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For the month, 70% of all closed-end funds (CEFs) posted net-asset-value (NAV)-based returns in the black, with 86% of equity CEFs and 59% of fixed income CEFs chalking up returns in the plus column. For the first month in eight, Lipper’s world equity CEFs (+2.03%) macro-group outpaced its two equity-based brethren: domestic equity CEFs (+1.40%) and mixed-assets CEFs (+0.90%). The Developed Markets CEFs classification (+2.85%) for the first month in 22 outperformed all other equity classifications, followed by Utility CEFs (+2.30%) and Diversified Equity CEFs (+2.15%).
For the first month in three, the world income CEFs macro-group posted the strongest returns in the fixed income universe, posting a 1.43% return on average, followed by domestic taxable fixed income CEFs (+0.74%) and municipal bond CEFs (-0.62%). Fixed income investors became slightly more risk seeking during the month. They pushed High Yield CEFs (Leveraged) (+0.89%) to the top of the domestic taxable fixed income leaderboard for the first month in six, followed by Loan Participation CEFs (+0.84%) and General Bond CEFs (+0.79%).
For August, the median discount of all CEFs narrowed 40 bps to 1.58%—narrower than the 12-month moving average median discount (5.33%). In this report, we highlight August 2021 CEF performance trends, premiums and discounts, and corporate actions and events.
Highlights
Download our Closed-End Funds FundMarket Insight Report: The Month in Closed-End Funds: August 2021 here.
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