NZF vs BXMT Comparison

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and to enhance portfolio value relative to the municipal bond market by investing in an actively managed portfolio of tax-exempt municipal securities.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc is an externally managed real estate finance company that originates, acquires, and manages senior loans and other debt or credit-oriented investments collateralized by or relating to commercial real estate in North America, Europe, and Australia. Its portfolio is composed of senior loans secured by high-quality, institutional assets located in main markets, and sponsored by experienced, well-capitalized real estate investment owners and operators. The group finances its investments in a variety of ways, including borrowing under secured credit facilities, issuing collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, other securitization transactions, syndicating senior loans and/or participations, and other forms of asset-level financing.