HPF News and Press, John Hancock Pfd Income Fund II Pfd Income Fund II From 06/02/23

2023-06-02 12:35:12 ET John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II ( NYSE: HPF ) declares $0.0975/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 7.95% Payable June 30; for shareholders of record June 12; ex-div June 9. See HPF Dividend Scorecard, Yie...

2023-05-24 15:10:22 ET John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II press release ( NYSE: HPF ): FQ3 NII per share of $0.277, vs. year-ago $0.352. Net assets of $319.28M, vs. $383.6M a year ago. For further details see: John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II reports FQ3 ...

2023-05-24 13:51:47 ET Summary Bank securities and preferred CEFs have been some of the livelier parts of the income market in the last few months. In some of the hysteria, however, it's easy to lose sight of the facts and misinterpret the relationship between regional banks and p...

2023-05-13 05:00:41 ET Summary The HPF fund holds a portfolio of preferred stocks and corporate bonds. The HPF fund holds outsized exposure to preferred shares of financial companies. The recent U.S. banking crisis is introducing risk into this seemingly sleepy asset class, as...

2023-04-11 15:54:06 ET Summary Today, I wanted to take a broader look at the preferred closed-end fund space. After struggling for most of the last year due to rapidly-rising interest rates, the latest banking failures sent preferred CEFs spiraling. A mixture of leverage and e...

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Summary The LDP fund provides high current income through a portfolio of preferred stocks. It pays a high current yield of 7.6%. The LDP has superior risk adjusted returns compared to the HPF/HPI funds offered by John Hancock. However, investors should closely monitor the jump i...

Summary The HPF fund holds a portfolio of preferred stocks and corporate bonds. The fund pays an attractive 8.5% distribution yield. However, looking at HPF's long-term performance, I am concerned with its long-term declining NAV and distributions. Recently, I wrote an a...

Summary 12 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 6 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Tortoise offer tender results. NCZ resumes distributions, NCV holders should switch. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members ...

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...