abrdn World Healthcare Fund 

Tekla World Healthcare Fund is a closed-end management investment company, which engages in investing in the healthcare industry. Its objective is to seek current income and long-term capital appreciation through investment companies engaged in the healthcare industry, including equity securities and debt securities. The company was founded on March 5, 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

We initially highlighted unwarranted optimism and faulty logic in THW and predicted it would underperform 2 funds. Our thesis proved correct as THW lagged cash by over 6%, delivering just 0.06% total returns. We tell you why we are less pessimistic today.

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abrdn World Healthcare Fund operates as a closed end fund that prioritizes income generation from its portfolio of healthcare investments. The current dividend yield sits at a high 11.7% and has never been reduced since the fund's inception. THW's weakness is the limited upside potential because of its closed end structure and the inclusion of a option strategy against underlying equities.

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abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW) offers diversified exposure to the healthcare sector with a high dividend yield of 10.7% paid out on a monthly basis. The fund's distribution coverage has raised concerns as it has been primarily funded by return of capital, leading to NAV decline. THW's option strategy has not significantly boosted income and has limited upside potential.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / June 26, 2024 / The following abrdn U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE:HQH)(NYSE:THQ)(NYSE:THW) announced they each held their Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meetings") on June 25, 2024. At the Meetings, shareholders of the respective Funds voted on the proposals set forth below: abrdn Healthcare Investors ("HQH") As of the record date, April 1, 2024, HQH had outstanding 50,624,847 shares of common stock.

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I previously recommended the THQ fund over the THW fund, as THQ's distribution was more sustainable. However, THQ has recently boosted its distribution to a 10.9% yield. This risks making it long-term unsustainable as well. I recommend investors buy low-cost passive ETFs and create their own 'high-yielding' funds by periodically selling a portion of their holdings.

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Stock  #3: Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (NYSE: THW) Yield: 12.88% Shares for $20,000: 1,586 Annual Passive Income: ~$2,576 Formerly known as the Tekla World Healthcare Fund until it was acquired by Abrdn Inc.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / March 21, 2024 / abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE:HQL), abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (NYSE:THQ), and abrdn World Healthcare Fund (NYSE:THW) (collectively, the "Funds") each, a closed-end management investment company, announced today the appointment of Dr. Jason Akus as co-lead portfolio manager to the Funds alongside Dr. Daniel Omstead. Dr. Akus has served on the investment team with Dr. Omstead for over 20 years.

abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), and abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW) Announce Investment Team Update

abrdn World Healthcare Fund provides exposure to top-tier healthcare holdings with a high distribution yield of over 10.7%. THW has a global focus with over 40% of their portfolio having exposure to companies based outside the U.S. or companies that get a large percentage of their revenue internationally.

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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).

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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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We had contrasting outlooks on the BlackRock Health Sciences Trust and abrdn World Healthcare Fund closed-end funds on our last coverage, with BME getting a "Buy" and THW getting a "Goodbye". BME has outperformed THW by 10% in total returns since then. We update our outlook and explain why one of these two gets a downgrade.

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For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 31, 2023, abrdn World Healthcare Fund, formerly known as Tekla World Healthcare Fund, paid a monthly distribution of $0.1167 per share. It is currently estimated that this distribution is derived from a return of capital or other capital source.

abrdn World Healthcare Fund Paid Distribution

abrdn has taken over the management of the former Tekla funds, and they've dropped to some meaningful discounts. Both the abrdn World Healthcare Fund and the abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund represent attractive investment opportunities, but I would tend to favor THQ. THW has a higher distribution rate when compared to THQ, which can have some appeal for some investors, but both funds will rely entirely on capital gains going forward.

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For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records, pay high distributions, and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2023 / Effective close of business today, October 27, 2023, abrdn Inc. ("abrdn") assumed responsibility for the management of the four (4) former Tekla Capital Management LLC closed-end funds totaling $2.8bn in assets under management (AUM) as of October 26, 2023. As noted within the Funds' proxy statements and in connection with the change in investment adviser, each Fund amended its declaration of trust to change its name as detailed in the chart below effective after close of regular business on October 27, 2023.

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tekla Capital Management LLC (Tekla) announced today that the requisite vote has been attained to approve the new investment advisory agreement with abrdn Inc. for each of its four closed-end funds (the Funds). The Funds are: Tekla Healthcare Investors (HQH) Tekla Life Sciences Investors (HQL) Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ) Tekla World Healthcare Fund (THW) Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ) and Tekla World Healthcare Fund (THW) approved the proposal a.

Tekla Funds Approve New Investment Advisory Agreements With abrdn Inc.

Tekla Capital Management LLC (Tekla) announced today that it has completed the sale of its advisory business to abrdn Inc. In addition, effective close of regular business, abrdn was approved as manager to four NYSE listed healthcare and biotech thematic closed-end funds, totaling $2.8 bn in assets under management (AUM) as of October 26, 2023.

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 10, 2023, Tekla World Healthcare Fund declared its monthly cash distribution of $0.1167 per share. The record date for the monthly cash distribution is October 20, 2023 and the payable date is October 31, 2023. The Fund will trade ex-distribution on October 19, 2023. Note that only participants in the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (“DRIP”) will have cash distributions automatically reinvested in shares of the Fund. Tekla World Healthcar.

Tekla World Healthcare Fund Declares Monthly Cash Distribution

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 29, 2023, Tekla World Healthcare Fund paid a monthly distribution of $0.1167 per share. It is currently estimated that this distribution is derived from net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital source. The composition of this and subsequent distributions may vary from month to month because it may be materially impacted by future realized gains and losses on securities. The aggregate of the net unrealized depreciation of p.

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