KF News and Press, Korea Fund Inc. From 02/10/21

As we enter 2021, the macroeconomic backdrop for emerging markets is extremely promising. We believe the key long-term trend driving emerging markets is their transition from export-led growth to reliance on buoyant domestic demand. We see significant opportunities with global gro...

Headlines out of Davos haven't been nearly as loud this year, given that the World Economic Forum went virtual due to the pandemic. The annual event usually sees the world's political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities, gather at the Swiss Alpine resort. Collaborat...

Sixteen out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 14 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: January 17, 2021

During the fourth quarter, our base case for emerging markets (EM) was the following: we saw favorable economics, questionable politics, and an exciting digital disruption theme that swept across emerging markets countries around the world. Emerging markets have traditionally underper...

For the second month in a row, equity CEFs on average posted positive returns, rising 3.78% on a NAV basis for December. While for the ninth month running, fixed income CEFs witnessed returns in the black (+1.89%). Eighteen percent of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, wit...

Korea Fund (KF) declares NII annual distribution of $0.5255/share, compared to $0.07099 paid last year.Payable Jan. 11; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See KF Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Korea Fund de...

The Board of Directors of The Korea Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: KF) announced today they have declared a net investment income dividend of $0.5255 per share, payable on January 11, 2021, to stockholders of record on December 28, 2020, with an ex-dividend date of Decembe...

As the year is starting to wind down, I wanted to take an updated look at what distribution changes happened throughout the year. We had previously done this for a more specific time frame; the time frame of the pandemic to shortly after in June. Again, I'm surprised at how resili...

The Korea Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KF) (the “Fund”) has announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has adopted a policy (the “Policy”) pursuant to which it will cause the Fund to conduct an issuer tender offer for up to twenty-five percent (25...

Korea Fund (KF): FQ1 NII of -$0.07.Press Release For further details see: Korea Fund reports FQ1 results