Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF (CCEF)

NYSEARCA: CCEF · Real-Time Price · USD
28.44
+0.21 (0.75%)
Nov 20, 2025, 10:39 AM EST - Market open
0.75%
Assets$22.00M
Expense Ratio4.04%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out775,001
Dividend (ttm)$2.30
Dividend Yield8.10%
Ex-Dividend DateNov 3, 2025
Payout FrequencyMonthly
Payout Ration/a
Volume4,980
Open28.47
Previous Close28.23
Day's Range28.42 - 28.50
52-Week Low24.03
52-Week High29.27
Betan/a
Holdings45
Inception DateJan 16, 2024

About CCEF

Fund Home Page

The Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF (CCEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in target outcome asset allocation. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that invests in income-producing closed-end funds trading at attractive discounts. The fund seeks to deliver high current income and long-term capital appreciation. CCEF was launched on Jan 16, 2024 and is issued by Calamos.

Asset Class Asset Allocation
Category Relative Value Arbitrage
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol CCEF
ETF Provider Calamos

Top 10 Holdings

34.86% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Bexil Investment Trust Bexil Investment Trustn/a4.15%
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income FundETJ3.95%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income FundJQC3.82%
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend TrustBDJ3.79%
Blackrock Enhanced Large Cap C Blackrock Enhan Lrg Cap Coren/a3.38%
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income FundHTD3.34%
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.ASG3.19%
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc.PFD3.10%
India Fund Inc/The India Fund Incn/a3.09%
Abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend FundAOD3.05%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Nov 3, 2025$0.192Nov 7, 2025
Oct 1, 2025$0.1921Oct 7, 2025
Sep 2, 2025$0.190Sep 8, 2025
Aug 1, 2025$0.190Aug 8, 2025
Jul 1, 2025$0.190Jul 8, 2025
Jun 2, 2025$0.190Jun 6, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

CCEF had a total return of 8.03% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 14.87%.

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