Investment Updates

Many investors are holding onto cash as they weigh their options, but history has shown that moving further out in duration ahead of the Fed cutting rates has been beneficial. Learn more from Thornburg Investment Management.

Understanding proxy voting can be challenging for many investors and current activist shareholder activity adds complexity. Learn more about annual shareholder meetings and why it's important for every shareholder to vote, no matter the size of an investor's holdings.

Abrdn Head of Global Income Josh Duitz offers insight into why the time is now for infrastructure investing, and the performance and outlook of the abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund (ASGI), which seeks to provide a high level of total return with an emphasis on current income by investing in assets that provide necessary services to society.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at March 31, 2024 was $62.80, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 13.4% and 22.2%, respectively.

TDF — which seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 45% of its total assets in the equity securities of “China companies,” as defined in the fund's prospectus — has released its Q4 2023 commentary offering insight into its performance, outlook, and strategy.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with LSEG Lipper, provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at February 29, 2024 was $59.95, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 8.2% and 17.4%, respectively.

The CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR) investment team recently reviewed IGR›s 2023 performance, portfolio strategy, future growth potential, and more. Watch a replay of the webcast to learn about IGR, which invests in income-producing real estate equity securities with the goal of delivering high-current income and capital appreciation.

Canadian General Investments, Limited has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share payable on March 15, 2024 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on February 29, 2024.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with LSEG Lipper, provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at January 31, 2024 was $56.94, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 2.4% and 9.4%, respectively.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

The Fed looks set to cut interest rates, equity markets are driven primarily by firms riding the AI revolution, it›s an election year in many leading countries, and geopolitical instability remains. Join Thornburg's webinar at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 10 that will discuss how to potentially navigate the year ahead successfully. Register here.

Guggenheim Investments explains the structure and investor-friendly features of CLOs, an often misunderstood sector of structured credit. Read the article here. 

CCIF recently reported its fourth quarter 2023 earnings. View the presentation here and listen to a replay of the webcast here.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

In a recent webinar, the CBRE team reviewed MEGI's investment approach and highlighted their perspective on the evolving infrastructure environment. Watch the replay here.

Tekla Capital Management LLC (Tekla) has completed the sale of its advisory business to abrdn Inc. Abrdn was also approved as manager to four NYSE listed healthcare and biotech thematic closed-end funds, totaling $2.8 billion in assets under management (AUM). Read the full announcement here.

Despite initial optimism for international markets this year, the expected shift away from U.S. market dominance hasn't materialized. However, there are still untapped opportunities in international companies. Watch the replay of Thornburg Investment Management's webinar to learn more, here.

The Board of Directors of Canadian General Investments, Limited (TSX:CGI) (LSE:CGI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sanjay Nakra as an independent director to the Board.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at October 31, 2023 was $50.60, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 6.3% for both periods. 

Canadian General Investments, Limited has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share payable on December 15, 2023 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on November 30, 2023.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

While cash yields are certainly attractive today, fixed income assets have historically outperformed cash when the Fed stopped raising rates. Learn more in this article by Thornburg Investment Management here.

Brookfield High Yield Strategy co-portfolio managers discussed reasons why institutional investors should consider adding a high-yield portfolio allocation focused on real assets, what sets Brookfield’s real asset debt investing approach apart, and more. Read the Q&A here.

This presentation to VCIF shareholders provides an overview of the transition to CCIF. Learn more by viewing the PDF here.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at September 30, 2023 was $54.29, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 14.0% and 22.1%, respectively.

The Carlyle Group has released its August 2023 report for CCIF. View the Fund’s common stock data, portfolio summary, top five positions, and more by viewing the PDF here.

Following the announcement of a 15% increase in the regular monthly distribution rate effective Aug. 31, 2023, the MEGI team reviewed the Fund's investment approach and highlighted their perspective on the evolving infrastructure environment. Listen to the quarterly webinar replay here.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (the Company), announces that it has submitted its 2023 Interim Report, which includes the Management Report of Fund Performance and unaudited Financial Statements, to applicable Canadian securities regulators and to the National Storage Mechanism.

Gain views on fixed income securities and the US economic outlook amid ongoing market volatility from WDI, a diversified, closed-end management investment company that invests in a wide range of fixed income securities to access a broad range of opportunities for income and capital appreciation.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Canadian General Investments, Limited has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share payable on September 15, 2023 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2023.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

TIBIX has been a solution to clients who need a consistent income stream while continuing to grow their principal for more than two decades. Learn about the Fund's benefits and more with a replay of its 2nd quarter webcast here.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at June 30, 2023 was $55.66, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 16.4% and 25.6%, respectively. 

The Board of Directors of FS Credit Opportunities Corp. (the Fund) (NYSE: FSCO) announced an increased monthly distribution for July 2023. Read the announcement here.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI or the Company) today completed the previously announced redemption of its $75,000,000 3.75% Cumulative Redeemable Class A Preference Shares, Series 4. This redemption was in accordance with the terms of the Series 4 shares.

Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at May 31, 2023 was $52.23, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 9.3% and 3.7%, respectively.

FS Credit Opportunities Corp. (FSCO) announced its Q1 2023 Earnings May 11. Listen to the Earnings call replay here and view a transcript here.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

A report highlighting the structure, risks, and investor-friendly features of asset-backed securities.

Key takeaways from Guggenheim›s Q2 2023 High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook report.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Tom Roseen, Head of Research Services with Refinitiv Lipper provides his latest monthly review of closed-end funds.

Thornburg's CEO Jason Brady unpacks the forecast of 2023. (4 min. read)

Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust ("CPZ") discusses the 2021 outlook, portfolio positioning and performance in its quarterly review and commentary.

Calamos recently increased distribution levels for 5 closed-end funds. Performance review for CHI, CHY, CCD, CSQ and CPZ and markets outlook are discussed.

Gain insight from closed-end fund industry experts and portfolio managers, exchange ideas, and obtain the latest information on issues, trends and topics related to CEFs.

Leverage, the ability of closed-end funds to issue debt or raise money through the sale of preferred shares, is a unique feature of closed-end funds.