Prime
Senior Loan & Income
Closed End Fund Index
The index is designed to benefit from a rising interest rate environment. It seeks to achieve this by selecting senior loan and floating rate Closed-End Funds (“CEF’s”) that have a substantial allocation to floating rate senior loans or other floating rate instruments.
FACT SHEET
Prime Senior Loan & Income CEF Index Factsheet
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INDEX KEY FACTS
Base Date: February 03, 2017
Total number of holdings:
19
Launch date: February 06, 2017
Reconstitution: Annually (January)
Index calculation agent: Solactive AG
Weighting scheme: Factor-weighted by Prime Score™
INDEX SYMBOLS
| Version | Bloomberg | Reuters | ISIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Senior Loan and Income CEF Index GTR | PFCEF Index | .PFCEF | DE000SLA2258 |
| Prime Senior Loan and Income CEF Index NTR | N/A | .PFCEFN | DE000SLA2266 |
| Prime Senior Loan and Income CEF Index PR | N/A | .PFCEFP | DE000SLA2274 |
INDEX COMPOSITION
| Component Name | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND INCOME FUND | HFRO | 9.52% |
| NUVEEN CREDIT STRATEGIES INCOME FUND | JQC | 8.43% |
| PIONEER FLOATING RATE TRUST | PHD | 7.15% |
| FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II | FCT | 7.07% |
| BLACKSTONE STRATEGIC CREDIT FUND | BGB | 6.98% |
| BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND INC | DSU | 6.39% |
| BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME TRUST | BGT | 6.26% |
| NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND | JFR | 5.55% |
| INVESCO DYNAMIC CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FUND | VTA | 5.10% |
| BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRAT | FRA | 4.81% |
| INVESCO SENIOR INCOME TRUST | VVR | 4.73% |
| APOLLO SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND INC | AFT | 4.37% |
| NUVEEN FLOATING RATE INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND ETF | JRO | 4.26% |
| NUVEEN SENIOR INCOME FUND | NSL | 4.19% |
| BLACKSTONE LONG-SHORT CREDIT INCOME FUND | BGX | 4.06% |
| VOYA PRIME RATE TRUST | PPR | 2.95% |
| EATON VANCE SENIOR INCOME TRUST | EVF | 2.92% |
| BLACKSTONE SENIOR FLOATING RATE TERM FUND | BSL | 2.73% |
| EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND | EFR | 2.53% |
Index Stats
| Yield | 7.78% |