HPF News and Press, John Hancock Pfd Income Fund II Pfd Income Fund II From 09/22/22

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING AND RECORD DATES Canada NewsWire BOSTON , Sept. 22, 2022 /CNW/ - The ten John Hancock closed-end funds listed below announced today that each fund's Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Ann...

Summary DFP and the rest of the Flaherty & Crumrine group of funds are leveraged preferred funds. While higher rates can lead to higher yields, higher leverage expenses are felt first. Higher expenses have resulted in the distributions coming down for DFP and its sister fu...

21 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Covered call leads while commodities lag. MLPs are the most widely discounted CEF sector. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on...

One of the market’s most secure, steady sources of generous yield is going through a rare turbulent moment. But these 7% to 8% yields— paid monthly, no less! —are selling at discounted prices we only see once every five years or so. Is it time for us contrarians...

JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCES PORTFOLIO MANAGER CHANGES FOR JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS Canada NewsWire BOSTON , April 28, 2022 /CNW/ - John Hancock Investment Management LLC (the "Adviser") today announced changes to the portfolio management teams for John Ha...

We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the first full week of April and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferreds had a bad week and remain under pressure from rising Treasury yields. Only the Energy sector is still in the green year-to-da...

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE EARNINGS DATA Canada NewsWire BOSTON , Feb. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - The John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings 1 for the three months ended January 31, 2022 . The same data for the co...

JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCES PORTFOLIO MANAGER CHANGES FOR JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS AND ETFs PR Newswire BOSTON , Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Investment Management LLC (the "Adviser") today announced changes to the portfolio management teams for John...

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, JOHN HANCOCK HEDGED EQUITY & INCOME FUND, JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND, JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND II, JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND III, JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND, JOHN HANCOCK TAX-ADVANTAGED DIVIDEND INCOME FUND ...

HPF is a closed-end fund with a collateral pool that contains a mix of preferred shares and corporate bonds. The fund is finally trading flat to NAV after having seen a substantial premium to NAV during 2021. The fund currently has a 7.66% dividend yield and a 61% allocation to pr...