GER News and Press, Goldman Sachs MLP Energy Renaissance Fund From 03/25/20

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on March 16, 2020. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight rec...

By Michael Laitkep While pipelines are often considered the bread and butter of the MLP space, MLPs provide a wide range of midstream services, from gathering and processing activities near the wellhead to pipelines and terminals supporting distribution of gasoline and diesel further downs...

By Bryce Bingham With broader markets under pressure and MLP yields near all-time highs, many investors are questioning the stability of MLP distributions. Alerian has already addressed improved distribution coverage at length ( read more ), but what can we learn from the past? While inves...

By Stacey Morris In addition to updated financial guidance , midstream companies have also provided more disclosure around the nature of their cash flows. Specifically, there has been increased commentary around counterparties, minimum volume commitments, and the portion of cash f...

It has been almost five years since I wrote "Why I Will Never Buy an MLP Again", and in that period of time, the Alerian MLP ETF ( AMLP ) has not done so well. Even before the coronavirus selloff, MLPs had given investors a pretty poor return; on a total return basis, AMLP had given invest...

By Brian Watson, CFA , Senior Portfolio Manager As coronavirus concerns bring volatility to all markets, the fundamentals of the energy midstream sector still appear solid to us. In February, although the entire market was rocked by coronavirus worries, the master limited partnership ...

By Michael Laitkep With market and energy volatility continuing, today's note follows up on last week's piece on MLP leverage by examining two prevalent questions emerging from the current market environment: 1) Are any MLPs facing refinancing risk due to near-term debt maturities? and 2...

The balance between supply and demand of MLP paper has always been delicate. In the past, it was a balance between perpetually growing inflows and equity issuance. There were times when equity offerings temporarily overwhelmed investor appetite for MLPs. But as liquidity has diminished in rece...

Oil markets and energy stocks have gone from bad to worse in response to Saudi Arabia effectively declaring an oil price war over the weekend. Today's piece addresses some of the key investor questions that have stemmed from the move in oil prices. Specifically, we discuss MLP distributions, l...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”) announces that the NAVs for the Goldman Sachs MLP Income Opportunities Fund (NYSE: GMZ) and the Goldman Sachs MLP & Energy Renaissance Fund (NYSE: GER) (together, the “Funds”) were incorrect due to an administrative err...