Emerging Market Closed-End Funds List

Lists of emerging market closed-end funds that offer investors exposure to equity and/or fixed income markets in the following regions and/or countries (Note: Scroll down for a sortable/searchable table):

• Asia Closed-End Funds
  • Asia Pacific Closed-End Funds
    
    • abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc
    • Asia Pacific Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
    • Asia Tigers Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
    • Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund Inc (Liquidated)
    • Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund
  • East Asia Closed-End Funds
    • China Closed-End Funds
      • Aberdeen Greater China Fund Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
      • China Fund Inc
      • JPMorgan China Region Fund Inc (Liquidated)
      • Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc
      • Templeton Dragon Fund Inc
    • South Korea Closed-End Funds
      • Korea Equity Fund Inc (Liquidated)
      • Korea Fund Inc
    • Taiwan Closed-End Funds
      • Taiwan Fund Inc
  • India Closed-End Funds
    • India Fund, Inc
    • Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
  • Middle East Closed-End Funds
    • Israel Closed-End Funds
      • Aberdeen Israel Fund Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
    • Turkey Closed-End Funds
      • Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (formerly Central Europe Russia and Turkey Fund Inc)
      • Turkish Investment Fund Inc (Liquidated)
  • Southeast Asia Closed-End Funds
    • Indonesia Closed-End Funds
      • Aberdeen Indonesia Fund Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
    • Singapore Closed-End Funds
      • Aberdeen Singapore Fund Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
    • Thailand Closed-End Funds
      • Thai Fund Inc (Liquidated)
• Emerging Europe Closed-End Funds
  • Eastern Europe Closed-End Funds
    • Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (formerly Central Europe Russia and Turkey Fund Inc)
    • Morgan Stanley Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
    • Templeton Russia and East European Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
  • Russia Closed-End Funds
    • Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (formerly Central Europe Russia and Turkey Fund Inc)
    • Morgan Stanley Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
    • Templeton Russia and East European Fund, Inc (Liquidated)
• Emerging Market Equity Closed-End Funds (Multiple Regions / Countries)
  • Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
  • abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc
  • Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund Inc (Liquidated)
  • Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
  • Voya Emerging Markets High Income Dividend Equity Fund
• Emerging Market Equity & Fixed Income Closed-End Funds (Multiple Regions / Countries)
  • First Trust/abrdn Emerging Opportunity Fund
  • Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund
• Emerging Market Fixed Income Closed-End Funds (Multiple Regions / Countries)
  • AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc
  • Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt
  • Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt
  • Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund
  • Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund
  • Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc
  • Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund Inc (Reorganized as Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc)
  • Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund Inc (Reorganized as Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc)
• Latin America Closed-End Funds
  • Caribbean Closed-End Funds
    • Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc
  • Latin America Closed-End Funds (Region Wide)
    • Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)
    • Latin American Discovery Fund Inc (Liquidated)
  • Mexico Closed-End Funds
    • Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc
    • Mexico Equity and Income Fund
    • Mexico Fund Inc
  • South America Closed-End Funds
    • Chile Closed-End Funds
      • Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc (Reorganized as the abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)

List of emerging market closed-end funds according to their asset class:

• Bond
• Equity
• Both

Emerging Market Closed-End Funds List*

	Closed End Fund	Ticker	Exchange	Manager/Advisor	Type	Region	Inception
1	Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	CH	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Both	Chile	1989/09/27 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
2	Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	ETF	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	Multiple	1992/06/17 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
3	Aberdeen Greater China Fund Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	GCH	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	China	1992/07/23 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
4	Aberdeen Indonesia Fund Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	IF	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Both	SE Asia	1990/03/09 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
5	Aberdeen Israel Fund Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	ISL	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	Israel	1992/10/29 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
6	Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	LAQ	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	Latin America	1991/10/30 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
7	Aberdeen Singapore Fund Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	SGF	Reorganized	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	SE Asia	1990/07/31 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
8	abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc	FAX	NYSE	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Bond	APAC	1986/04/24
9	abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc	AEF	NYSE	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	Multiple	1989/09/27
10	AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc	AWF	NYSE	AllianceBernstein	Bond	Multiple	1993/07/28
11	Asia Pacific Fund, Inc	APB	Liquidated	Value Partners Hong Kong Limited	Equity	APAC	1987/05/04 - 2019/02/08 Liquidated
12	Asia Tigers Fund, Inc (reorg. abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)	GRR	Liquidated	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	APAC	1993/11/29 - 2018/04/27 Reorganized
13	Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc (formerly Central Europe Russia and Turkey Fund Inc)	CEE	NYSE	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	Equity	Eastern Europe + Turkey	1990/03/06
14	China Fund Inc	CHN	NYSE	Allianz Global Investors US LLC	Equity	China	1992/07/10
15	First Trust/abrdn Emerging Opportunity Fund	FEO	NYSE	First Trust Advisors LP	Both	Multiple	2006/08/28
16	Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc	CUBA	NASDAQ	Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc	Equity	Caribbean	1993/09/10
17	India Fund, Inc	IFN	NYSE	Aberdeen Asset Management Inc	Equity	India	1994/12/23
18	JPMorgan China Region Fund Inc	JFC	Liquidated	JP Morgan Asset Management UK	Equity	China	1992/07/16 - 2017 Liquidated
19	Korea Equity Fund Inc	KEF	Liquidated	Nomura Asset Management USA Inc	Equity	Korea	1993/12/03 - 2017/07/18 Liquidated
20	Korea Fund Inc	KF	NYSE	JPMorgan Chase & Co	Equity	Korea	1984/08/29
21	Latin American Discovery Fund Inc	LDF	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	Latin America	1992/06/23 - 2020 Liquidated
22	Mexico Equity and Income Fund	MXE	NYSE	Pichardo Asset Management SA de CV	Both	Mexico	1990/08/21
23	Mexico Fund Inc	MXF	NYSE	Impulsora del Fondo Mexico SC	Equity	Mexico	1981/06/03
24	Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund Inc	APF	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Both	APAC	1994/08/02 - 4/8/2019 Liquidated
25	Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc	CAF	NYSE	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	China	2006/09/28
26	Morgan Stanley Eastern Europe Fund, Inc	RNE	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Both	Eastern Europe	1996/09/30 - 2015/03/23 Liquidated
27	Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt	MSD	NYSE	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Bond	Multiple	1993/07/23
28	Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt	EDD	NYSE	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Bond	Multiple	2007/04/24
29	Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund Inc	MSF	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	Multiple	1991/11/01 - 03/11/2019 Liquidated
30	Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc	IIF	NYSE	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	India	1994/02/25
31	Taiwan Fund Inc	TWN	NYSE	Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC	Equity	Taiwan	1986/12/23
32	Templeton Dragon Fund Inc	TDF	NYSE	Franklin Templeton Investments	Equity	China	1994/09/20
33	Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	EMF	NYSE	Franklin Templeton Investments	Equity	Multiple	1987/02/26
34	Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund	TEI	NYSE	Franklin Templeton Investments	Bond	Multiple	1993/09/23
35	Templeton Russia and East European Fund, Inc	TRF	Liquidated	Franklin Templeton Investments	Equity	Eastern Europe	1995/06/15 - 2015/11/20 Liquidated
36	Thai Fund Inc	TTF	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	SE Asia	1988/02/16 - 01/22/2018 Liquidated
37	Turkish Investment Fund Inc	TKF	Liquidated	Morgan Stanley Investment Management	Equity	Turkey	1989/12/05 - 2018/01/08 Liquidated
38	Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund	EDF	NYSE	Virtus Investment Partners	Bond	Multiple	2010/12/22
39	Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund	EDI	NYSE	Virtus Investment Partners	Both	Multiple	2012/10/25
40	Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund	IAE	NYSE	Voya Investment Management	Equity	APAC	2007/03/27
41	Voya Emerging Markets High Income Dividend Equity Fund	IHD	NYSE	Voya Investment Management	Equity	Multiple	2011/04/26
42	Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc	EMD	NYSE	Franklin Templeton Investments	Bond	Multiple	2003/12/01
43	Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund Inc (Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc)	ESD	Reorganized	Legg Mason Global Asset Management	Bond	Multiple	1993/06/25 - 12/19/2016 Reorganized
44	Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund Inc (Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc)	SBW	Reorganized	Legg Mason Global Asset Management	Bond	Multiple	1993/12/31 - 12/19/2016 Reorganized

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