Voya Emerging Markets High Income Dividend Equity Fund

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund is a closed-end investment fund or investment trust. Its investment objective is total return through a combination of current income, capital gains and capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a portfolio of equity securities, primarily of issuers in emerging market countries. Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund was founded on April 26, 2011 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund is a closed-end investment fund or investment trust. Its investment objective is total return through a combination of current income, capital gains and capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a portfolio of equity securities, primarily of issuers in emerging market countries. The company was founded on April 26, 2011 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voya Investment Management, the asset management business of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today the distributions on the common shares of five of its closed-end funds: Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund (NYSE: IGA), Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund (NYSE: IGD), Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund (NYSE: IDE), Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IAE), and Voya Emergin.

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Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund is one of the few remaining closed-end funds focusing on emerging markets. Fund's performance history is poor, but it offers a high yield of 12.02%, which is fully covered. Portfolio is diversified, but exposure to China poses a risk. Current valuation at a 13.33% discount on net asset value is reasonable.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voya Investment Management, the asset management business of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced an increase in the distribution rate on five funds: Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund (NYSE: IGA), Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund (NYSE: IGD), Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund (NYSE: IDE), Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IAE), and Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Eq.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voya Investment Management, the asset management business of Voya Financial, Inc., will host a webcast for the Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IAE) and Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE: IHD), on Monday, November 13, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature Portfolio Managers Justin Montminy and Susanna Jacob. Montminy is a Portfolio Manager on the global quantitative equity team helping overse.

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Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund's core investment strategy revolves around targeting stocks with sustainable dividend characteristics. Performance analysis of IHD reveals a robust forward yield of 11.84%. Investing in the IHD closed-end fund offers several advantages.

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Investing in dividend-paying stocks has proved to be a helpful strategy, outperforming global markets over the long term. Dividend income strategies play an important role for multi-asset income portfolios. But they can also run the risk of being too narrowly focused, which can limit both income potential and upside participation when equity markets rise.

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IHD has been consistently generating high yields since it started its operations 12 years back. The annual average yield since 2013 has been almost 11.5 percent. IHD focuses on China, India, Taiwan, and South Korea - four economies that have investment-grade sovereign ratings and above-average growth potential.

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Stocks paying higher dividends showed their mettle during a challenging 2022: the S&P 500 High Dividend Index declined only a modest –1.1% even as the S&P 500 tumbled –18.1%. In our view, much of the volatility in high-dividend strategies, broadly speaking, comes down to portfolio design choices, which can create very different characteristics.

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The IHD fund invests in dividend paying emerging market stocks. The fund pays an attractive 13.6% forward yield.

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The Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund is an interesting option for investors who want broad exposure to emerging markets equities without having to invest in individual ETFs. The discount to NAV is appealing and the dividend yield is attractive.

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IHD is an EM portfolio that is dominated by Chinese stocks and conditions there don't look too good. The dollar's strength is a serious concern and could potentially trigger a sovereign crisis.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voya Investment Management, the asset management business of Voya Financial, Inc., will host a webinar for the Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IAE) and Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE: IHD) on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature Portfolio Managers Steven Wetter and Jason Rausch. Wetter is a Portfolio Manager on the global quantitative equity team helping oversee the

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Emerging markets are likely to be a major macro theme in coming years. Closed end funds can provide access to emerging markets at a discount to NAV.

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