HIX vs RWAY Comparison

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to maximize current income by investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in high-yield debt securities. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its objective of seeking to maximize current income.

Runway Growth Finance Corp is a specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to high-growth-potential companies in technology, life sciences, healthcare information and services, business services, select consumer services and products, and other high-growth industries. The company has Investments in the United States, Germany, and UK, Canada, Netherlands, with the majority of its portfolio invested in the United States. The company's investment objective is to maximize its total return to its stockholders through current income on its loan portfolio, and secondarily through capital gain on its warrants and other equity positions.