AGD - abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
A closed-end fund run by abrdn. Invests in shares. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Saba was in this fund until Oct 15, 2024 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Saba owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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April 1, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Nov 21, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 10, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 10, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Aug 22, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 15, 2024
Saba sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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July 25, 2024
Saba now owns 5.1%. It has said it may push for changes.
Original document →
About this fund
- Run by abrdn Investments Limited. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $317 million of holdings, as of April 30, 2026. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund does not borrow. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1% a year in management fees; 1.3% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025) the fund paid $1.32 a share. $0.72 of that was income; $0.60 was your own money back, not income. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $11.63. The shares traded at $11.63, about 0% above that.
As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Over the last two years the gap ranged from 20.3% below to 19% above. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document → - How the holdings did: up 1.8% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +37.9%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +17.9%. How the share price did: the shares returned +29.5% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2006.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (97%), the rest preferred shares. About 50% issued in the U.S.
- Alphabet - 3.8%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing - 3.6%
- Broadcom - 3.6%
- Samsung Electronics - 3.2%
- Apple - 2.8%
- Microsoft - 2.7%
- Engie SA - 2.2%
- ASML Holding NV - 1.7%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen - 1.6%
- ING Groep NV - 1.5%
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- Rio Tinto PLC - 1.4%
- AstraZeneca PLC - 1.4%
- JPMorgan Chase & - 1.4%
- Williams Cos Inc/The - 1.4%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - 1.4%
- Tencent Holdings - 1.4%
- MetLife - 1.4%
- Cisco Systems - 1.3%
- Linde PLC - 1.3%
- NXP Semiconductors NV - 1.3%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The - 1.3%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry - 1.2%
- TJX Cos Inc/The - 1.2%
- TotalEnergies SE - 1.2%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology - 1.2%
As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2024 | Saba | 5% | Sold down below 5% |
| July 25, 2024 | Saba | 5.1% | May push for changes |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Nov 21, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Oct 10, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Oct 10, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Aug 22, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- abrdn Investments Limited
- Fund family
- ABERDEENCF
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-21901
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 88
- Preferred share classes
- none
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