PFD - Latest News
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. (PFD), operates in Financial Services / Asset Management - Income, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $135.9M.
The article list below shows the most recent PFD headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent PFD Headlines
Franklin BSP Realty Trust PFD Series E Rates A Sell
seekingalpha.com - Oct 13, 2026
Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. faces ongoing financial weakness, with both common and preferred shares rated Sell despite high yields.
Bank of America Corp DE Acquires 365,523 Shares of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. $PFD
defenseworld.net - Sep 28, 2026
Bank of America Corp DE bought a new stake in shares of Flaherty and Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: PFD) during the second quarter, accor
ADAML Vs. ADAMI: Comparing Adamas Trust PFD And Note
seekingalpha.com - Jul 31, 2026
Adamas Trust, Inc. offers both preferred stock, ADAML, and senior notes, ADAMI, each with similar call dates for investor consideration.
PFD Vs. DFP: Similar CEFs, But Different Results
seekingalpha.com - Jul 28, 2026
DFP Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Pfd and Inc Fd has outperformed Flaherty & Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund Inc since DFP's 2013 inceptio
PFD, PFO, FFC, FLC and DFP Announce August, September and October Dividends
businesswire.com - Jul 23, 2026
PASADENA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Boards of Directors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFD), Flaherty & Crum
Frequently asked PFD news questions
- What is the latest PFD news headline?
- The most recent PFD headline (Oct 13, 2026) is "Franklin BSP Realty Trust PFD Series E Rates A Sell". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the PFD news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What PFD news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual PFD options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.