RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc.

The full company name is RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund.

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. invests its assets in three tactical silos that include both other closed-end funds and fixed-income assets. The closed-end fund is invested in some floating-rate loans that should hold their value in the face of rising rates.

OPP: Interesting Fund But Don't Count On That Yield Being Sustainable

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The RiverNorth Closed-End Funds (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)1 are pleased to announce that Lisa Mougin has been appointed to the Board of Directors of each Fund as an independent director, effective immediately. Ms. Mougin is an experienced senior executive with many years of investment management industry experience in sales, client relationship and operations. Ms. Mougin was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer of the TIFIN affiliated Positivly and Louise platforms. Prior to that Ms. Mougin was a member of the executive team that built ALPS Fund Services into a leader in the mutual fund and hedge fund industries. During the span of 20 years at ALPS, Lisa led the Sales and Relationship Management Teams to achieving significant growth of the firm's client base and revenues.

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OPP's rights offering results have concluded. The share price trended towards the subscription floor, as we expected.

OPP: Rights Offering Results Quick Notes

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) today announced the final results of its transferable rights offering (the “Offering”). The Fund will issue a total of 3,508,633 new shares of common stock as a result of the Offering, which closed on September 23, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”). The subscription price of $9.70 per share in the Offering was established on the Expiration Date based on a formula equal to 92.5% of

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Announces Final Results of Rights Offering

OPP concluded its rights offering yesterday. The CEF was able to raise $34 million in new capital via the offering.

OPP Rights Offering: Mediocre Take-Out

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) today announced the preliminary results of its transferable rights offering (the “Offering”) that expired on September 23, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”). In the Offering, the Fund received subscription requests for 3,508,633 shares of common stock from rights holders. Accordingly, the Fund expects to issue 3,508,633 new shares of common stock for these subscriptions, pending th

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of Rights Offering

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We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of September and highlight recent market action. CEFs had a tough week due to an upside surprise in inflation which pushed nearly all assets lower.

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OPP and RIV have initiated rights offerings rather regularly. OPP is coming close to finishing up its rights offerings, now it is RIV's turn.

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OPP's annual rights offering is here. The subscription price has a floor, limiting dilution.

OPP: Rights Offering Quick Notes

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) announces that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has authorized and set the terms of an offering to the Fund's stockholders of rights to purchase additional shares of common stock of the Fund. In this offering, the Fund will issue transferable subscription rights (“Rights”) to its stockholders of record as of August 25, 2022 (the “Record Date” and such stockholders “Record Date Stockhold

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Announces Transferable Rights Offering

I like to add closed-end funds trading at a discount to NAV to my portfolio. DoubleLine and RiverNorth are strong fixed income investing firms.

OPP: 2 Strong Firms Collaborated To Create Interesting Offering

OPP is a CEF investing in other CEFs and mortgage-backed securities. The common units pay an attractive dividend, but I'm more attracted to the preferred shares.

OPP: I'm Warming Up To The Preferred Shares

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OPP operates their distribution similarly to RIV, another RiverNorth fund with a 12.5% distribution that is reset annually. RIV maintained its distribution heading into 2022, but OPP saw its distribution reset to a lower level.

OPP: 12.76% Distribution Yield But Several Risks To Consider

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 2,400,000 shares of 4.75% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) at a public offering price of $25 per share, which will result in net proceeds to the Fund of approximately $58.1 million after payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Fun

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Prices Series B Preferred Stock Offering

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) today announced that it plans to offer shares of its Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) in an underwritten public offering. The completion of the proposed offering depends upon several factors, including customary closing, market and other conditions. The Fund has applied to list the Series B Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Launches Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock Offering

OPP's rights offering is shareholder friendly and not very dilutive.

OPP: Quick Rights Offering Analysis

A number of my Inside the Income Factory readers have asked about OPP, a joint-venture effort between RiverNorth and DoubleLine. It hasn't been around too long but it has a reasonable record.

Quick Look At OPP: The RiverNorth - DoubleLine 'Joint Venture'

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: OPP) announced the results of its shareholder meeting of August 27, 2021. At that meeting, shareholders were asked to vote on a proposal, pursuant to the Fund's Articles of Incorporation, to convert the Fund from its current structure as a closed-end investment company to an open-end investment company. Shareholders voted against the proposal, and the Fund will continue in its current closed-end

RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Shareholder Vote

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