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CEF Weekly Review: PCF Tries To Get Shareholders To Care
Seeking Alpha· 2024-08-18 21:31
ridvan_celik Welcome to another installment of our CEF Market Weekly Review, where we discuss closed-end fund ("CEF") market activity from both the bottom-up - highlighting individual fund news and events - as well as the top-down - providing an overview of the broader market. We also try to provide some historical context as well as the relevant themes that look to be driving markets or that investors ought to be mindful of. This update covers the period through the second week of August. Be sure to check ...
CEF Insights: Liberty All-Star's Multi-Manager Equity Strategies For Income
Seeking Alpha· 2024-08-15 13:21
文章核心观点 - 公司采用多经理人的投资方式,旨在提高投资组合的一致性表现,并利用每位经理人独特的能力、流程和风格 [3][4] - 公司在选择经理人时,会从人员、流程、理念、母公司和业绩等五个方面进行全面评估,并确保经理人之间的风格互补 [4][5] - 公司会持续监控经理人的表现,一旦发现其中一个"手指"不再适合,就会进行更换 [5] - 公司的目标是通过多经理人的方式,为投资者提供稳定的分红收益和资本增值潜力 [6][7] 公司概况 - 公司管理两只封闭式基金:ASG和USA,采用多经理人的投资方式 [3] - ASG是全市值成长型投资组合,有3位经理人分别负责大、中、小市值 [4] - USA是大盘价值型投资组合,有5位经理人,其中2位成长型,3位价值型 [4] - 公司在ASG和USA基金中分别进行过10次和19次经理人更换,但也有2位经理人任职超过20年 [5] 投资策略 - 公司倾向于选择专注于个股选择的boutique型机构投资经理人 [4] - 在构建投资组合时,公司会考虑经理人之间的风格互补,力求实现整体的收益稳定性 [4][5] - 公司会密切关注经理人的投资组合变化,以避免其风格偏离原有的投资理念和流程 [5] 分红政策 - USA基金的分红政策为每季度2.5%,年化10%;ASG基金为每季度2%,年化8% [6] - 多经理人的投资方式有助于支持基金的分红政策,因为它可以平滑投资收益的波动 [6] - 经理人更换通常会导致资本利得的实现,公司会通过分红机制将这些收益分配给股东 [6] 定位与适用人群 - 公司认为这两只基金适合希望获得稳定收益和资本增值的投资者,尤其是退休投资者 [6][7] - 多经理人的投资方式和封闭式基金的特点,使这两只基金在收益、流动性和透明度方面具有优势 [6][7]
CEF Weekly Review: Managers Kick It Up A Notch In Fight With Saba
Seeking Alpha· 2024-08-11 17:09
文章核心观点 - 封闭式基金(CEF)市场本周表现差异较大,权益类板块下跌而长久期/高质量的债券类板块如市政债券表现较好 [3] - 7月份CEF整体表现较好,涨幅接近3% [3] - 纽约证券交易所(NYSE)向美国证券交易委员会(SEC)提出修改规则的申请,如果获批可能不再要求CEF每年召开股东大会 [4] - 这一变化可能会影响股东对基金董事会成员的年度投票权 [4] - 投资者希望保持基金经理和激进投资者之间的竞争,定期选举董事会成员有利于此 [4] - 投资者对Ackman发起的Pershing Square USA基金IPO缺乏兴趣,最终Ackman撤回了IPO计划 [7][8] 行业总结 - 市政债券CEF在当前市场下跌中表现较好,主要得益于长期利率下降、信用质量较高以及折价较大等因素 [9] - 公司认为一些市政债券CEF如MVF、EIM和NZF仍具有吸引力 [9]
CEF Insights: MEGI And The Growing Need For Infrastructure
Seeking Alpha· 2024-08-07 11:21
Background stock market and finance economic MarsYu CEFA: Welcome to CEF Insights, your source for closed-end fund information and education, brought to you by the Closed-End Fund Association. Today we are joined by David Leggette, Lead Product Strategist and Head of Investor Relations with CBRE Investment Management, a leading investment manager of global real assets. CBRE is sub-advisor to the MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund, ticker NYSE:MEGI, and New York Life Investment Management is ...
CEF Weekly Review: Neuberger Berman Doesn't Want To Be Left Out
Seeking Alpha· 2024-08-05 00:41
文章核心观点 - 本文主要介绍了封闭式基金(CEF)市场的近期动态 [2] - 转换基金表现落后,而市政债券基金有所上涨 [3] - 平均CEF折价持续收窄,相对过去10年略显偏高 [5][6] 行业动态 - 纽伯格·伯曼(Neuberger Berman)将其市政债券CEF(NBH)的分配提高43%,以提高基金的"竞争力"和二级市场需求 [8][9] - 这种分配提高行为在市政债券CEF行业已经很普遍,但并不代表基金的净收益有所改善 [11][12] - 市政债券CEF整体投资价值依然较强,但分配提高可能会导致更多资本回报(ROC)出现 [13] 个别基金动态 - 纽文优先股CEF(JPI)获得股东批准,可能转型为永续CEF,并可能与JPC基金合并 [14] - 弗拉赫蒂优先股CEF再次小幅提高分配,可能是为了提高分配率以缩小折价 [15] 工具更新 - 系统收益CEF工具新增了区间/条件性收购基金的分析页面,包括RSF、EGF等基金 [16] - 这些基金通过定期回购自身股票可为股东带来额外收益,如EIM基金上次回购比例接近50% [16]
CEF Weekly Review: When To Worry About NAV Declines
Seeking Alpha· 2024-07-29 23:33
文章核心观点 - 本周CEF市场出现下跌,但整体月度涨幅仍为正[3] - CEF折价有所扩大,暂停了之前的收窄趋势[5][6] - 本周CEF交易量较高,但从周度来看并不异常[9][11] 行业和公司研究 关于NAV下跌 - NAV下跌并非一定是负面信号,需要具体分析原因[14][17][20][21] - 如果是由于利率上升等系统性因素导致,不必过于担心[17][18] - 但如果是由于强制去杠杆等原因导致,可能会对未来收益产生影响[24][25][26][28][29] 关于CEF终止收益 - 有些CEF设有条件性回购条款,可以为投资者带来额外收益[38][39] - 例如Eaton Vance Muni CEF(EIM)就有这样的条款,值得关注[38][39] 其他行业动态 - CLO类CEF近期NAV有所下跌,但仍普遍溢价交易[37] - 其中ECC和OXLC溢价较高,EIC相对较便宜[37]
Opportunities In Income Securities That Have Lagged The Rally
Seeking Alpha· 2024-07-24 23:33
peepo/E+ via Getty Images Income assets and the broader financial market have zoomed higher over the last while. Across the income sectors we track, only local EM debt is in the red year-to-date, and that's only because of dollar strength. Systematic Income Because we follow a countercyclical value-based approach to our allocation (we reduce risk exposure when compensation for taking risk is low, such as now and vice versa), we have had to cull some high-flyers in our Income Portfolios. This includes ...
BXSY: A Unique CEF, But A Poor Performance History
Seeking Alpha· 2024-07-16 02:07
xyom The Bexil Investment Trust (OTCPK:BXSY) is a closed-end fund, or CEF, that income-focused investors can employ as a method of achieving their goals. This is not an especially well-known fund, despite being created back in 1998. This may partly be due to the fund’s somewhat poor performance history, as its share price has declined by 19.82% over the past ten years: Seeking Alpha This was a period of time in which the S&P 500 Index (SP500) and most other assets experienced tremendous appreciation. ...
CEF Weekly Review: Saba/BlackRock Feud Escalates
Seeking Alpha· 2024-07-14 21:44
Michael Blann/DigitalVision via Getty Images Welcome to another installment of our CEF Market Weekly Review, where we discuss closed-end fund ("CEF") market activity from both the bottom-up - highlighting individual fund news and events - as well as the top-down - providing an overview of the broader market. We also try to provide some historical context as well as the relevant themes that look to be driving markets or that investors ought to be mindful of. This update covers the period through the firs ...
This Deeply Discounted CEF Mini-Portfolio Yields 9.2%
Forbes· 2024-07-13 19:45
文章核心观点 - 在市场估值高企的情况下,投资者可以关注一些被忽视的封闭式基金(CEFs),这些基金提供高股息率和资产净值折扣,为投资者提供潜在的价值和收益机会[1] 封闭式基金概述 - 封闭式基金(CEFs)通常被华尔街忽视,但这些基金提供高达14%的股息率和10%至15%的资产净值折扣,意味着投资者可以以85至90美分的价格购买价值1美元的资产[2] 具体基金分析 Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (GDV) - GDV是一个高评级的封闭式基金,由传奇价值投资者Mario Gabelli管理,其投资组合主要为股票收入,使用12%的杠杆,包括Microsoft、Nvidia和Alphabet等成长型股票,当前提供近6%的收益率,每月支付[3][4][5] Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund (KYN) - KYN是一个专注于能源基础设施的封闭式基金,提供8.3%的分配率,资产净值折扣为10.6%,投资于北美能源基础设施股票,主要为中游运营商,提供简单的税务处理和上升的MLP分配[6][7][8][9][10][11] MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Term Fund (MEGI) - MEGI是一个全球基础设施封闭式基金,提供11.7%的分配率,资产净值折扣为10.4%,投资于全球基础设施股票,重点关注去碳化、数字化转型和资产现代化,包括清洁能源、通信基础设施等,但由于其广泛的使命和小规模,不推荐作为单一主题投资[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) - BMEZ是一个专注于医疗保健的封闭式基金,提供14.0%的分配率,资产净值折扣为13.2%,投资于生物技术和医疗科学公司,通过出售保护性看涨期权来产生收入,但由于其策略未能捕捉到市场的上行空间,其吸引力有限[20][21][22][23][24][25] BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI) - MYI是一个专注于高投资级市政债券的封闭式基金,提供5.8%的分配率,资产净值折扣为9.9%,投资于近300个长期市政债券,大部分评级为A或更高,提供免税收入,尽管杠杆率较高(37%),但提供稳定的月度收益[26][27][28][29]