Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund Announces Earnings Results for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
September 16, 2013 at 11:37 am EDT
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Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund announced earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported net investment income of $1,876,947 or $0.026 per common share against net investment income of $2,136,114 or $0.030 per common share a year ago. Net realized and unrealized losses were $6,278,846 or $0.091 per common share against net realized and unrealized losses of $6,937,020 $0.094 per common share a year ago.
For the six months, the company reported net investment income of $3,391,590 or $0.048 per common share against net investment income of $4,360,969 or $0.060 per common share a year ago. Net realized and unrealized gains were $42,216,523 or $0.060 per common share against net realized and unrealized losses of $6,422,968, or $0.089 per common share a year ago. The net asset value per common share on June 30, 2013 was $12.05 compared to $12.19 as on June 30, 2012.
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in a combination of dividend-paying common stocks, common stocks the value of which is subject to written put options on individual stocks, and common stocks the value of which is subject to written index call options. The Fund intends to buy put options and write call options primarily on the Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) and also buy put options and write call options on other domestic and foreign stock indices. Its portfolio of investments includes communication services, information technology, financials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, pharmaceuticals, insurance, telecommunication services, materials, and others. The Fund's investment advisor is Eaton Vance Management.