Closed-End Fund Assets, Second Quarter 2005

Washington, DC, September 13, 2005 - The combined assets of the nation's closed-end funds were $269.00 billion at the end of June 2005, the Investment Company Institute reported today in a quarterly statistical collection of closed-end funds.

Total closed-end fund assets increased $9.55 billion during the second quarter. Equity fund assets increased by $7.30 billion to $95.10 billion, and bond fund assets increased by $2.25 billion to $173.89 billion.

ICI's data collection also includes the value of new proceeds invested in closed-end funds and the total number of funds. For the quarter, proceeds to closed-end funds were $5.27 billion, compared with a revised $9.25 billion in the first quarter. There were 635 closed-end funds as of the end of the second quarter 2005. Bond funds numbered 457, and equity funds totaled 178. There were 619 closed-end funds at year-end 2004.

Assets of Closed-End Funds by Type, End of Period
(millions of dollars)

 

2Q 2005

1Q 2005

2004

2003

Total Equity

95,104

87,802R

81,507R

52,295

 

Domestic

72,137

66,325R

62,942R

42,263

 

Global

22,967

21,477R

18,565

10,032

Total Bond

173,892

171,647R

172,788

161,794

 

Domestic Taxable

65,042

64,733R

65,049

56,153

 

Domestic Municipal

96,009

94,253R

94,884

94,102

 

Global

12,841

12,661R

12,855

11,539

All

268,996

259,449R

254,295R

214,089

R=Revised

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