abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. (FCO)

We closed out the first half of 2025, making it an appropriate time to give the overall CEF space a fresh look for potential opportunities. As the broader equity indexes have been performing quite well, discounts in the CEF space have narrowed overall. The best relative value more broadly is in the municipal bond space and the "hybrid" funds.

BWG remains a more attractive option than FCO due to its favorable valuation, though FCO has outperformed. This outperformance came from FCO seeing its premium climb to all-time high levels, pushing into triple-digit territory. Combining the incredibly high premium with an unsustainable distribution rate makes FCO a poor investment, and BWG looks more favorable.

PHILADELPHIA , June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The following Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE: ACP, AGD, AOD, ASGI, AWP, THQ, THW and NYSE American: AEF, FAX, FCO, VFL), announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on June 30, 2025 to all shareholders of record as of June 23, 2025 (ex-dividend date June 23, 2025). Ticker Exchange Fund Amount ACP NYSE abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund $   0.0775 AEF NYSE American Abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. $   0.1500 AGD NYSE abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund $   0.1100 AOD NYSE abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund $   0.0900 ASGI NYSE abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund $   0.2100 AWP NYSE abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund $   0.0400 FAX NYSE American abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. $   0.1650 FCO NYSE American abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. $   0.0700 THQ NYSE abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund $   0.1800 THW NYSE abrdn World Healthcare Fund $   0.1167 VFL NYSE American abrdn National Municipal Income Fund $   0.0500 FCO's shares are currently trading at a premium to net asset value.

The closed-end fund space saw a significant narrowing of discounts throughout 2024 as equity markets charged higher and now discounts remain tight heading into 2025. In particular, equity CEFs have seen significantly narrowed discounts along with taxable fixed-income, though municipal bond funds look relatively attractive after widening discounts in December. We are screening for funds with the deepest discounts and widest z-scores to find potential buys and funds that may be getting a bit pricey as sell candidates.

RCS and PCM recently announced distribution cuts, and they were simultaneously trading at some hefty premiums to their NAV per share. We saw the usual outcome, which is a drastic sell-off as is often the case with the dangerous combination of elevated NAV distribution rates and premiums are mixed. We are looking at two more names to warn about in the future, but predicting distribution cuts is incredibly difficult as funds can pay out what they'd like.

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / September 11, 2024 / abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc (NYSE American:FCO) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund, today announced it will pay on September 30, 2024, a distribution of US $0.07 per share to all shareholders of record as of September 23, 2024 (ex-dividend date September 23, 2024). At the end of each calendar year, a Form 1099-DIV will be sent to shareholders, which will state the amount and composition of the Fund's distributions and provide information with respect to their appropriate tax treatment for the prior calendar year.

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / August 9, 2024 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE:ACP)(NYSE:ASGI)(NYSE:AWP)(NYSE:HQH)(NYSE:HQL)(NYSE:IFN)(NYSE:JEQ)(NYSE:THQ)(NYSE:THW)(NYSE American:FAX)(NYSE American:FCO)(NYSE American:IAF)(NYSE American:VFL), announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on August 30, 2024 to all shareholders of record as of August 23, 2024 (ex-dividend date August 23, 2024). These dates apply to the Funds listed below with the exception of the abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), the abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), the abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF), the India Fund, Inc. (IFN) and the abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (JEQ) which will pay on September 30, 2024, to all shareholders of record as of August 23, 2024 (ex-dividend date August 23, 2024).

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / May 16, 2024 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE:ACP),(NYSE:AGD),(NYSE:AOD),(NYSE:ASGI),(NYSE:AWP),(NYSE:IFN),(NYSE:JEQ) and (NYSE American:FAX),(NYSE American:FCO),(NYSE American:IAF) and (NYSE American:AEF) announced they each held their Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meetings") on May 16, 2024. At the Meetings, shareholders of the respective Funds voted on the proposals set forth below: abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. ("FAX") As of the record date, April 1, 2024, FAX had outstanding 247,695,769 shares of common stock.

We last covered FCO around 9 months ago; at that time, it appeared BWG was the better bet in this space. That has played out to some degree, with BWG showing better total share price returns during that period. However, this largely came from BWG's discount narrowing as FCO's premium has actually stayed fairly elevated.

This release provides an update to the performance tables regarding the IAF Estimated Amounts of Current Distribution per Share and Estimated Amounts of Fiscal Year to Date Cumulative Distributions per Share PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / February 13, 2024 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE:ACP),(NYSE:AGD),(NYSE:AOD),(NYSE:ASGI),(NYSE:AWP),(NYSE:IFN),(NYSE:JEQ) and (NYSE American:FAX),(NYSE American:FCO),(NYSE American:IAF),(NYSE American:THW),(NYSE American:VFL), announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on February 29, 2024 to all shareholders of record as of February 22, 2024 (ex-dividend date February 21, 2024). These dates apply to the Funds listed below with the exception of the abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF), the India Fund, Inc. (IFN) and the abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (JEQ) which will pay on March 28, 2024, to all shareholders of record as of February 22, 2024 (ex-dividend date February 21, 2024).

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / January 10, 2024 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE:ACP)(NYSE:AGD)(NYSE:AOD)(NYSE:ASGI)(NYSE:AWP) and (NYSE American:FAX)(NYSE American:FCO)(NYSE American:THQ)(NYSE American:THW)(NYSE American:VFL), announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on January 31, 2024 to all shareholders of record as of January 24, 2024 (ex-dividend date January 23, 2024). Ticker Exchange Fund Amount ACP NYSE abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund $ 0.1000 AGD NYSE abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0650 AOD NYSE abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0575 ASGI NYSE abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund $ 0.1600 AWP NYSE abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund $ 0.0400 FAX NYSE American Abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0275 FCO NYSE American abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0700 THQ NYSE American abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund $ 0.1125 THW NYSE American abrdn World Healthcare Fund $ 0.1167 VFL NYSE American abrdn National Municipal Income Fund $ 0.0375 At the end of each calendar year, a Form 1099-DIV will be sent to shareholders, which will state the amount and composition of each fund's distributions and provide information with respect to their appropriate tax treatment for the prior calendar year.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2023 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on November 30, 2023 to all shareholders of record as of November 22, 2023 (ex-dividend date November 21, 2023). These dates apply to the Funds listed below with the exception of abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), the abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF), the India Fund, Inc. (IFN) and the abrdn Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (JEQ) which will pay on January 10, 2024, to all shareholders of record as of November 22, 2023 (ex-dividend date November 21, 2023).

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / October 11, 2023 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on October 31, 2023 to all shareholders of record as of October 24, 2023 (ex-dividend date October 23, 2023). Ticker Exchange Fund Amount ACP NYSE abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund $ 0.1000 AGD NYSE abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0650 AOD NYSE abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0575 ASGI NYSE abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund $ 0.1200 AWP NYSE abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund $ 0.0400 FAX NYSE American Abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0275 FCO NYSE American abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0700 VFL NYSE American abrdn National Municipal Income Fund $ 0.0325 At the end of each calendar year, a Form 1099-DIV will be sent to shareholders, which will state the amount and composition of each fund's distributions and provide information with respect to their appropriate tax treatment for the prior calendar year.

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / September 12, 2023 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on September 29, 2023 to all shareholders of record as of September 22, 2023 (ex-dividend date September 21, 2023). Ticker Exchange Fund Amount ACP NYSE abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund $ 0.1000 AEF NYSE American abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.1000 AGD NYSE abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0650 AOD NYSE abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund $ 0.0575 ASGI NYSE abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund $ 0.1200 AWP NYSE abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund $ 0.0400 FAX NYSE American Abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0275 FCO NYSE American abrdn Global Income Fund, Inc. $ 0.0700 VFL NYSE American abrdn National Municipal Income Fund $ 0.0325 At the end of each calendar year, a Form 1099-DIV will be sent to shareholders, which will state the amount and composition of each fund's distributions and provide information with respect to their appropriate tax treatment for the prior calendar year.

Please note that no performance numbers or rates have changed from the August 9th press release. This update is simply to include some additional language around the Funds that default to paying in stock, unless otherwise elected.