PIMCO Global Stocksplus & Income Fund Announces Earnings Results for Fourth Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2014
May 31, 2014 at 01:30 am IST
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PIMCO Global Stocksplus & Income Fund announced earnings results for fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2014. For the quarter, the company reported net investment income of $3,579,589 or $0.34 per share compared to the net investment income of $3,603,792 or $0.35 per share for the same quarter a year ago. Net realized and change in unrealized gain was $174,651 or $0.04 per share against $10,690,390 or $1.04 per share a year ago. By using GAAP, net Investment Income for the quarter was $2,070,858 or $0.20 per share compared with $1,305,069 or $0.12 per share a year ago.
For the year, the company reported net investment income of $14,425,360 or $1.39 per share compared to the net investment income of $14,154,103 or $1.38 per share for the same period a year ago. Net realized and change in unrealized gain was $11,989,951 or $1.21 per share against net realized and changes in unrealized loss of $25,984,293 or $2.57 per share a year ago. Net asset value per share as on March 31, 2014 was $14.72 against $14.32 as on March 31, 2013. By using GAAP, net investment income for the year was $6,574,669 or $0.63 per share compared with $5,098,143 or $0.49 per share a year ago.
PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return comprised of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its managed assets in a combination of securities and instruments that provide exposure to stocks and/or produce income. The Fund may engage in investment strategies, including those that employ the use of paired swaps transactions, the use of interest rate swaps to seek to capitalize on differences between short-term and long-term interest rates and other derivatives transactions. The Fund invests in securities, such as corporate bonds and notes, United States government agencies, loan participations and assignments, short-term instruments, non-agency mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and other. The Fund's investment manager is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.