News by subject: Closed End Fund

Putnam Investments announces that 19(a) notices are available for the following distributions declared on November 17, 2023. FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS* EX DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE   Putnam Master...

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its Series F Term Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock"). The public offering price and other terms of the Preferred Stock are...

Schwab today introduced the Schwab Trading Activity Index (STAX), offering timely insights into retail trading behavior from one of the industry's largest retail investor client bases. Building on the success of the TD Ameritrade Investor Movement...

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. today reported preliminary assets under management of $172.3 billion as of December 31, 2023. The increase from September 30, 2023 primarily reflects market performance and net inflows in retail separate accounts,...

First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution of $0.30 per share. The distribution will be payable on January 31, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 23, 2024. The...

Notification of Sources of Distribution   Distribution Period December 2023 Distribution Amount Per Share of Common Stock $0.065 The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution,...

The DWS closed-end funds listed below announced today their regular monthly distributions. Details are as follows: January Monthly Dividends Declaration ? 01/08/2024         Ex-Date ? 01/18/2024         Record ? 01/19/2024         Payable ?...

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund [NYSE: TEI] today announced a monthly distribution from net investment income of $0.0475 per share, payable on January 31, 2024, to shareholders of record on January 19, 2024 (Ex-Dividend Date: January 18,...

FRANKLIN LIMITED DURATION INCOME TRUST [NYSE American: FTF] today announced a monthly distribution from net investment income of $0.0615 per share, payable on January 31, 2024, to shareholders of record on January 19, 2024 (Ex-Dividend Date: January...

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund's net assets...

ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund Inc. announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund's net...

ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund Inc. announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund's net assets were $576.4...

Amundi US today announced the declaration of dividends for four Pioneer closed-end funds for January 2024. Ex-Date: January 18, 2024 Record Date: January 19, 2024 Payable: January 31, 2024 Ticker...

Virtus Investment Partners , which operates a multi-boutique asset management business, today announced that it is transferring the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange from the NASDAQ Global Select Market . Virtus...

BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced a distribution of $0.0300 per share of common stock, payable on February 1, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 19, 2024. The ex-dividend date is...

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust (the "Trust") , a diversified, closed-end management investment company with an investment objective to seek attractive total return with an emphasis on income generation across multiple...

The following Eaton Vance closed-end funds (the "Funds") announced distributions today as detailed below. Declaration ? 1/2/2024 Ex-Date ? 1/11/2024 Record ? 1/12/2024 Payable ? 1/19/2024   Municipal Bond Funds: Fund...

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust announced an increase to its monthly distribution amount per share. This change was made in order to better align ECAT's distribution rate with its total return. ECAT returned 32.3% on market price and...

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the "Funds") announced distributions today as detailed below. Certain BlackRock municipal Funds previously declared their January and February distributions. Taxable Municipal Fund: Declaration- 1/2/2024...

Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FINS, today declared a distribution of $0.109 per share for the month of January 2024. The record date for the...

MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) announced today monthly distributions of the following closed-end funds, all with declaration dates of January 2, 2024, ex-dividend dates of January 16, 2024, record dates of January 17, 2024, and payable dates of...

The Board of Directors of Source Capital, Inc. (the "Fund"), today announced that for the Fund's Discount Management Program (the "Program") measurement period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, the Fund traded at an average discount to...

The 19(a) distribution notices for six Nuveen closed-end funds are now available. These informational notices provide further details on the sources of the funds' regular quarterly distributions and follows the most recent quarterly distribution...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the Monthly distribution for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA, a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund. The following dates apply to today's distribution declaration:...

The Board of Trustees of First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (the "Fund") , CUSIP 337318109, previously approved a managed distribution policy for the Fund (the "Managed Distribution Plan") in reliance on exemptive relief received from the...

The Eaton Vance closed-end funds listed below released today the estimated sources of their December distributions (each a "Fund"). This press release is issued as required by the Funds' managed distribution plan (Plan) and an exemptive order...

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund [NYSE: WIW] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on...

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. [NYSE: EMD] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on December 29, 2023,...

BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. [NYSE: BWG] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on...

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund [NYSE: WIA] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on December 29, 2023,...

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. [NYSE: SCD] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid December 29, 2023, and for the...

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. announced today that BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc., BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (each, a "Fund") have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund's...

Franklin Universal Trust [NYSE: FT]: Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on December 29, 2023 and for the...

Templeton Global Income Fund [NYSE: GIM] Notification of Sources of Distributions Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on December 29, 2023, and...

Templeton Dragon Fund [NYSE: TDF] (the "Fund") today announced the final results of its issuer tender offer to purchase for cash up to 8,451,035 of its common shares, representing 25% of its issued and outstanding common shares. The Tender Offer,...

KKR Income Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") today announced its monthly distributions of $0.1215 per common share, payable on the dates below. Based on the Fund's current share price of $12.50 per share (as of market close on December 22, 2023), the...

Saba Capital Management, L.P. and certain associated parties (collectively "Saba" or "we") today announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (formerly known as Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor,...

Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the "Fund"), a closed-end management investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, declared (a) a monthly dividend of $0.085 per share on December 22, 2023, payable on January 31, 2024 to...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the Monthly distribution for First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF, a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV. The following dates apply to today's distribution declaration:...

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is confirming today, pursuant to its Managed Distribution Policy, as previously authorized by its Board of Directors, a monthly distribution equal to, on an annualized basis, 7.0% of the...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of distributions for 145 exchange-traded fund(s) (each a "Fund," collectively, the "Funds") advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: Expected...

The Eaton Vance municipal closed-end funds (each, a "Fund," and collectively, the "Funds") listed below announce increases to their monthly distribution rates. The Fund's increased distribution rates will be effective beginning with the January 2024...

Templeton Dragon Fund [NYSE: TDF] (the "Fund"), today announced the preliminary results of its issuer tender offer to purchase for cash up to 8,451,035 of its common shares, representing 25% of its issued and outstanding common shares. The tender...

Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust , BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust , BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust , BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust , BlackRock Health Sciences Trust , BlackRock Health Sciences...

MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) released today the distribution income sources for six of its closed-end funds for December 2023: MFS® Charter Income Trust , MFS® Government Markets Income Trust , MFS® Intermediate High-Income Fund , MFS®...

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.097 per share payable on January 16, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 3,...

First Trust/abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.06 per share payable on January 16, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 3,...

First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.10 per share payable on January 16, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 3, 2024. The...

First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.13 per share payable on January 25, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 3,...

First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (the "Fund") has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.105 per share payable on January 16, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 3, 2024. The...