No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 15 Jul 2026.
This page follows insider dealings at BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust as filed with SEC (Form 4), a company from the Finance & Banking sector. In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 158 filings came from 5 insiders.
On the market, 2 insiders bought (3 purchases totalling €4.1M) while 1 insider sold (152 sales totalling €133.0M). The amount is not disclosed for 17 filings. Unlike grants, an open-market purchase is paid for by the insider, at the market price. The largest single trade was a sale of €3.2M by Saba Capital Management, L.P., published on 3 March 2026. Among those who bought: 1 major shareholder.
With 158 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 22 filings across the 5,458 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2021, counts 140 purchases against 168 sales.
The most recent open-market purchase was published on 15 July 2026, 95 days ago. Typically, a trade is published a median of 2 days after it takes place. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc also feature in our signals. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
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BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (ECAT) is a U.S.-listed closed-end fund trading on the NYSE in the United States. It is managed by BlackRock, the global asset-management group founded in 1988 in New York. For investors, ECAT should be viewed not as an operating company in the industrial sense, but as a listed capital-allocation vehicle designed to generate income and total return through an actively managed portfolio.
The fund’s stated objective is to deliver total return and income through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. ECAT invests in a portfolio of both equity and debt securities, and the manager may emphasize either asset class depending on market conditions and relative opportunity. The trust also applies an ESG screen: it aims to invest at least 80% of total assets in securities that, in the adviser’s assessment, meet certain environmental, social, and governance criteria. In addition, the fund uses an option-writing strategy to seek current gains from option premiums and to improve risk-adjusted returns.
From a competitive standpoint, ECAT sits within BlackRock’s closed-end fund platform, where the firm leverages its global scale, portfolio-management depth, and broad multi-asset expertise. BlackRock highlights its long history in both public and private markets, and ECAT benefits from that institutional infrastructure. The fund is also positioned for income-oriented investors through a managed monthly distribution framework, although distributions are not guaranteed and may be funded from sources other than cash flow.
ECAT launched on September 28, 2021. It has a 12-year limited term, subject to extension, with a contingent conversion feature to a perpetual structure. That makes it a somewhat distinctive listed income product: it combines a defined-term structure with active multi-asset management and a monthly payout profile. The fund is managed by Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s CIO of Global Fixed Income, which underscores the portfolio’s credit, fixed-income, and tactical allocation orientation.
Recent developments have also been important. BlackRock announced higher distribution rates for several closed-end funds, including ECAT, in 2024, and the fund’s materials reference a renewed discount-management program. More recently, market disclosures and Form 4-related activity have drawn attention to ECAT’s shareholder base and trading dynamics. For investors in France, Belgium, or Switzerland, ECAT is best understood as a sophisticated income-oriented BlackRock vehicle listed on the NYSE in the United States, with ESG positioning, active allocation, and the usual risks associated with closed-end funds, leverage-style option strategies, and market-price discounts or premiums.
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Over the last 90 days, 55 filings published between 20 July and 15 October 2026: 55 sales for €62.6M. Largest amounts: Saba Capital Management, L.P. (10% Owner), sales of €62.6M.
Summary written automatically from public filings, without human review. General information, identical for every reader: it is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Investing involves a risk of capital loss. Generated on 16 October 2026 (UTC)