GDL FundGDL

13F holders, Q4 2025 (December 31)
32holders +4
5new positions
5sold out
1famous investor
$8.47avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q4 2025, 32 institutions reported holding GDL Fund (GDL) in their 13F filings, up 4 from Q3 2025. 5 opened new positions and 5 sold out. The largest holders were GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. ($15.6M), Focus Partners Wealth ($5.0M) and Morgan Stanley ($4.0M). One famous investor held it Mario Gabelli (0.0% of GAMCO Investors's portfolio).

Company
GDL Fund
Filed as
GDL FD (Q4 2025)
CUSIP
361570104
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

010203040 Q1 2024: 27Q1 2024Q2 2024: 29Q2 2024Q3 2024: 25Q3 2024Q4 2024: 27Q4 2024Q1 2025: 23Q1 2025Q2 2025: 27Q2 2025Q3 2025: 28Q3 2025Q4 2025: 32Q4 2025Q1 2026: 31Q1 2026Q2 2026: 31Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions5$5.3M
Exits5$6.3M

All 13F filers, Q3 2025 → Q4 2025: 896,266 shares bought and 786,552 shares sold, net +109,714 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 32 holders

GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 2.36% No change 1,846,636 $15.6M
Focus Partners Wealth 0.01% New 591,856 $5.0M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Add +17.5% 472,773 $4.0M
GAMCO Investors 0.04% Add +73.0% 441,040 $3.7M
Bulldog Investors, LLP 0.78% No change 409,922 $3.5M
Ancora Advisors LLC 0.03% No change 174,626 $1.5M
Bank of America Corp. 0.00% Reduce -0.9% 168,937 $1.4M
Cornerstone Advisors, LLC 0.04% Reduce -11.9% 130,325 $1.1M
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +2.0% 127,532 $1.1M
Zazove Associates LLC 1.84% No change 120,522 $1.0M
CSS LLC 0.17% No change 116,663 $988K
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.00% Add +0.3% 92,902 $787K
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC 0.06% Add +28.5% 46,876 $397K
Seven Mile Advisory 0.06% Add +1.1% 39,954 $338K
GatePass Capital, LLC 0.13% New 28,400 $241K
Stifel Financial Corp. 0.00% Reduce -15.2% 21,391 $181K
Evolve Private Wealth, LLC 0.01% — 19,383 $164K
Matisse Capital 0.06% No change 16,947 $144K
Integrated Capital Management, Inc. 0.09% Reduce -2.2% 15,447 $131K
Decision Investments, Inc. 0.14% — 15,100 $128K
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% Add +0.0% 14,632 $124K
Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.00% No change 11,970 $101K
Closed-End Fund Advisors, Inc. 0.06% — 11,244 $95K
MRP Capital Investments, LLC 0.04% New 5,500 $47K
UBS Group AG 0.00% Reduce -5.3% 3,117 $26K
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -91.8% 2,780 $24K
Mark Sheptoff Financial Planning, LLC 0.01% No change 2,000 $17K
Creative Financial Designs Inc. 0.00% No change 1,717 $15K
Kilter Group LLC 0.01% Add +1.4% 1,520 $13K
McMillan Office, Inc. 0.00% — 1,000 $8K
Highline Wealth Partners LLC 0.00% New 325 $3K
Barrett & Company, Inc. 0.00% New 200 $2K

"% of holder's portfolio" is GDL's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of GDL Fund the manager owns.