Closed-end funds can offer attractive monthly distributions that appeal to income-focused investors, whether they reinvest or take the cash out to spend. One of the key features of CEFs is being able to buy 'discounted' assets, as the share price can trade wildly differently from the underlying NAV per share. Today, we are looking at 2 CEFs that check the boxes of monthly distributions and also create a situation where their discounts currently make them attractive in terms of valuation.

DENVER, March 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) ("ArrowMark Financial" or the "Company"), an SEC registered closed-end management investment company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.15 per share for March 2026. The total distribution of $0.15 per share will be payable on March 31, 2026, to shareholders of record on March 23, 2026.

DENVER, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: BANX) (the “Fund”) announced the preliminary results of its transferable rights offering (the “Offer”). The Offer commenced on January 22, 2026, and expired on February 18, 2026 (the “Expiration Date”).  The Offer entitled rights holders to subscribe for up to an aggregate of 2,604,156 of the Fund's shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Shares”). The subscription price was $19.79 per Common Share and was determined based upon 90% of the Fund's net asset value per Common Share at the close of trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the Expiration Date. Common Shares will be issued promptly after receipt of all shareholder payments and completion of the pro-rata allocation of Common Shares in respect of the oversubscription privilege.

DENVER, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp., (NASDAQ: BANX) ("ArrowMark Financial"), today announced that BANX's estimated and unaudited Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as of January 31, 2026, was $21.98.

DENVER, Jan. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) ("ArrowMark Financial" or the "Company"), an SEC registered closed-end management investment company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.15 per share for February 2026. The total distribution of $0.15 per share will be payable on February 27, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 3, 2026.

DENVER, Jan. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp., (NASDAQ: BANX) ("ArrowMark Financial"), today announced that BANX's estimated and unaudited Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as of December 31, 2025, was $21.96.

DENVER, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The board of directors (the “Board”) of ArrowMark Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: BANX) (the “Fund”) has approved the terms of the issuance of transferable rights (“Rights”) to the holders of the Fund's shares (the “Common Shareholders”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Shares”), as of the record date, entitling the holders of those Rights to subscribe for Common Shares (the “Offer”). The Board, based on the recommendations and presentations of the Fund's investment adviser, ArrowMark Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), and others, has determined that it is in the best interests of the Fund and the Common Shareholders to conduct the Offer and thereby to increase the assets of the Fund available for investment. In making this determination, the Board considered a number of factors, including potential benefits and costs. In particular, the Board considered the Adviser's belief that the Offer would enable the Fund to take advantage of existing and future investment opportunities that are or may become available, consistent with the Fund's investment objective to provide Common Shareholders with current income, and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. The Adviser anticipates that the proceeds of the Offer will be primarily invested in compelling opportunities in regulatory capital relief securities issued by leading global financial institutions, which the Adviser believes provide attractive, steady income distributions from floating-rate coupons. The Offer also seeks to provide an opportunity to existing Common Shareholders to purchase Common Shares at a discount to market price (subject to a sales load).

DENVER, Jan. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) ("ArrowMark Financial" or the "Company"), an SEC registered closed-end management investment company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.15 per share for January 2026. The total distribution of $0.15 per share will be payable on January 30, 2026, to shareholders of record on January 21, 2026.

DENVER, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) (“ArrowMark” or the “Fund”) today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with investors to purchase 673,249 of its shares of common stock, in a registered direct offering. The purchase price for one share of common stock was $22.28. The Net Asset Value at the time of the transaction was $22.20. The registered direct offering is accretive to current shareholders.

DENVER, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowMark Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BANX) (“ArrowMark Financial” or the “Company”), an SEC registered closed-end management investment company, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a change in the Fund's cash distribution frequency from quarterly to monthly, beginning with the January distribution.