A new Periodic Transaction Report filed under the STOCK Act shows that the spouse of Rep. Scott H. Peters (D-CA) purchased a stake in the Audax Senior Loan Fund ST LP, an over-the-counter pooled investment vehicle, in a transaction valued at more than $1,000,000. The trade is dated April 28, 2026, and was reported to the U.S. House of Representatives as required by federal disclosure law.
Questions like ‘can congress trade stocks’ come up often, and the short answer is yes, with conditions. Members of Congress and their spouses are permitted to buy and sell securities, but the STOCK Act requires that any transaction above a certain threshold be disclosed within a set window. This filing is an example of that process working as intended, not an indication of any special access or wrongdoing. Peters himself is not the direct buyer here; the disclosure lists the transaction as made by his spouse, which is a common arrangement in these reports since many lawmakers’ portfolios include holdings tied to a spouse’s independent financial decisions.
What Is the Audax Senior Loan Fund?
The filer describes the asset simply as a ‘Pooled Investment Fund.’ Audax Senior Loan Fund ST LP is structured as a limited partnership that invests in senior secured loans, a category of debt instruments typically issued to companies and traded outside major public exchanges, which is why it carries the OT (over-the-counter) designation rather than a standard stock ticker. Funds like this are generally less liquid and less transparent to retail investors than exchange-listed equities, which can make them harder to track compared to a typical large-cap purchase you might see in a Pelosi stock portfolio tracker roundup.
Because the disclosed amount falls in the ‘over $1,000,000’ bracket, the exact dollar figure isn’t specified. STOCK Act reporting uses broad ranges rather than precise totals, so the public knows a transaction crossed a threshold without necessarily knowing the full size relative to the household’s overall holdings. WhoIsBuyingNow.com classifies this filing as a ‘congress buy’ signal based on the transaction type reported, not as a recommendation or judgment about the investment itself.
Peters, who represents California’s 50th district, has a public record of disclosures over the years covering a range of asset types. This latest filing adds a private-fund purchase to that record, offering another data point for anyone following how members of Congress and their families allocate money outside of typical publicly traded stocks and salary-related headlines, like those asking about a senator’s or representative’s official pay compared to their investment activity.