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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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Cohen and Steers Infrastructure Fund Inc | NYSE:UTF | NYSE | Common Stock |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.21 | 0.91% | 23.41 | 23.5999 | 23.15 | 23.15 | 202,003 | 01:00:00 |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
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Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund at Net Asset Value(a) |
3.09 | % | ||
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund at Market Value(a) |
10.26 | % | ||
Blended Benchmark—80% FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Net Tax Index / 20% ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index(b) |
2.75 | % | ||
S&P 500 Index(b) |
15.29 | % | ||
MSCI World Index—net(b) |
11.75 | % |
(a) | As a closed‑end investment company, the price of the Fund’s exchange-traded shares will be set by market forces and can deviate from the net asset value (NAV) per share of the Fund. |
(b) | The FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Net Tax Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of worldwide infrastructure and infrastructure-related securities and is net of dividend withholding taxes. Constituent weights are adjusted semi-annually according to three broad industry sectors: 50% utilities, 30% transportation, and a 20% mix of other sectors, including pipelines, satellites, and telecommunication towers. The ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index tracks the performance of fixed-rate U.S. dollar-denominated preferred securities issued in the U.S. domestic market. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 large-capitalization stocks that is frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance. The MSCI World Index—net is a free-float-adjusted index that measures performance of large- and mid-capitalization companies representing developed market countries and is net of dividend withholding taxes. |
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BEN MORTON | ELAINE ZAHARIS-NIKAS | |
Portfolio Manager | Portfolio Manager |
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TYLER S. ROSENLICHT |
THUY QUYNH DANG | |
Portfolio Manager |
Portfolio Manager |
1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception(a) | |||||||||||||
Fund at NAV |
5.57 | % | 4.55 | % | 6.12 | % | 9.21 | % | ||||||||
Fund at Market Value |
3.58 | % | 4.89 | % | 7.36 | % | 8.93 | % |
(a) | Commencement of investment operations was March 30, 2004. |
Leverage (as a % of managed assets) |
30% | |
% Variable Rate Financing |
15% | |
Variable Rate |
6.0% | |
% Fixed Rate Financing(c) |
85% | |
Weighted Average Rate on Fixed Financing |
1.6% | |
Weighted Average Term on Fixed Financing |
2.0 years |
(a) | Data as of June 30, 2024. Information is subject to change. |
(b) | See Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements. |
(c) | Represents fixed payer interest rate swap contracts on variable rate borrowing. |
Security | Value | % of Managed Assets |
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NextEra Energy, Inc. |
$ | 127,343,571 | 4.1 | |||||
Southern Co. |
121,931,740 | 3.9 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. |
121,026,820 | 3.9 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
99,413,428 | 3.2 | ||||||
TC Energy Corp. (Canada) |
98,644,578 | 3.1 | ||||||
PPL Corp. |
98,622,407 | 3.1 | ||||||
Transurban Group (Australia) |
86,326,765 | 2.8 | ||||||
National Grid PLC (United Kingdom) |
84,732,599 | 2.7 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. |
83,006,735 | 2.6 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. |
73,883,342 | 2.4 |
(a) | Top ten holdings (excluding short-term investments and derivative instruments) are determined on the basis of the value of individual securities held. The Fund may also hold positions in other securities issued by the companies listed above. See the Schedule of Investments for additional details on such other positions. |
(b) | Excludes derivative instruments. |
Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
COMMON STOCK |
115.5% | |||||||||||
AUSTRALIA |
7.8% | |||||||||||
RAILWAYS |
1.0% | |||||||||||
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.(a) |
|
8,589,984 | $ | 20,915,876 | ||||||||
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TOLL ROADS |
6.8% | |||||||||||
Atlas Arteria Ltd.(a)(b) |
|
18,295,481 | 62,367,102 | |||||||||
Transurban Group(a)(b) |
|
10,435,973 | 86,326,765 | |||||||||
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|||||||||||
148,693,867 | ||||||||||||
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TOTAL AUSTRALIA |
|
169,609,743 | ||||||||||
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BRAZIL |
2.0% | |||||||||||
MARINE PORTS |
1.0% | |||||||||||
Santos Brasil Participacoes SA(a) |
|
9,408,003 | 22,972,620 | |||||||||
|
|
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TOLL ROADS |
1.0% | |||||||||||
CCR SA(a) |
|
10,300,010 | 21,447,222 | |||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL BRAZIL |
|
44,419,842 | ||||||||||
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CANADA |
10.8% | |||||||||||
DIVERSIFIED |
0.2% | |||||||||||
Tidewater Renewables Ltd.(c) |
|
789,442 | 4,264,447 | |||||||||
|
|
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GAS DISTRIBUTION |
0.9% | |||||||||||
AltaGas Ltd. |
|
888,181 | 20,067,742 | |||||||||
|
|
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MIDSTREAM |
9.1% | |||||||||||
Enbridge, Inc. |
|
1,843,322 | 65,578,365 | |||||||||
Keyera Corp. |
|
748,046 | 20,718,148 | |||||||||
Pembina Pipeline Corp. |
|
327,150 | 12,138,543 | |||||||||
TC Energy Corp. |
|
2,602,212 | 98,644,578 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
197,079,634 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
RAILWAYS |
0.6% | |||||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
|
113,718 | 13,437,851 | |||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL CANADA |
|
234,849,674 | ||||||||||
|
|
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CHINA |
1.8% | |||||||||||
GAS DISTRIBUTION |
1.3% | |||||||||||
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd., (H Shares)(a) |
|
3,372,121 | 27,787,757 | |||||||||
|
|
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MARINE PORTS |
0.5% | |||||||||||
China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd., (H Shares)(a) |
|
7,242,000 | 10,776,220 | |||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL CHINA |
|
38,563,977 | ||||||||||
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Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
FRANCE |
1.3% | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
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Engie SA(a) |
|
1,971,863 | $ | 28,160,421 | ||||||||
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GREECE |
0.4% | |||||||||||
AIRPORT |
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Athens International Airport SA |
|
1,058,181 | 8,896,087 | |||||||||
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HONG KONG |
2.7% | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
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CLP Holdings Ltd. |
|
1,568,500 | 12,674,058 | |||||||||
Power Assets Holdings Ltd.(a) |
|
8,487,000 | 45,917,973 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
58,592,031 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
INDIA |
3.3% | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
||||||||||||
NTPC Ltd. |
|
3,829,856 | 17,429,835 | |||||||||
Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. |
|
13,661,786 | 54,278,515 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
71,708,350 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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ITALY |
1.2% | |||||||||||
GAS DISTRIBUTION |
||||||||||||
Snam SpA |
|
5,816,041 | 25,730,726 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
JAPAN |
2.5% | |||||||||||
AIRPORT |
0.7% | |||||||||||
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.(a) |
|
492,900 | 16,809,884 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
0.4% | |||||||||||
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.(a) |
|
517,700 | 8,694,297 | |||||||||
|
|
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GAS DISTRIBUTION |
1.4% | |||||||||||
Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.(a) |
|
424,300 | 9,343,619 | |||||||||
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.(a) |
|
967,600 | 20,778,532 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
30,122,151 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL JAPAN |
|
55,626,332 | ||||||||||
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|
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LUXEMBOURG |
1.0% | |||||||||||
COMMUNICATIONS |
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SES SA |
|
4,242,439 | 21,608,610 | |||||||||
|
|
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MALAYSIA |
0.6% | |||||||||||
MARINE PORTS |
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Westports Holdings Bhd. |
|
15,775,000 | 13,944,197 | |||||||||
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Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
MEXICO |
3.0% | |||||||||||
AIRPORTS |
||||||||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV(a) |
|
1,523,926 | $ | 12,931,922 | ||||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Class B(a) |
|
3,394,388 | 53,345,419 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
66,277,341 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
NETHERLANDS |
0.9% | |||||||||||
MARINE PORTS |
||||||||||||
Koninklijke Vopak NV |
|
459,751 | 19,084,282 | |||||||||
|
|
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NEW ZEALAND |
1.4% | |||||||||||
AIRPORT |
||||||||||||
Auckland International Airport Ltd.(a) |
|
6,665,359 | 30,976,801 | |||||||||
|
|
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PHILIPPINES |
0.5% | |||||||||||
MARINE PORTS |
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International Container Terminal Services, Inc. |
|
1,795,530 | 10,716,381 | |||||||||
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|
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SPAIN |
2.2% | |||||||||||
AIRPORT |
||||||||||||
Aena SME SA(a)(d) |
|
234,282 | 47,170,031 | |||||||||
|
|
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THAILAND |
1.3% | |||||||||||
AIRPORT |
||||||||||||
Airports of Thailand PCL |
|
18,795,100 | 29,193,288 | |||||||||
|
|
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UNITED KINGDOM |
4.4% | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
3.9% | |||||||||||
National Grid PLC |
|
7,594,608 | 84,732,599 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
WATER |
0.5% | |||||||||||
Pennon Group PLC |
|
1,667,274 | 12,087,087 | |||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM |
|
96,819,686 | ||||||||||
|
|
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UNITED STATES |
66.4% | |||||||||||
COMMUNICATIONS |
8.8% | |||||||||||
American Tower Corp.(e) |
|
622,630 | 121,026,820 | |||||||||
Crown Castle, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
721,549 | 70,495,337 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
191,522,157 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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DIVERSIFIED |
0.0% | |||||||||||
Benson Hill, Inc.(c) |
|
962,500 | 146,685 | |||||||||
Stem, Inc.(a)(c)(f) |
|
637,750 | 707,902 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
854,587 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
ELECTRIC |
35.2% | |||||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp.(a)(f) |
|
945,688 | $ | 48,135,519 | ||||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
1,083,896 | 33,579,098 | |||||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc.(a) |
|
228,427 | 20,425,942 | |||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
1,694,015 | 83,006,735 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Corp.(a)(f) |
|
737,138 | 73,883,342 | |||||||||
Edison International(a) |
|
473,641 | 34,012,160 | |||||||||
Entergy Corp.(a)(f) |
|
314,937 | 33,698,259 | |||||||||
Evergy, Inc.(a) |
|
474,479 | 25,133,153 | |||||||||
Net Power, Inc.(a)(c)(f) |
|
731,336 | 7,189,033 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
1,798,384 | 127,343,571 | |||||||||
PPL Corp.(a)(f) |
|
3,566,814 | 98,622,407 | |||||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
828,787 | 61,081,602 | |||||||||
Southern Co.(a) |
|
1,571,893 | 121,931,740 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
768,042,561 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
GAS DISTRIBUTION |
7.4% | |||||||||||
NiSource, Inc.(a) |
|
3,450,657 | 99,413,428 | |||||||||
Sempra(a)(f) |
|
827,532 | 62,942,084 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
162,355,512 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
MIDSTREAM |
10.1% | |||||||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a) |
|
272,650 | 47,667,399 | |||||||||
DT Midstream, Inc.(a) |
|
185,842 | 13,200,357 | |||||||||
Energy Transfer LP(a)(f) |
|
1,606,191 | 26,052,418 | |||||||||
Hess Midstream LP, Class A(a)(f) |
|
278,347 | 10,142,965 | |||||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc.(a) |
|
1,374,354 | 27,308,414 | |||||||||
Kinetik Holdings, Inc.(a)(e) |
|
634,229 | 26,282,450 | |||||||||
MPLX LP(a)(f) |
|
514,959 | 21,932,104 | |||||||||
ONEOK, Inc.(a)(f) |
|
315,143 | 25,699,912 | |||||||||
Plains All American Pipeline LP(a) |
|
1,264,432 | 22,582,755 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
220,868,774 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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RAILWAYS |
4.9% | |||||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp.(a)(e)(f) |
|
255,551 | 54,864,244 | |||||||||
Union Pacific Corp.(a) |
|
228,641 | 51,732,313 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
106,596,557 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL UNITED STATES |
|
1,450,240,148 | ||||||||||
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|
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TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Identified cost—$2,134,888,658) |
|
2,522,187,948 | ||||||||||
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Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
PREFERRED SECURITIES—EXCHANGE-TRADED |
3.9% | |||||||||||
BERMUDA |
0.0% | |||||||||||
INSURANCE |
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., 5.75%, Series F(a)(g) |
|
7,000 | $ | 161,700 | ||||||||
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CANADA |
0.2% | |||||||||||
UTILITIES |
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., 6.20% to 10/1/24, due 7/1/79, Series 19‑A(a)(h) |
|
89,073 | 2,242,858 | |||||||||
Brookfield BRP Holdings Canada, Inc., 4.625%(a)(g) |
|
100,000 | 1,549,000 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
3,791,858 | ||||||||||||
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|
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NETHERLANDS |
0.0% | |||||||||||
INSURANCE |
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AEGON Funding Co. LLC, 5.10%, due 12/15/49(a) |
|
65,287 | 1,356,011 | |||||||||
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|
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UNITED STATES |
3.7% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
1.1% | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 5.375%, Series KK(a)(g) |
|
61,831 | 1,435,097 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.00%, Series GG(a)(f)(g) |
|
184,373 | 4,601,950 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.75%, Series DD(a)(g) |
|
159,744 | 3,977,626 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley, 6.375%, Series I(a)(g) |
|
118,969 | 2,980,173 | |||||||||
Regions Financial Corp., 5.70% to 5/15/29, Series C(a)(g)(h) |
|
81,114 | 1,861,566 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.375%, Series CC(a)(g) |
|
58,968 | 1,135,724 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.70%, Series AA(a)(g) |
|
142,405 | 2,892,246 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.75%, Series Z(a)(g) |
|
206,575 | 4,216,196 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.625%, Series Y(a)(g) |
|
65,803 | 1,543,738 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50%, Series L (Convertible)(g) |
|
172 | 204,503 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
24,848,819 | ||||||||||||
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY PRODUCTS |
0.2% | |||||||||||
Ford Motor Co., Senior Debt, 6.50%, due 8/15/62(a) |
|
144,325 | 3,608,125 | |||||||||
|
|
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CONSUMER STAPLE PRODUCTS |
0.3% | |||||||||||
CHS, Inc., 6.75%, Series 3(a)(g) |
|
137,935 | 3,460,789 | |||||||||
CHS, Inc., 7.10%, Series 2(a)(g) |
|
135,283 | 3,483,537 | |||||||||
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6,944,326 | ||||||||||||
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FINANCIAL SERVICES |
0.3% | |||||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., 6.75%, due 3/30/64 |
|
32,128 | 818,621 | |||||||||
Brookfield Oaktree Holdings LLC, 6.55%, Series B(a)(g) |
|
66,071 | 1,410,616 |
Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
Brookfield Oaktree Holdings LLC, 6.625%, Series A(a)(g) |
|
100,000 | $ | 2,172,000 | ||||||||
Carlyle Finance LLC, 4.625%, due 5/15/61(a) |
|
70,000 | 1,274,000 | |||||||||
|
|
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5,675,237 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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INSURANCE |
0.8% | |||||||||||
Allstate Corp., 7.375%, Series J(a)(g) |
|
98,834 | 2,640,844 | |||||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd., 5.45%, Series F(a)(g) |
|
80,000 | 1,792,000 | |||||||||
Athene Holding Ltd., 4.875%, Series D(a)(g) |
|
55,443 | 1,043,992 | |||||||||
Athene Holding Ltd., 6.35% to 6/30/29, Series A(a)(g)(h) |
|
115,223 | 2,779,179 | |||||||||
Athene Holding Ltd., 7.25% to 3/30/29, due 3/30/64(h) |
|
87,725 | 2,228,215 | |||||||||
Enstar Group Ltd., 7.00% to 9/1/28, Series D(a)(g)(h) |
|
77,050 | 1,930,102 | |||||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, Series A(a)(g) |
|
52,000 | 1,131,000 | |||||||||
MetLife, Inc., 5.625%, Series E(a)(g) |
|
86,560 | 2,114,661 | |||||||||
Voya Financial, Inc., 5.35% to 9/15/29, Series B(a)(g)(h) |
|
45,010 | 1,092,843 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
16,752,836 | ||||||||||||
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
0.3% | |||||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 4.75%, Series C(a)(f)(g) |
|
182,869 | 3,686,639 | |||||||||
AT&T, Inc., 5.00%, Series A(a)(f)(g) |
|
13,078 | 275,685 | |||||||||
U.S. Cellular Corp., Senior Debt, 5.50%, due 6/1/70(a) |
|
94,315 | 1,906,106 | |||||||||
|
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5,868,430 | ||||||||||||
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UTILITIES |
0.7% | |||||||||||
CMS Energy Corp., 5.875%, due 10/15/78(a) |
|
63,498 | 1,531,572 | |||||||||
CMS Energy Corp., 5.875%, due 3/1/79(a) |
|
146,996 | 3,558,773 | |||||||||
Duke Energy Corp., 5.75%, Series A(a)(g) |
|
71,350 | 1,783,750 | |||||||||
SCE Trust VIII, 6.95%, Series N(g) |
|
38,033 | 978,970 | |||||||||
Sempra, 5.75%, due 7/1/79(a) |
|
150,675 | 3,518,261 | |||||||||
Southern Co., 4.95%, due 1/30/80, Series 2020(a)(f) |
|
230,000 | 5,076,100 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
16,447,426 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL UNITED STATES |
|
80,145,199 | ||||||||||
|
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TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—EXCHANGE-TRADED (Identified cost—$90,492,337) |
|
85,454,768 | ||||||||||
|
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Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
PREFERRED SECURITIES—OVER‑THE‑COUNTER |
22.1% | |||||||||||
AUSTRALIA |
0.5% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
0.2% | |||||||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 6.75% to 6/15/26(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
4,000,000 | $ | 4,027,228 | ||||||||
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|
|||||||||||
INSURANCE |
0.3% | |||||||||||
QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 5.875% to 6/17/26, due 6/17/46, Series EMTN(a)(h)(j) |
|
1,800,000 | 1,784,365 | |||||||||
QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 6.75% to 12/2/24, due 12/2/44(a)(h)(j) |
|
5,155,000 | 5,161,948 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
6,946,313 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL AUSTRALIA |
|
10,973,541 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
CANADA |
2.8% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
0.6% | |||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia, 4.90% to 6/4/25(a)(g)(h) |
|
1,840,000 | 1,808,261 | |||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia, 8.00% to 1/27/29, due 1/27/84(a)(h) |
|
3,200,000 | 3,312,541 | |||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia, 8.625% to 10/27/27, due 10/27/82(a)(h) |
|
3,400,000 | 3,570,466 | |||||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 8.125% to 10/31/27, due 10/31/82(a)(h) |
|
3,200,000 | 3,324,358 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
12,015,626 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
PIPELINES |
1.9% | |||||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 5.75% to 4/15/30, due 7/15/80, Series 20‑A(a)(f)(h) |
|
5,980,000 | 5,652,193 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 6.00% to 1/15/27, due 1/15/77, Series 16‑A(a)(h) |
|
4,155,000 | 4,042,628 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 6.25% to 3/1/28, due 3/1/78(a)(f)(h) |
|
5,913,000 | 5,680,224 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 7.375% to 10/15/27, due 1/15/83(a)(f)(h) |
|
3,985,000 | 3,998,848 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 7.625% to 10/15/32, due 1/15/83(a)(h) |
|
1,920,000 | 1,967,491 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 8.25% to 10/15/28, due 1/15/84, Series NC5(a)(h) |
|
3,820,000 | 3,989,654 | |||||||||
Enbridge, Inc., 8.50% to 10/15/33, due 1/15/84(a)(h) |
|
2,060,000 | 2,225,896 | |||||||||
Transcanada Trust, 5.50% to 9/15/29, due 9/15/79(a)(f)(h) |
|
5,008,000 | 4,614,767 | |||||||||
Transcanada Trust, 5.60% to 12/7/31, due 3/7/82(a)(h) |
|
2,500,000 | 2,269,535 | |||||||||
Transcanada Trust, 5.875% to 8/15/26, due 8/15/76, Series 16‑A(a)(f)(h) |
|
6,499,000 | 6,376,856 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
40,818,092 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
UTILITIES |
0.3% | |||||||||||
Emera, Inc., 6.75% to 6/15/26, due 6/15/76, Series 16‑A(a)(f)(h) |
|
7,268,000 | $ | 7,240,332 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CANADA |
|
60,074,050 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
FINLAND |
0.1% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
||||||||||||
Nordea Bank Abp, 6.625% to 3/26/26(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
1,400,000 | 1,392,870 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
FRANCE |
1.7% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
||||||||||||
BNP Paribas SA, 7.00% to 8/16/28(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
1,000,000 | 987,500 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA, 7.375% to 8/19/25(a)(d)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
6,200,000 | 6,200,031 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA, 7.75% to 8/16/29(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
3,200,000 | 3,235,248 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA, 8.50% to 8/14/28(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,000,000 | 2,053,432 | |||||||||
BNP Paribas SA, 9.25% to 11/17/27(a)(d)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
7,200,000 | 7,652,419 | |||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, 8.125% to 12/23/25(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
3,950,000 | 4,013,768 | |||||||||
Societe Generale SA, 6.75% to 4/6/28(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
4,000,000 | 3,587,324 | |||||||||
Societe Generale SA, 8.00% to 9/29/25(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,200,000 | 2,198,834 | |||||||||
Societe Generale SA, 9.375% to 11/22/27(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,400,000 | 2,432,652 | |||||||||
Societe Generale SA, 10.00% to 11/14/28(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
5,000,000 | 5,199,970 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
37,561,178 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
ITALY |
0.2% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
||||||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 7.70% to 9/17/25(a)(d)(g)(h)(i) |
|
3,900,000 | 3,899,698 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
JAPAN |
0.7% | |||||||||||
INSURANCE |
||||||||||||
Dai‑ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 5.10% to 10/28/24(a)(d)(g)(h) |
|
2,000,000 | 1,997,666 | |||||||||
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co., 5.00% to 7/28/25(a)(g)(h)(j) |
|
2,800,000 | 2,766,120 | |||||||||
Nippon Life Insurance Co., 5.10% to 10/16/24, due 10/16/44(a)(d)(f)(h) |
|
5,600,000 | 5,593,552 | |||||||||
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., 5.875% to 1/18/34(a)(d)(f)(g)(h) |
|
4,400,000 | 4,294,677 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
14,652,015 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
NETHERLANDS |
0.7% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
0.6% | |||||||||||
ING Groep NV, 5.75% to 11/16/26(a)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
5,000,000 | $ | 4,810,600 | ||||||||
ING Groep NV, 6.50% to 4/16/25(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,600,000 | 2,579,917 | |||||||||
ING Groep NV, 8.00% to 5/16/30(g)(h)(i)(j) |
|
5,400,000 | 5,513,535 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
12,904,052 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
INSURANCE |
0.1% | |||||||||||
Aegon Ltd., 5.50% to 4/11/28, due 4/11/48(a)(h) |
|
2,875,000 | 2,779,128 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL NETHERLANDS |
|
15,683,180 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
SPAIN |
0.7% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
||||||||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, 6.50% to 3/5/25, Series 9(a)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
1,800,000 | 1,791,565 | |||||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, 9.375% to 3/19/29(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
4,000,000 | 4,267,264 | |||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 9.625% to 11/21/28(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
4,400,000 | 4,723,660 | |||||||||
Banco Santander SA, 9.625% to 5/21/33(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
3,800,000 | 4,221,819 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
15,004,308 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
SWEDEN |
0.2% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
||||||||||||
Swedbank AB, 7.75% to 3/17/30(g)(h)(i)(j) |
|
4,400,000 | 4,403,190 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
SWITZERLAND |
1.4% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
0.9% | |||||||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG, 5.25%, Claim(c)(d)(g)(i)(k)(l) |
|
1,600,000 | 144,000 | |||||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG, 6.375%, Claim(c)(d)(g)(i)(k)(l) |
|
2,000,000 | 180,000 | |||||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.50%, Claim(c)(d)(g)(i)(k)(l) |
|
600,000 | 54,000 | |||||||||
UBS Group AG, 6.875% to 8/7/25(a)(g)(h)(i)(j) |
|
5,400,000 | 5,365,589 | |||||||||
UBS Group AG, 9.25% to 11/13/28(a)(d)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
7,000,000 | 7,548,821 | |||||||||
UBS Group AG, 9.25% to 11/13/33(a)(d)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
5,200,000 | 5,836,438 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
19,128,848 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
INSURANCE |
0.5% | |||||||||||
Argentum Netherlands BV for Swiss Re Ltd., 5.625% to 8/15/27, due 8/15/52(a)(h)(j) |
|
3,700,000 | 3,650,651 | |||||||||
Argentum Netherlands BV for Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., 5.125% to 6/1/28, due 6/1/48(a)(h)(j) |
|
5,800,000 | 5,651,404 |
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
Zurich Finance Ireland Designated Activity Co., 3.00% to 1/19/31, due 4/19/51, Series EMTN(h)(j) |
|
3,600,000 | $ | 2,967,750 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
12,269,805 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SWITZERLAND |
|
31,398,653 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
UNITED KINGDOM |
2.3% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
1.6% | |||||||||||
Barclays PLC, 9.625% to 12/15/29(a)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
8,800,000 | 9,562,010 | |||||||||
HSBC Capital Funding Dollar 1 LP, 10.176% to 6/30/30, Series 2(a)(d)(f)(g)(h) |
|
7,566,000 | 9,173,964 | |||||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.00% to 5/22/27(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,600,000 | 2,517,056 | |||||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.50% to 3/23/28(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,800,000 | 2,763,481 | |||||||||
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 7.50% to 9/27/25(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
3,400,000 | 3,407,271 | |||||||||
NatWest Group PLC, 6.00% to 12/29/25(a)(g)(h)(i) |
|
2,000,000 | 1,961,474 | |||||||||
NatWest Group PLC, 8.00% to 8/10/25(a)(f)(g)(h)(i) |
|
6,000,000 | 6,045,060 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
35,430,316 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
INSURANCE |
0.2% | |||||||||||
Beazley Insurance DAC, 5.50%, due 9/10/29(j) |
|
2,600,000 | 2,485,405 | |||||||||
Lancashire Holdings Ltd., 5.625% to 3/18/31, due 9/18/41(a)(h)(j) |
|
1,300,000 | 1,178,538 | |||||||||
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC, 5.625% to 1/29/25(g)(h)(i)(j) |
|
1,232,000 | 1,220,733 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
4,884,676 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
0.5% | |||||||||||
Vodafone Group PLC, 4.125% to 3/4/31, due 6/4/81(a)(h) |
|
2,090,000 | 1,784,326 | |||||||||
Vodafone Group PLC, 6.25% to 7/29/24, due 10/3/78(a)(h)(j) |
|
4,235,000 | 4,231,125 | |||||||||
Vodafone Group PLC, 7.00% to 1/4/29, due 4/4/79(a)(f)(h) |
|
4,500,000 | 4,645,476 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
10,660,927 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM |
|
50,975,919 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
UNITED STATES |
10.8% | |||||||||||
BANKING |
5.8% | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 5.875% to 3/15/28, Series FF(a)(g)(h) |
|
2,682,000 | 2,670,645 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.10% to 3/17/25, Series AA(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
7,429,000 | 7,425,917 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.25% to 9/5/24, Series X(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
7,423,000 | 7,410,767 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.30% to 3/10/26, Series DD(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
6,000,000 | 6,035,094 | |||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.50% to 10/23/24, Series Z(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
6,806,000 | 6,808,307 |
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 4.625% to 9/20/26, Series F(a)(g)(h) |
3,500,000 | $ | 3,384,333 | |||||||
Charles Schwab Corp., 4.00% to 6/1/26, Series I(a)(f)(g)(h) |
6,983,000 | 6,560,570 | ||||||||
Charles Schwab Corp., 5.375% to 6/1/25, Series G(a)(g)(h) |
2,936,000 | 2,910,383 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 3.875% to 2/18/26, Series X(a)(g)(h) |
3,250,000 | 3,083,949 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 4.15% to 11/15/26, Series Y(a)(g)(h) |
2,310,000 | 2,161,873 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.00% to 9/12/24, Series U(a)(g)(h) |
3,504,000 | 3,490,068 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.95% to 5/15/25, Series P(a)(f)(g)(h) |
5,569,000 | 5,539,573 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 6.25% to 8/15/26, Series T(a)(f)(g)(h) |
7,850,000 | 7,864,141 | ||||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 7.625% to 11/15/28, Series AA(a)(g)(h) |
3,800,000 | 3,965,984 | ||||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 5.65% to 10/6/25, Series F(a)(g)(h) |
2,000,000 | 1,944,507 | ||||||||
CoBank ACB, 6.25% to 10/1/26, Series I(g)(h) |
2,866,000 | 2,844,751 | ||||||||
Farm Credit Bank of Texas, 9.596% (3 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.01%)(a)(d)(g)(m) |
35,300 | † | 3,547,650 | |||||||
First Horizon Bank, 6.409% (3 Month USD Term SOFR + 1.112%, Floor 3.75%)(a)(d)(g)(m) |
1,806 | † | 1,210,020 | |||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.65% to 8/10/26, Series U(a)(g)(h) |
4,170,000 | 3,888,092 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.125% to 11/10/26, Series V(a)(g)(h) |
1,000,000 | 936,501 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.30% to 11/10/26, Series O(a)(f)(g)(h) |
1,645,000 | 1,631,902 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.50% to 8/10/24, Series Q(a)(g)(h) |
1,000,000 | 997,211 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 7.50% to 5/10/29, Series X(g)(h) |
2,290,000 | 2,360,656 | ||||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 4.45% to 10/15/27, Series G(a)(g)(h) |
1,000,000 | 912,846 | ||||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 5.625% to 7/15/30, Series F(a)(g)(h) |
894,000 | 858,972 | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.00% to 8/1/24, Series FF(a)(g)(h) |
1,043,000 | 1,040,669 | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.10% to 10/1/24, Series X(a)(g)(h) |
2,500,000 | 2,503,995 | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.875% to 6/1/29, Series NN(g)(h) |
2,000,000 | 2,070,728 | ||||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 6.20% to 9/15/27, Series V(a)(f)(g)(h) |
4,450,000 | 4,443,812 | ||||||||
Regions Financial Corp., 5.75% to 6/15/25, Series D(a)(g)(h) |
1,849,000 | 1,821,173 |
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
State Street Corp., 6.70% to 3/15/29, Series I(a)(g)(h) |
|
4,000,000 | $ | 4,033,844 | ||||||||
Truist Financial Corp., 5.10% to 3/1/30, Series Q(a)(g)(h) |
|
2,109,000 | 1,980,031 | |||||||||
Truist Financial Corp., 5.125% to 12/15/27, Series M(a)(g)(h) |
|
500,000 | 474,895 | |||||||||
U.S. Bancorp, 5.30% to 4/15/27, Series J(a)(g)(h) |
|
1,500,000 | 1,458,299 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 3.90% to 3/15/26, Series BB(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
7,400,000 | 7,085,877 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.875% to 6/15/25, Series U(a)(g)(h) |
|
2,796,000 | 2,790,214 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.95%, due 12/15/36(a) |
|
2,830,000 | 2,824,102 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 7.625% to 9/15/28(a)(g)(h) |
|
3,390,000 | 3,618,503 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
126,590,854 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
ENERGY |
0.1% | |||||||||||
BP Capital Markets PLC, 4.375% to 6/22/25(g)(h) |
|
621,000 | 610,347 | |||||||||
BP Capital Markets PLC, 4.875% to 3/22/30(g)(h) |
|
2,550,000 | 2,412,010 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
3,022,357 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
FINANCIAL SERVICES |
0.3% | |||||||||||
Discover Financial Services, 6.125% to 6/23/25, Series D(g)(h) |
|
5,566,000 | 5,520,207 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
INSURANCE |
2.0% | |||||||||||
Assurant, Inc., 7.00% to 3/27/28, due 3/27/48(a)(h) |
|
3,700,000 | 3,717,417 | |||||||||
Corebridge Financial, Inc., 6.875% to 9/15/27, due 12/15/52(a)(f)(h) |
|
7,170,000 | 7,239,793 | |||||||||
Global Atlantic Fin Co., 7.95% to 7/15/29, due 10/15/54(d)(h) |
|
2,600,000 | 2,620,059 | |||||||||
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 7.80%, due 3/15/37(a)(d) |
|
1,680,000 | 1,786,704 | |||||||||
Lincoln National Corp., 9.25% to 12/1/27, Series C(g)(h) |
|
2,500,000 | 2,701,215 | |||||||||
MetLife Capital Trust IV, 7.875%, due 12/15/37 (TruPS)(a)(d)(f) |
|
5,850,000 | 6,280,578 | |||||||||
MetLife, Inc., 9.25%, due 4/8/38(a)(d)(f) |
|
6,500,000 | 7,535,827 | |||||||||
MetLife, Inc., 10.75%, due 8/1/39(a) |
|
1,000,000 | 1,339,538 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.125% to 11/28/31, due 3/1/52(a)(h) |
|
1,600,000 | 1,488,773 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.00% to 6/1/32, due 9/1/52(a)(f)(h) |
|
4,500,000 | 4,449,514 | |||||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.75% to 12/1/32, due 3/1/53(a)(h) |
|
3,000,000 | 3,074,811 | |||||||||
Voya Financial, Inc., 7.758% to 9/15/28, Series A(a)(g)(h) |
|
1,310,000 | 1,364,127 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
43,598,356 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
PIPELINES |
0.1% | |||||||||||
Energy Transfer LP, 7.125% to 5/15/30, Series G(a)(g)(h) |
|
3,357,000 | 3,333,635 | |||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
UTILITIES |
2.5% | |||||||||||
AES Corp., 7.60% to 10/15/29, due 1/15/55(h) |
|
2,000,000 | $ | 2,025,790 | ||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc., 3.875% to 11/15/26, due 2/15/62(a)(h) |
|
4,200,000 | 3,868,842 | |||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc., 6.95% to 9/15/34, due 12/15/54(h) |
|
2,200,000 | 2,194,040 | |||||||||
CMS Energy Corp., 4.75% to 3/1/30, due 6/1/50(a)(h) |
|
1,125,000 | 1,031,549 | |||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.35% to 1/15/27, Series C(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
8,000,000 | 7,546,506 | |||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 6.875% to 11/3/29, due 2/1/55, Series A(h) |
|
4,180,000 | 4,268,662 | |||||||||
Entergy Corp., 7.125% to 9/1/29, due 12/1/54(h) |
|
3,800,000 | 3,775,821 | |||||||||
EUSHI Finance, Inc., 7.625% to 9/15/29, due 12/15/54(d)(h) |
|
2,000,000 | 2,012,694 | |||||||||
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 7.125% to 6/15/28, due 9/15/53(a)(h) |
|
2,240,000 | 2,307,749 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.65% to 5/1/29, due 5/1/79(a)(h) |
|
3,438,000 | 3,298,547 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 6.70% to 6/1/29, due 9/1/54(a)(h) |
|
4,000,000 | 4,008,478 | |||||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 6.75% to 3/15/34, due 6/15/54(h) |
|
1,500,000 | 1,512,351 | |||||||||
NiSource, Inc., 6.95% to 8/30/29, due 11/30/54(h) |
|
3,000,000 | 3,021,294 | |||||||||
Sempra, 4.125% to 1/1/27, due 4/1/52(a)(h) |
|
2,500,000 | 2,313,626 | |||||||||
Sempra, 4.875% to 10/15/25(a)(f)(g)(h) |
|
5,780,000 | 5,683,565 | |||||||||
Sempra, 6.875% to 7/1/29, due 10/1/54(h) |
|
3,000,000 | 2,989,043 | |||||||||
Southern Co., 4.00% to 10/15/25, due 1/15/51, Series B(a)(h) |
|
3,000,000 | 2,915,010 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
54,773,567 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITED STATES |
236,838,976 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—OVER‑THE‑COUNTER (Identified cost—$479,177,912) |
|
482,857,578 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS |
0.6% | |||||||||||
ITALY |
0.0% | |||||||||||
UTILITIES |
||||||||||||
Enel Finance America LLC, 7.10%, due 10/14/27(a)(d)(f) |
|
600,000 | 630,384 | |||||||||
Enel Finance International NV, 7.50%, due 10/14/32(a)(d) |
|
400,000 | 442,722 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
1,073,106 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
UNITED STATES |
0.6% | |||||||||||
REAL ESTATE |
0.2% | |||||||||||
Realty Income Corp., 3.40%, due 1/15/30(a) |
|
3,060,000 | $ | 2,788,041 | ||||||||
VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., 5.75%, due 2/1/27(a)(d)(f) |
|
1,700,000 | 1,701,321 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
4,489,362 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
UTILITIES |
0.4% | |||||||||||
American Electric Power Co., Inc., 5.75%, due 11/1/27(a) |
|
1,015,000 | 1,032,209 | |||||||||
Southern California Edison Co., 5.85%, due 11/1/27(a)(f) |
|
1,000,000 | 1,019,967 | |||||||||
Southern Co., 5.113%, due 8/1/27(a)(f) |
|
6,000,000 | 5,988,181 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
8,040,357 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITED STATES |
|
12,529,719 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Identified cost—$13,453,539) |
|
13,602,825 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
Shares/Units | ||||||||||||
WARRANTS |
0.0% | |||||||||||
UNITED STATES |
0.0% | |||||||||||
Net Power, Inc., strike price $11.50, expires 3/12/26(a)(c) |
|
182,834 | 417,922 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL WARRANTS (Identified cost—$621,636) |
|
417,922 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
0.5% | |||||||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS |
||||||||||||
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 5.25%(n) |
|
821,599 | 821,599 | |||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 5.25%(n) |
|
10,261,000 | 10,261,000 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Identified cost—$11,082,599) |
|
11,082,599 | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (Identified cost—$2,729,716,681) |
142.6% | 3,115,603,640 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS |
(42.6) | (930,771,209 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $22.64 per share based on 96,486,405 shares of common stock outstanding) |
100.0% | $ | 2,184,832,431 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
Notional Amount |
Fixed Rate Payable |
Fixed Payment Frequency |
Floating Rate Receivable (resets monthly) |
Floating Payment Frequency |
Maturity Date |
Value | Upfront Receipts (Payments) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
$255,000,000 | 0.670% | Monthly | 5.454%(o) | Monthly | 9/15/25 | $ | 13,524,043 | $ | 28,929 | $ | 13,552,972 | |||||||||||||||||||
212,500,000 | 1.240% | Monthly | 5.454%(o) | Monthly | 2/3/26 | 12,339,953 | 4,619 | 12,344,572 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
85,000,000 | 0.898% | Monthly | 5.454%(o) | Monthly | 5/1/26 | 6,029,795 | 14,623 | 6,044,418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
255,000,000 | 1.237% | Monthly | 5.454%(o) | Monthly | 9/15/27 | 24,288,826 | 43,976 | 24,332,802 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
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$ | 56,182,617 | $ | 92,147 | $ | 56,274,764 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
EMTN |
Euro Medium Term Note | |
OIS |
Overnight Indexed Swap | |
SOFR |
Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |
TruPS |
Trust Preferred Securities | |
USD |
United States Dollar |
* | Amount denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. |
† | Represents shares. |
(a) | All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral in connection with the Fund’s revolving credit agreement. $2,008,466,084 in aggregate has been pledged as collateral. |
(b) | Stapled security. A security contractually bound to one or more other securities to form a single saleable unit which cannot be sold separately. |
(c) | Non–income producing security. |
(d) | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold to qualified institutional buyers. Aggregate holdings amounted to $156,642,082 which represents 7.2% of the net assets of the Fund, of which 0.1% are illiquid. |
(e) | All or a portion of the security is pledged in connection with exchange-traded written option contracts. $225,720 in aggregate has been pledged as collateral. |
(f) | A portion of the security has been rehypothecated in connection with the Fund’s revolving credit agreement. $864,800,420 in aggregate has been rehypothecated. |
(g) | Perpetual security. Perpetual securities have no stated maturity date, but they may be called/redeemed by the issuer. |
(h) | Security converts to floating rate after the indicated fixed–rate coupon period. |
(i) | Contingent Capital security (CoCo). CoCos are debt or preferred securities with loss absorption characteristics built into the terms of the security for the benefit of the issuer. Aggregate holdings amounted to $125,798,457 which represents 5.8% of the net assets of the Fund (4.0% of the managed assets of the Fund). |
(j) | Securities exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are subject to resale restrictions. Aggregate holdings amounted to $46,380,353 which represents 2.1% of the net assets of the Fund, of which 0.0% are illiquid. |
(k) | Security is in default. |
(l) | Security value is determined based on significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). |
(m) | Variable rate. Rate shown is in effect at June 30, 2024. |
(n) | Rate quoted represents the annualized seven–day yield. |
(o) | Based on USD‑SOFR‑OIS. Represents rates in effect at June 30, 2024. |
Sector Summary | % of Managed Assets |
|||
Electric |
32.5 | |||
Midstream |
13.3 | |||
Banking |
9.5 | |||
Gas Distribution |
8.5 | |||
Communications |
6.8 | |||
Airports |
6.4 | |||
Toll Roads |
5.4 | |||
Railways |
4.5 | |||
Insurance |
3.3 | |||
Utilities |
2.9 | |||
Marine Ports |
2.5 | |||
Pipelines |
1.4 | |||
Telecommunications |
0.5 | |||
Other |
2.5 | |||
|
|
|||
100.0 | ||||
|
|
ASSETS: |
||||
Investments in securities, at value(a) (Identified cost—$2,729,716,681) |
$ | 3,115,603,640 | ||
Cash collateral pledged for interest rate swap contracts |
11,943,153 | |||
Foreign currency, at value (Identified cost—$1,803,782) |
1,803,500 | |||
Receivable for: |
||||
Dividends and interest |
18,340,898 | |||
Investment securities sold |
247,937 | |||
Variation margin on interest rate swap contracts |
329,699 | |||
Other assets |
322,794 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Assets |
3,148,591,621 | |||
|
|
|||
LIABILITIES: |
||||
Payable for: |
||||
Credit agreement |
950,000,000 | |||
Foreign capital gains tax |
5,347,605 | |||
Interest expense |
4,771,111 | |||
Investment management fees |
2,203,654 | |||
Dividends and distributions declared |
640,440 | |||
Administration fees |
155,552 | |||
Other liabilities |
640,828 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Liabilities |
963,759,190 | |||
|
|
|||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 2,184,832,431 | ||
|
|
|||
NET ASSETS consist of: |
||||
Paid‑in capital |
$ | 1,725,960,112 | ||
Total distributable earnings/(accumulated loss) |
458,872,319 | |||
|
|
|||
$ | 2,184,832,431 | |||
|
|
|||
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE: |
||||
($2,184,832,431 ÷ |
$ | |||
|
|
|||
MARKET PRICE PER SHARE |
$ | |||
|
|
|||
MARKET PRICE PREMIUM (DISCOUNT) TO NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
( |
)% | ||
|
|
(a) | Includes $2,008,466,084 pledged as collateral, of which $864,800,420 has been rehypothecated in connection with the Fund’s credit agreement, as described in Note 7. |
Investment Income: |
||||
Dividend income (net of $2,904,349 of foreign withholding tax) |
$ | 56,080,765 | ||
Interest income |
13,502,162 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Investment Income |
69,582,927 | |||
|
|
|||
Expenses: |
||||
Interest expense |
28,898,208 | |||
Investment management fees |
13,219,136 | |||
Administration fees |
1,049,312 | |||
Shareholder reporting expenses |
461,783 | |||
Custodian fees and expenses |
161,277 | |||
Professional fees |
68,930 | |||
Directors’ fees and expenses |
46,740 | |||
Transfer agent fees and expenses |
11,090 | |||
Miscellaneous |
62,723 | |||
|
|
|||
Total Expenses |
43,979,199 | |||
|
|
|||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
25,603,728 | |||
|
|
|||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: |
||||
Investments in securities (net of $692,891 of foreign capital gains tax) |
67,313,297 | |||
Written option contracts |
1,194,917 | |||
Interest rate swap contracts |
18,409,128 | |||
Foreign currency transactions |
(282,664 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net realized gain (loss) |
86,634,678 | |||
|
|
|||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: |
||||
Investments in securities (net of increase in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $2,103,346) |
(43,789,457 | ) | ||
Written option contracts |
(77,017 | ) | ||
Interest rate swap contracts |
(1,308,732 | ) | ||
Foreign currency translations |
(99,836 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(45,275,042 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
41,359,636 | |||
|
|
|||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | 66,963,364 | ||
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
|||||||
Change in Net Assets: |
||||||||
From Operations: |
||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
$ | 25,603,728 | $ | 44,364,276 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
86,634,678 | 107,698,302 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(45,275,042 | ) | (115,902,216 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
66,963,364 | 36,160,362 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Distributions to shareholders |
(89,663,390 | ) | (149,341,710 | ) | ||||
Tax return of capital to shareholders |
— | (29,565,253 | ) | |||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total distributions |
(89,663,390 | ) | (178,906,963 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Capital Stock Transactions: |
||||||||
Issued as reinvestment of dividends and distributions (See Note 6) |
3,409,793 | 3,330,799 | ||||||
Net proceeds from sale of shares (See Note 6) |
— | 9,166,432 | (a) | |||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(19,290,233 | ) | (130,249,370 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: |
||||||||
Beginning of period |
2,204,122,664 | 2,334,372,034 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
End of period |
$ | 2,184,832,431 | $ | 2,204,122,664 | ||||
|
|
|
|
(a) | Net of offering costs of $8,061 and sales charges of $74,026. |
Increase (Decrease) in Cash: |
||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 66,963,364 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||
Purchases of long-term investments |
(586,581,497 | ) | ||
Proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term investments |
630,631,563 | |||
Net purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments |
385,653 | |||
Net amortization of premium on investments in securities |
611,969 | |||
Net increase in dividends and interest receivable and other assets |
(3,516,581 | ) | ||
Net decrease in interest expense payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities |
(251,599 | ) | ||
Net increase in receivable for variation margin on interest rate swap contracts |
(464,741 | ) | ||
Net decrease in premiums received from written option contracts |
(490,025 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized depreciation on written option contracts |
77,017 | |||
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments in securities (net of $2,103,346 of foreign capital gains tax) |
43,789,457 | |||
Net realized gain on investments in securities (net of $692,891 of foreign capital gains tax) |
(67,313,297 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Cash provided by operating activities |
83,841,283 | |||
|
|
|||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
||||
Dividends and distributions paid |
(86,358,755 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash |
(2,517,472 | ) | ||
Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period (including foreign currency) |
16,264,125 | |||
|
|
|||
Cash and restricted cash at end of period (including foreign currency) |
$ | 13,746,653 | ||
|
|
Restricted cash |
$ | 11,943,153 | ||
Foreign currency |
1,803,500 | |||
|
|
|||
Total cash and restricted cash shown on the Statement of Cash Flows |
$ | 13,746,653 | ||
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
For the Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Per Share Operating Data: | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$22.88 | $24.36 | $28.28 | $24.62 | $27.73 | $22.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(a) |
0.27 | 0.46 | (b) | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.57 | |||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.42 | (0.08 | ) | (2.56 | ) | 4.95 | (1.66 | ) | 6.94 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
0.69 | 0.38 | (2.06 | ) | 5.51 | (1.25 | ) | 7.51 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Less dividends and distributions to shareholders from: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
(0.93 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.58 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain |
— | (0.71 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (1.32 | ) | (1.45 | ) | (1.28 | ) | |||||||||||||
Tax return of capital |
— | (0.31 | ) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders |
(0.93 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Anti-dilutive effect from the issuance of shares |
0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.00 | (c) | 0.01 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value |
(0.24 | ) | (1.48 | ) | (3.92 | ) | 3.66 | (3.11 | ) | 5.65 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$22.64 | $22.88 | $24.36 | $28.28 | $24.62 | $27.73 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Market value, end of period |
$22.48 | $21.24 | $23.99 | $28.50 | $25.82 | $26.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Total net asset value return(d) |
3.09 | %(e) | 2.08 | % | –7.42 | % | 23.10 | % | –3.66 | % | 35.09 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Total market value return(d) |
10.26 | %(e) | –3.77 | % | –9.53 | % | 18.29 | % | 6.94 | % | 42.63 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 |
For the Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) |
$2,184.8 | $2,204.1 | $2,334.4 | $2,685.3 | $2,304.1 | $2,593.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Ratios to average daily net assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses |
4.06 | %(f) | 3.97 | % | 2.44 | % | 2.19 | % | 2.53 | % | 2.50 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Expenses (excluding interest expense) |
1.39 | %(f) | 1.39 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.35 | % | 1.36 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
2.36 | %(f) | 2.02 | %(b) | 1.94 | % | 2.10 | % | 1.73 | % | 2.18 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average daily managed assets(g) |
2.83 | %(f) | 2.77 | % | 1.76 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.81 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
19 | %(e) | 40 | % | 38 | % | 47 | % | 54 | % | 41 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Credit Agreement |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset coverage ratio for credit agreement |
330 | % | 332 | % | 346 | % | 383 | % | 371 | % | 405 | % | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Asset coverage per $1,000 for credit agreement |
$ 3,300 | $ 3,320 | $ 3,457 | $ 3,827 | $ 3,711 | $ 4,051 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Amount of loan outstanding (in millions) |
$ 950.0 | $ 950.0 | $ 950.0 | $ 950.0 | $ 850.0 | $ 850.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) | Calculation based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Reflects income from foreign withholding tax reclaims, including related interest income. Had the Fund not received these proceeds, the net investment income (loss) per share would have been $0.40, and the net investment income (loss) ratios would have been 1.75%. |
(c) | Amount is less than $0.005. |
(d) | Total net asset value return measures the change in net asset value per share over the period indicated. Total market value return is computed based upon the Fund’s market price per share and excludes the effects of brokerage commissions. Dividends and distributions are assumed, for purposes of these calculations, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. |
(e) | Not annualized. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | Average daily managed assets represent net assets plus the outstanding balance of the credit agreement. |
• | Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
• | Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, credit risk, etc.) |
• | Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) |
Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Common Stock |
$ | 2,522,187,948 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,522,187,948 | ||||||||
Preferred Securities— Exchange-Traded |
85,454,768 | — | — | 85,454,768 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Securities— Over‑the‑Counter: |
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Switzerland |
— | 31,020,653 | 378,000 | (a) | 31,398,653 | |||||||||||
Other Countries |
— | 451,458,925 | — | 451,458,925 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds |
— | 13,602,825 | — | 13,602,825 | ||||||||||||
Warrants |
417,922 | — | — | 417,922 | ||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
— | 11,082,599 | — | 11,082,599 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments in Securities(b) |
$ | 2,608,060,638 | $ | 507,165,002 | $ | 378,000 | $ | 3,115,603,640 | ||||||||
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Interest Rate Swap Contracts |
$ | — | $ | 56,274,764 | $ | — | $ | 56,274,764 | ||||||||
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Total Derivative Assets(b) |
$ | — | $ | 56,274,764 | $ | — | $ | 56,274,764 | ||||||||
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(a) | Security has been fair valued by the Valuation Committee pursuant to the Fund’s fair value procedures and classified as a Level 3 security. |
(b) | Portfolio holdings are disclosed individually on the Schedule of Investments. |
Ex‑Date/Record Date |
Payable Date | Amount | ||
7/16/24 | 7/31/24 | $0.155 | ||
8/13/24 | 8/30/24 | $0.155 | ||
9/10/24 | 9/30/24 | $0.155 |
Assets |
Liabilities |
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Derivatives |
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Fair Value | Location |
Fair Value | ||||||||
Interest Rate Risk: |
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Interest Rate Swap Contracts(a) |
Receivable for variation margin on interest rate swap contracts |
$56,274,764(b) | — | $ | — |
(a) | Not subject to a master netting agreement or another similar arrangement. |
(b) | Amount represents the cumulative net appreciation (depreciation) on interest rate swap contracts as reported on the Schedule of Investments. The Statement of Assets and Liabilities only reflects the current day variation margin receivable from the broker. |
Derivatives |
Location |
Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Equity Risk: |
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Written Option Contracts |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | $ | 1,194,917 | $ | (77,017 | ) | ||||
Interest Rate Risk: |
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Interest Rate Swap Contracts |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | 18,409,128 | (1,308,732 | ) |
Written Option Contracts |
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Average Notional Amount(a)(b) |
$ | 22,116,939 |
(a) | Notional amount is calculated using the number of contracts multiplied by notional contract size multiplied by the underlying price. |
(b) | Average notional amounts represent the average for all months in which the Fund had option contracts outstanding at month‑end. For the period, this represents five months for written option contracts. |
Cost of investments in securities for federal income tax purposes |
$ | 2,729,716,681 | ||
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Gross unrealized appreciation on investments |
$ | 562,481,919 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments |
(120,320,196 | ) | ||
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Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
$ | 442,161,723 | ||
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Common Shares | Shares Voted For |
Authority Withheld |
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To elect Directors: |
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George Grossman |
73,318,814 | 1,918,433 | ||||||
Jane Magpiong |
73,249,637 | 1,987,611 | ||||||
Adam M. Derechin |
73,458,152 | 1,779,095 |
Facts | What Does Cohen & Steers Do With Your Personal Information? | |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. | |
What? | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: • Social Security number and account balances • Transaction history and account transactions • Purchase history and wire transfer instructions | |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Cohen & Steers chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Cohen & Steers share? |
Can you limit this sharing? | ||
For our everyday business purposes— such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or reports to credit bureaus |
Yes | No | ||
For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you |
Yes | No | ||
For joint marketing with other financial companies— | No | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences |
No | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness |
No | We don’t share | ||
For our affiliates to market to you— | No | We don’t share | ||
For non‑affiliates to market to you— | No | We don’t share | ||
Questions? Call 866-227-0757 |
Who we are | ||
Who is providing this notice? | Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Cohen & Steers Asia Limited, Cohen & Steers Japan Limited, Cohen & Steers UK Limited, Cohen & Steers Ireland Limited, Cohen & Steers Singapore Private Limited, Cohen & Steers Securities, LLC, Cohen & Steers Private Funds and Cohen & Steers Open and Closed‑End Funds (collectively, Cohen & Steers). | |
What we do | ||
How does Cohen & Steers protect my personal information? | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We restrict access to your information to those employees who need it to perform their jobs, and also require companies that provide services on our behalf to protect your information. | |
How does Cohen & Steers collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you: • Open an account or buy securities from us • Provide account information or give us your contact information • Make deposits or withdrawals from your account We also collect your personal information from other companies. | |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only: • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness • affiliates from using your information to market to you • sharing for non‑affiliates to market to you State law and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. | |
Definitions | ||
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Cohen & Steers does not share with affiliates. | |
Non‑affiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Cohen & Steers does not share with non‑affiliates. | |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between non‑affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. • Cohen & Steers does not jointly market. |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in U.S. real estate securities |
• | Symbols: CSJAX, CSJCX, CSJIX, CSRSX, CSJRX, CSJZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in U.S. real estate securities |
• | Symbols: CSEIX, CSCIX, CREFX, CSDIX, CIRRX, CSZIX |
• | Designed for institutional investors seeking total return, investing primarily in U.S. real estate securities |
• | Symbol: CSRIX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in global real estate equity securities |
• | Symbols: CSFAX, CSFCX, CSSPX, GRSRX, CSFZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in international (non‑U.S.) real estate securities |
• | Symbols: IRFAX, IRFCX, IRFIX, IRFRX, IRFZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return and the maximization of real returns during inflationary environments by investing primarily in real assets |
• | Symbols: RAPAX, RAPCX, RAPIX, RAPRX, RAPZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return (high current income and capital appreciation), investing primarily in preferred and debt securities issued by U.S. and non‑U.S. companies |
• | Symbols: CPXAX, CPXCX, CPXFX, CPXIX, CPRRX, CPXZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking high current income and capital preservation by investing in low‑duration preferred and other income securities issued by U.S. and non‑U.S. companies |
• | Symbols: LPXAX, LPXCX, LPXFX, LPXIX, LPXRX, LPXZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in securities of traditional and alternative energy companies |
• | Symbols: MLOAX, MLOCX, MLOIX, MLORX, MLOZX |
• | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in global infrastructure securities |
• | Symbols: CSUAX, CSUCX, CSUIX, CSURX, CSUZX |
New York Stock Exchange Symbol: | UTF |
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Notice of Internet Availability of Shareholder Report(s)
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Important Fund Report(s) Now Available Online and In Print by Request. Annual and Semi-Annual Reports contain important information about the fund, including its holdings and financials. we encourage you to review the report(s) at the website below:
https://www.cohenandsteers.com/funds/fund-literature | ||
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Request a printed/email report at no charge and/or elect to receive paper reports in the future, by calling or visiting (otherwise you will not receive a paper/email report):
1-866-345-5954 | |||
www.FundReports.com |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) | Included in Item 1 above. |
(b) | Not applicable. |
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
Included in Item 1 above.
Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) | Not applicable. |
(b) | Effective August 1, 2024, William F. Scapell no longer serves as a portfolio manager of the Registrant. Ben Morton, Elaine Zaharis-Nikas, Tyler Rosenlicht and Thuy Quynh Dang continue to serve as portfolio managers of the Registrant. |
Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
None.
Item 15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item 16. Controls and Procedures.
(a) | The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report. |
(b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a) | For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Registrant had the following dollar amounts of income and fees/compensation related to its securities lending activities: |
Total | ||||
Gross income from securities lending activities | $1,989,484 | |||
Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services |
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Fees paid to securities lending agent from a revenue split |
$596,845 |
Fees paid for cash collateral management services (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in the revenue split |
— | |||
Administrative fees that are not included in the revenue split |
— | |||
Indemnification fee not included in the revenue split |
— | |||
Rebates paid to borrowers; |
— | |||
Other fees relating to the securities lending program not included in the revenue split |
— | |||
Aggregate fees/compensation for securities lending activities and related services | $596,845 | |||
Net income from securities lending activities | $1,392,639 |
(b) | During the Registrants most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, BNP Paribas (“BNPP”) served as the Registrant’s securities lending agent. |
As a securities lending agent, BNPP is responsible for the implementation and administration of the Registrant’s securities lending program. Pursuant to its respective Securities Lending Agreement (“Securities Lending Agreement”) with the Registrant, BNPP, as a general matter, performs various services, including the following:
• | Locating borrowers; |
• | Monitoring daily the value of the loaned securities and collateral (i.e., the collateral posted by the party borrowing); |
• | Negotiation of loan terms; |
• | Selection of securities to be loaned; |
• | Recordkeeping and account servicing; |
• | Monitoring of dividend activity and material proxy votes relating to loaned securities; and |
• | Arranging for return of loaned securities to the Registrant at loan termination. |
BNPP is compensated for the above-described services from its securities lending revenue split. The table above shows what the Registrant earned and the fees and compensation it paid in connections with its securities lending activities during its most recent fiscal year.
Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
Not applicable.
Item 19. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, INC.
By: | /s/ James Giallanza | |||
Name: James Giallanza Title: Principal Executive Officer (President and Chief Executive Officer) | ||||
Date: | September 5, 2024 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ James Giallanza | |||
Name: James Giallanza Title: Principal Executive Officer (President and Chief Executive Officer) | ||||
By: | /s/ Albert Laskaj | |||
Name: Albert Laskaj Title: Principal Financial Officer (Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer) | ||||
Date: | September 5, 2024 |
EX-99.CERT
EXHIBIT 19 (a)(3)
RULE 30a-2(a) CERTIFICATIONS
I, James Giallanza, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have: |
(a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and |
(b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: September 5, 2024 |
/s/ James Giallanza |
James Giallanza Principal Executive Officer (President and Chief Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 19 (a)(3)
RULE 30a-2(a) CERTIFICATIONS
I, Albert Laskaj, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have: |
(a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
(c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and |
(d) | disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of the Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and |
(b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: September 5, 2024 |
/s/ Albert Laskaj |
Albert Laskaj Principal Financial Officer (Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer) |
EX-99.906CERT
EXHIBIT 19 (b)
RULE 30a-2(b) CERTIFICATIONS
In connection with the Report of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the Company) on Form N-CSR as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, James Giallanza, Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ James Giallanza |
James Giallanza |
Principal Executive Officer |
(President and Chief Executive Officer) |
Date: September 5, 2024 |
EXHIBIT 19 (b)
RULE 30a-2(b) CERTIFICATIONS
In connection with the Report of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the Company) on Form N-CSR as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Albert Laskaj, Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and |
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Albert Laskaj |
Albert Laskaj |
Principal Financial Officer |
(Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer) |
Date: September 5, 2024 |
Exhibit 19(c)
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of January 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date | |||
$0.155 | January 16, 2024 | January 17, 2024 | January 31, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | January 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) January 31, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.1550 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.1550 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Funds investment performance and should not be confused with yield or income. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2023 (January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending December 31, 2023 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2023. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
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Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
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Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | 2.08% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 0.68% | |||
Five-year period ending December 31, 2023 |
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Average Annual Total Return3 | 8.79% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
8.13% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through January 31, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of December 31, 2023. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending December 31, 2023. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of December 31, 2023. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of February 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend Date |
Record Date |
Payable Date | |||
$0.155 | February 13, 2024 | February 14, 2024 | February 29, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | February 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) February 29, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.0876 | 56.52% | $0.0926 | 29.87% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0303 | 9.77% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0674 | 43.48% | $0.1775 | 57.26% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0096 | 3.10% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.3100 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Funds investment performance and should not be confused with yield or income. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through January 31, 2024) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending January 31, 2024 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2024. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-2708 Tel: 212.832.3232 Fax: 212-832-3622
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2024 |
| |||
Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | -3.49% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 1.41% | |||
Five-year period ending January 31, 2024 |
| |||
Average Annual Total Return3 | 5.55% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
8.48% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through February 29, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of January 31, 2024. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending January 31, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of January 31, 2024. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of March 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend Date |
Record Date |
Payable Date | |||
$0.155 | March 12, 2024 | March 13, 2024 | March 28, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | March 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) March 31, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.0975 | 62.90% | $0.1781 | 38.30% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0575 | 37.10% | $0.2869 | 61.70% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.4650 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through February 29, 2024) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending February 29, 2024 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2024. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-2708 Tel: 212.832.3232 Fax: 212-832-3622
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024 |
| |||
Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | -1.92% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 2.10% | |||
Five-year period ending February 29, 2024 |
| |||
Average Annual Total Return3 | 5.25% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
8.40% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of February 29, 2024. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending February 29, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of February 29, 2024. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of April 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend Date |
Record Date |
Payable Date | |||
$0.155 | April 9, 2024 | April 10, 2024 | April 30, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | April 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) April 30, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.0257 | 16.58% | $0.1781 | 28.73% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0273 | 17.61% | $0.0273 | 4.40% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0363 | 23.42% | $0.3232 | 52.13% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.0657 | 42.39% | $0.0914 | 14.74% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.6200 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Funds investment performance and should not be confused with yield or income. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending March 31, 2024 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2024. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-2708 Tel: 212.832.3232 Fax: 212-832-3622
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024 |
| |||
Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | 2.62% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 2.70% | |||
Five-year period ending March 31, 2024 |
| |||
Average Annual Total Return3 | 5.53% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
8.09% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through April 30, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of March 31, 2024. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending March 31, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of March 31, 2024. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of May 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend Date |
Record Date |
Payable Date | |||
$0.155 | May 14, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | May 31, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | May 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) May 31, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.1359 | 87.68% | $0.3648 | 47.07% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0191 | 12.32% | $0.4102 | 52.93% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.7750 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through April 30, 2024) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending April 30, 2024 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2024. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-2708 Tel: 212.832.3232 Fax: 212-832-3622
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2024 to April 30, 2024 |
| |||
Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | 0.50% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 3.46% | |||
Five-year period ending April 30, 2024 |
| |||
Average Annual Total Return3 | 5.02% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
8.31% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of April 30, 2024. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending April 30, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of April 30, 2024. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF)
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the Fund), acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Directors, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund intends to include long-term capital gains, where applicable, as part of the regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders. This policy will give the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis.
The Board of Directors of the Fund declared a monthly distribution per share for the month of June 2024. Please review the following information and important disclosures set forth below.
Amount of Distribution |
Ex-Dividend/Record Date |
Payable Date | ||
$0.155 | June 11, 2024 | June 28, 2024 |
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated in the table. All amounts are expressed per common share.
DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES | June 2024 | YEAR-TO-DATE (YTD) June 30, 2024* | ||||||
Source | Per Share Amount |
% of Current Distribution |
Per Share Amount |
% of 2024 Distributions | ||||
Net Investment Income |
$0.0727 | 46.90% | $0.4535 | 48.76% | ||||
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains |
$0.0823 | 53.10% | $0.4765 | 51.24% | ||||
Return of Capital (or other Capital Source) |
$0.0000 | 0.00% | $0.0000 | 0.00% | ||||
Total Current Distribution |
$0.1550 | 100.00% | $0.9300 | 100.00% |
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funds investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Funds managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funds investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Funds Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2024 (January 1, 2024 through May 31, 2024) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Funds Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2024. In addition, the Funds Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending May 31, 2024 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Funds Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2024. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Funds net asset value per share (NAV). The Funds NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Funds investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholders individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholders investment in the Fund is determined by the Funds market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Funds shares in the open market.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-2708 Tel: 212.832.3232 Fax: 212-832-3622
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Year-to-date January 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024 |
| |||
Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return1 | 6.68% | |||
Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 3.94% | |||
Five-year period ending May 31, 2024 |
| |||
Average Annual Total Return3 | 6.23% | |||
Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 |
7.88% |
1. | Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
2. | Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funds current fiscal period (January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of May 31, 2024. |
3. | Average Annual Total Return represents the compound average of the Annual NAV Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ending May 31, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return is the percentage change in the Funds NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions. |
4. | The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current fiscal periods distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funds NAV as of May 31, 2024. |
The source of all distributions paid by the Fund, including net investment income is subject to change. This is because the Fund invests in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and similar companies. Distributions from Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are estimated as income and return of capital based on information reported by the MLPs and managements estimates of such amounts based on historical information. These estimates are adjusted when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the MLPs and actual amounts may differ from the estimated amounts.
This Fund has a managed distribution policy that seeks to deliver the Funds long term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per share. Distributions may be paid in part or in full from net investment income, realized capital gains and by returning capital, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Funds aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Funds assets and will constitute a return of the shareholders capital. A return of capital is not taxable; rather it reduces a shareholders tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Funds shares.
Shareholders should not use the information provided in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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Document Type | N-CSRS |
Entity Registrant Name | Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Investment Objectives and Practices [Text Block] | The Fund’s investment objective is total return with emphasis on income. |
Risk Factors [Table Text Block] | Note 8. Other Risks Market Price Discount from Net Asset Value Risk: Shares of closed‑end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their NAV. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities. Whether investors will realize gains or losses upon the sale of the shares will depend not upon the Fund’s NAV but entirely upon whether the market price of the shares at the time of sale is above or below the investor’s purchase price for the shares. Because the market price of the shares is determined by factors such as relative supply of and demand for shares in the market, general market and economic conditions, and other factors beyond the control of the Fund, the shares may trade at, above or below NAV. Common Stock Risk: The Fund may invest in common stocks. Common stocks are subject to special risks. Although common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed-income securities over the long-term, common stocks also have experienced significantly more volatility in returns. Common stocks may be more susceptible to adverse changes in market value due to issuer specific events or general movements in the equities markets. A drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stocks held by the Fund. Common stock prices fluctuate for many reasons, including changes to investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant stock market, or the occurrence of political or economic events affecting issuers. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of common stock in which the Fund has invested; the price of common stock of an issuer may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common stocks held by the Fund. Also, common stock of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. The common stocks in which the Fund will invest are typically subordinated to preferred securities, bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure in terms of priority to corporate income and assets, and, therefore, will be subject to greater risk than the preferred securities or debt instruments of such issuers. In addition, common stock prices may be sensitive to rising interest rates as the costs of capital rise and borrowing costs increase. Infrastructure Companies Risk: Securities and instruments of infrastructure companies are more susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting their industries. Infrastructure companies may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Infrastructure companies may also be affected by or subject to high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs; difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets; inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment; costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations; regulation by various government authorities; government regulation of rates charged to customers; service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps; the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards; technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment or products obsolete; and general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure and utilities assets. Foreign Currency and Currency Hedging Risk: Although the Fund will report its NAV and pay dividends in U.S. dollars, foreign securities often are purchased with and make any dividend and interest payments in foreign currencies. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in foreign securities will be subject to foreign currency risk, which means that the Fund’s NAV could decline as a result of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal, dividends and interest to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. The Fund may, but is not required to, engage in various instruments that are designed to hedge the Fund’s foreign currency risks. If the Fund were to utilize derivatives for the purpose of hedging foreign currency risks, it would be subject to risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. Among the risks presented are counterparty risk, financial leverage risk, liquidity risk, OTC trading risk and tracking risk. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the underlying asset, index or rate, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. Foreign (Non‑U.S.) and Emerging Market Securities Risk: The Fund directly purchases securities of foreign issuers. Risks of investing in foreign securities, which can be expected to be greater for investments in emerging markets, include currency risks, future political and economic developments and possible imposition of foreign withholding taxes on income or proceeds payable on the securities. In addition, there may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic issuer, and foreign issuers may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping standards and requirements as domestic issuers. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers. Securities of companies in emerging markets may be more volatile than those of companies in more developed markets. Emerging market countries generally have less developed markets and economies and, in some countries, less mature governments and governmental institutions. Political developments in foreign countries or the United States may at times subject such countries to sanctions from the U.S. government, foreign governments and/or international institutions that could negatively affect a Fund’s investments in issuers located in, doing business in or with assets in such countries. Investing in securities of companies in emerging markets may entail special risks relating to potential economic, political or social instability and the risks of expropriation, nationalization, confiscation, trade sanctions or embargoes or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investment, the lack of hedging instruments, and repatriation of capital invested. The securities and real estate markets of some emerging market countries have in the past experienced substantial market disruptions and may do so in the future. The economies of many emerging market countries may be heavily dependent on international trade and have thus been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by trade barriers, foreign exchange controls and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they wish to trade. Master Limited Partnership Risk: The Fund may invest in Portfolio Funds that invest in master limited partnerships (MLPs). An investment in MLP units involves some risks that differ from an investment in the common stock of a corporation. Holders of MLP units have limited control on matters affecting the partnership. Investing in MLPs involves certain risks related to investing in the underlying assets of the MLPs and risks associated with pooled investment vehicles. MLPs holding credit-related investments are subject to interest rate risk and the risk of default on payment obligations by debt issuers. MLPs that concentrate in a particular industry or a particular geographic region are subject to risks associated with such industry or region. The benefit derived from the Fund’s investment in MLPs is largely dependent on the MLPs being treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. Weakening energy market fundamentals may increase counterparty risk and impact MLP profitability. Specifically, energy companies suffering financial distress may be able to abrogate contracts with MLPs, decreasing or eliminating sources of revenue. Leverage Risk: The use of leverage is a speculative technique and there are special risks and costs associated with leverage. The NAV of the Fund’s shares may be reduced by the issuance and ongoing costs of leverage. So long as the Fund is able to invest in securities that produce an investment yield that is greater than the total cost of leverage, the leverage strategy will produce higher current net investment income for the shareholders. On the other hand, to the extent that the total cost of leverage exceeds the incremental income gained from employing such leverage, shareholders would realize lower net investment income. In addition to the impact on net income, the use of leverage will have an effect of magnifying capital appreciation or depreciation for shareholders. Specifically, in an up market, leverage will typically generate greater capital appreciation than if the Fund were not employing leverage. Conversely, in down markets, the use of leverage will generally result in greater capital depreciation than if the Fund had been unlevered. To the extent that the Fund is required or elects to reduce its leverage, the Fund may need to liquidate investments, including under adverse economic conditions which may result in capital losses potentially reducing returns to shareholders. The use of leverage also results in the investment manager fees payable to the investment manager being higher than if the Fund did not use leverage and can increase operating costs, which may reduce total return. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be successful during any period in which it is employed. Preferred Securities Risk: Preferred securities are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that a security will decline in price, or the issuer of the security will fail to make dividend, interest or principal payments when due, because the issuer experiences a decline in its financial status. Preferred securities are also subject to interest rate risk and may decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case in an environment of low interest rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. In addition, an issuer may be permitted to defer or omit distributions. Preferred securities are also generally subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure. During periods of declining interest rates, an issuer may be able to exercise an option to redeem (call) its issue at par earlier than scheduled, and the Fund may be forced to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Certain preferred securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks. Generally, preferred security holders have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless certain events occur. Certain preferred securities may give the issuers special redemption rights allowing the securities to be redeemed prior to a specified date if certain events occur, such as changes to tax or securities laws. Credit and Below-Investment-Grade Securities Risk: Preferred securities may be rated below-investment-grade or may be unrated. Below-investment-grade securities, or equivalent unrated securities, which are commonly known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds,” generally involve greater volatility of price and risk of loss of income and principal, and may be more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher grade securities. It is reasonable to expect that any adverse economic conditions could disrupt the market for lower-rated securities, have an adverse impact on the value of those securities and adversely affect the ability of the issuers of those securities to repay principal and interest on those securities. Geopolitical Risk: Geopolitical events, such as war (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine), terrorist attacks, natural or environmental disasters, country instability, public health emergencies (including epidemics and pandemics), market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers and other governmental trade or market control programs, the potential exit of a country from its respective union (such as Brexit) and related geopolitical events, have led and may in the future lead to market volatility and have long-lasting impacts on U.S. and global economies and financial markets. Supply chain disruptions or significant changes in the supply or prices of commodities or other economic inputs may have material and unexpected effects on both global securities markets and individual countries, regions, sectors, companies or industries. Events occurring in one region of the world may negatively impact industries and regions that are not otherwise directly impacted by the events. Additionally, those events, as well as other changes in foreign and domestic political and economic conditions, could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, secondary trading, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has significantly amplified already existing geopolitical tensions. The United States and many other countries have instituted various economic sanctions against Russia, Russian individuals and entities and Belarus. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions imposed and other punitive actions taken (including any Russian retaliatory responses to such sanctions and actions), and resulting disruptions in Europe and globally cannot be predicted, but could be significant and have a severe adverse effect on the global economy, securities markets and commodities markets globally, including through global supply chain disruptions, increased inflationary pressures and reduced economic activity. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East could have similar negative impacts. Systemic risk events in the financial sectors and/or resulting government actions can negatively impact the Fund. For example, issues with certain regional U.S. banks and other financial institutions in March 2023 raised economic concerns over disruption in the U.S. banking system. These risks also may adversely affect financial intermediaries, such as clearing agencies, clearing houses, banks, securities firms, and exchanges, with which the Fund interacts. There can be no certainty that any actions taken by the U.S. government to strengthen public confidence in the U.S. banking system or financial markets will be effective in mitigating the effects of financial institution failures on the economy and restoring or maintaining public confidence. The strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies may, among other things, adversely affect the Fund’s investments denominated in non‑U.S. dollar currencies. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have, and the duration of those effects. The rapid development and increasingly widespread use and regulation of artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT (collectively, AI Technologies), may pose risks to the Fund. For instance, the global economy may be significantly disrupted or otherwise adversely impacted by the rapid advanced development of AI Technologies and by efforts to regulate or control its use and advancement. The legal and regulatory frameworks within which AI Technologies operate continue to rapidly evolve, and it is not possible to predict the full extent of current or future risks related thereto. Some political leaders around the world (including in the U.S. and certain European nations) have been elected on protectionist platforms, raising questions about the future of global free trade. Global trade disruption, significant introductions of trade barriers and bilateral trade frictions, together with any future downturns in the global economy resulting therefrom, could adversely affect the financial performance of the Fund and its investments. Regulatory Risk: Legal and regulatory developments may adversely affect the Fund. The regulatory environment for the Fund is evolving, and changes in the regulation of investment funds and other financial institutions or products (such as banking or insurance products), and their trading activities and capital markets, or a regulator’s disagreement with the Fund’s interpretation of the application of certain regulations, may adversely affect the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment strategy, its ability to obtain leverage and financing, and the value of investments held by the Fund. The U.S. government has proposed and adopted multiple regulations that could have a long-lasting impact on the Fund and on the fund industry in general. In May 2024, the standard settlement cycle for numerous types of U.S. securities, including Fund shares and many of the securities the Fund invests in, moved from two business days after the transaction date (T+2) to the next business day after the transaction date (T+1). This reduced settlement cycle may result in additional risks and costs to the Fund, including increased operational risks associated with the resolution of trade breaks and exceptions. These risks will be heightened in light of certain Fund investments (such as certain non‑U.S. securities) that have longer settlement cycles than is expected of Fund shares. Additional legislative or regulatory actions to address perceived liquidity or other issues in markets generally, or in particular markets such as the fixed income securities markets and municipal securities markets, may alter or impair certain market participants’ ability to utilize certain investment strategies and techniques. The Fund and the instruments in which it invests may be subject to new or additional regulatory constraints in the future. While the full extent of all of these regulations is still unclear, these regulations and actions may adversely affect both the Fund and the instruments in which the Fund invests and its ability to execute its investment strategy. For example, climate change regulation (such as decarbonization legislation, other mandatory controls to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, or related disclosure requirements) could significantly affect the Fund or its investments by, among other things, increasing compliance costs or underlying companies’ operating costs and capital expenditures. Similarly, regulatory developments in other countries may have an unpredictable and adverse impact on the Fund.
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Share Price | $ 22.48 |
NAV Per Share | $ 22.64 |
Latest Premium (Discount) to NAV [Percent] | (0.71%) |
Capital Stock, Long-Term Debt, and Other Securities [Abstract] | |
Capital Stock [Table Text Block] | The Fund is authorized to issue 300 million shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 per share. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Fund issued 150,428 shares of common stock at $3,409,793 for the reinvestment of dividends. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund issued 140,170 shares of common stock at $3,330,799 for the reinvestment of dividends. On December 12, 2023, the Board of Directors approved the continuation of the delegation of its authority to management to effect repurchases, pursuant to management’s discretion and subject to market conditions and investment considerations, of up to 10% of the Fund’s common shares outstanding as of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund did not effect any repurchases. On August 5, 2021, the Fund filed with the SEC an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form N‑2 allowing for the delayed or continuous offering of up to $225,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of shares of common stock or rights to subscribe for shares of common stock. On August 9, 2021, the Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement with Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”), pursuant to which the Fund may offer and sell up to 7,750,000 shares of common stock, from time to time, through the Distributor, in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, and filed a prospectus supplement with respect to such at‑the‑market program. The minimum price on any day at which shares of common stock may be sold will not be less than the then current NAV per common share plus any commissions to be paid to the Distributor. Certain offering costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the shelf offering are recorded as a deferred charge which are amortized over the period such additional common shares are sold, not to exceed one year. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Fund did not sell shares of common stock in the at‑the‑market program. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Fund sold 375,370 shares of common stock in the at‑the‑market program and the proceeds from such sales were $9,166,432, net of offering costs and sales charges of $8,061 and $74,026, respectively. On August 5, 2024, the Fund’s shelf registration statement expired and therefore the Fund is not permitted to sell shares in the at‑the‑market program until such time as the Fund has an effective registration statement.
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Security Voting Rights [Text Block] | Generally, preferred security holders have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless certain events occur. Certain preferred securities may give the issuers special redemption rights allowing the securities to be redeemed prior to a specified date if certain events occur, such as changes to tax or securities laws.
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Outstanding Security, Held [Shares] | shares | 96,486,405 |
Market Price Discount from Net Asset Value Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Market Price Discount from Net Asset Value Risk: Shares of closed‑end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their NAV. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities. Whether investors will realize gains or losses upon the sale of the shares will depend not upon the Fund’s NAV but entirely upon whether the market price of the shares at the time of sale is above or below the investor’s purchase price for the shares. Because the market price of the shares is determined by factors such as relative supply of and demand for shares in the market, general market and economic conditions, and other factors beyond the control of the Fund, the shares may trade at, above or below NAV.
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Common Stock Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Common Stock Risk: The Fund may invest in common stocks. Common stocks are subject to special risks. Although common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed-income securities over the long-term, common stocks also have experienced significantly more volatility in returns. Common stocks may be more susceptible to adverse changes in market value due to issuer specific events or general movements in the equities markets. A drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stocks held by the Fund. Common stock prices fluctuate for many reasons, including changes to investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant stock market, or the occurrence of political or economic events affecting issuers. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of common stock in which the Fund has invested; the price of common stock of an issuer may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common stocks held by the Fund. Also, common stock of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. The common stocks in which the Fund will invest are typically subordinated to preferred securities, bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure in terms of priority to corporate income and assets, and, therefore, will be subject to greater risk than the preferred securities or debt instruments of such issuers. In addition, common stock prices may be sensitive to rising interest rates as the costs of capital rise and borrowing costs increase.
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Infrastructure Companies Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Infrastructure Companies Risk: Securities and instruments of infrastructure companies are more susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting their industries. Infrastructure companies may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Infrastructure companies may also be affected by or subject to high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs; difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets; inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment; costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations; regulation by various government authorities; government regulation of rates charged to customers; service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps; the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards; technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment or products obsolete; and general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure and utilities assets.
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Foreign Currency and Currency Hedging Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Foreign Currency and Currency Hedging Risk: Although the Fund will report its NAV and pay dividends in U.S. dollars, foreign securities often are purchased with and make any dividend and interest payments in foreign currencies. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in foreign securities will be subject to foreign currency risk, which means that the Fund’s NAV could decline as a result of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal, dividends and interest to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. The Fund may, but is not required to, engage in various instruments that are designed to hedge the Fund’s foreign currency risks. If the Fund were to utilize derivatives for the purpose of hedging foreign currency risks, it would be subject to risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. Among the risks presented are counterparty risk, financial leverage risk, liquidity risk, OTC trading risk and tracking risk. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the underlying asset, index or rate, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives.
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Foreign Non US and Emerging Market Securities Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Foreign (Non‑U.S.) and Emerging Market Securities Risk: The Fund directly purchases securities of foreign issuers. Risks of investing in foreign securities, which can be expected to be greater for investments in emerging markets, include currency risks, future political and economic developments and possible imposition of foreign withholding taxes on income or proceeds payable on the securities. In addition, there may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic issuer, and foreign issuers may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping standards and requirements as domestic issuers. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers. Securities of companies in emerging markets may be more volatile than those of companies in more developed markets. Emerging market countries generally have less developed markets and economies and, in some countries, less mature governments and governmental institutions. Political developments in foreign countries or the United States may at times subject such countries to sanctions from the U.S. government, foreign governments and/or international institutions that could negatively affect a Fund’s investments in issuers located in, doing business in or with assets in such countries. Investing in securities of companies in emerging markets may entail special risks relating to potential economic, political or social instability and the risks of expropriation, nationalization, confiscation, trade sanctions or embargoes or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investment, the lack of hedging instruments, and repatriation of capital invested. The securities and real estate markets of some emerging market countries have in the past experienced substantial market disruptions and may do so in the future. The economies of many emerging market countries may be heavily dependent on international trade and have thus been, and may continue to be, adversely affected by trade barriers, foreign exchange controls and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they wish to trade.
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Master Limited Partnership Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Master Limited Partnership Risk: The Fund may invest in Portfolio Funds that invest in master limited partnerships (MLPs). An investment in MLP units involves some risks that differ from an investment in the common stock of a corporation. Holders of MLP units have limited control on matters affecting the partnership. Investing in MLPs involves certain risks related to investing in the underlying assets of the MLPs and risks associated with pooled investment vehicles. MLPs holding credit-related investments are subject to interest rate risk and the risk of default on payment obligations by debt issuers. MLPs that concentrate in a particular industry or a particular geographic region are subject to risks associated with such industry or region. The benefit derived from the Fund’s investment in MLPs is largely dependent on the MLPs being treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. Weakening energy market fundamentals may increase counterparty risk and impact MLP profitability. Specifically, energy companies suffering financial distress may be able to abrogate contracts with MLPs, decreasing or eliminating sources of revenue.
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Leverage Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Leverage Risk: The use of leverage is a speculative technique and there are special risks and costs associated with leverage. The NAV of the Fund’s shares may be reduced by the issuance and ongoing costs of leverage. So long as the Fund is able to invest in securities that produce an investment yield that is greater than the total cost of leverage, the leverage strategy will produce higher current net investment income for the shareholders. On the other hand, to the extent that the total cost of leverage exceeds the incremental income gained from employing such leverage, shareholders would realize lower net investment income. In addition to the impact on net income, the use of leverage will have an effect of magnifying capital appreciation or depreciation for shareholders. Specifically, in an up market, leverage will typically generate greater capital appreciation than if the Fund were not employing leverage. Conversely, in down markets, the use of leverage will generally result in greater capital depreciation than if the Fund had been unlevered. To the extent that the Fund is required or elects to reduce its leverage, the Fund may need to liquidate investments, including under adverse economic conditions which may result in capital losses potentially reducing returns to shareholders. The use of leverage also results in the investment manager fees payable to the investment manager being higher than if the Fund did not use leverage and can increase operating costs, which may reduce total return. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be successful during any period in which it is employed.
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Preferred Securities Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Preferred Securities Risk: Preferred securities are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that a security will decline in price, or the issuer of the security will fail to make dividend, interest or principal payments when due, because the issuer experiences a decline in its financial status. Preferred securities are also subject to interest rate risk and may decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case in an environment of low interest rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. In addition, an issuer may be permitted to defer or omit distributions. Preferred securities are also generally subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure. During periods of declining interest rates, an issuer may be able to exercise an option to redeem (call) its issue at par earlier than scheduled, and the Fund may be forced to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Certain preferred securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks. Generally, preferred security holders have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless certain events occur. Certain preferred securities may give the issuers special redemption rights allowing the securities to be redeemed prior to a specified date if certain events occur, such as changes to tax or securities laws.
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Credit and Below Investment Grade Securities Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Credit and Below-Investment-Grade Securities Risk: Preferred securities may be rated below-investment-grade or may be unrated. Below-investment-grade securities, or equivalent unrated securities, which are commonly known as “high-yield bonds” or “junk bonds,” generally involve greater volatility of price and risk of loss of income and principal, and may be more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher grade securities. It is reasonable to expect that any adverse economic conditions could disrupt the market for lower-rated securities, have an adverse impact on the value of those securities and adversely affect the ability of the issuers of those securities to repay principal and interest on those securities.
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Geopolitical Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Geopolitical Risk: Geopolitical events, such as war (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine), terrorist attacks, natural or environmental disasters, country instability, public health emergencies (including epidemics and pandemics), market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers and other governmental trade or market control programs, the potential exit of a country from its respective union (such as Brexit) and related geopolitical events, have led and may in the future lead to market volatility and have long-lasting impacts on U.S. and global economies and financial markets. Supply chain disruptions or significant changes in the supply or prices of commodities or other economic inputs may have material and unexpected effects on both global securities markets and individual countries, regions, sectors, companies or industries. Events occurring in one region of the world may negatively impact industries and regions that are not otherwise directly impacted by the events. Additionally, those events, as well as other changes in foreign and domestic political and economic conditions, could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, secondary trading, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has significantly amplified already existing geopolitical tensions. The United States and many other countries have instituted various economic sanctions against Russia, Russian individuals and entities and Belarus. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions imposed and other punitive actions taken (including any Russian retaliatory responses to such sanctions and actions), and resulting disruptions in Europe and globally cannot be predicted, but could be significant and have a severe adverse effect on the global economy, securities markets and commodities markets globally, including through global supply chain disruptions, increased inflationary pressures and reduced economic activity. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East could have similar negative impacts. Systemic risk events in the financial sectors and/or resulting government actions can negatively impact the Fund. For example, issues with certain regional U.S. banks and other financial institutions in March 2023 raised economic concerns over disruption in the U.S. banking system. These risks also may adversely affect financial intermediaries, such as clearing agencies, clearing houses, banks, securities firms, and exchanges, with which the Fund interacts. There can be no certainty that any actions taken by the U.S. government to strengthen public confidence in the U.S. banking system or financial markets will be effective in mitigating the effects of financial institution failures on the economy and restoring or maintaining public confidence. The strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies may, among other things, adversely affect the Fund’s investments denominated in non‑U.S. dollar currencies. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have, and the duration of those effects. The rapid development and increasingly widespread use and regulation of artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT (collectively, AI Technologies), may pose risks to the Fund. For instance, the global economy may be significantly disrupted or otherwise adversely impacted by the rapid advanced development of AI Technologies and by efforts to regulate or control its use and advancement. The legal and regulatory frameworks within which AI Technologies operate continue to rapidly evolve, and it is not possible to predict the full extent of current or future risks related thereto. Some political leaders around the world (including in the U.S. and certain European nations) have been elected on protectionist platforms, raising questions about the future of global free trade. Global trade disruption, significant introductions of trade barriers and bilateral trade frictions, together with any future downturns in the global economy resulting therefrom, could adversely affect the financial performance of the Fund and its investments.
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Regulatory Risk [Member] | |
General Description of Registrant [Abstract] | |
Risk [Text Block] | Regulatory Risk: Legal and regulatory developments may adversely affect the Fund. The regulatory environment for the Fund is evolving, and changes in the regulation of investment funds and other financial institutions or products (such as banking or insurance products), and their trading activities and capital markets, or a regulator’s disagreement with the Fund’s interpretation of the application of certain regulations, may adversely affect the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment strategy, its ability to obtain leverage and financing, and the value of investments held by the Fund. The U.S. government has proposed and adopted multiple regulations that could have a long-lasting impact on the Fund and on the fund industry in general. In May 2024, the standard settlement cycle for numerous types of U.S. securities, including Fund shares and many of the securities the Fund invests in, moved from two business days after the transaction date (T+2) to the next business day after the transaction date (T+1). This reduced settlement cycle may result in additional risks and costs to the Fund, including increased operational risks associated with the resolution of trade breaks and exceptions. These risks will be heightened in light of certain Fund investments (such as certain non‑U.S. securities) that have longer settlement cycles than is expected of Fund shares. Additional legislative or regulatory actions to address perceived liquidity or other issues in markets generally, or in particular markets such as the fixed income securities markets and municipal securities markets, may alter or impair certain market participants’ ability to utilize certain investment strategies and techniques. The Fund and the instruments in which it invests may be subject to new or additional regulatory constraints in the future. While the full extent of all of these regulations is still unclear, these regulations and actions may adversely affect both the Fund and the instruments in which the Fund invests and its ability to execute its investment strategy. For example, climate change regulation (such as decarbonization legislation, other mandatory controls to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, or related disclosure requirements) could significantly affect the Fund or its investments by, among other things, increasing compliance costs or underlying companies’ operating costs and capital expenditures. Similarly, regulatory developments in other countries may have an unpredictable and adverse impact on the Fund.
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