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Nesbitt Stephen Lane purchased ~$21M in Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund stock

Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund (CELFX)  ·  President/Interested Trustee  ·  Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4

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90-day return

+2.8%

vs SPY +12.2%

CELFX price after insider trade by Nesbitt Stephen Lane

Insider

Nesbitt Stephen Lane

Role

President/Interested Trustee

Transaction

Open-Market Purchase

Approx. Value

~$21M

Trade Date

May 7, 2025

Company

Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund

Ticker

CELFX

Source

SEC EDGAR Form 4

Very Strong conviction signal

Scored in the top tier across multiple factors. Fewer than 5% of insider trades receive this rating.

~$21M purchase

Trades over $1M are rare. When insiders put this much of their own money on the line, they tend to have high conviction in their company's direction.

President/Interested Trustee

Corporate insiders must file trades with the SEC within 2 business days. Their unique access to non-public information makes these filings valuable data points.

+2.8% in 90 days (S&P 500: +12.2%)

This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 9.5 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.

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On May 7, 2025, Nesbitt Stephen Lane — President/Interested Trustee of Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market purchase of approximately ~$21M in Cliffwater Enhanced Lending Fund (CELFX) stock.

Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.

In the 90 days following this trade, CELFX returned +2.8% versus +12.2% for the S&P 500 over the same period.

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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Signal strength Very Strong
Trade size ~$21M
Insider role President/Interested Trustee
90-day return +2.8%
vs S&P 500 -9.5%

What is this?

When company executives buy or sell their own stock, they must report it to the SEC within 2 days. These public filings reveal what the people who know the company best are doing with their own money.

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