VVR - Weekly Review: Senior Loan CEFs - Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund With Z-Score -2.50
Introduction
In this article, I will provide a weekly review of CEFs that invest in senior loans. Considering the risk and return, senior loans are positioned between investment-grade corporate bonds and high-yield bonds. Usually, they have a floating rate feature and are expected to be less rate-sensitive. In the current market environment of the flattening yield curve, there are many funds that trade at a discount to NAV. The use of leverage in closed-end funds and the fact that they are mostly targeted and used by retail investors make them much more volatile, which offers