BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (MVT)

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: Declaration- 3/1/2024   Ex-Date- 3/14/2024   Record- 3/15/2024   Payable- 4/1/2024 National Funds Ticker Distribution Change From Prior Distribution BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust* BYM $0.052500 - BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust* BTA $0.043500 - BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.* MUA $0.055500 - BlackRock Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE: BGT), BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: FRA) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSU) announced increases to their monthly distributions. Certain BlackRock municipal Funds previously declared their December, January and February distributions and declared special distributions today in order.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release dated April 11, 2023, with the following corrected version due to changes in the table, "Summary of share repurchase activity since Repurchase Program inception as of March 31, 2023".

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) announced today a change to the fiscal year end (“FYE”) for each Fund listed below. These changes were made to reduce operating costs for the Funds and will be effective as of July 31, 2022. Ticker (NYSE) Fund Current FYE New FYE BKN BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. 4/30 7/31 BTA BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust 4/30 7/31 MUA BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. 4/30 7/31 MUI BlackRock Municipal Income Fu

We look at some broad CEF trends that have developed over the past year, such as performance relative to ETFs, as well as discount weakness. In our Income Portfolios, we continue to approach CEF allocation with a margin-of-safety perspective, while also diversifying into senior securities.

The stock market has seen a noticeable reversal over the last few days. The moves in the CEF market have been fairly benign so far, a result of a number of factors which have lowered its beta relative to stocks.

The Treasury curve bear-steepened and muni yields followed higher. Moody’s: Covid-19 will result in state and local government austerity and higher leverage.

Treasury yields bear-steepened. Powell comments on desire for more inflation not immediately recognizable in yields.

At the beginning of this year, we created the Baskin Fixed Income Fund as a more efficient way to manage your fixed income investments.

Over the years, individual investors have flocked to municipal bonds to meet safety, income and after-tax return goals.

We discuss strategies for income investors that can be used to build more resilient CEF portfolios. These strategies include allocating to higher-quality sectors, choosing CEFs with more robust leverage instruments, allocating to term CEFs and others.

Municipal bonds issued by state and local entities fund projects across various sectors that create the foundation upon which local economies thrive.

Muni yields fell more as ratios have declined. Muni funds experienced net inflows for 10th consecutive week.

Advisor Group Holdings Inc. bought a new position in Blackrock Munivest Fund II Inc. (NYSE:MVT) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 33,301 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $453,000. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. owned 0.16% of Blackrock Munivest […]