DMO - Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund
A closed-end fund run by Western Asset. Invests in mortgage bonds. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
No - nobody has reported owning 5% or more of this fund.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
No investor has reported owning 5% or more of this fund. That is the normal state for most closed-end funds.
Nothing is required of you. If that changes, the notice appears here within a day of being filed with the regulator.
What happened, and when
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Feb 13, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Jan 10, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Nov 21, 2024
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 10, 2024
The fund said it may sell new shares.
Original document →
About this fund
- Run by Western Asset. At its last yearly report (Dec 31, 2025) the fund was run by Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $129 million of holdings, as of June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 47% on top of its own money, as of June 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1.9% a year in management fees; 7.9% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025) the fund paid $1.55 a share. $1.17 of that was income; $0.38 was your own money back, not income. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Dec 31, 2025): $11.68. The shares traded at $11.06, about 5.3% below that.
As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Over the last two years the gap ranged from 10% below to 1.3% above. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document → - How the holdings did: up 2.9% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +2.2%. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +10.6%. How the share price did: the shares returned +6.9% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2009.
What the fund holds
Mostly asset-backed bonds (91%), the rest preferred shares and bonds. About 94% issued in the U.S.
- Stacr Trust 2018-HRP1, Stacr 2018-HRP1 B2 - 4.8%
- Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Trust 2024-70P, Gsms 2024-70P Hrr - 3.4%
- Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Trust 2018-HRP2, Stacr 2018-HRP2 B2 - 3.3%
- Federal National Mortgage Association, Cas 2016-C06 1B - 2.8%
- 280 Park Avenue Trust, Prk 2017-280P E - 2.6%
- Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust Series 2005-3, Aabst 2005-3 M3 - 2.4%
- Freddie Mac Structured Pass Through Certificates, Stacr 2018-SPI4 B - 2.2%
- Home Re 2026-1, Hmir 2026-1 M2 - 2.1%
- Multifamily Connecticut Avenue Securities Trust 2019-01, Mcas 2019-01 Ce - 2%
- Freddie Mac Mscr Trust MN7, Mscr 2023-MN7 B1 - 2%
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- Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Trust 2018-LUAU, Gsms 2018-LUAU G - 1.9%
- Csmc Mortgage-Backed Trust, Csmc 2015-2R 7A2 - 1.8%
- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Cmlti 2008-3 A3 - 1.8%
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage, Mscr 2026-MN14 B1 - 1.8%
- Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Trust 2018-DNA3, Stacr 2018-DNA3 B2 - 1.8%
- Easy Street Mortgage Loan Trust 2025-RTL2, Easy 2025-RTL2 A2 - 1.7%
- Freddie Mac Stacr Trust 2019-FTR1, Stacr 2019-FTR1 B2 - 1.7%
- Freddie Mac Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust Series 2016-1, Scrt 2016-1 Bio - 1.7%
- Conseco Finance, Gt 1999-4 A9 - 1.7%
- Bfld Commercial Mortgage Trust 2025-5MW, Bfld 2025-5MW F - 1.6%
- Pnw Trust 2026-ARTE, Pnw 2026-ARTE E - 1.5%
- Bres Commercial Mortgage Trust 2025-ATCAP, Bres 2025-ATCAP F - 1.5%
- Greystone Cre Notes 2025-HC4 LLC, Gstne 2025-HC4 D - 1.5%
- Bx Trust 2019-IMC, Bx 2019-IMC F - 1.5%
As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
No notices from large investors on file.
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Jan 10, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Nov 21, 2024 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Oct 10, 2024 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC
- Fund family
- FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-22369
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 384
- Preferred share classes
- none
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