Today, Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. , a New York Stock Exchange–listed closed-end fund trading under the symbol “DDF,” declares a monthly dividend of $0.0525 per share.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced the redemption of a portion of the issued and outstanding auction rate preferred shares by BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust (NYS

Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund , Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. , Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.

Rand Capital Corporation

A number of factors that came to the forefront in March continue to support a strong market for municipal bonds and closed-end funds investing in municipal bonds, according

BEDMINSTER, N.J., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Precidian Funds LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Precidian Investments LLC, is pleased to announce that that the MAXIS® Nikkei 225 Index Fund (NKY:NYSE Arca) ...

Investment professionals from Western Asset Management Company, a Legg Mason, Inc. affiliate, participated in a quarterly update to discuss their views on the current market and provide their outlook for the rest of 2013.

Templeton Global Income Fund today announced its regular monthly dividend from net investment income of $0.035 per share, payable on May 31, 2013, to shareholders of record on May 16, 2013 .

First Asset Morningstar U.S. Consumer Defensive Index Fund announces that the syndicate of agents for the Fund's initial public offering has exercised the over-allotment option and acquired an additional ...

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Long-term mutual fund assets distributed by independent/regional broker-dealers (IBDs) and registered investment advisors (RIAs) continued to grow at a faster ...

First-of-its-kind mutual fund in Canada - promoting the advancement of women globally

Surge Continues for Foreign Equity Funds in April, Morningstar Canada Data Show

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. today provided a summary unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and announced its net asset value and

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company today provided a summary unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and announced its net asset value and asset

Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund, Inc. today provided a summary unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and announced its net asset value and ass

Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that 84 Nuveen closed-end funds declared regular monthly distributions.

Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions, as well as individual investors, today announced that the Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund (N

BOSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their monthly distributions today as follows: Declaration Date: May 1, 2013 Ex Date: May 9, 2013 Record ...

Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AAA' long-term ratings assigned to Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares , MuniFund Term Preferred Shares , and Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares issued by 55 closed-end funds managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and subadvised by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC .

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds announced distributions today as detailed below.

BOSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Management (EVM), investment adviser to the below-listed Eaton Vance equity option closed-end funds (the Funds), announced today the results of the Funds' ...

NEW YORK -- Guggenheim Investments announced today that certain closed-end funds have declared their distributions. The table below summarizes the distribution schedule for each closed-end fund (collectively, ...

BOSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Management today disclosed certain data for the Eaton Vance closed-end municipal bond funds (the "Funds"): Earnings per Common Share – The average ...

MFS Investment Management® announced today monthly distributions of the following closed-end funds, all with declaration dates of May 1, 2013, ex-dividend dates of May 14, 2

The Boards of Trustees of PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund , PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund , PIMCO Global StocksPLUS® & Income Fund , PIMCO High Income Fund , PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund , PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.

The Boards of Trustees of PIMCO Municipal Income Fund , PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund , PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund , PIMCO Munic

NEI Investments receives approval on changes to its mutual fund lineup

Huntington Asset Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated , announced it will assist two investment firms with the launches of their mutual fund offerings.

ATLANTA, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of each of the Invesco closed-end funds listed below today declared the following dividends. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110131/MM39469LOGO-a ...

On April 24, Fitch Ratings moderated a panel titled 'Use of Leverage in Closed-End Funds' at the 12th Annual Capital Link Closed-End Funds and Global ETFs Forum hosted by Capital Link.

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the stock market hitting new highs this year and investors showing renewed interest in stocks, Kamie Zaracki, CEO of BetterInvesting, and Doug Gerlach, ...

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to series of new senior unsecured notes issued by Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund, Inc. , a non-diversified closed-end fund ma

TORONTO, May 1, 2013 /CNW/ - TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM), the manager of TD Mutual Funds, today announced the launch of a new Premium Series for its TD Target Return Funds. In expanding its Series' ...

O'Leary Funds Management LP announces that O'Leary U.S. Strategic Yield Advantaged Fund is no longer converting to a mutual fund

Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC announced today that Fund Cards, which contain statistical information on the funds listed below as of March

RS Investments, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, today announced that Andrew Pilara Jr., a pioneer within the RS Value investment team for the past 20 years, will

Faircourt Gold Income Corp. Announces Net Asset Value for Annual Redemption of Class A Shares

Hesperian Capital Management Ltd. , the Manager of a strategically focused group of public mutual funds and limited partnerships , announced today that it has declared a dividend for the following funds:...

BOSTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Management, the Boston-based investment adviser, today announced the monthly distributions declared on the common shares of eleven of its closed-end municipal ...

MFS Investment Management® released today the distribution income sources for three of its closed-end funds for April 2013: MFS® Intermediate Income Trust , MFS® Government Markets Income Trust and MFS® Special Value Trust .

NAPERVILLE, Ill., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Calamos Investments ®* announced today the declaration of monthly distributions on each common share for its five closed-end funds. Fund Distribution (Level ...

Transamerica Funds is pleased to announce the addition of Transamerica MLP & Energy Income to its growing lineup of mutual funds. Transamerica MLP & Energy Income is a transparent and liquid product providing ...

On April 30, 2013, the Reaves Utility Income Fund , a closed-end sector fund, paid a monthly distribution on its common stock of $0.13125 per share to s

NEW YORK -- WisdomTree Investments, Inc. , an exchange-traded fund sponsor and asset manager, today announced that Jonathan Steinberg, Chief Executive Officer; and Amit Muni, Chief Financial Officer; will ...

First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund announced today the pricing of a public offering of common shares. The Fund agreed to sell a total of 2,800,000 common shares at a price to the public of $34.55 per share .

On April 30, 2013, the Clough Global Equity Fund , a closed-end fund, paid a quarterly distribution on its common stock of $0.29 per share to shareholde

On April 30, 2013, the Clough Global Allocation Fund , a closed-end fund, paid a quarterly distribution on its common stock of $0.30 per share to shareh

On April 29, 2013, the Board of Trustees of Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund declared from net investment income a monthly cash dividend of $0.035 per share of beneficial interest, payable on May 29, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 14, 2013.