Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund 

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund is a closed-end management investment company, which aims to maximize total return through income on its investments and capital appreciation. Its portfolio of securities includes fixed income and other emerging instruments. The company was founded on December 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Greenfield, MA.

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For the first month in three, equity CEFs (-3.12% on a NAV basis) on average witnessed negative performance. While their fixed income CEF cohorts (-0.28%) posted losses for the fourth month in five.

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22 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 22 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. All sectors were positive last week.

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For the second month in a row, equity CEFs (+5.16% on a NAV basis) on average witnessed plus-side returns. While their fixed income CEF cohorts (+4.53%) posted gains for the first month in four.

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Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets (EDF) is a small emerging markets fixed income CEF. The CEF is up 20% in the past month, outperforming many of its peers.

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0 out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors are positive on NAV over the last week. BlackRock CEFs are repurchasing their shares.

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HARTFORD, Conn. , Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) and Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI) announced today the results of their joint annual meeting of shareholders held today.

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In emerging markets valuations look attractive today after the losses across financial markets early this year. PIMCO's investment process is founded upon our macroeconomic outlook and our in-house country and credit research.

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HARTFORD, Conn. , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF), today announced the following monthly distributions: Amount of Distribution Ex-Date Record Date Payable Date $0.06 June 6, 2022 June 7, 2022 June 17, 2022 $0.06 July 11, 2022 July 12, 2022 July 22, 2022 $0.06 August 8, 2022 August 9, 2022 August 19, 2022 The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund Declares Distributions

NEW YORK , April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF), a closed-end fund, today announced that it will remove its managed distribution plan, effective with the May distribution. The Fund intends to maintain its level payout at the current distribution rate of $0.06 per share.

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund to Remove Managed Distribution Plan, Declares Monthly Distribution of $0.06 Per Share

NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI) and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) today announced that shareholders of each fund elected a new Board of Trustees and approved new investment advisory and subadvisory agreements related to the acquisition of Stone Harbor Investment Partners by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

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EDF is down almost 20% on a price basis since our Sell rating article four months ago.

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DENVER, Jan. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC, which became an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. effective January 1, 2022, will remain as adviser to its registered funds, including the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI) (together, the "Funds") pursuant to an interim advisory agreement between Stone Harbor and the Funds. The acquisition of Stone Harbor by Virtus is not expected to result in a change to the current personnel responsible for day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds.

STONE HARBOR EMERGING MARKETS INCOME FUND ANNOUNCEMENT

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Steadily lower yields and heightened volatility make relative value opportunities an attractive alpha generation strategy in CEFs.

Relative Value CEF Opportunities: More Alpha In A Less Beta Environment

DENVER, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 22, 2021, the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund, will pay a monthly distribution on its common stock of $0.07 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 12, 2021.  The Fund, acting in accordance with an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission and with approval of its Board of Trustees, adopted a managed distribution policy under which the Fund may utilize capital gains, where applicable, as part of regular monthly cash distributions to its shareholders.

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund Notification of Sources of Distribution

With a 10.9% dividend yield, the fund is very appealing for income-oriented investors. The fund has a broad mandate being able to invest in both sovereign and corporate EM bonds in hard currency as well as local currency.

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For the tenth month running, equity CEFs on average posted positive returns, rising 1.43% on an NAV basis for August.

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DENVER, June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. ("Virtus") (NASDAQ: VRTS) and Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP ("Stone Harbor") announced yesterday that they have entered into an agreement for Virtus to acquire 100% of Stone Harbor. Stone Harbor serves as the investment manager to the closed-end funds Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) and Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI) (the "Funds").

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Emerging markets offer attractive alternatives to fixed income investors searching for yield amid the trillions of dollars of negative-, zero-, and low-yielding debt globally. Within emerging market hard currency investment grade bonds, we think it is prudent to be shorter duration or at least hedge the Treasury risk component, given the low yield per unit of duration today.

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NEW YORK, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund ("the Fund"), which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "EDF", announced the declaration of monthly distributions of $0.07 per common share, payable on the dates noted below.  Based on the Fund's current share price of $8.89 and net asset value per share of $7.01 (as of close on April 20, 2021), the distributions represent an annualized distribution rate of 9.45% and 11.98%, respectively.

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund Declares Monthly Distributions of $0.07 Per Share

Emerging markets have a lot to like with their high bond yields and relatively low debt levels. EDF is heavily exposed to Argentina, which has a very long history of financial mismanagement and debt defaults.

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The swift run-up in asset prices and CEF discounts suggests that easy gains from beta exposure are going to be harder to come by going forward. This dynamic points to alpha strategies as a way to keep total returns humming along.

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DENVER, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 25, 2021, the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund, will pay a monthly distribution on its common stock of $0.08 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 12,...

Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund

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