Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund Announces 2025 Distribution Sources
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 31 2025
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- Distribution Source Overview: The Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund estimates a distribution of $0.0520 per share for December 31, 2025, entirely sourced from net investment income, indicating the fund's stable income-generating capability.
- Annual Cumulative Distribution: As of November 30, 2025, the fund's cumulative distribution stands at $0.6180 per share, with 59.79% derived from net investment income, reflecting the fund's ability to maintain distributions while achieving some capital appreciation.
- Capital Return Warning: The fund cautions shareholders that the current distribution may include a return of capital, which does not reflect the fund's investment performance and could affect tax reporting.
- Managed Distribution Policy: The fund's managed distribution policy aims to deliver long-term total return potential through a fixed distribution rate per share, but if net investment income is insufficient, it may impact market prices and lead to capital returns.
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About WIA
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income for its shareholders. The Fund seeks current income, with a secondary investment objective of capital appreciation. The Fund provides a leveraged portfolio investing at least 80% in inflation-linked securities, consisting primarily of United States Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), with the ability to invest in other fixed-income assets, including high-yield, emerging markets, structured products, commodities, and currency. The Fund may also invest up to 40% of its total managed assets in non-United States dollar investments. The Fund can invest no more than 10% of its total managed assets in securities rated below investment grade at the time of purchase. The Fund’s investment adviser is Western Asset Management Company, LLC.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
