PFL · Insider Trading

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund

Every open-market purchase and sale reported by PFL officers, directors and 10%+ beneficial owners on SEC Form 4, which must be filed within two business days of the transaction. Sales often reflect scheduled 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding rather than a directional view, so read counts alongside the size and the filer.

Form 4 Filings
30
most recent
Open-Market Buys
13
code P
Sales
5
code S
Reporting Insiders
0
current holders
PFL — Recent Form 4 Transactions (latest 2024-04-18)
FiledInsiderRole TypeSharesValue
2024-04-18 UBS Group AG 10%+ Owner J −355 —
2023-12-13 Grace Vandecruze Director Buy +12,345 +$100.27K
2023-09-20 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ — J −2,806 −$66.12M
2015-01-28 Bradford K Gallagher Director Buy +4,300 +$51.30K
2014-11-12 Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10%+ Owner Sell −1,037 —
2014-07-09 Lynch International Merrill 10%+ Owner MIXED −12,000 −$161.43K
2013-07-26 William H Gross — Sell −10,171 −$119.02K
2013-07-08 William H Gross — Sell −15,500 −$172.91K
2013-06-20 William H Gross — Sell −59,500 −$730.12K
2011-05-03 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. 10%+ Owner MIXED — −$68
2011-05-03 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 10%+ Owner MIXED — +$396
2011-03-21 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 10%+ Owner MIXED — +$1.31K
2011-03-10 Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10%+ Owner Buy +608 —
2011-01-28 Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10%+ Owner Buy +608 +$53.50K
2010-12-15 William H Gross — Buy +50,000 +$554.48K
2010-12-14 William H Gross — Buy +114,465 +$1.24M
2010-11-19 William H Gross — G +165,000 —
2010-09-21 Alan Rappaport Director Buy +1,500 +$17.37K
2010-05-26 William H Gross — Buy +5,460 +$55.96K
2010-05-21 William H Gross — Buy +100,000 +$1.02M
2010-05-12 William H Gross — J +120,167 +$1.15M
2010-05-07 William H Gross — Buy +200,000 +$2.11M
2010-05-06 William H Gross — X +931 +$8.93K
2010-05-06 William H Gross — MIXED +146,150 +$1.40M
2010-04-08 William H Gross — MIXED +1,025,116 —
2010-04-01 William H Gross — X +931 —
2008-12-31 William H Gross — Buy +8,477 +$130.96K
2007-12-17 William H Gross — Buy +40,350 +$630.73K
2007-10-26 William H Gross — Buy +2,795 +$48.74K
2007-05-29 Global Investors Of America L P Allianz — Sell −6,535 −$138.95K
PFL Insider Trading FAQ
Who are the insiders at PFL?
No current Form 4 beneficial owners are on file for PFL.
Are PFL insiders buying or selling?
Across the 30 most recent Form 4 filings for PFL, 13 were open-market purchases (code P) and 5 were sales (code S). Sales frequently reflect scheduled 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding rather than a view on the stock.
How current is PFL insider data?
Form 4 must be filed within two business days of the transaction, so this is close to real time. The most recent PFL filing is dated 2024-04-18.
How to read Form 4 activity

Form 4 reports a change in beneficial ownership by an officer, director or 10%+ holder, and must be filed within two business days of the transaction — so this is close to real time, unlike the 45-day-lagged 13F institutional data.

Transaction codes matter more than the raw buy/sell count. Code P is an open-market purchase — an insider choosing to buy with their own money, which is the signal most research treats as informative. Code S is a sale, but sales are frequently pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan or cover tax withholding on vesting equity, so a run of sales often says nothing directional. Codes A and M are grants and option exercises rather than open-market decisions.

Full filing history and per-insider positions are on the PFL quote page; the site-wide leaderboard is on the insider transactions hub.

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