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RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund II remains the most attractively valued among its peers, trading at a deep 8.71% discount. RFMZ's hybrid strategy leverages both municipal bonds and muni CEFs, offering tactical opportunities but also heightened volatility and expense ratios. The fund's 7.42% distribution yield is appealing, but coverage remains low, with destructive return of capital likely to persist.
Investors are flipping back into buy mode, which has been a boon to the equity funds—especially on the tech side.
Municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs) are seeing narrowing discounts, with NXP and MHF offering the most compelling value in the space at present. Leverage costs are easing as the Fed cuts rates, which should improve distribution coverage and make leveraged muni CEFs more attractive. Of course, there are always risks that include increased volatility from leverage and sensitivity to long-term Treasury rates, but we've seen long-term rate stabilization within a fairly narrow range.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income II aims to exploit CEF discounts in the municipal bond space but delivers sub-market, unattractive income. RFMZ's 7.9% distribution is misleading; only 3.16% is true income, with the rest being return of capital—well below competing muni funds. The fund's strategy of capturing CEF discount-to-NAV reversion has not worked in practice, as evidenced by persistently low real yields.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income II offers the best value of its lineup of sister funds currently, with the widest discount. RFMZ employs a strategy of investing in both individual municipal bonds and other muni CEFs, then using high levels of leverage. A significant portion of RFMZ's distribution is classified as return of capital, not tax-exempt income that some investors could be looking for.
RFMZ offers exposure to both muni CEFs and individual bonds, but high leverage and layered fees limit its appeal for municipal bond investors. The fund's managed distribution policy boosts yield, but coverage is weak, and much of the payout is tax-deferred return of capital, not tax-exempt income. RFMZ and its sister funds are best used as swap candidates to exploit discount/premium differentials, but current discounts are less compelling.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund II (RFMZ) offers exposure to individual municipal bonds and muni bond-focused CEFs, managed by MacKay Shields and RiverNorth. The fund's high leverage and fees result in low net investment income, with performance needing to be driven by active management for potential capital gains. RFMZ trades at an attractive discount and has outperformed RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund (RMM), as we highlighted these two as swap candidates previously.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In accordance with the RiverNorth closed-end funds (the “Funds”) level distribution policies, the Funds have declared distributions for October, November and December 2024, as detailed below. Ex Date Record Date Payable Date October 15, 2024 October 15, 2024 October 31, 2024 November 15, 2024 November 15, 2024 November 29, 2024 December 13, 2024 December 13, 2024 December 31, 2024 Tax-Exempt Distributions1 Fund Name Ticker Distribution Per Share Net Asset.
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