Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (HIX)

4.3900 +0.0400 (+0.92%) At close: 04:00PM EDT

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.

280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
United States
800 822 5544
https://institutional.myleggmason.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1377&cached=true&mode=2&userID=225408&mktcd=HIX

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Full Time Employees: 

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Ms. Jane Elizabeth Trust CFA	Chairman of the Board, President & CEO	N/A	N/A	1962
Christopher Berarducci	Treasurer & Principal Financial Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Fred Steven Jensen	Chief Compliance Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. George P. Hoyt Esq.	Secretary & Chief Legal Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Jeanne Marie Kelly	Senior Vice President	N/A	N/A	1951

Amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company, Western Asset Management Company Limited, and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. It invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. The fund invests in securities of companies that operate across diversified sectors. It invests in high yield debt securities issued by U.S., foreign corporations and foreign governments. The fund employs a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis with bottom-up security selection process to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index and the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global. Western Asset High Income Fund II, Inc. was formed on May 28, 1998 and is domiciled in the United States.

Corporate Governance

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder Rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.