IIF: Historical Outperformance And Superior Industry Approach

The MS India Investment Fund offers exposure to dominant Indian large-caps at a 10.8% discount to NAV. IIF has consistently outperformed the MSCI India Index and peer India ETFs since inception, demonstrating strong relative returns. The fund's portfolio is heavily weighted toward financial and consumer sectors, which together comprise about 70% of assets.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 11, 2025

10 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of Nearly 9% (September 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various 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 the ten best 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 10 CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 27, 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 15% (June 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various 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.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 28, 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 14% (May 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds, or CEFs, remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. 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.

Seeking Alpha • May 24, 2025

IIF: India's High-Flying Active Manager

Actively managed IIF just capped off a blowout year. Replicating this outperformance won't be as easy going forward. But this high-flying India fund still has plenty going for it.

Seeking Alpha • May 6, 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of 10% (February 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various 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.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 23, 2025

Continue To Prefer IIF Vs. IFN As Challenging Conditions For Indian Stocks Remain

Investing in Indian stocks via closed end funds like IFN and IIF offers high yields but comes with valuation risks and potential market corrections. IIF has outperformed IFN over various time periods, benefiting from its smaller size and more nimble management, despite trading at a larger discount to NAV. Indian stock market valuations remain high, with local investor enthusiasm potentially waning due to less attractive earnings yields compared to local bonds.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 19, 2025

IIF: The Music Is Still Playing In India

Despite a turbulent last few months, IIF has continued to outperform. Even if its pace slows from here, the fund's uptrend is likely here to stay. The NAV discount and big year-end distributions only add to IIF's appeal.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 17, 2024

Indian Banks To Sustain Higher Leverage Ratios On Growing Capital

Major Indian banks are expected to sustain high leverage ratios, as healthy profits and a rapidly growing economy will help them build buffers. India's economic growth, which slowed to 5.4% year over year in the July–September quarter from 8.1% in the same period in 2023, is expected to recover as most economists expect the government and companies to step up spending in the coming months.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 17, 2024

India's IPO Market Set For Another High After Landmark Year For Fundraising

Fundraising via IPOs in India is set for another landmark year after economic growth, favorable market conditions and improvements in the regulatory framework helped companies raise record amounts in 2024. The year-to-date IPO count grew 22.6% from 243 listings in 2023, while fundraising volumes jumped 139% from 588.27 billion rupees. India retains the lead in global growth, S&P Global Ratings said in a Nov. 27 report, with the country's GDP forecast to grow 6.8% in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 7, 2024