Closed End Fund News

WHEATON, lll.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the Monthly distribution for First Trust Income Opportunities ETF, a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII. The following dates apply to today's distribution declaration:   Expected Ex-Dividend Date:   July 14, 2026   Record Date:   July 14, 2026   Payable Date:   July 31, 2026 Ticker Exchange Fund Name Frequency Ordinary Income Per Share Amount   ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS   Fir...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) (the “Fund”) announced today its regular July monthly distribution. Details are as follows: Declaration – 07/10/2026 Ex-Date – 07/22/2026 Record – 07/22/2026 Payable – 07/31/2026 Fund Ticker   Distribution Per Share Prior Distribution Per Share   DWS Municipal Income Trust   KTF   $0.0610 $0.0610 The Fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net investment income each year through its regular monthly distributions and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE: BGH) announced its monthly dividend for July 2026 of $0.1223 per share, payable on August 3, 2026. Based on the Fund’s June 30, 2026 share price of $14.10 per share, the dividend represents an annualized yield of 10.41% per share. Based on current projections through the payable date, the Fund expects that this dividend will be comprised of net investment income. In addition, the Fund announc...

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”), a leading exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) provider and asset manager, announced today that it has launched a new ETF, the First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF (NYSE Arca: FSPC) (the “fund”). The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund’s fees and expenses) of the Bloomberg Space Economy Index (the “index”). Space has quietly become one of the most consequential infra...

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”) announced today that it has launched the FT Vest Silver Strategy & Target Income ETF (Cboe BZX: SLVY) (the “fund”). SLVY is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to provide investors with current income and capital appreciation. Managed by Vest Financial LLC, the fund combines options contracts referencing the iShares Silver Trust (“SLV”) and short-term U.S. Treasury securities to pursue both goa...

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ellington Credit Company (NYSE: EARN) ("we" or the "Fund") today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a monthly common dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on August 31, 2026 to common shareholders of record as of July 31, 2026. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forwa...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Category: Financials...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Powerlaw Corp. (Nasdaq: PWRL), a publicly traded closed-end fund advised by Powerlaw Fund Adviser, LLC, today announced its Net Asset Value ("NAV") and NAV per share for the month ended June 30, 2026. At the close of business on June 30, 2026, Powerlaw Corp.'s unaudited financial metrics were as follows: Metric Value NAV Per Share $16.21 Prior NAV Per Share (as of 5/31/26) $15.31 % Change from Prior NAV (as of 5/31/26) 5.9% Total NAV $700.9 million The NAV report...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UBS Investment Bank today announced coupon payments for 9 ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes traded on the NYSE Arca and expected coupon payments for 3 ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes traded on NASDAQ (together, the “ETNs”). NYSE Ticker ETN Name and Prospectus Supplementa Coupon Valuation Date Ex-Date Record Date Payment Date Coupon Amount Payment Schedule Current Yield (annualized) MLPBb ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index ETN Series B 6/30/2026 7/14/2026 7/14/2026 7/22/2...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE: USA) has declared a distribution of $0.17 per share payable on August 31, 2026 to shareholders of record on July 16, 2026. This distribution is in accordance with the Fund’s current distribution policy of paying distributions on its shares totaling approximately 10 percent of its net asset value per year, payable in four quarterly installments of 2.5 percent. A portion of the distribution may be treated as pai...