Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
Posted on Friday March 01, 2019
Certain BlackRock closed-end funds announced distributions today as detailed below. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust announced increases in their monthly distribution rates and several Funds announced a decrease in their monthly distribution rates.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc. -- Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.
Posted on Thursday February 21, 2019
Announcement: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. New York, February 21, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The review was conducted through a portfolio review in which Moody's reassessed the appropriateness of the ratings in the context of the relevant principal methodology(ies), recent developments, and a comparison of the financial and operating profile to similarly rated peers.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Inc. -- Moody's assigns short-term ratings to VRDP shares issued by BlackRock closed-end fund
Posted on Thursday January 17, 2019
Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has assigned a P-1 short-term rating to the Variable Rate Demand Preferred ("VRDP") shares issued by BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI). For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would have affected the rating.
BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Addition to Boards of Directors/Trustees
Posted on Monday December 31, 2018
The BlackRock registered closed-end funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") announced today that Henry Gabbay will become an independent director/trustee of each Fund on January 1, 2019. Mr. Gabbay is a director/trustee of certain BlackRock open-end funds. For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com | Twitter: @blackrock | Blog: www.blackrockblog.com | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock.
