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John Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust Stock: price and insider trades · United States
2 insiders bought €95.7M of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 01 Oct 2026.
Cluster: 2 buyers in 30 daysJohn Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust: what insiders have been doing
John Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust is a Finance & Banking company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 33 filings were filed, from 3 insiders.
Purchases and sales both appear in the filings: 31 purchases (3 insiders, €295.9M) and 2 sales (1 insider). The totals do not cover 3 filings with an undisclosed amount. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. On the buying side, the filings list 3 major shareholders among the declarants. One trade stands out by size: a purchase of €37.9M from Manufacturers Life Reinsurance Ltd, disclosed on 1 September 2026, or 2.1% of market capitalisation.
The data flag 30 purchases as part of a group of insiders buying within 30 days of each other. Such overlaps are known as a cluster signal: distinct people reaching the same decision at about the same time. The latest purchase is recent: it was published 17 days ago, on 1 October 2026. Typically, a trade is published a median of 4 days after it takes place. US insiders must file a Form 4 within two business days of a trade.
For context, the typical company on the same exchange (median of 5,812 companies) published 19 filings over the same period, against 33 filings here. Looking back to 2021, when coverage begins, insiders filed 144 purchases and 3 sales.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and Avidia Bancorp, Inc. also feature in our signals. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
147
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€955M
144 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€8M
3 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleManufacturers Life Insurance Co (Bermuda Branch)23 buys
Manufacturers Life Reinsurance Ltd21 buys
Manulife (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.9 buys2 sales
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
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Last declaration on 1 October 2026
Declarations147 total
1,931,122.829 shares@ US$16.0526.4% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000018:0
Canonical exit: 29 Dec 2026 (T+90)
747,531.418 shares@ US$16.0523.7% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000018:0
Canonical exit: 29 Dec 2026 (T+90)
2,693,701.471 shares@ US$16.332.13% mcap9.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000017:0
Canonical exit: 29 Nov 2026 (T+90)
1,408,071.223 shares@ US$16.331.11% mcap7.3% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000017:0
Canonical exit: 29 Nov 2026 (T+90)
3,067,397.91 shares@ €14.0523Common Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000017:0
309,018.253 shares@ US$16.1811.55% mcap1.6% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000013:0
Canonical exit: 14 Jul 2026 (T+90)
988,858.409 shares@ US$16.1836.98% mcap3.4% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000011:0
Canonical exit: 14 Jul 2026 (T+90)
61,803.651 shares@ US$16.182.31% mcap0.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000011:0
Canonical exit: 14 Jul 2026 (T+90)
1,009,399.528 shares@ US$15.8513.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000010:0
Canonical exit: 29 Jun 2026 (T+90)
315,437.353 shares@ US$15.8511.6% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000012:0
Canonical exit: 29 Jun 2026 (T+90)
63,087.471 shares@ US$15.8510.6% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000010:0
Canonical exit: 29 Jun 2026 (T+90)
124,875.296 shares@ US$16.01591.1% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000009:0
Canonical exit: 11 Jun 2026 (T+90)
249,750.593 shares@ US$16.01591.3% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000011:0
Canonical exit: 11 Jun 2026 (T+90)
999,002.371 shares@ US$16.01593.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000009:0
Canonical exit: 11 Jun 2026 (T+90)
124,660.93 shares@ US$16.04351.1% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000007:0
Canonical exit: 28 May 2026 (T+90)
249,321.86 shares@ US$16.04351.2% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000009:0
Canonical exit: 28 May 2026 (T+90)
997,287.441 shares@ US$16.04353.4% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000007:0
Canonical exit: 28 May 2026 (T+90)
62,505.477 shares@ US$15.9980.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000005:0
Canonical exit: 18 May 2026 (T+90)
312,527.385 shares@ US$15.9981.5% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000007:0
Canonical exit: 18 May 2026 (T+90)
1,000,087.633 shares@ US$15.9983.4% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000005:0
Canonical exit: 18 May 2026 (T+90)
555,287.133 shares@ US$16.20782.8% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000006:0
Canonical exit: 30 Apr 2026 (T+90)
1,974,354.249 shares@ US$16.20786.7% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001765496-26-000004:0
Canonical exit: 30 Apr 2026 (T+90)
185,095.711 shares@ US$16.20781.6% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000004:0
Canonical exit: 30 Apr 2026 (T+90)
185,765.116 shares@ US$16.14941.6% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001837478-26-000003:0
Canonical exit: 15 Apr 2026 (T+90)
557,295.349 shares@ US$16.14942.8% of flowCommon Shares of Beneficial InterestSEC:0001833683-26-000005:0
Canonical exit: 15 Apr 2026 (T+90)
25 of 147 declarations
About John Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust
John Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust is a US-listed credit fund structured as a Delaware statutory trust and registered as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is part of the John Hancock / Manulife asset-management franchise, with principal executive offices at 197 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, United States. For French-, Belgian- and Swiss-based investors, this is best understood as exposure to the US leveraged-loan market rather than to a traditional operating company. The security is followed within the US listed-universe context on NYSE/NASDAQ, although recent SEC filings sometimes display the ticker as “N/A” in Form 4 and related regulatory documents.
The fund’s investment objective is straightforward: to generate current income. Under normal market conditions, it invests at least 80% of net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in senior loans. Those loans include first-lien and second-lien term loans, delayed-draw term loans, and revolving credit facilities. The fund focuses on below-investment-grade borrowers, placing it in the higher-yield, higher-risk segment of the credit market. Its stated approach is generally buy-and-hold, with purchases made either at primary issuance or in the secondary market.
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From a competitive standpoint, John Hancock GA Senior Loan Trust participates in a crowded but specialized segment of credit funds, where vehicles seek floating-rate income and exposure to syndicated corporate lending. Its relative strengths are the John Hancock brand, the broader Manulife platform, and access to an asset class that is often more institutional in nature. For global investors, the fund can serve as a portfolio diversifier, but its performance will be highly sensitive to US credit conditions, borrower quality, default trends, and interest-rate dynamics.
Recent SEC reporting shows continued filing activity in 2025, including an annual report for the year ended December 31, 2025 and a semi-annual report for the period ended June 30, 2025. The filings also disclose that John Hancock GA Senior Loan Subsidiary Trust LLC was incorporated on October 10, 2024, as a wholly owned subsidiary used within the fund structure. In addition, recent Form 4 disclosures point to insider/affiliate transaction reporting within the trust’s regulatory perimeter, underscoring the compliance-heavy nature of a US registered fund operating in the United States.
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