Closed-end funds that invest in bonds

90 of the 360 U.S. closed-end funds we cover invest in bonds.

They are run by 41 firms; the largest are PIMCO (9), Western Asset (8) and Franklin Templeton (7).

At 13 of them a large investor is pushing for changes.

2 have a buy-back, a vote or a closing open right now.

Yearly costs run from 0.6% to 17.5%.

90 funds

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Yearly cost, borrowing and size of each fund, from its latest reports to the regulator
FundYearly costBorrowingSize
MGF - Aberdeen Government Markets Income Fund 0.8% none $97.2 million
MIN - Aberdeen Intermediate Income Fund 0.7% none $294 million
MMT - Aberdeen Multi-Market Income Fund 2.9% 28% $555 million
FAX - abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund 4.2% 33% $656 million
ACP - abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund 3.9% 33% $671 million
EAD - Allspring Income Opportunities Fund 3% 32% $419 million
ERC - Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund 3.2% 32% $275 million
FINS - Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust 3.2% 32% $450 million
ARDC - Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund 5.3% 42% $322 million
BANX - ArrowMark Financial Corp. 6% 17% $203 million
MCI - Barings Corporate Investors 1.7% 28% $355 million
MPV - Barings Participation Investors 1.6% 28% $171 million
BHK - Blackrock Core Bond Trust 3.3% 35% $694 million
BTZ - BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust 3.4% 38% $1.02 billion
DSU - BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund 1.7% 19% $622 million
BKT - BlackRock Income Trust 2% 33% $357 million
BLW - BlackRock Ltd Duration Income Trust 3.7% 38% $518 million
BIT - BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust 3.3% 38% $759 million
BGX - Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund 4.7% 37% $155 million
BGB - Blackstone Strategic Credit 2027 Term Fund 5.4% 42% $524 million
BWG - BrandywineGLOBAL-Global Income Opportunities Fund 4.6% 42% $143 million
RA - Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund 3.3% 24% $781 million
CHW - Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund 3.9% 38% $586 million
CCIF - Carlyle Credit Income Fund 13.8% 43% $71 million
GLO - Clough Global Opportunities Fund 3.5% 33% $280 million
FOF - Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund 1% none $381 million
CLM - Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund 1.1% none $1.99 billion
CIK - Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund 3.7% 34% $149 million
DNP - DNP Select Income Fund 2.5% 23% $3.71 billion
DSL - DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund 3% 24% $1.32 billion
DBL - DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund 2% 9% $290 million
DLY - DoubleLine Yield Opportunities Fund 2.9% 17% $735 million
ECC - Eagle Point Credit Co 10.9% 47% $599 million
EIC - Eagle Point Income Co 7.2% 13% $288 million
EIIA - Eagle Point Institutional Income Fund 12.8% 41% $112 million
EVV - Eaton Vance Ltd Duration Income Fund 4% 39% $1.18 billion
EVG - Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund 2.8% 19% $149 million
EARN - Ellington Credit Co 11.5% 58% $160 million
FTF - Franklin Ltd Duration Income Trust 3.7% 39% $257 million
PIM - Franklin Master Intermediate Income Trust 1% 34% $163 million
PPT - Franklin Premier Income Trust 1% 25% $349 million
FT - Franklin Universal Trust 3% 22% $215 million
FSCO - FS Credit Opportunities Corp. 7% 36% $1.44 billion
GUG - Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund 3.2% 39% $541 million
GOF - Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2% 37% $2.35 billion
HERZ - Herzfeld Credit Income Fund 4.3% none $38.6 million
HFRO - Highland Opportunities & Income Fund 2.4% 28% $652 million
VBF - Invesco Bond Fund 0.6% none $182 million
HEQ - John Hancock Diversified Income Fund 1.3% 11% $150 million
BTO - John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund 2.4% 14% $804 million
JHS - John Hancock Income Securities Trust 4.4% 40% $139 million
JHI - John Hancock Investors Trust 4.6% 41% $126 million
KIO - KKR Income Opportunities Fund 4.1% 37% $486 million
SCD - LMP Capital & Income Fund 2.4% 23% $402 million
MSD - Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund 1.4% 5% $161 million
EDD - Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund 2.2% 12% $379 million
NPCT - Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund 4.4% 32% $310 million
JQC - Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 4.4% 34% $791 million
JMM - Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund 3.3% none $61.5 million
OCCI - OFS Credit Company 14.1% 48% $98 million
PDCC - Pearl Diver Credit Co 10.1% 37% $77.3 million
PAXS - PIMCO Access Income Fund 5% 41% $693 million
PTY - PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund 1.5% 28% $2.51 billion
PCN - PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund 1.5% 25% $870 million
PDI - PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund 3.8% 38% $7.51 billion
PDO - PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund 4.3% 40% $1.86 billion
PDX - PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund 3% 32% $1.03 billion
PFL - PIMCO Income Strategy Fund 1.3% 4% $381 million
PFN - PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II 2.3% 32% $686 million
RCS - PIMCO Strategic Income Fund 2.7% 72% $218 million
RSF - RiverNorth Capital & Income Fund 4% none $54.9 million
RIV - RiverNorth Opportunities Fund 1.9% 27% $330 million
OPP - RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund 2.8% 37% $209 million
BRW - Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund 5.9% 55% $371 million
SABA - Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II 4.6% 43% $255 million
SPMC - Sound Point Meridian Capital 17.5% 46% $208 million
SPE - Special Opportunities Fund 1.9% 25% $174 million
TSI - TCW Strategic Income Fund 1.2% 12% $310 million
TEI - Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund 2.4% 17% $333 million
TBLD - Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust 1.6% none $741 million
VGI - Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund 4% 31% $88.1 million
EDF - Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund 3.1% 24% $164 million
WDI - Western Asset Diversified Income Fund (WDI) 4.3% 39% $737 million
EMD - Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund 3.1% 27% $648 million
GDO - Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fund 4.5% 34% $83.8 million
WIA - Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund 2.9% 27% $205 million
WIW - Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund 2.6% 26% $568 million
PAI - Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund 0.8% none $125 million
IGI - Western Asset Investment Grade Opportunity Trust 0.9% none $102 million
WEA - Western Asset Premier Bond Fund 3.6% 33% $134 million

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