Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund filings document a NYSE-listed closed-end fund with common shares of beneficial interest and an investment mandate focused on total return through income and capital appreciation. Fund disclosures address portfolio strategy, NAV, distributions, leverage, expenses, capital structure, and risks tied to fixed-income, alternative-investment, and equity exposures.
GOF regulatory filings also include proxy statements for trustee elections and shareholder voting matters, Form 8-K reports for material agreements, and disclosures about fund administration, accounting, pricing, custody, foreign custody management, and controlled equity offering arrangements. These records show governance, service-provider relationships, and common-share issuance mechanics for the fund.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund director and trustee Thomas F. Lydon Jr. reported an open-market purchase of common stock. He bought 8,710 shares of GOF on April 30, 2026 at a price of $11.45 per share. After this transaction, he directly owns 8,710 common shares of the fund. This filing reflects a single net-buy transaction with no derivative positions reported.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund director and trustee Randall C. Barnes bought additional shares of the fund in the open market. On this transaction, he purchased 220 shares of Common Stock at $11.39 per share. After the purchase, his direct holdings increased to 6,451 shares of the fund’s common stock.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund director buys shares on the open market. Trustee and director Randall C. Barnes purchased 220 shares of Common Stock on March 12, 2026 at an average price of $11.39 per share. Following this open-market purchase, he directly owns 6,451 shares, making this a relatively small, incremental increase in his holdings.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund director and trustee Randall C. Barnes reported an open-market purchase of the fund’s common stock. On March 6, 2026, he bought 4,180 shares at a price of $11.59 per share, increasing his directly held position to 6,231 shares after the transaction.
Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust, Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund and Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund are calling a joint virtual annual shareholder meeting on April 2, 2026, for holders of record as of February 13, 2026.
The main purpose is to elect Class I Trustees for each fund, with slates including Angela Brock‑Kyle, Amy J. Lee and, for GOF, Thomas F. Lydon Jr. Long‑time Trustee Randall C. Barnes will retire, and each board will be reduced from seven to six members, with a majority remaining independent.
The boards describe their committee structure (audit, nominating and governance, contracts review, valuation oversight) and oversight of risk, valuation and derivatives. Ernst & Young LLP is proposed to continue as independent auditor. For all funds, the boards unanimously recommend shareholders vote “FOR” each trustee nominee and encourage voting by mail, telephone, internet or during the virtual meeting.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund insider trade: Director and related party Ronald A. Nyberg reported buying 412 shares of common stock on 12/18/2025 at a price of $12.13 per share. After this purchase, he beneficially owns 5,010 shares held directly. This filing reflects a personal increase in his stake in the closed-end fund, rather than a transaction by the fund itself.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund entered into new service agreements with The Bank of New York Mellon on December 15, 2025. The fund signed a Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement under which BNY provides administrative, bookkeeping, accounting and pricing services. BNY’s compensation is based on the fund’s average daily net assets, with fees accrued daily, paid monthly and subject to a minimum annual fee, and the fund also reimburses certain out-of-pocket expenses.
The fund also executed a new Custody Agreement and a Foreign Custody Manager Agreement with BNY, replacing prior custody arrangements dated July 26, 2007. BNY will hold the fund’s securities and cash and act as foreign custody manager, receiving a monthly fee tied in part to average daily net assets plus charges for securities transactions. At the same time, the fund terminated its prior administration and accounting agreement with MUFG Investor Services (US) LLC and the prior BNY custody agreements, with no termination or other fees owed beyond ordinary course payments through the termination dates.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund has entered into an amended Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., allowing it to offer and sell common shares with an aggregate initial offering price of up to $1,000,000,000. The sales are to be made from time to time through Cantor Fitzgerald acting as agent under the Fund’s effective shelf registration statement on Form N-2. The offering is supported by a prospectus supplement and base prospectus, both dated November 21, 2025, and the Fund commenced sales under this program on November 24, 2025.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF) is offering up to $1,000,000,000 of common shares in an at-the-market program through Cantor Fitzgerald under a Controlled Equity Offering sales agreement.
Cantor Fitzgerald may receive up to 2.00% of gross proceeds, and sales will only be made when the market price (net of commissions) is at or above the then-current net asset value. As of November 14, 2025, net asset value was $11.38 per share and the NYSE price was $12.91, a premium of 13.44%.
The fund, a diversified closed-end credit and equity strategy using about 16% financial leverage as of May 31, 2025, expects to invest net proceeds (estimated at about $974,000,000 if the full amount is sold) in line with its income and total return mandate, initially in short-term high-quality instruments before moving into its target portfolio. Proceeds may also support ongoing distributions, which can include a significant return of capital.
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (GOF) reported an insider purchase. A director and trustee acquired 380 common shares on 11/04/2025 at $13.08 per share. Following the transaction, the reporting person directly holds 1,960 shares.