SABA - Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II
This fund is being folded into BRW - Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund. Announced March 19, 2026.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Yes - 2 large investors hold stakes in this fund, and 1 of them is pushing for changes.
- Saba owns 8.1% and has said it may push for changes. Since March 5, 2024.
- RiverNorth owns 10.4% as a passive investor. On file since Sept 10, 2024.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Yes - this fund is being folded into BRW.
The fund proposed folding into BRW.
Do I need to do anything? Your shares would become shares of BRW at the same value. There may be a vote. You do not need to do anything; your broker handles the swap.
Original document →What this means for you
Saba has told the regulator it may push for changes at this fund. That usually means asking the fund to buy back shares at close to the full value of its holdings, to change who runs it, or to close down and pay holders out.
The investor's notice itself does not require anything from you; the fund's own announcement above does - by the date shown.
Large investors can also sell down and walk away. We show every notice they file, the day it is filed.
Separately, the fund itself has announced a closing - see the box above for what to do and by when.
What happened, and when
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Aug 27, 2026
The fund proposed folding into BRW.
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April 8, 2026
Herzfeld sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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March 19, 2026
The fund proposed folding into BRW.
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Dec 2, 2025
Saba cut its stake to 8.1% (from 10.3%). It has said it may push for changes.
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June 11, 2025
RiverNorth raised its stake to 10.4% (from 9.4%), as a passive investor.
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May 7, 2025
Saba cut its stake to 10.3% (from 11.6%). It has said it may push for changes.
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April 7, 2025
Herzfeld raised its stake to 6.1% (from 5.1%), as a passive investor.
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Feb 14, 2025
RiverNorth cut its stake to 9.4% (from 10.7%), as a passive investor.
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Jan 21, 2025
Herzfeld now owns 5.1%, as a passive investor.
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Nov 26, 2024
Saba cut its stake to 11.6% (from 12.6%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Sept 10, 2024
RiverNorth now owns 10.7%, as a passive investor.
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April 1, 2024
Saba cut its stake to 12.6% (from 14.3%). It has said it may push for changes.
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March 5, 2024
Saba now owns 14.3%. It has said it may push for changes.
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About this fund
- Run by Saba Capital Management, L.P. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $259 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 44% 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: 0.7% a year in management fees; 4.6% 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 $0.70 a share, all of it 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): $9.92. The shares traded at $8.79, about 11.4% below that. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 6.7% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +6.7%. 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 +13.5%. How the share price did: the shares returned +11.2% 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 1994.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (32%), the rest derivatives, bonds and loans. About 37% issued in the U.S.
1.4% of holdings are in default.
- Derivatives - 56.4%
- Stone Ridge Opportunities Fund LLP - 15.8%
- Cash and short-term - 4.8%
- Canopy Growth, Canopy TL 2031 1L - 3%
- Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust - 2.9%
- Exor Nv - 2.7%
- Revlon Intermediate Holdings IV LLC, Term Loan - 2.3%
- Alternative Capital Inv Fund III LP 2 PROVIDER - 1.8%
- New Holland Special Opportunities Aggregator LP, New Holland Special Opportunitie Aggregator LP Y-7 - 1.7%
- J.Crew 9/24 TLB 1L - 1.5%
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- FS KKR Capital Corp. - 1.4%
- Alternative Capital Inv Fund III LP 2 MILBERG - 1.3%
- XTEND Preferred B-2 - 1.1%
- (unnamed), Alternative Cap Investments Fund III LP - 1%
- RR Donnelley & Sons Co. - 0.9%
- MI7 Founders, LLC (MBAV) Convertible Note 1% 7/30 - 0.9%
- Snap, Inc. - 0.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Herzfeld | 2.9% | Sold down below 5% |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Saba | 8.1% | Updated notice |
| June 11, 2025 | RiverNorth | 10.4% | Updated notice |
| May 7, 2025 | Saba | 10.3% | Updated notice |
| April 7, 2025 | Herzfeld | 6.1% | Updated notice |
| Feb 14, 2025 | RiverNorth | 9.4% | Updated notice |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Herzfeld | 5.1% | Passive investor |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Saba | 11.6% | Updated notice |
| Sept 10, 2024 | RiverNorth | 10.7% | Passive investor |
| April 1, 2024 | Saba | 12.6% | Updated notice |
| March 5, 2024 | Saba | 14.3% | Updated notice |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Plan to fold the fund into BRW | none | Original document → |
| March 19, 2026 | Plan to fold the fund into BRW | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- Saba Capital Management, L.P.
- Fund family
- Saba
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-05459
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 954
- Preferred share classes
- none
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