---
title: "OATES JAMES M — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b
identifier: sec:0001180238
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OATES JAMES M

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001180238`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b  

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c64d109-e39a-57f9-9737-432aebb7c4a5
- **VIRTUS GLOBAL MULTI-SECTOR INCOME FUND** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2e30ece2-e39a-56ce-aa91-999c179f95d1
- **VIRTUS TOTAL RETURN FUND INC.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d9692193-c170-5eb5-9416-e15ad896fa7f
- **DUFF & PHELPS ENERGY MLP TOTAL RETURN FUND INC.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3693e5c-a8d8-5166-aa22-2800cfbbb6b7
- **VIRTUS GLOBAL DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND INC.** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/da4544f5-773e-52c8-9efa-b8d814fe260b
- **JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee3bda5d-522a-550e-8e93-3723566e293f
- **JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2350261-2bb7-5245-9057-319f5ad1cc6c
- **JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND III** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ecc90e0b-a976-5d43-b5bf-97dd96ddec4f
- **JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND II** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/041ed2e5-7337-5567-a2e7-14060355e87b
- **JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/771dc4c7-a371-5caa-a15c-71c72f8c33f5
- **JOHN HANCOCK INCOME SECURITIES TRUST** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/63577334-63d2-5aa9-b58e-08025ec6549e
- **DCA TOTAL RETURN FUND** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b57ea5c0-a2f7-5157-8bb1-293f1299b63d

…and **5** more subsidiaries/holdings. Resolve the full list with `get_dossier` on the WhiteIntel MCP (`npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server`) or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **OATES JAMES M** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OATES JAMES M**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8456af2a-b4dd-5459-943e-3fd5813e6b3b._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._