EMLP News and Press, First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund From 08/30/23

2023-08-30 08:00:00 ET Summary Utilities and midstream can provide similar portfolio benefits and may be found together in the income or real asset sleeves of portfolios. A long-term correlation between utilities and midstream/MLPs is relatively low at around 0.3, highlighting imp...

2023-08-28 14:26:14 ET Summary Midstream ETFs have performed well this summer due to strong earnings and guidance from industry players. Resilient pricing, high yields, and cheap valuations make the midstream sector attractive even in a risk-off environment. The Tortoise North...

2023-08-23 08:00:00 ET Summary Nine constituents in the broad Alerian Midstream Energy Index (AMNA) spent a combined $1.1 billion on equity repurchases in 2Q23. Corporations were more active with buybacks this quarter than MLPs, with some companies prioritizing other uses of capit...

2023-08-11 02:20:00 ET Summary Investment-grade energy companies face material financial risk from the energy transition, driving our engagement to assess their positioning. We regularly engage with companies to communicate our belief that issuers should provide robust environment...

2023-08-09 08:00:00 ET Summary Dividend increases for this quarter predominantly came from MLPs. The most notable increase for 2Q23 was from Western Midstream Partners. The majority of index constituents across the benchmark Alerian midstream/MLP indexes have grown their payouts o...

2023-08-02 08:00:00 ET Summary Consolidation continues to be a theme across energy subsectors as companies seek scale, integration, diversification, and for midstream, simplification. Several deals have been announced or completed this year for producers, midstream companies, and ...

2023-07-26 08:00:00 ET Summary Higher interest rates have changed the playing field for income investors after more than a decade of lackluster yields. However, the outlook for rates is arguably uncertain. For income investors, it can be beneficial to look for yield that is indepe...

2023-07-19 08:00:00 ET Summary As production of oil and natural gas in the U.S. has grown, so has the production of natural gas liquids (NGLs) like propane, ethane, and butane. The U.S. is a major global supplier of propane and other NGLs. Propane has seen solid demand growth glob...

2023-07-12 08:00:00 ET Summary Several factors have weighed on energy sector performance in 2023, but energy infrastructure companies have been a clear bright spot. Midstream/MLPs’ fee-based business models have provided insulation from weakness in commodity prices, while g...

2023-07-04 08:00:00 ET Summary Many liquids pipelines adjust their fees each July 1 based on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s oil pipeline index, which is based on the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods. The elevated inflation seen in 2022 resulted in a fee m...