IAF CEF — Aberdeen Australia EF Inc

Aberdeen Australia EF Inc (IAF)

Updated November 12, 2026.

IAF is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 11.69%, its trailing-12-month yield is 11.77%, its expense ratio is 1.6994%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 65/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1702.0% over the past 40.9 years.

At the current 11.69% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $1,169 per year, or about $292.25 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

The fund invests in Australian public equities across diversified sectors using fundamental analysis with a bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach, benchmarked against the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index.

IAF performance

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 1702.0% over the past 40.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 0.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 16.2%.

IAF key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

65 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.60%

Issuer

Aberdeen

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/16/1985

Expense ratio

1.6994%

Distribution rate

11.69%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

11.77%

5-year average yield

11.44

Last close

$12.32 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

$13.66; NAV date unknown

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$118,054,832

Average volume

10,523

Dividend

$0.36

Ex-dividend date

11/20/2026

Payment date

01/12/2027

Beta

1.122

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (11.69%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.36) × 4 ÷ market price dated 2026-11-12; one-off specials excluded; identified recurring supplementals included. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (11.77%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Aberdeen; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

IAF risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 16.2%.

Who may consider IAF — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (IAF pays quarterly). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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