PGZ - Principal Real Estate Income Fund
A closed-end fund run by Principal. Invests in real estate companies. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Bulldog was in this fund until Aug 12, 2025 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Bulldog 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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Aug 12, 2025
Bulldog sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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July 14, 2025
Saba sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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July 3, 2025
Saba cut its stake to 5.1% (from 6.2%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Oct 21, 2024
Saba cut its stake to 6.2% (from 7.3%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Sept 13, 2024
Saba now owns 7.3%. It has said it may push for changes.
Original document →
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Sept 10, 2024
Bulldog now owns 6.3%. It has said it may push for changes.
Original document →
About this fund
- Run by Principal. At its last yearly report (Oct 31, 2025) the fund was run by ALPS Advisors, Inc. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $75.3 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 borrows about 31% on top of its own money, as of April 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1.5% a year in management fees; 4.9% 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 the fund told the regulator that part of what it paid out was not income (it came from gains or from your own money back). As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $11.36. The shares traded at $10.39, about 8.5% below that. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 4.1% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +11.3%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2012.
What the fund holds
Mostly mortgage bonds (65%), the rest shares and cash and short-term holdings. About 88% issued in the U.S.
- Bmo 2022-c1 Mortgage Trust - 5.1%
- Comm Mortgage Trust, COMM 2014-UBS5 Mortgage Trust - 4.4%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2025-5C3 - 3.8%
- Equinix, Inc. - 3.7%
- Cash and short-term - 3.6%
- Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C7 - 3.3%
- Msrw Pass-through Trust, MSRW 2026-CHICOS Pass-Through Trust - 3.2%
- Legends Outlets (kansas City, Ks) Mortgage Secured Pass-through Trust, MES01 G - 3.1%
- Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Benchmark 2022-B36 Mortgage Trust - 3%
- Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-GC43 - 5%
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- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2025-5C5 - 2.7%
- Msrw Pass-through Trust, MSRW 2026-FAYM Pass-Through Trust - 2.7%
- Bmo Mortgage Trust, BMO 2025-5C12 Mortgage Trust - 2.6%
- Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Llc, BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2025-C32 - 2.6%
- Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. - 2.6%
- Bmo Mortgage Trust, BMO 2023-C4 Mortgage Trust - 2.5%
- Bank 2019-BNK21 - 2.5%
- Mercialys Sa - 2.4%
- Welltower, Inc. - 2.3%
- Bank 2020-BNK25 - 2.3%
- Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Llc, BBCMS Mortgage Trust 2024-C24 - 4.3%
- Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending 2019-CF2 - 2.1%
- Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Benchmark 2020-B19 Mortgage Trust - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2025 | Bulldog | 5% | Sold down below 5% |
| July 14, 2025 | Saba | 4.8% | Sold down below 5% |
| July 3, 2025 | Saba | 5.1% | Updated notice |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Saba | 6.2% | Updated notice |
| Sept 13, 2024 | Saba | 7.3% | Updated notice |
| Sept 10, 2024 | Bulldog | 6.3% | Updated notice |
No announcements from the fund on file.
- Run by
- ALPS Advisors, Inc.
- Fund family
- ALPS Advised Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-22742
- Auditor
- Cohen & Co, Ltd
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 120
- Preferred share classes
- none
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