NPFD vs KIO Comparison

Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred&Income is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return. The fund invests a majority of its assets in variable-rate preferred securities and other variable-rate income-producing securities. The rest of its investments can be made in contingent capital securities or contingent convertible securities, convertible securities, corporate debt securities, U.S. government securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, fixed-rate preferred securities, senior loans and loan participations and assignments, sovereign debt instruments, debt securities issued by supranational agencies, and/or taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds.

KKR Income Opportunities Fund operates as a closed-end registered management investment company. The Fund's main objective is to generate a high level of current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The company invests in a portfolio of loans and fixed-income instruments of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers. The company will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets in loans and fixed-income instruments or other instruments, including derivative instruments, with similar economic characteristics under normal market conditions.