.
A
credit default swaption is a contract that provides the holder with the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a credit
default swap (“CDS”) in the future. Credit default swaptions can either be payer swaptions or receiver swaptions.
If a payer swaption, the option holder has the right to enter into a CDS where they pay premiums; and, if a receiver swaptions,
the option holder receives premiums.
2.
Simple Agreement for Future Equity (“SAFE”) Contracts: The Fund has entered into SAFEs with various companies,
as a part of its investment strategy. A SAFE is an agreement between the Fund and a company that grants the Fund the right to
certain shares of the company’s stock subject to certain negotiated terms unique to each contract. The aggregate cost and
fair value are included in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Unrealized gains and losses are included in the
Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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Report | October 31, 2024 |
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
3.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts: The Fund has entered into forward foreign currency contracts, primarily to hedge against
foreign currency exchange rate risks on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities. When entering into a forward foreign
currency contract, the Fund agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed
future date. These contracts are valued daily and the Fund’s net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on
the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts
and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Realized and unrealized
gains and losses are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. These instruments involve market and/or credit risk
in excess of the amount recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability
of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates.
Open forward foreign currency contracts are presented within the respective Consolidated Schedule of Investments.
4.
TBA MBS Forward Contracts: The Fund has entered into To Be Announced (“TBA”) MBS Forward Contracts, as a part
of its investment strategy. TBA forwards are agreements for the purchase or sale of mortgage-backed securities for a fixed price,
with payment and delivery on an agreed upon future settlement date. The specific securities to be delivered are not identified
at the trade date. However, delivered securities must be specified terms, including issuer, rate, and mortgage terms. When entering
into TBA forwards, the Fund may take possession of or deliver the underlying mortgage-backed securities but can extend the settlement
or roll the transactions. TBA forwards involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased or sold decline or
increase, respectively, prior to settlement date, if there are expenses or delays in connection with the TBA transactions, or
if the counterparty fails to complete the transaction.
5.
Futures Contracts: The Fund may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the value
of equities and commodities, interest rates or foreign currencies. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase
or sale of an asset or index at a specified price on a specified date. The purchase and sale of futures requires margin deposits
with a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. Subsequent payments
of variation margin are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the contract.
Futures contracts mitigate the Fund’s exposure to counterparty risk since futures contracts are exchange-traded; and the
exchange’s FCM, as the counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default. The
Commodity Exchange Act requires an FCM to segregate all customer transactions and assets from the FCM’s proprietary activities.
A customer’s cash and other equity deposited with an FCM are considered commingled with all other customer funds subject
to the FCM’s segregation requirements. In the event of an FCM’s insolvency, recovery may be limited to the Fund’s
pro-rata share of segregated customer funds available. It is possible that the recovery amount could be less than the total of
cash and other equity deposited.
6.
Swap Contracts: The Fund expects to enter into various swap agreements including, but not limited to CDS and total
return swaps, as a part of its investment strategy. Generally, a swap contract is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange
a series of cash flows at specified intervals based on or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for
a specified notional amount of the underlying assets. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference
paid by one party to the other.
The
fair value of open swaps reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments may differ from that which would be realized if
the Fund terminated its position in the contract. Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract
to comply with the terms of the swap contract. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the
aggregate fair value of swap contracts in an unrealized gain position and collateral posted with the counterparty. The risk is
mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the counterparty posting collateral
to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. The Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty
to a swap contract in evaluating potential credit risk. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in the fair
value of the underlying investments.
Swap
agreements may also be centrally cleared through a clearing house (“cleared swaps”), where immediately following execution
of the swap contract, the swap contract is novated to the CCP and the Fund’s counterparty on the swap agreement becomes
the CCP. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a cleared swap, the Fund is required
to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and
risk profile of the particular swap. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker. Cleared swaps
mitigate the Fund’s exposure to counterparty risk since the CCP, as the counterparty to all cleared swaps, guarantees the
swap contracts against default.
a.
Credit Default Swaps: CDS contracts involve an arrangement between the Fund and a counterparty which allows the Fund to
protect against losses (when the Fund purchases a CDS) incurred as a result of default by a specified reference entity. Generally,
the Fund pays or receives a premium upfront and continues to pay periodic interest payments while the counterparty agrees to make
a payment to compensate the Fund for losses upon the occurrence of a specified credit event. Alternatively, when the Fund sells
a CDS, it receives premium payments in exchange for assuming the credit risk of the specified reference entity. Generally, the
counterparty pays or receives a premium upfront and continues to pay periodic interest payments while the Fund agrees to make
a payment to compensate the counterparty for losses upon the occurrence of a specified credit event. Although contract-specific,
credit events generally include bankruptcy, failure to pay, and restructuring. Upon the occurrence of a defined credit event,
the difference between the value of the reference obligation and the swap’s notional amount is recorded as realized gain
or loss in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When the contract is terminated prior to the occurrence of a credit event,
the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the close-out price of the CDS contract and the original
contract price. Upfront fees are recorded as components of the costs or proceeds to the CDS contract and amortized over the life
of the contract on a straight line basis. During the year ended October 31, 2024, the Fund had been both a purchaser and a seller
of CDS contracts.
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
b.
Total Return Swaps: Total return swap contracts involve the exchange by the Fund and a counterparty of their respective
commitments to pay or receive a net amount based on the change in the fair value of a particular security or index, specified
interest rates for fixed rate payments, and the notional amount of the swap contract.
7.
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities and Counterparty Risk: In connection with its derivative activities, the Fund generally
enters into master netting agreements and collateral agreements with its counterparties. These agreements provide the Fund with
the right, in the event of a default by the counterparty (such as bankruptcy or a failure to pay or perform), to net a counterparty’s
rights and obligations under the agreement and to liquidate and setoff collateral against any net amount owed by the counterparty.
The Fund’s policy is generally to receive cash posted as collateral (with rights of re-hypothecation), irrespective of the
enforceability determination regarding the master netting and collateral agreement.
The
following tables present information about the offsetting of OTC derivatives and related collateral amounts.
Offsetting
of Derivative Assets as of October 31, 2024 | |
Gross
Amounts of | | |
Amounts
not Offset in the Consolidated Statement
of Assets and Liabilities | | |
| |
Counterparty | |
Recognized
Assets | | |
Offsetting Liability(a) | | |
Collateral Received(b) | | |
Net
Exposure | |
Barclays Bank PLC | |
$ | 357,798 | | |
$ | (18,583 | ) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 339,215 | |
Goldman Sachs International | |
| 1,595,458 | | |
| - | | |
| (610,000 | ) | |
| 985,458 | |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
| 1,562,045 | | |
| (1,562,045 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Morgan Stanley
Capital Services | |
| 1,380,308 | | |
| - | | |
| (1,190,000 | ) | |
| 190,308 | |
| |
$ | 4,895,609 | | |
$ | (1,580,628 | ) | |
$ | (1,800,000 | ) | |
$ | 1,514,981 | |
Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities as of October 31, 2024 | |
Gross Amounts of | | |
Amounts
not Offset in the Consolidated Statement
of Assets and Liabilities | | |
| |
Counterparty | |
Recognized
Liabilities | | |
Offsetting Asset(a) | | |
Collateral Pledged(b) | | |
Net
Exposure | |
Barclays Bank PLC | |
$ | (18,583 | ) | |
$ | 18,583 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
| (1,851,376 | ) | |
| 1,562,045 | | |
| 289,331 | | |
| - | |
Morgan Stanley
& Company | |
| (3,670,148 | ) | |
| - | | |
| 3,670,148 | | |
| - | |
| |
$ | (5,540,107 | ) | |
$ | 1,580,628 | | |
$ | 3,959,479 | | |
$ | - | |
| (a) | Represents
the amount of assets or liabilities that could be offset with the same counterparty under
master netting or similar agreements that management elects not to offset on the Consolidated
Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| (b) | Collateral
pledged/received is limited to the net outstanding amount due to/from an individual counterparty.
The actual collateral amounts pledged/received may exceed these amounts and may fluctuate
in value. |
8.
Collateral posted to Secured Party under Tri-Party Arrangements for OTC Derivatives: In compliance with the 1940 Act,
the Fund has entered into third party custodial arrangements with all OTC counterparties whereby initial and variation margin
is held in segregated accounts at the Bank of New York Mellon. Such amounts may only be accessed by the counterparties after certain
Fund defaults (including bankruptcy) or following any applicable remedies under the Fund’s ISDA Master Agreements. These
accounts are separately disclosed on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Report | October 31, 2024 |
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
The
following table, grouped by risk exposure, provides information about the fair value and location of derivatives within the Consolidated
Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of October 31, 2024.
Risk
Exposure | |
Consolidated
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | |
Asset
Derivatives
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation | | |
Liability
Derivatives
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation | |
Credit
Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Credit
Default Swaps | |
Credit
default swaps, at fair value | |
$ | 3,515,865 | | |
$ | 2,012,890 | |
Credit
Default Swaptions | |
Credit
default swaptions, at fair value | |
| 845,266 | | |
| 15,077 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Equity/Market
Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Options | |
Investments
in securities at fair value | |
| 3,073,847 | | |
| - | |
Simple
Agreement for Future Equity Contracts | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on simple agreement for future equity contracts | |
| 7,170,363 | | |
| - | |
Futures
Contracts | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts | |
| 1,565,006 | | |
| 76,167 | |
Total
Return Swaps | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on total return swap contracts | |
| 356,657 | | |
| 1,123,675 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign
Exchange Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Forward
Foreign Currency Contracts | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | |
| 1,205,387 | | |
| 727,702 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Interest
Rate Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Futures
Contracts | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts | |
| 412,269 | | |
| - | |
TBA
MBS Forward Contracts | |
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| - | | |
| 3,670,148 | |
Total | |
| |
$ | 18,144,660 | | |
$ | 7,625,659 | |
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October
31, 2024
The
following table provides information about the effect of derivatives on the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Operations
for the year ended October 31, 2024.
Risk
Exposure | |
Consolidated
Statement of Operations Location | |
Net
Realized
Gain/(Loss) | | |
Net
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) | |
Credit
Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Credit
Default Swaps | |
Net
realized gain/(loss) on credit default swaps/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on credit default swaps | |
$ | (50,896,363 | ) | |
$ | 1,453,943 | |
Credit
Default Swaptions | |
Net realized
gain/(loss) on credit default swaptions/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on credit default swaptions | |
| 1,258,822 | | |
| 847,522 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Equity/Market
Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Options | |
Net realized
gain/(loss) on investments in securities/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments in securities | |
| 10,293,946 | | |
| (1,005,457 | ) |
Simple
Agreement for Future Equity Contracts | |
Net
realized gain/(loss) on simple agreement for future equity contracts/Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
on simple agreement for future equity contracts | |
| - | | |
| 169,207 | |
Futures
Contracts | |
Net realized
gain/(loss) on futures contracts/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts | |
| (14,482,544 | ) | |
| 459,649 | |
Total
Return Swaps | |
Net realized
gain/(loss) on total return swaps/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on total return swaps | |
| 30,099,035 | | |
| (1,844,400 | ) |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign
Exchange Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Forward
Foreign Currency Contracts | |
Net
realized gain/(loss) on forward foreign currency contracts/Net change in unrealized appreciation/(deprecation) on forward
foreign currency contracts | |
| (3,126,505 | ) | |
| 495,505 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Interest
Rate Risk | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Futures
Contracts | |
Net realized
gain/(loss) on futures contracts/ Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts | |
| (301,816 | ) | |
| 412,269 | |
TBA
MBS Forward Contracts | |
Net
realized gain/(loss) on TBA MBS forward contracts/Net change in unrealized appreciation/(deprecation) on TBA MBS forward contracts | |
| 15,522,700 | | |
| (1,039,504 | ) |
Total | |
| |
$ | (11,632,725 | ) | |
$ | (51,266 | ) |
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
The
following table provides information related to the Fund’s use of derivative contracts based on a quarterly average of outstanding
notional amounts for the year ended October 31, 2024. These notional amounts are based on notional quantity which may be different
from the notional in risk terms.
| |
Notional
Amounts | |
Risk
Exposure | |
Long | | |
Short | |
Credit
Risk | |
| | |
| |
Credit
Default Swaps(1) | |
$ | 348,572,401 | | |
$ | 583,207,028 | |
Credit
Default Swaptions | |
| 42,181,750 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Equity/Market
Risk | |
| | | |
| | |
Options(2) | |
| 19,057,750 | | |
| 220,108,000 | |
Simple
Agreement for Future Equity Contracts | |
| 7,293,403 | | |
| - | |
Futures
Contracts | |
| - | | |
| 70,123,150 | |
Total
Return Swaps | |
| 112,066,924 | | |
| 6,270,785 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign
Exchange Risk | |
| | | |
| | |
Forward
Foreign Currency Contracts | |
| 63,863,343 | | |
| 12,111,002 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Interest
Rate Risk | |
| | | |
| | |
Futures
Contracts | |
| 2,448,265 | | |
| - | |
TBA
MBS Forward Contracts | |
| 370,230,000 | | |
| - | |
(1) | Long
notional value represents sell protection and short notional value represents purchase
protection. |
(2) | Long
notional value represents purchased call and written put options and short notional value
represents purchased put and written call options. |
H.
Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue
Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and
any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, a federal income tax or excise tax provision is not required. Management
has considered the sustainability of the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax periods
in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall be made until the capital loss carryforwards have been fully
utilized.
The
Fund may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions
of income or gain.
I.
Distributions to Common Shareholders. On December 22, 2023, the Board authorized a Managed Distribution Plan pursuant
to which the Fund made monthly distributions to shareholders at a fixed amount of $0.085 per share. This fixed distribution amount
excluded special dividends (which are not paid pursuant to the Managed Distribution Plan), including the special dividend paid
during the current fiscal period in January 2024.
The
Fund will generally distribute amounts necessary to satisfy the Fund’s Managed Distribution Plan and the requirements prescribed
by excise tax rules and Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Managed Distribution Plan is intended to provide shareholders
with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month and is intended to narrow the discount between
the market price and the net asset value of the Fund’s common shares, but there is no assurance that the Managed Distribution
Plan will be successful in doing so.
No
conclusions should be drawn about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of the Fund’s distributions or
from the terms of the Fund’s Managed Distribution Plan.
Under
the Managed Distribution Plan, to the extent that sufficient investment income is not available on a monthly basis, the Fund will
distribute capital gains and/or return of capital in order to maintain its managed distribution rate. A return of capital may
occur, for example, when some or all of the money that was invested in the Fund is paid back to shareholders. A return of capital
distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield”
or “income.”
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October
31, 2024
The
Managed Distribution Plan provides that the Board may amend the terms of the Managed Distribution Plan or terminate the Managed
Distribution Plan at any time without prior notice to Fund shareholders; however, at this time, there are no reasonably foreseeable
circumstances that might cause the Fund to terminate the Managed Distribution Plan. An amendment or termination of the Managed
Distribution Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund’s common shares. The Managed Distribution
Plan will be subject to the periodic review by the Board, including a yearly review of the annual minimum fixed rate to determine
if an adjustment should be made.
J.
Dividend Reinvestments. The Fund maintains a Shareholder Reinvestment Program (the “Program”) that
allows participating shareholders to reinvest all dividends (“Dividends”) in additional common shares of the
Fund. Pursuant to the Program, ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”), the Program administrator, purchases, from time
to time, common shares on the open market to satisfy Dividend reinvestments. Such common shares are purchased on the open
market only when the closing sale or bid price plus commission is less than the NAV per share of the Fund’s common
shares on the valuation date. If the market price plus commissions is equal to or exceeds NAV, new common shares are issued
by the Fund at the greater of (i) NAV or (ii) the market price of the common shares during the pricing period, minus a
discount of 5%. Common shares issued by the Fund under the Program will be issued without a fee or a commission.
Shareholders
may elect to participate in the Program by submitting a completed participation form to ALPS, the Program administrator. The Program
administrator will credit to each participant’s account funds it receives from Dividends paid on common shares of the Fund
registered in the participant’s name. Shareholders may elect to close their account at any time by giving the Transfer Agent
written notice. When a participant closes their account, the participant, upon request, will receive a certificate for full common
shares in the account. Fractional common shares will be held and aggregated with other fractional common shares being liquidated
by the Transfer Agent as agent of the Program and paid for by check when actually sold.
Participants
will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions with respect to the Program administrator’s open market purchases in
connection with the reinvestment of Dividends.
The
automatic reinvestment of Dividends does not affect the tax characterization of the Dividends (i.e., capital gain distributions
and income distributions are realized and subject to tax even though cash is not received). A shareholder whose Dividends are
reinvested in common shares under the Program will be treated as having received a Dividend equal to either (i) if common shares
are issued under the Program directly by the Trust, generally the fair market value of the common shares issued to the shareholder
or (ii) if reinvestment is made through open market purchases, the amount of cash allocated to the shareholder for the purchase
of common shares on its behalf in the open market.
Additional
information about the Program may be obtained by contacting the Program administrator at 844-460-9411 or BRWSabaCapital@dstsystems.com.
K.
Share Offerings. The Fund issues shares under various shelf registration statements, whereby the net proceeds received
by the Fund from share sales may not be less than the greater of (i) the NAV per share or (ii) 94% of the average daily market
price over the relevant pricing period.
L.
Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications.
The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and,
therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers the risk of loss from such claims to be remote.
M.
Basis of Consolidation. The Fund invests in certain investments through its investments in special purpose vehicles BRW
SPV I and BRW SPV II, collectively, the “SPVs”. The SPVs are Cayman Islands exempted companies with limited liability
and wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Fund. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include all assets, liabilities,
and results of operations of the Fund and the SPVs. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon
consolidation. For tax purposes, the Fund is required to increase its net taxable income by its share of the SPVs’s income.
Net taxable losses incurred by the SPVs cannot offset income earned by the Fund and cannot be carried back or forward by the SPVs
to offset income from prior or future years.
NOTE
3 — INVESTMENTS
For
the year ended October 31, 2024, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from principal repayment and sales of investments, excluding
short- term notes, totaled $1,460,556,803 and $1,497,911,820, respectively. The fair value of these assets is established as set
forth in Note 2.
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held senior loans valued at $47,026,264, which represent 13.70% of its total net assets. The senior
loans acquired by the Fund typically take the form of a direct lending relationship with the borrower and are typically acquired
through an assignment of another lender’s interest in a loan. The lead lender in a typical corporate loan syndicate administers
the loan and monitors the collateral securing the loan. In the event that the lead lender becomes insolvent, enters Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) receivership or, if not FDIC insured, enters into bankruptcy, the Fund may incur certain
costs and delays in realizing payment, or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held corporate bonds and sovereign debt obligations valued at $63,702,364 and $1,868,675, respectively,
which represent 18.56% and 0.54% of its total net assets, respectively. Changes in short-term market interest rates will directly
affect the yield on variable rate notes. If short-term market interest rates fall, the yield on variable rate notes will also
fall. To the extent that the interest rate spreads on loans in the Fund’s portfolio experience a general decline, the yield
on the common shares will fall and the value of the Fund’s assets may decrease, which will cause the Fund’s NAV to
decrease. Conversely, when short-term market interest rates rise, because of the lag between changes in such short-term rates
and the resetting of the floating rates on assets in the Fund’s portfolio, the impact of rising rates will be delayed to
the extent of such lag. In the case of inverse securities, the interest rate paid by such securities generally will decrease when
the market rate of interest to which the inverse security is indexed increases. With respect to investments in fixed rate instruments,
a rise in market interest rates generally causes values of such instruments to fall. The values of fixed rate instruments with
longer maturities or duration are more sensitive to changes in market interest rates.
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) valued at $3,778,425, which represent 1.10% of
its total net assets. MBS are created from pools of residential loans, including mortgage loans made by savings and loan institutions,
mortgage bankers, commercial banks and others. These securities provide a monthly payment which consists of both interest and
principal. Some MBS may come in the form of interest-only or principal only strips (stripped MBS or “SMBS”). SMBS
are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool
of mortgage assets. A SMBS will have one class that will receive all of the interest (the interest-only or “IO” class),
while the other class will receive the entire principal (the principal-only or “PO” class). Interest may be determined
by fixed or adjustable rates. The rate of prepayments on underlying mortgages will affect the price and volatility of a mortgage-related
security and may have the effect of shortening or extending the effective duration of the security relative to what was anticipated
at the time of purchase. The timely payment of principal and interest of certain mortgage-related securities is guaranteed with
the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Pools created and guaranteed by non-governmental issuers, including government
sponsored corporations, may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, but there can be no assurance that private
insurers or guarantors can meet their obligations under the insurance policies or guarantee arrangements. At October 31, 2024,
all MBS held by the Fund were IO strips.
Certain
common and preferred stock, and stock purchase warrants held in the portfolio were acquired in conjunction with loans held by
the Fund. Certain stocks and warrants are restricted and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act, or
without an exemption under the 1933 Act. In some cases, these restrictions expire after a designated period of time after issuance
of the shares or warrants.
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held SPACs valued at $1,832,238, which represent 0.53% of its total net assets. A SPAC is a publicly
traded company formed for the purpose of raising capital through an initial public offering to fund the acquisition, through a
merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination, of one or more operating businesses that
are typically not publicly-listed. Following the acquisition of a target company, a SPAC’s management team may exercise
control over the management of the combined company in an effort to increase its value. Often now, though, management of the target
company will continue to manage the now publicly-traded business subsequent to completion of its business combination with the
SPAC. Capital raised through the initial public offering of securities of a SPAC is typically placed into a trust account until
acquired business combination is completed or a predetermined period of time (typically 24 months) elapses. Shareholders in a
SPAC would receive a return on their investment in the event that a target company is acquired and the combined publicly-traded
company’s shares trade above the SPAC’s initial public offering (“IPO”) price, or alternatively, the market
price at which an investor acquired a SPAC’s shares subsequent to its IPO. In the event that a SPAC is unable to locate
and acquire a target business by the timeframe established at the time of its IPO, the SPAC would be forced to liquidate its assets,
which may result in losses due to the expenses and liabilities of the SPAC, to the extent third-parties are permitted to bring
claims against IPO proceeds held in the SPAC’s trust account.
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held closed end funds and investment trusts (globally) valued at $77,754,006 and $30,155,611, respectively,
representing 22.66% and 8.79% of its total net assets, respectively. Closed-end mutual funds and investment trusts are collective
investment vehicles issuing a fixed number of shares which are not redeemable from the fund. Shares can be purchased and sold
in the market and are subject to market fluctuations. Additionally, the Fund held an investment in an affiliated closed-end mutual
fund, Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II valued at $795,501, representing 0.23% of its total net assets (see Note
6).
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held an investments in unaffiliated private funds valued at $47,888,680, which represent 13.96% of
its net assets.
1.
Stone Ridge Feeder Fund is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership which invests substantially all of its investable
assets in Stone Ridge Reinsurance Opportunities Fund LP (“Stone Ridge Master Fund”). Stone Ridge Master Fund’s
investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in shares or notes issued in connection
with quota shares and, to a lesser extent, other reinsurance related securities, including shares or notes issued in connection
with excess-of-loss, stop-loss or other non-proportional reinsurance shares or notes issued in connection with industry loss warranties,
event-linked or catastrophe bond, event-linked swaps and/or derivatives linked to any of the foregoing (collectively, “reinsurance-related
securities”). The Fund has made investments in Stone Ridge Feeder Fund, which have a fair value of $44,644,824, which represent
13.01% of its net assets. At October 31, 2024, the Fund does not have any outstanding capital commitments to Stone Ridge Feeder
Fund. The Fund may only make withdrawals from Stone Ridge Feeder Fund on an annual basis at December 31, subject to notice by
October 15 of the year immediately prior to the year in which the withdrawal request date occurs.
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
2.
Alternative Capital Investments Fund III LP (“ACI”) is Delaware Limited Partnership and has an investment
objective to source investment transactions and invest strategically across multiple asset classes, with low correlation to general
stock market performance. The Fund has made investments in ACI’s Standard Interests and Special Interests, which have a
fair value of $156,703 and $1,686,940 respectively representing 0.05% and 0.49% of its total net assets, respectively. At October
31, 2024, the Fund has outstanding unfunded capital commitments of $432,150 for Standard Interests and $1,891,857 for Special
Interests, respectively. The Fund may not make withdrawals from ACI. ACI will terminate at the end of the seventh anniversary
of its final closing date provided that it may be extended for up to two years in its description.
3.
New Holland Special Opportunities Aggregator LP (“NHC”) is a Delaware Limited Partnership and has an investment
objective to directly or indirectly acquire, invest in, hold, sell and otherwise deal in securities including investments in portfolio
companies. The Fund, through BRW SPV II, has made investments in Series M Interests, which have a fair value of $1,400,213, which
represent 0.41% of its net assets. At October 31, 2024, the Fund had outstanding unfunded capital commitments of $5,385,466.
At
October 31, 2024, the Fund held warrants valued at $280,404, which represent 0.08% of its net assets. The Fund may purchase warrants
issued by domestic and foreign companies to purchase newly created equity securities consisting of common and preferred stock.
Warrants are securities that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase equity issues of the company issuing
the warrants, or a related company, at a fixed price either on a certain date or during a set period. The equity security underlying
a warrant is authorized at the time the warrant is issued or is issued together with the warrant. Investing in warrants can provide
a greater potential for profit or loss than an equivalent investment in the underlying security and, thus, can be a speculative
investment. At the time of issue, the cost of a warrant is substantially less than the cost of the underlying security itself,
and price movements in the underlying security are generally magnified in the price movements of the warrant. The leveraging effect
enables the investor to gain exposure to the underlying security with a relatively low capital investment. This leveraging increases
an investor’s risk, as a complete loss of the amount invested in the warrant may result in the event of a decline in the
value of the underlying security. In addition, the price of a warrant tends to be more volatile than, and may not correlate exactly
to, the price of the underlying security. If the market price of the underlying security is below the exercise price of the warrant
on its expiration date, the warrant will generally expire without value. The value of a warrant may decline because of a decline
in the value of the underlying security, the passage of time, changes in interest rates or in the dividend or other policies of
the company whose equity underlies the warrant, a change in the perception as to the future price of the underlying security,
or any combination thereof. Warrants generally pay no dividends and confer no voting or other rights other than to purchase the
underlying security.
NOTE
4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
The
Fund has entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser. The
Investment Adviser has overall responsibility for the management of the Fund. The Investment Adviser oversees all investment advisory
and portfolio management services for the Fund and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business
activities and operations of the Fund, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance
and related services. This Management Agreement compensates the Investment Adviser with a fee, computed daily and payable monthly,
at an annual rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s managed assets. For purposes of the Management Agreement, managed assets (“Managed
Assets”) are defined as the Fund’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and
unpaid dividends on any outstanding Preferred Shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount
of any borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund and the liquidation preference of any outstanding Preferred
Shares).
NOTE
5 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
The
Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investor relations services, other investment-related
costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business,
and expenses of any counsel or other persons or services retained by such Fund’s trustees who are not interested persons,
to 1.05% of Managed Assets plus 0.30% of average daily net assets. For the year ended October 31, 2024, $982,139 of fees were
waived and reimbursed.
The
Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from the Fund for fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the Investment
Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the
percentage described above. For the year ended October 31, 2024, none of the fees waived were recouped.
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| October 31, 2024 |
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
Waived
and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying
Consolidated Statement of Operations totaling $987,184. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. As of October 31, 2024, the amount of waived and/or reimbursed fees that are
subject to recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates are as follows:
October
31, 2024 | | |
October
31, 2025 | | |
October
31, 2026 | | |
October
31, 2027 | | |
Total | |
$ | 337,052 | | |
$ | 1,374,896 | | |
$ | 597,873 | | |
$ | 987,184 | | |
$ | 3,297,005 | |
The
current expense limitation agreement has an initial term ended July 1, 2024. It automatically renews for one-year terms. The current
term will expire on July 1, 2025. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
NOTE
6 — TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER PARTIES
At
October 31, 2024, entities advised by Saba Capital Management, L.P. owned approximately 1.68% of the Fund.
Effective
on January 1, 2024, Saba Capital Management, L.P. replaced Franklin Templeton Advisers, Inc. as the investment adviser to Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II (formerly known as the Templeton Global Income Fund). As a result, the Fund’s
previously held unaffiliated investment in an investment company became an investment in an affiliated investment company. As
defined in the 1940 Act, an investment is deemed to be a “Controlled Affiliate” of a fund when a fund owns, either
directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the affiliated fund’s outstanding shares or has the power to exercise control over
management or policies of such fund. The Fund does not invest in SABA for the purpose of exercising a controlling influence over
the management or policies and owns less than 25% of SABA’s outstanding shares. As such it is deemed a non-controlled affiliate.
Effective January 1, 2024, management fees borne by the Fund in connection with its investment in SABA are waived and are included
in the Waived and reimbursed fees in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. There were no other investments in affiliated entities
for the year ended October 31, 2024.
The
following table summarizes the transactions with affiliates for the period January 1, 2024, through October 31, 2024:
| |
Value
at January
1, 2024 | | |
Purchases | | |
Sales | | |
Net
Realized Gain/(Loss) | | |
Net
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | |
Value
at October
31, 2024 | | |
Number
of Shares
Held at October
31, 2024 | | |
Investment Income | |
Non-Controlled Affiliates | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | |
$ | 3,528,988 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (2,618,809 | ) | |
$ | (198,106 | ) | |
$ | 83,428 | | |
$ | 795,501 | | |
93,150 | | |
$ | 86,376 | |
Total Affiliated Securities | |
$ | 3,528,988 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (2,618,809 | ) | |
$ | (198,106 | ) | |
$ | 83,428 | | |
$ | 795,501 | | |
| | |
$ | 86,376 | |
NOTE
7 — GUARANTEES AND COMMITMENTS
As
of October 31, 2024, the Fund has unfunded commitments of $7,709,473 to various private funds. These commitments represent the
remaining capital that may be called upon by the private funds to make future investments in portfolio companies, subject to specific
investment criteria and drawdown schedules outlined in the respective investment agreements.
Effective
July 20, 2021, the Fund has entered into a revolving credit agreement, collateralized by assets of the Fund. As of October 31,
2024, the credit agreement, as subsequently amended, enables the Fund to borrow up to $125,000,000 and has a final maturity date
of January 20, 2025. Borrowing rates under this agreement are based on a fixed spread over the SOFR, and a commitment fee is charged
on the unused portion. The amount of borrowings outstanding at October 31, 2024, was $86,000,000. The weighted average interest
rate on outstanding borrowings at October 31, 2024 was 5.67%, excluding fees related to the unused portion of the facilities,
and other fees. The amount of borrowings represented 25.06% of total assets at October 31, 2024. Average borrowings for the year
ended October 31, 2024 were $ 71,652,732 and the average annualized interest rate was 6.15% excluding other fees related to the
unused portion of the facility, and other fees.
In
the normal course of trading activities, the Fund trades and holds certain derivatives which constitute guarantees under ASC 460-10,
“Guarantees”. Such contracts include credit default swaps (index and single name) where the Fund is a provider
of credit protection on an underlying instrument. The maximum payouts for such credit default swaps (index and single name) is
limited to the notional amounts of each contract and would be offset by recovery amounts on the underlying reference obligations
or if the Fund holds offsetting contracts for the same underlying reference obligations.
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
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to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
As
a part of the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund is both a provider and purchaser of credit protection of multiple reference
obligations. During periods of market stress, credit protection that has been purchased may act as a hedge for credit protection
that has been provided on different reference obligations. Similarly, as a part of the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund
may be a provider of credit protection and be short the underlying reference obligation, which also may reduce the Fund’s
exposure. At October 31, 2024, there were no offsetting purchase credit protection contracts that offset the sell credit protection
contracts.
| |
Notional Amount
by Period of Expiration
| |
Notional Amount | | |
Fair Value | |
Credit Spread on Derivatives (basis points) | |
0-5 Years | | 5 Years
or Greater
| |
Total
Written Credit Derivatives | | |
Offsetting Purchased
Credit Derivatives | | |
Written
Credit Derivatives | |
Single name credit default swaps | |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
0-500 | |
$ | 136,335,000 | | $ |
- | |
$ | 136,335,000 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 3,164,387 | |
Greater than 1,000 | |
| 800,000 | | |
- | |
| 800,000 | | |
| - | | |
| (212,984 | ) |
Total | |
| 137,135,000 | | |
- | |
| 137,135,000 | | |
| - | | |
| 2,951,403 | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total | |
$ | 137,135,000 | | $ |
- | |
$ | 137,135,000 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 2,951,403 | |
NOTE
8 — CAPITAL SHARES
As
of October 31, 2024, there were 42,529,493 shares issued and outstanding. Transactions in capital shares and U.S. dollars were
as follows:
| | |
Shares repurchased | | |
Shares repurchased
in tender
offer | | |
Net
increase (decrease)
in shares outstanding | | |
Shares repurchased | | |
Shares repurchased
in tender
offer | | |
Net
increase (decrease) | |
Year ended | | |
# | | |
# | | |
# | | |
($) | | |
($) | | |
($) | |
10/31/2024 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
10/31/2023 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
10/31/2022 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
10/31/2021 | | |
| (164,609 | ) | |
| (18,226,686 | ) | |
| (18,391,295 | ) | |
| (1,536,542 | ) | |
| (176,835,308 | ) | |
| (178,371,850 | ) |
Effective
May 20, 2022, the Fund completed a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the Fund’s common shares at
a ratio of 1-for-2. The Reverse Split reduced the number of the Fund’s authorized common shares from 85,058,986 shares to
42,529,493 shares.
NOTE
9 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The
amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income
tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent.
Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences
are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of foreign currency transactions, capital loss carryforwards, and
wash sale deferrals. Distributions in excess of net investment income and/or net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported
as return of capital.
Dividends
paid by the Fund from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income
tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
The
tax character of the distributions paid during the years ended October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively, were as follows:
| |
October 31, 2024 | | |
October 31, 2023 | |
Distributions Paid From: | |
| | | |
| | |
Ordinary Income | |
$ | 48,240,779 | | |
$ | 8,594,037 | |
Tax Return of Capital | |
| - | | |
| 35,594,107 | |
Total Distributions Paid | |
$ | 48,240,779 | | |
$ | 44,188,144 | |
Components
of Distributable Earnings on a Tax Basis: At October 31, 2024, permanent differences in book and tax accounting were reclassified.
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2024 |
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
These
differences had no effect on net assets and were primarily attributed to differences in the treatment of a wholly owned controlled
foreign corporation.
Fund | |
Increase/(Decrease) Paid-In
Capital | | |
Increase/(Decrease) Total
Distributable Earnings | |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | |
$ | 6,301,225 | | |
$ | (6,301,225 | ) |
As
of the year ended October 31, 2024, the components of distributable earnings (loss) on a tax basis were as follows:
(Over)/Undistributed Ordinary Income | |
$ | 10,584,680 | |
Accumulated Capital Gains/(Losses) | |
| (179,552,359 | ) |
Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) | |
| 559,944 | |
Other Cumulative Effect of Timing Differences | |
| (21,126,495 | ) |
Total | |
$ | (189,534,230 | ) |
At
October 31, 2024, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments owned by the Fund, based on cost of investments
for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Cost of investments for income tax purposes | |
$ | 331,005,196 | |
Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost) | |
| 539,611,367 | |
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value) | |
| (539,051,423 | ) |
Net depreciation of foreign currency and derivatives | |
| - | |
Net unrealized depreciation | |
$ | 559,944 | |
The
differences between cost amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes is due primarily to timing differences
in recognizing certain gains and losses in security transactions.
As
of the year ended October 31, 2024, the Fund had non-expiring accumulated capital loss carryforwards as follows:
To
the extent that a fund may realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any of its unused capital loss carryforward.
Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.
Fund | |
Short Term | | |
Long Term | | |
Long Term | |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | |
$ | 34,311,269 | | |
$ | 145,241,090 | | |
$ | 179,552,359 | |
No Capital loss carryovers were used during the year ended October 31, 2024.
The Fund’s major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and New York State.
As
of October 31, 2024, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements as a result
of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Fund’s federal and state income and
federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination
by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination
by these jurisdictions.
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Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements |
October
31, 2024
NOTE
10 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent
to October 31, 2024 and through the date of issuance of the Fund’s consolidated financial statements, the Fund paid the
following dividends:
Per
Share Amount |
Declaration
Date |
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
$0.085 |
10/31/2024 |
11/11/2024 |
11/30/2024 |
$0.085 |
11/29/2024 |
12/10/2024 |
12/31/2024 |
The
Board has authorized the current Managed Distribution Plan pursuant to which the Fund makes monthly distributions to shareholders
at a fixed amount of $0.085 per share. This fixed distribution amount excludes any special dividends (which are not paid pursuant
to the Managed Distribution Plan).
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2024 |
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Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Additional
Information |
October
31, 2024
PROXY
VOTING INFORMATION
The
Board has delegated the responsibility to vote proxies for securities held in the Fund’s portfolio to the Investment Adviser.
Proxies for the portfolio securities are voted in accordance with the Investment Adviser’s proxy voting guidelines. To the
extent the Fund invests in investment companies, it will generally (i) seek instruction from the Fund’s shareholders with
regard to the voting of all proxies and vote in accordance with such instructions, (ii) vote the shares held by the Fund in the
same proportion as the vote of all other holders of the securities of the investment company ( the “Mirror Vote”)
or (iii) elect to not submit a proxy vote.
In
the event the Investment Adviser believes that it may have a conflict of interest relative to a specific proxy vote for a portfolio
holding, the Investment Adviser shall vote such proxies, on behalf of its various funds or clients in accordance with any of the
following, in the Investment Adviser’s good faith discretion: (i) the recommendation of Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC; (ii)
the recommendation adopted by an Independent Board (even if such Board made its determination only on behalf of the fund which
it serves and not on behalf of the other funds or clients invested in the holding with the proxy at issue); or (iii) in the case
of the Fund, the Mirror Vote.
Information
regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended October
31 is available without charge on the Fund’s website at www.sabacef.com and (2) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The
Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form
NPORT-P. The Fund’s Forms NPORT-P are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule
of portfolio holdings is available at www.sabacef.com
TAX
INFORMATION
Of
the distributions paid by the Fund from ordinary income for the calendar year ended December 31, 2023, the following percentages
met the requirements to be treated as qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction and qualified dividend income:
Fund |
Dividend
Received Deduction |
Qualified
Dividend Income |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
9.29% |
12.63% |
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION TO SHAREHOLDERS
Share
Repurchase Program
The
Board has approved an open market share repurchase program to authorize the Fund to purchase up to 10% of the Fund’s common
shares for the fiscal year in open market transactions, at the discretion of the Fund’s investment adviser. The share repurchase
program is intended to increase the Fund’s NAV to the benefit of all shareholders and help create further value for shareholders
by reducing the Fund’s discount to NAV.
Subject
to the 10% limitation in a fiscal year, the timing and amount of repurchases will be at the discretion of the Fund’s investment
adviser. In exercising its discretion consistent with its portfolio management responsibilities, the investment adviser will take
into account various other factors, including, but not limited to, the level of the discount, the Fund’s performance, portfolio
holdings, dividend history, market conditions, cash on hand, the availability of other attractive investments, and whether the
sale of certain portfolio securities would be undesirable because of liquidity concerns or because the sale might subject the
Fund to adverse tax consequences. Any repurchases would be made on a national securities exchange at the prevailing market price,
subject to exchange requirements, federal securities laws and rules that restrict repurchases. If and when the Fund’s 10%
threshold is reached in a fiscal year, no further repurchases will be made (unless otherwise authorized by the Board) for such
fiscal year. The repurchase program will require reauthorization by the Board for each new fiscal year. Until the 10% threshold
in a fiscal year is reached, the investment adviser will have the flexibility to commence share repurchases if and when it is
determined to be appropriate in light of prevailing circumstances.
72
Saba Capital Income &
Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Trustees
and Officers |
October
31, 2024
INDEPENDENT
TRUSTEES
Name,
Address1
and
Date of Birth |
Position(s)
Held
with
the
Fund |
Term
of Office
and
Length
of Time
Served |
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years |
Number
of
Funds
in the
Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustees |
Other
Board
Positions
Held
by
Trustees |
Independent
Nominees |
|
|
|
|
Thomas
Bumbolow
DOB:
1976
|
Trustee |
Since
January
2021
|
Thomas Bumbolow currently serves as Head of
Distribution & Business Development at American Life,
an insurance company which blends innovative
reinsurance capabilities with an elite asset
management business. Mr. Bumbolow also serves as
advisor to Limitless Ventures, a venture-based social
fund and was the co-Founder of protoCapital, a
merchant bank that operated from 2017-2020. Mr.
Bumbolow has 20 years of experience at JP Morgan
Chase, where he held various roles in fixed-income
sales and trading from 1997-2017. He has been a board
member of Stepping Stones Museum for Children since
2018. |
1 |
Stepping Stones Museum |
Karen
Caldwell
DOB:
1959
|
Trustee |
Since
July
2020
|
Karen Caldwell has served as the Chief Financial
Officer of Tides since November 2024. Previously, Ms. Caldwell served as the Chief Financial Officer of Reform Alliance from
2019 to November 2024. From 2018 to 2019 Ms. Caldwell served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the NHP Foundation,
a non for profit dedicated to increasing housing affordability. She has been a board member of Saba Income & Opportunities
Fund II since February 2023. |
1 |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
II |
Ketu
Desai
DOB:
1982
|
Trustee |
Since
July
2020
|
Ketu Desai has served as the founding partner
and Principal of i-squared Wealth Management, Inc., a private wealth investment management firm, since 2016. He has been a
board member of Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II since February 2023. |
1 |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
II; ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited Fund |
Anatoly
Nakum
DOB:
1974 |
Trustee |
Since
April
2024 |
Anatoly Nakum is the Head of Capital Markets
at ESG Financial from 2021 to present; and formerly the Head of Credit Trading at Americas at Credit Agricole from 2018 to
2020. |
2 |
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
II |
1 |
The mailing address for
each Independent Trustee is 405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10174. |
Annual Report | October 31,
2024 |
73 |
Saba Capital Income &
Opportunities Fund (Unaudited) |
Trustees
and Officers |
October
31, 2024
INTERESTED
TRUSTEES
Name,
Address1
and
Date of Birth |
Position(s)
Held
with
the
Fund |
Term
of Office
and
Length
of Time
Served |
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5
Years |
Number
of
Funds
in the
Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustees |
Other
Board
Positions
Held
by
Trustees |
Nominee
who is an “Interested Person” |
|
|
|
Andrew
Kellerman
DOB:
1965 |
Trustee |
Since
July
2020 |
Andrew
Kellerman has served as Partner, President, and Head of Business Development at Saba Capital Management, L.P. since 2018. |
1 |
None |
Aditya
Bindal
DOB:
1976 |
Trustee |
Since
July
2020 |
Aditya
Bindal has served as Chief Risk Officer of Saba Capital Management, L.P. since 2018. |
1 |
None |
1 |
The mailing address for
each Interested Trustee is 405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10174. |
OFFICERS
Name,
Address1
and
Date of Birth |
Position(s)
Held
with
the Fund |
Term
of Office
and
Length of
Time
Served |
Principal Occupation(s) During
the Past 5 Years |
Boaz
Weinstein
DOB:
1973 |
President |
Since
May
2021 |
CIO of Saba Capital |
Paul
Kazarian
DOB:
1984 |
Chief
Executive
Officer |
Since
November
2024 |
Portfolio Manager at Saba Capital |
Michael
D’Angelo
DOB:
1978 |
Secretary |
Since
May
2021 |
COO and General Counsel at Saba Capital |
Patrick
Keniston2
DOB:
1964 |
CCO |
Since
June
2021 |
Managing Director, Foreside Fund
Services, LLC (since 2008) |
Troy
Statczar2
DOB:
1971 |
PFO, Treasurer |
Since
June
2021 |
Senior Director, Foreside Treasurer
Services since 2020 - Foreside Financial Group; Director of Fund Administration (2017-2019) - Thornburg Investment Management,
Inc. |
Nitin
Sapru
DOB:
1980 |
VP |
Since
May
2021 |
CFO at Saba Capital |
| 1 | Unless
otherwise indicated, the mailing address for each officer is 405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10174. |
| 2 | Patrick
Keniston's and Troy Statczar’s address is Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC, 3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101. |
74
Item
2. Code of Ethics.
As
of the end of the period covered by this report, Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Registrant”) has
adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer
and principal financial officer. The role of principal accounting officer or controller is covered by the principal financial
officer. There were no amendments to the Code during the period covered by the report. The codes of ethics is filed herewith pursuant
to Item 19(a)(1), Ex-99.CODE ETH.
Item
3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The
Board of Trustees has determined that Karen Caldwell is the sole Audit Committee Financial Expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form
N-CSR. Ms. Caldwell is “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item
4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Below
are the fees that Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), the Fund’s current Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 and the year ended October 31, 2023.
| (a) | Audit
Fees: The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by EY, the principal
accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services
that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory
filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $109,850 for the year ended October
31, 2024 and $123,500 for the year ended October 31, 2023. |
| (b) | Audit-Related
Fees: The aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services by EY that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements
and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the year ended October
31, 2024, and $0 for the year ended October 31, 2023. |
| (c) | Tax
Fees (1): The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by EY for tax
compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $25,900 for the year ended October 31,
2024 and $24,700 for the year ended October 31, 2023. Such services included review of
excise distribution calculations (if applicable), preparation of the Fund’s federal,
state and excise tax returns, tax services related to mergers, and routine consulting. |
| (d) | All
Other Fees: The aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by EY, other
than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were $0 for the
year ended October 31, 2024 and $0 for the year ended October 31, 2023. |
| (e)(1) | Audit
Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures |
Under
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “Act”), the Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation
and oversight of the services provided by the Auditor. As part of this responsibility, the Audit Committee is required to
pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the Auditor in order to assure that these services do not impair the
Auditor’s independence. In addition, the Audit Committee is required to pre-approve non-audit services provided by
the Auditor to the Fund where such services provided have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Fund
as further assurance that such services do not impair the Auditor’s independence.
The
Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which is intended to comply with Regulation S-X Rule
2-01, sets forth guidelines and procedures to be followed by the Fund when retaining the Auditor to perform audit-related services,
tax services and other non-audit services under these circumstances, while also maintaining independence.
This
Policy follows two different approaches to pre-approving services: (1) proposed services may be generally pre-approved (“General
Pre-Approval”), or (2) proposed services that require specific pre-approval (“Specific Pre-Approval”).
Unless a type of service provided by the Auditor has received General Pre-Approval, it will require Specific Pre-Approval by the
Audit Committee.
(e)(2) Percentage of services referred to in 4(b) – (4)(d) that were approved by the Audit Committee:
100%
of the services were approved by the Audit Committee.
(f) Percentage of hours expended attributable to work performed by other than full time employees of EY if greater than 50%
Not
applicable.
(g) Non-Audit Fees: The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e.,
fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed by the relevant independent registered public accounting firm for services
rendered to the Registrant for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2024 and the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit
fees billed to the investment adviser, Saba Capital Management, LP (“Saba Capital”) or any of its affiliates that
provide ongoing services to the Registrant, by the independent registered public accounting firm for the same time periods.
Registrant/Investment
Adviser |
10/31/2024 |
10/31/2023 |
Saba
Capital Income & Opportunities Fund |
$ 25,900 |
$ 24,700 |
Saba
Capital Management |
$ 0 |
$0 |
| (h) | Principal
Accountant’s Independence: The Registrant’s Audit Committee has considered
whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Saba Capital and any
entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Saba Capital that provides
ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii)
of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining EY’s independence. |
Item
5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
| (a) | The
Registrant has a separately designated standing Audit Committee. The members of the Committee
are Thomas Bumbolow, Karen L. Caldwell and Ketu Desai. |
Item
6. Investments.
| (a) | Schedule
of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the Reporting
Period is included as part of the Reports to Shareholders filed under Item 1(a) of this
Form. |
Item
7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not
applicable.
Item
8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not
applicable.
Item
9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not
applicable.
Item
10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not
applicable.
Item
11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
During
the most recent fiscal half-year ended October 31, 2024, the Registrant’s Board of Trustees did not approve any investment
advisory contracts.
Item
12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
The
SEC adopted Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act, requiring registered investment advisers that exercise voting authority over
client securities to implement proxy voting policies. Saba Capital has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures to ensure
compliance with the Advisers Act. Saba Capital’s policy is to vote in a manner that serves the best interests of the clients.
Except as set forth below, the firm has engaged Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. to compile and vote all proxy ballots on
behalf of Saba Capital, using specific guidelines and recommendations provided by Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”).
Saba
Capital may, from time to time, determine that it is in the best interests of its clients to either depart from specific Glass
Lewis recommendations and/or vote shares held in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of the securities. To the
extent the Fund invests in investment companies, it will generally (i) seek instruction from the Fund’s shareholders and
vote in accordance with such instructions, (ii) vote the shares held by the Fund in the same proportion as the vote of all other
holders of the securities of the investment company or (iii) elect to not submit a proxy vote.
Item
13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a)(1) Portfolio
Management. The following individuals
share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Trust’s portfolio:
Boaz
Weinstein, Founder & CIO, employed by Saba Capital Management since 2009
Paul
Kazarian, Portfolio Manager, employed by Saba Capital Management since 2013
(a)(2)(i)-(iii) Other
Accounts Managed
The
following table shows the number of accounts and total assets in the accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based
on the performance of the account managed by the portfolio managers of the Fund as of October 31, 2024, unless otherwise indicated.
Portfolio
Managers Name |
Registered
Investment Companies |
Other
Pooled Investment Vehicles (1) |
Other
Accounts(1) |
Boaz
Weinstein |
3
Accounts
$0
Total Assets
|
13
Accounts
$3,844,215,019
Total Assets
|
8
Accounts
$560,614,855
Total Assets
|
Paul
Kazarian |
3
Accounts
$0
Total Assets
|
13
Accounts
$3,844,215,019
Total Assets
|
6
Accounts
$267,135,250
Total
Assets
|
| (1) | The
advisory fees are based in part on the performance for each account. |
(a)(2)(iv) Conflicts
of Interest
Saba
Capital and its affiliates accept performance-based fees from certain Clients. In addition, Saba Capital manages another Client
account that is only charged sub-advisory fees and is not charged performance fees. Clients should be aware that performance fee
arrangements may create a conflict of interest for Saba Capital, as they could create an incentive for Saba Capital to make investments
that are riskier or more speculative than it would otherwise make absent a performance fee.
In
the allocation of investment opportunities, performance-based compensation arrangements may also create an incentive to favor
accounts from which Saba Capital may receive greater performance-based compensation over accounts from which Saba Capital may
receive less performance-based compensation. Consistent with its fiduciary obligations, Saba Capital has a policy of allocating
investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis measured over time.
(a)(3) Compensation
The
firm pays a base salary (fixed) and discretionary bonus (variable) measured by the contributions of the particular employee as
well as the success of the firm. The firm also provides sick days, short term disability, bereavement, jury duty/voting, military
leave and medical leave, as well as paid parental (maternity and paternity) leave. The firm also provides employees with a robust
benefits package which includes 100% employer covered health, dental & vision insurance in addition to other ancillary benefits.
Partners of the firm receive compensation based on their level of equity ownership in the firm which can be increased on a discretionary
basis.
(a)(4) Ownership
of Securities
The
following table shows the dollar range of shares of the Trust owned by each team member as of October 31, 2024, including investments
by their immediate family members and amounts invested through retirement and deferred compensation plans.
Ownership:
Portfolio
Managers |
Dollar
Range of the Registrant’s Securities Owned by the Portfolio Managers |
Boaz
Weinstein |
$100,001-$500,000 |
Paul
Kazarian |
$0 |
(b)
None.
Item
14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
No
purchases were made during the Reporting Period by or on behalf of the Registrant or any “affiliated purchaser,” as
defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10b-18(a)(3)), of shares or other units of any class of the Registrant’s
equity securities that is registered by the Registrant pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 781).
Item
15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There
have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of
Trustees since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to this item.
Item
16. Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | The
Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded
that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c)
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective based on their evaluation
of these controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report. |
| (b) | There
was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred
during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting. |
Item
17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
The
Registrant did not engage in securities lending activities during the Reporting Period.
Item
18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
Item
19. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SABA
CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND
By: |
/s/ Paul Kazarian |
|
|
Paul Kazarian (Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: |
January 6, 2025 |
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SABA
CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND
By: |
/s/ Paul Kazarian |
|
|
Paul Kazarian (Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: |
January 6, 2025 |
|
By: |
/s/ Troy Statczar |
|
|
Troy Statczar (Principal Financial Officer) |
|
|
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: |
January 6, 2025 |
|
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SABA
CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS FOR PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND PRINCIPAL
FINANCIAL OFFICERS
Introduction
The
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial
Officers (this “SOX Code”) applies to the Fund’s PEO and PFO (each, an “Officer”).
The
SOX Code provides guidance on how you, as an Officer, uphold these ethical standards. It applies to your service to the Fund.
The
SOX Code consists of an outline of policies regarding conduct in several key areas: ethical behavior and legal compliance, conflicts
of interest, confidentiality and business practices. You are responsible for reviewing the SOX Code and for acting in compliance
with the SOX Code in your daily activities.
The
SOX Code is not exhaustive; it provides guidance for carrying out your responsibilities on behalf of the Fund and observing the
highest standards of ethical conduct. Because the SOX Code does not address every possible situation that may arise, you are responsible
for exercising good judgment, applying ethical principles, and raising questions when in doubt. Your integrity and good judgment
enhance the Fund’s brand, build the Fund’s reputation, and are the foundation of trust for our shareholder and business
relationships.
The
SOX Code also requires that Officers adhere to the specific information and guidance that is provided in all of the Fund’s
policies and procedures, including the Fund Compliance Policies and Procedures Manual and the Code of Ethics adopted by the Adviser;
publications that address individual conduct; and documents to which you agree as a requirement of your employment, collectively
referred to as “company policies.” Company policies may be published in paper or electronic media.
You
are responsible for reviewing the SOX Code, including company policies, applicable to you, and for acting in compliance with the
SOX Code in your daily activities. You may obtain company policies and forms from the CCO.
Fund
Conduct
The
following general principles guide our Fund’s conduct:
| ■ | We
will act in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and will not tolerate behavior
that is otherwise. |
| ■ | We
will make public disclosures as required by law and regulation and as deemed appropriate
to enable reasonable evaluation of the Fund. |
| ■ | We
will strive to provide an equitable return for our investors. |
| ■ | We
will conduct business fairly, in open competition. |
Individual
Conduct
The
following general principles guide your individual conduct as an Officer:
| ■ | You
will not take any action that will violate any applicable law or regulation. |
| ■ | You
will adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct. |
| ■ | You
will maintain the confidentiality of all information you obtain in the course of your
employment. |
| ■ | You
will escalate issues which you reasonably believe may place the Fund at risk, and report
any behavior you reasonably believe is wrong. |
| ■ | You
will not abuse or take the Fund’s assets or use them for your personal gain. |
| ■ | You
will not engage in any activities that create a conflict of interest between you and
the Fund. |
| ■ | You
will comport yourself publicly in a manner that does not bring discredit on the Fund. |
| ■ | You
will deal fairly with shareholders of the Fund, colleagues and others. |
| ■ | You
will comply with this SOX Code. |
You
have personal responsibility to conduct the Fund’s business in a manner consistent with these principles, and you cannot
avoid this responsibility by contrary instructions from others or by turning a blind eye. Many of these principles are explained
in more detail below and in the Fund’s other policies and procedures. If you have questions on any of them, you should consult
with the Adviser CCO or the CCO.
Ethical
Behavior
Your
decisions and behavior have far-reaching implications. Standards of ethical and professional conduct reflect on the individual,
on the Fund’s brand, and on the investment industry as a whole. A strong personal sense of ethics should always play a significant
role in guiding you towards a proper course of action.
Escalation
of Concerns
Guidance
is provided throughout the SOX Code on the appropriate means for escalating, disclosing and seeking approvals for activities governed
by the SOX Code. At a minimum, if you know of, or reasonably believe there is, a violation of applicable laws or this SOX Code,
you must report that information immediately to the Adviser CCO. If you believe the person to whom you have reported the violation,
or possible violation, has not taken appropriate action, you must contact the Board. Neither you nor the person to whom you make
a report should conduct preliminary investigations, unless authorized to do so by the Adviser CCO. Anyone who in good faith raises
an issue in accordance with this SOX Code regarding a possible violation of law, regulation or company policy or any suspected
illegal or unethical behavior will be protected from retaliation.
Compliance
with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Policies
The
foundation of the Fund’s ethical standards is compliance with the letter and spirit of the law. You must respect and obey
all of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to our business, including among others, securities and other federal, state
and local laws. You are responsible for being familiar and complying with the Fund’s policies and procedures. Although you
are not expected to know the details of each law governing our business, you are expected to be familiar with and comply with
the Fund’s policies and procedures and, when in doubt, to seek advice from the CCO as outlined in this SOX Code.
Conflicts
of Interest
To
maintain the highest ethical standards in conducting our business, it is important that you do not place yourself in a position
that would cloud your judgment in carrying out the business affairs of the Fund. A “conflict of interest” occurs when
your private interest interferes in any way – or even appears to interfere – with the interests of the Fund. You have
a duty to report any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to be or to create a conflict of interest
with the Fund. If you have any questions regarding what might constitute a conflict of interest, or to report any transaction
or relationship that you believe has occurred or may occur that might constitute a conflict of interest, contact the CCO.
Certain
conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Officers and the Fund and already are subject to conflict of interest
provisions in the 1940 Act, and the Advisers Act. For example, Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such
as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of their status as “affiliated persons”
of the Fund. The Fund’s compliance programs and procedures are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations
of these provisions. This SOX Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and such
conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this SOX Code.
Although
typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or as a result of, the contractual
relationship between the Fund on the one hand and the Adviser on the other hand. Each Officer may also be an officer or employee
of the Adviser, or its respective affiliates. As a result, this SOX Code recognizes that the Officers will, in the normal course
of their duties (whether formally for the Fund, for the Adviser), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions
that will have different effects on the Fund and the Adviser. The participation of the Officers in such activities is inherent
in the contractual relationship between the Fund and the Adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Officers of their
duties as officers of the Fund. Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, such
activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In addition, it is recognized by Trustees that the Officers may also
be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other codes.
Outside
Directorships, Outside Employment and Other Outside Activities
Unless
previously approved by the Adviser, your position with the Fund and the Adviser must be your primary business association and
must take precedence over any other employment or business affiliation you may have. We encourage you to accept appropriate directorships
and advisory positions at most non-profit organizations and commercial firms; however, your service as an adviser to, or member
of, the board of a public company, non-profit charitable, civic, social service, religious, professional or trade organization
must be consistent with the provisions for the SOX Code, and not create a conflict of interest with your responsibilities to the
Fund. This includes outside positions and activities that may be misconstrued to be activities of the Fund. Unless you have obtained
prior approval from the Adviser CCO, you may not hold any position, whether paid or unpaid, with any other organization or outside
activity that may interfere with your duties and responsibilities at the Fund. Approval will only be granted where it is clear
that the proposed activity will not interfere with your duties at the Fund or the Adviser and that none of the Fund or the Adviser
will incur any liability or responsibility for such outside activity.
Conflicts
of interest may arise in certain business situations in which you, or a member of your household (or of a relative whose financial
interests you control), participate. Examples include making significant investments in companies that compete with the Fund or
in entities that do business with the Fund. If you or a member of your household intends to hold such an investment, you must
disclose it in writing to, and obtain prior approval for the investment from, the Adviser CCO.
Personal
Investment Accounts and “Inside Information”
You
must disclose any investment accounts maintained by you or any related parties. You must do this at the time you become an Officer,
at the time of any change in such information, and annually thereafter. Officers may not buy, sell, trade or carry securities
or commodities for their personal investment accounts under circumstances that could result in their becoming obligated to any
dealer, broker or client or that could produce or appear to produce conflicts of interest.
You
should avoid circumstances that could introduce a personal financial bias into the handling of shareholder and Fund matters. In
this regard, you should not become over-indebted and should borrow only from banks and other traditional lenders.
A
“corporate opportunity” is an opportunity discovered through the use of Fund property, information or position. Officers
are prohibited from taking corporate opportunities for themselves personally. This rule includes any fee or other compensation
offered or paid by Fund shareholders in connection with routine company activity or for individual service as an executor, trustee,
director or other fiduciary. It covers any other services performed for your benefit because of your role at the Fund, such as
endorsements, lectures, articles, book reviews, compensation received from vendors and compensation paid for participating in
interviews with the media and making radio or television appearances. You may not use Fund property, information or position for
improper personal gain, and you may not compete with the Fund directly or indirectly.
Confidentiality
of Information
As
an investment company, we have particular responsibilities for safeguarding the information of our shareholders and the proprietary
information of the Fund. You should be mindful of this obligation when you use the telephone, fax, e-mail, and other electronic
means of storing and transmitting information. You should not discuss confidential information in public areas where it can be
overheard, read confidential documents in public places, nor leave or discard confidential documents where they can be retrieved
by others.
Confidentiality
of Shareholder Information
Information
concerning the identity of the Fund’s underlying shareholders and their transactions and accounts is confidential. Such
information may not be disclosed to persons working on behalf of the Fund except as they may need to know it in order to fulfill
their responsibilities to the Fund. You may not disclose such information to anyone or any firm outside the Fund unless (i) the
outside firm needs to know the information in order to perform services for the Fund and is bound to maintain its confidentiality;
(ii) when the shareholder has consented or been given an opportunity to request that the information not be shared; (iii) as required
by law; or (iv) as authorized by the Adviser CCO.
Information
regarding shareholder or Fund transactions must not be used in any way to influence trades in personal accounts. Trading ahead
of Fund transactions is known as front running and is prohibited. Following Fund transactions with your trading activity is known
as piggybacking or shadowing and is likewise prohibited. If you reasonably believe improper trading in personal or Fund accounts
has occurred, you must report such conduct to the Adviser CCO.
Privacy
The
Fund is committed to safeguarding customers’ privacy. We do not sell any personally identifiable customer information. Sharing
of such information with third parties is limited to situations related to the processing and servicing of customer accounts,
and to specifically delineated exceptions in the federal privacy law. We share information with our affiliates as allowed by federal
law. You must be familiar with the procedural and systemic safeguards we maintain to protect this information and report any breaches
of these safeguards to the Adviser CCO.
Proprietary
Information of the Fund
You
have the responsibility to safeguard the Fund’s proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property
(copyrights, trademarks or patents or trade secrets), particular know-how (business or organizational designs, or business, marketing
or service plans or ideas) and sensitive information about the Fund (databases, records, salary information or unpublished financial
reports). If you have any questions about what constitutes proprietary information, or if you believe such information has been
compromised, contact the Adviser CCO
Non-Retaliation
It
is your obligation to report issues regarding possible violations of business regulations or this SOX Code when you suspect in
good faith that a violation may have or might occur. No Officer will be retaliated against for making a good faith complaint or
bringing inappropriate conduct to the Fund’s attention, for assisting another Officer in making a good faith report, for
cooperating in an investigation, or for filing an administrative claim with a state or federal governmental agency. Any employee
who engages in retaliatory conduct in violation of our policies will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination
of employment. If you reasonably believe retaliatory conduct has occurred, you must report such conduct to the Adviser CCO.
Business
Practices
It
is your obligation to report issues regarding possible violations of business regulations or this SOX Code when you suspect in
good faith that a violation may have or might occur. As a financial institution, it is imperative that we operate with efficiency
and with the highest business standards, and that we maintain and provide accurate information.
Financial
Disclosures
The
Fund is committed to providing full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Fund
files with, or submits to, the SEC and other regulatory agencies and in other public communications made by the Fund. You are
required to comply with Fund policies and procedures to provide such full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure.
If you have any questions about your duties in supporting the Fund’s financial reporting processes, contact the Adviser
CCO.
Conduct
of Audits
Neither
you nor any other person acting under your direction shall directly or indirectly take any action to fraudulently influence, coerce,
manipulate, or mislead any independent public or certified public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit or review
of the Fund’s financial statements.
Types
of conduct that constitute improper influence include, but are not limited to, directly or indirectly:
| ■ | Offering
or paying bribes or other financial incentives, including offering future employment
or contracts for non-audit services; |
| ■ | Providing
an auditor with inaccurate or misleading legal analysis; |
| ■ | Threatening
to cancel or canceling existing non-audit or audit engagements if the auditor objects
to the issuer’s accounting; |
| ■ | Seeking
to have a partner removed from the audit engagement because the partner objects to the
Fund’s accounting; |
| ■ | Making
physical threats. |
If
you reasonably believe improper influence has occurred, you must report such conduct to the Adviser CCO.
Record-Keeping
We
require honest and accurate recording and reporting of information to maintain the integrity of our business records and to make
responsible business decisions. The Fund’s books, records and accounts must (i) accurately reflect all transactions of the
Fund and all other events that are subject of a specific regulatory record-keeping requirement; (ii) be maintained in reasonable
detail; and (iii) conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Fund’s system of internal controls. Unrecorded
or “off the books” funds or assets are prohibited unless permitted by applicable law or regulation. Business records
must not contain exaggeration, derogatory remarks, guesswork, or inappropriate characterizations of people and companies. This
applies equally to e-mail, internal memoranda, formal reports, and all other forms of business records. You must be familiar with
the Fund’s record retention policies and always retain or destroy records according to them. In the event of litigation,
governmental investigation or the threat of such action, you should consult the Adviser CCO.
Any
suspected breach of this obligation should be reported immediately to the Adviser CCO.
Cooperating
with Compliance, Audit, Regulatory Authorities and Authorized Investigations
You
must cooperate fully with compliance officers, auditors, examiners and regulatory authorities, and others who are conducting authorized
examinations, investigations or other reviews of the Fund’s records and business practices. Authorized requests for information
and access to the Fund’s records are to be satisfied in a timely, responsive and respectful manner.
Any
Officer who has been convicted of any crime involving dishonesty or a breach of trust must disclose such conviction to the Adviser
CCO promptly, even if that crime did not relate to Fund business.
If
you have any questions related to the appropriateness of providing access to the Fund’s records, you should contact the
Adviser CCO. In the event of litigation or governmental investigation, you should consult the Adviser CCO regarding document production
and record retention.
Competition
and Fair Dealing
We
operate our business fairly and honestly. We seek competitive advantage through performance and dedication to our values and never
through unethical or illegal business practices. It is our policy to comply with anti-trust laws. These laws are complex and not
easily summarized but at a minimum require that there be no agreement or understanding between the Fund and its competitors that
affect prices, terms or conditions of sale or that unreasonably restrain full and fair competition. You must always respect the
rights of and deal fairly with the Fund’s shareholders and competitors. You must never take unfair advantage of anyone through
manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other unfair dealing practice.
If you have any question about what constitutes an unfair business practice, you should consult the Adviser CCO.
Vendor
Selection, Brokerage Allocation
The
selection of professional services, including those of brokers, dealers, attorneys or business consultants, should be based on
competitive analysis of quality, price and benefit to the Fund. When transacting business on behalf of the Fund, if you feel that
you may have a potential conflict of interest, you must notify the Adviser CCO of the potential conflict prior to initiating the
transaction.
If
you are in a position to influence the selection of brokers, you are prohibited from having any financial interest in a brokerage
firm (other than those whose shares are traded publicly) and you may not accept gifts or entertainment or any other form of compensation
from the brokerage community except as permitted under this SOX Code.
Prohibition
of Bribery and Kickbacks
Our
policies prohibit bribery or kickbacks of any kind and to anyone in the conduct of our business. The U.S. government has a number
of laws and regulations applicable specifically to business gratuities that may be accepted by U.S. and foreign government personnel.
The promise, offer or delivery to an official or employee of the U.S. government or an official, employee or candidate of a foreign
government of a gift, favor, payment or other gratuity in violation of these rules would not only violate the Fund’s policy
but could also be a criminal offense. Similarly, federal law, as well as the laws of many states, prohibits engaging in “commercial
bribery.” Commercial bribery involves soliciting, demanding or agreeing to accept anything of value from any person intending
to influence or be rewarded in connection with any business or transaction, and prohibits all such behavior, for example, with
respect to vendors, competitors, shareholders, and government employees. If you have any questions or need any guidance, you should
contact the Adviser CCO.
Compliance
Procedures
We
will work together to ensure compliance with the SOX Code and to take prompt action in response to reported violations of the
SOX Code.
Seeking
Guidance
If
you are unsure of what to do in any situation, seek guidance before you act. Use the Fund’s resources, including the Adviser
CCO or CCO. If you feel that it is not appropriate to discuss a matter with the Adviser CCO or CCO, you may contact the Board.
Remember that you must report all incidents of misconduct, and you may do so without fear of retaliation. If you have violated
the SOX Code, however, making a report will not protect you from the consequences of your actions.
Reporting
Conduct that May be in Violation of the SOX Code
You
must report conduct that you believe to be in violation of the SOX Code, the Fund’s policy, law or regulation. Reports should
be escalated in the following manner:
| ■ | If
you have a reasonable belief that a violation has occurred, or may occur, you must report
the conduct to the Adviser CCO. |
| ■ | The
Adviser CCO, in cooperation with the CCO, will take all appropriate action to investigate
any potential violation reported to them and will notify counsel for the Fund’s
independent Trustees and counsel for the Fund of the substance of the potential violation. |
| ■ | If
after investigation, the Adviser CCO and CCO reasonably believe that no violation has
occurred, they are not required to take any further action. |
| ■ | Any
matter that the Adviser CCO or CCO believes is a violation will be reported to the Board. |
| ■ | If
the Board concurs that a violation has occurred, the Board will consider appropriate
action, which may include review of, and appropriate modification to, applicable policies
and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the Adviser or its board; or
a recommendation to dismiss the Officer. |
Roles
in Observing Compliance
As
an Officer of the Fund, you have a role in observing compliance with the SOX Code. In general, that includes:
Role
of Officers
| ■ | Read
and be familiar with conduct rules outlined in this SOX Code and periodically review
them. |
| ■ | Affirm
in writing to the Board that the Officer has received, read and understands the SOX Code. |
| ■ | Annually
affirm to the Board that the Officer has complied with the requirements of the SOX Code. |
| ■ | Comply
with the conduct standards outlined in this SOX Code in all dealings and actions, including
those with shareholders, the public and vendors. |
| ■ | Report
in a timely manner to the Adviser CCO any conduct that may constitute a violation of
the SOX Code, the Fund’s policies, or laws, rules and regulations. |
| ■ | Raise
questions or concerns about conduct issues with the Adviser CCO or CCO, and seek advice
when in doubt. |
| ■ | Cooperate
with management during fact-finding investigations and comply with any confidentiality
rules imposed. |
Role
of the Board
| ■ | Review
the SOX Code annually and recommend any changes. |
| ■ | Review
the Officer reports of compliance with the SOX Code. |
Interpretation
of SOX Code and Waivers of the SOX Code
The
CCO is responsible for applying the SOX Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under him and has the authority
to interpret the Code in any particular situation. However, waivers of the SOX Code may be made only by the Board and will be
promptly disclosed publicly as required by law.
Amendments
This
SOX Code may not be amended except in written form, which is specifically approved or ratified by a majority of the Board including
a majority of the independent Trustees, except for an amendment to Exhibit 4, which is attached hereto. Any amendments
will, to the extent required, be disclosed in accordance with law.
Other
Policies and Procedures
This
SOX Code constitutes the sole code of ethics adopted by the Fund for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the
Fund, the Adviser, or other Fund service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of an Officer who is
subject to this SOX Code, they are superseded by this SOX Code to the extent that they conflict with the provisions of this SOX
Code. The Adviser’s and the Fund’s codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 pursuant to the Investment Company Act and the
Adviser’s policies and procedures set forth in its compliance manual and elsewhere are separate requirements applying to
the Officers and are not part of this SOX Code.
Confidentiality
All
reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this SOX Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and
protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this SOX Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other
than the Board and their counsel.
Internal
Use
This
SOX Code is intended for internal use by the Fund and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of the Fund, as to any
fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion.
Contacts
If
you have further questions about the SOX Code, or about its applicability with respect to a particular matter, please contact
the Adviser CCO or CCO. If you feel that it is not appropriate to discuss a matter with the either CCO, you may contact the Board.
The contact information of the Adviser CCO, CCO, and the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.
Exhibit
4
(Effective
November 2024)
Adviser
CCO:
David
Han (212) 542-4642
CCO:
Patrick
J. Keniston (207) 615-9096
Board:
Aditya
Bindal (212) 542-4644
Thomas
Bumbolow (917) 589-1028
Karen
Caldwell (773) 531-4692
Ketu
Desai (914) 552-4170
Andrew
Kellerman (917) 455-8422
Exhibit
99.Cert.
I,
Paul Kazarian, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer of the Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the
“Registrant”), certify that:
| 1. | I
have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Registrant; |
| 2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are
required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The
Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant
and have: |
| (a) | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based
on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The
Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of trustees (or persons
performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information;
and |
| (b) | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have
a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
By: |
/s/ Paul Kazarian |
|
|
Paul Kazarian (Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: |
January 6, 2025 |
|
I,
Troy Statczar, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Registrant”),
certify that:
| 1. | I
have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Registrant; |
| 2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are
required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The
Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant
and have: |
| (a) | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based
on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The
Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of trustees (or persons
performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information;
and |
| (b) | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have
a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
By: |
/s/ Troy
Statczar |
|
|
Troy Statczar (Principal Financial Officer) |
|
|
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: |
January 6, 2025 |
|
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Exhibit
99.906Cert
This
certification is furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and accompanies
the report on Form N-CSR (the “Report”) for the period ended October 31, 2024 of the Saba Capital Income & Opportunities
Fund (the “Fund”).
I,
Paul Kazarian, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer of the Fund, certify that:
| (i) | the
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and |
| (ii) | the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Fund. |
By: |
/s/ Paul Kazarian |
|
|
Paul Kazarian (Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
This
certification is furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and accompanies
the report on Form N-CSR (the “Report”) for the period ended October 31, 2024 of the Saba Capital Income & Opportunities
Fund (the “Fund”).
I,
Troy Statczar, the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the Fund, certify that:
| (i) | the
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and |
| (ii) | the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Fund. |
By: |
/s/ Troy Statczar |
|
|
Troy Statczar (Principal Financial Officer) |
|
|
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
|
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