Every material Form 8-K FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC filed with the SEC in 2017, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
The fund will change its credit-quality investment policy effective February 21, 2017. The new policy requires at least 90% of managed assets to be investment grade or issued by companies with investment-grade issuer or senior unsecured debt ratings, replacing an 80% test, and allows up to 10% in below-investment-grade securities of investment-grade issuers.
Investment grade requirement rises from at least 80% to at least 90% of managed assets at purchase, effective February 21, 2017.
The fund may buy below-investment-grade preferreds of investment-grade issuers, subject to a 10% limit.
The adviser cites that investment-grade rated preferreds fell to about 62% of the market, from 90% before the financial crisis.
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