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IAF vs KYN

Side-by-side comparison of abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc. (IAF) and Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund Inc. (KYN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both IAF and KYN operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • KYN is the larger of the two at $1.88B, about 14.7x IAF ($128.4M).
  • Over the past year, IAF is down 67.7% and KYN is up 11.6% - KYN leads by 79.3 points.
  • KYN has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for IAF).
PerformanceIAF-67.73%KYN+11.60%
2025-06-02+0.00%2026-06-01
MetricIAFKYN
Company
abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc.
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund Inc.
Price
$12.69+0.00%
$13.81+1.02%
Market cap
$128.4M
$1.88B
1M return
-2.01%
-3.12%
1Y return
-67.73%
+11.60%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
1985
2004
News (4w)
2
5
Recent ratings
0
0
IAF

abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc.

Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited. The fund is managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited. It invests in the public equity markets of Australia. The fund makes its investments in firms operating across diversified sectors. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach with focus on factors like growth prospects, competitive positions in domestic and export markets, technology, research and development, productivity, labor and raw material costs, profit margins, return on investment, capital resources, quality of management, and government regulation to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index. It also uses proprietary research to create its portfolio. The Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. was previously known as The First Australia Fund, Inc. Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. was formed in September 30, 1985 and is domiciled in the United States.

KYN

Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund Inc.

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by KA Fund Advisors, LLC. It is co-managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It invests in stocks of companies operating in the energy sector. The fund primarily invests in energy-related master limited partnerships. Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company was formed on June 4, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

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