Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust operates as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The firm's secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its primary goal of high current income. The company was founded on June 29, 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Fund

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Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

BOSTON, June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: EVG), Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE: EFR) and Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (NYSE: EVF) (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") each announced today the commencement of a cash tender offer for outstanding common shares (each, a "Tender Offer" and collectively, the "Tender Offers") in the following amounts and as further described below. Fund Tender Offer Amount EVG Up to 25% or 4,470,149 of its outstanding common shares EFT Up to 50% or 19,931,845 of its outstanding common shares EFR Up to 50% or 18,424,157 of its outstanding common shares EVF Up to 60% or 22,719,965 of its outstanding common shares Each Tender Offer will be conducted at a price per share equal to 99% of such Fund's net asset value ("NAV") per share as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the date the Tender Offer expires.

Certain Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds Commence Tender Offers

BOSTON, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- At a joint special meeting of shareholders held on April 16, 2021 (the "Special Meeting"), shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT) (the "Fund") approved a new investment advisory agreement (the "New Agreement") with Eaton Vance Management, the Fund's investment adviser.    Tender Offers.

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust Announces Results of Special Meeting of Shareholders, Increased Initial Tender Offer and Additional Conditional Tender Offers

Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust Fund

BOSTON, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- At a joint special meeting of shareholders held on April 9, 2021 (the "Joint Special Meeting"), shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust (NYSE American: EVY) and Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE: EFR) (collectively, the "Funds") were asked to approve new investment advisory agreements (each, a "New Agreement") with Eaton Vance Management ("EVM"), the Funds' investment adviser.  A quorum was not present, and the Joint Special Meeting was adjourned to April 16, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

Results of Joint Special Shareholder Meeting of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust, Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust and Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

BOSTON, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The following notice relates to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT): Notice That Annual Meeting Of Shareholders Will Be A Telephonic Meeting Due to the public health impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), travel guidelines in Massachusetts and surrounding areas, and to support the health and well-being of our shareholders, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (the "Fund") to be held on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (the "Meeting") will be held in a telephonic format.

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust Announces Telephonic Annual Meeting Of Shareholders On April 16, 2021

Eaton Vance Floating Rate Income Plus Fund

Voya Prime Rate Trust

Favorite liquidation at NAV exit strategy for excess returns is the Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (EVG), whose shareholders already voted once in January with an outcome NOT to approve a new advisory agreement. EVG's control shareholder SIT Investment Associates would be avoiding a nearly $50 million windfall for clients' assets to accept a lesser plan than liquidation.

Which Eaton Vance Short Duration Taxable CEFs Will Be Liquidated At NAV?

Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc.

Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund Inc

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II

First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund ETF

Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund

KKR Income Opportunities Fund

Nuveen Senior Income Fund

We've seen a lot of volatility in the last month across all risk assets, but closed-end funds have weathered it quite well.

CEF Report: State Of The CEF Market

BOSTON, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE: EFR) and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust (NYSE American: EVY) (each, a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") today announced that their Boards of Trustees (the "Board") have taken the actions described below. Conditional Tender Offers.

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust and Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust Announce Conditional Tender Offers and Conditional Distribution Rate Increases; Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust Announces Conditional Tender Offer

Morgan Stanley

BOSTON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In connection with the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced on October 8, 2020, shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust...

Certain Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds Announce Adjournment of Joint Special Shareholder Meeting

BOSTON, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In connection with the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced on October 8, 2020, shareholders of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust...

Certain Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds Announce Results of Joint Special Shareholder Meeting

Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund

Allspring Income Opportunities Fund

The CEF market has seen very strong performance to finish out the year. With valuations tightening and a number of risks on the radar, it makes sense to take a margin-of-safety approach to income portfolios.

CEF Margin Of Safety Opportunities Update

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate 2022 Target Term Trust

Eaton Vance boasts 5 loan CEFs which behave similarly to each other due to sharing many holdings. We take a look at discount valuation, funds fees and leverage costs, historic returns and distribution coverage.

A Review Of Eaton Vance Loan CEFs

BOSTON, Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boards of Trustees of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT), Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust (NYSE American: EVY), Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE: EFR) and Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (NYSE: EVF)...

Postponement of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of Certain Eaton Vance Closed-End Funds and Notice that Such Special Meeting Will Be A Virtual Meeting

News for Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust ETF (EFT)