DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, which engages in the investment to a portfolio of investments selected for their potential to provide high current income, growth of capital, or both. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and its secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 10, 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The DoubleLine Income Solutions CEF is a multisector bond fund. The fund has a 7.54% yield but has an annual NAV give-up of around -3%.

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of November 2021. The distributions are subject to the following ex-dividend, record and payment dates set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares November 2021 Distribution

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of October 2021. The distributions are subject to the following ex-dividend, record and payment dates set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares October 2021 Distribution

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LOS ANGELES , Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of September 2021.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares September 2021 Distribution

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of August 2021. The distributions are subject to the following ex-dividend, record and payment dates set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares August 2021 Distribution

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I began coverage on this fund towards the end of 2020. I initially was hesitant about the fund's distribution coverage; it then subsequently cut its distribution.

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LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of June 2021. The distributions are subject to the following ex-dividend, record and payment dates set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares June 2021 Distribution

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LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the "Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DSL, this week declared a distribution of $0.11 per share for the month of May 2021. The distributions are subject to the following ex-dividend, record and payment dates set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund Declares May 2021 Distribution

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News for DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund ETF (DSL)