GFY News and Press, Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. From 12/03/18

By Erin Bigley Transcript We always talk about investing globally within the bond market. And one of the concerns that our investors have today is that as they look around to the global bond market, they see very low yields everywhere - aside from the United States, where yields hav...

Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. (NYSE: GFY) announces its portfolio composition as of September 30, 2018. Investment Objective: The Fund’s investment objective is to maintain a high level of current income. Portfolio Composition*: Western Asset Variable...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's Closed-End Fund Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of August 31, 2018. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "c...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's CEF Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of August 1, 2018. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep." Meth...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of September, October and November 2018. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: This press release is not for tax reporting purp...

Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. (NYSE: GFY) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of June 30, 2018. This financial data is unaudited. The Fund files its semi-annual and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as its complet...

Following our recent blog summarizing key takeaways from BlackRock Investment Institute's Mid-Year Global Investment Outlook, this post takes a closer look at the first theme: a wider range of growth outcomes amidst rising macro uncertainty. We believe macro uncertainty will be higher than i...

Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. (NYSE: GFY) announces its portfolio composition as of June 30, 2018. Investment Objective: The Fund’s investment objective is to maintain a high level of current income. Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc., a non-di...