Closed-End Fund Discounts Widen Again in Q3
After the Fed's benchmark rate cut on September 17, 2025, investors moved quickly into municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs), international bonds, and preferred equity: sectors that stood gain swift relief from the quarter-point rate reduction.
Closed-end funds have bounced back, but have further to go, says Roseen
Tom Roseen, head of research services at Lipper Refinitiv, says that closed-end fund discounts currently stand at an average of 8.7 percent, significantly wider than the 5.65 percent of the past but significantly improved from February and March...
XA’s Flynn talks alternative investments in new, different packaging
Kimberly Flynn, managing director of alternative investments at XA Investments, talks about the new and different ways alternatives are being packaged in closed-end funds and how investors and fund companies deal with discounts and new structures...


