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Release: Closed-End Fund Assets

Closed-End Fund Assets and Net Issuance

Washington, DC, June 4, 2024—The combined assets of the nation’s closed-end funds were $260.19 billion at the end of March 2024 according to ICI. The Institute’s quarterly statistical collection also includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by closed-end funds.

Assets of Closed-End Funds by Type
End of Period, Millions of dollars
  2024: Q1 2023: Q4 2022
Equity 104,652 100,232 99,002
  Domestic 78,369 74,716 74,813
  Global 26,283 25,516 24,189
Bond 155,536 154,197 152,475
  Domestic Taxable 55,399 53,916 52,045
  Domestic Municipal 80,689 81,460 81,764
  Global 19,447 18,821 18,666
Total 260,187 254,429 251,477

Note: Components may not add to the total because of rounding.

Highlights: Total closed-end fund assets increased $5.76 billion during the first quarter. Equity fund assets increased by $4.42 billion to $104.65 billion, and bond fund assets increased by $1.34 billion to $155.54 billion. 

For the quarter, closed-end funds had net issuance of $114 million, compared with net issuance of -$917 million in the fourth quarter of 2023.

There were 412 closed-end funds at the end of the first quarter. Bond funds numbered 258, and equity funds totaled 154. There were 413 closed-end funds in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Value of Shares Issued and Redeemed by All Closed-End Funds
Millions of dollars
  2024: Q1 2023: Q4 2022 2021
Gross Issuance 153 124 1,232 18,539
Gross Redemptions 39 1,041 1,721 1,356
Net Issuance 114 -917 -489 17,183

Note: Components may not add to the total because of rounding.

Number of Closed-End Funds by Type
  2024: Q1 2023: Q4 2022
Equity 154 154 163
  Domestic 95 95 101
  Global 59 59 62
Bond 258 259 277
  Domestic Taxable 116 117 128
  Domestic Municipal 111 111 117
  Global 31 31 32
Total 412 413 440