HIFS vs MHD Comparison

Hingham Institution for Savings is a Massachusetts-chartered savings bank headquartered in Hingham, Massachusetts. The bank is principally engaged in the business of commercial and residential real estate mortgage lending, funded by a mix of retail and commercial deposits, wholesale deposits and borrowings. Its primary deposit products are savings, checking, and term certificate accounts, and its primary lending products are residential and commercial mortgage loans secured by properties in eastern Massachusetts. The bank also lends to commercial and residential real estate borrowers and services deposits for customers in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area (WMA) and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Blackrock Muniholdings Fund Inc is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income exempt from U.S. federal income taxes. The fund mainly invests its managed assets in municipal bonds rated investment grade or, if unrated, are deemed to be of comparable quality by the investment adviser at the time of investment. Its investment portfolio is mainly comprised of long-term municipal bonds with a maturity of more than ten years at the time of investment. The fund can also invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.