Van Kampen Releases Historical Closed-End Fund Portfolio Characteristics.CHICAGO -- Van Kampen Funds Inc., a subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (also Van Kampen Funds, Inc. or Van Kampen American Capital) is a respected mutual fund company. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley[1] since its acquisition in 1996. Inc. ("Van Kampen"), announced the release of certain historical Closed-End fund Closed-end fund An investment company that issues shares like any other corporation and usually does not redeem its shares. A publicly traded fund sold on stock exchanges or over the counter that may trade above or below its net asset value. Related: Open-end fund. portfolio information at the 2006 Van Kampen Closed-End Fund Analyst Conference held today at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Whereas previously, the information released was available on a quarterly basis in a fact sheet style format and was not archived on the firm's website, today's release includes historical monthly data provided in a spreadsheet format dating back to January 31st, 2005. These files can be downloaded from the firm's website at www.vankampen.com and can be found under the "Fund Literature" tab in the closed end fund section of the website. Van Kampen Funds Inc. is a subsidiary of Van Kampen. Van Kampen is one of the nation's largest investment management companies, with more than $107 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. or supervision, as of December 31, 2005. With roots in money management dating back to 1927, Van Kampen has helped nearly four generations of investors achieve their financial goals. Headquartered in the Chicago area, Van Kampen is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MS). For more information, visit Van Kampen's Web site at www.vankampen.com. Investing in closed-end funds involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any closed-end fund investment. Copyright (C)2006 Van Kampen Funds Inc. All Rights Reserved. Member NASD/SIPC. |
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