SWZ - Total Return Securities 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 - RiverNorth was in this fund until Nov 14, 2025 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
RiverNorth 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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Jan 22, 2026
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $6.81 a share.
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Jan 21, 2026
The buy-back ended.
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Dec 19, 2025
The fund offered to buy back 24% of its shares at 98% of value, until Jan 20, 2026.
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Nov 14, 2025
The fund offered holders the right to buy more shares, until Dec 5, 2025.
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Nov 14, 2025
RiverNorth sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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Oct 23, 2025
The fund offered holders the right to buy more shares, until Dec 5, 2025.
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Oct 3, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Aug 20, 2025
The fund offered holders the right to buy more shares.
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Aug 14, 2025
RiverNorth now owns 5.2%, as a passive investor.
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About this fund
- Run by abrdn. At its last yearly report (Dec 31, 2025) the fund was run by Bulldog Investors, LLP. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $96.2 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 does not borrow. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 0.7% a year in management fees; 2.2% 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 $3.15 a share. $0.14 of that was income; $3.01 came from gains. 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): $6.91. The shares traded at $6.22, about 10% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 4.1% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: -1.9%. 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 +12.3%. How the share price did: the shares returned +24% 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 1995.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (85%), the rest cash and short-term holdings. About 85% issued in the U.S.
- Cash and short-term - 14.5%
- Central Securities Corporation - 10.1%
- Alexander's, Inc. REIT - 8%
- Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. class A shares - 7.8%
- Village Super Market, Inc. class A shares - 7.5%
- Chubb Ltd (Switzerland) - 7.4%
- Norwood Financial Corporation - 5.7%
- Artience, Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co Ltd - 5.2%
- Tejon Ranch Company - 5.1%
- Stratus Properties, Inc. - 4.8%
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- SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. - 4.3%
- Texas Pacific Land Corporation - 4.1%
- Elme Communities REIT - 3.1%
- BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund - 2.8%
- Progressive Corporation - 2.7%
- Apartment Investment & Management, Apartment Investment and Management Company Class A - 1.5%
- Sakata INX Corporation - 1.3%
- BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Bnym Strat Muni Bnd - 1.1%
- Aryzta A.G. - 1.1%
- Aravis Biotech II LP - 0.4%
- DIC Corporation - 0.2%
- Spineart SA - 0.1%
As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | RiverNorth | 2.9% | Sold down below 5% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | RiverNorth | 5.2% | Passive investor |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | Jan 20, 2026 | Original document → |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Offer to buy more shares | Dec 5, 2025 | Original document → |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Offer to buy more shares | Dec 5, 2025 | Original document → |
| Oct 3, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Offer to buy more shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- Bulldog Investors, LLP
- Fund family
- abrdn
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-05128
- Auditor
- Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 24
- Preferred share classes
- none
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