MMD vs ARDC Comparison

NYLI MacKay DefinedTerm Muni Opportunities Fund is a USA-based diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to seek current income exempt from regular U.S. Federal income taxes as well as total return. The company predominantly invests in municipal bonds, the interest on which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, generally excludable from gross income for regular U.S. Federal income tax purposes.

Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc is a closed-ended, diversified management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide an attractive level of total return, through current income and, secondarily, through capital appreciation. The Fund invests in a broad, dynamically managed portfolio of senior secured loans (Senior Loans) made to companies whose debt is rated below investment grade; corporate bonds (Corporate Bonds) that are high yield issues rated below investment grade; other fixed-income instruments of a similar nature that may be represented by derivatives; and securities of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).