UBS Global Asset
Management (Americas) Inc. 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10019 Tel. +1-212-821 3000 | |
www.ubs.com |
September 13, 2012
VIA EDGAR
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment
Management
100
F Street, NE
Washington, DC
20549
Attn: Mr.
Chad Eskildsen
Re: Global High Income Fund Inc. (File No. 811-07540) (the Fund)
Dear Mr. Eskildsen:
On behalf of UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (UBS Global AM) and the above-referenced Fund, the following is our response to the Staffs comments conveyed telephonically on September 11, 2012,to Keith A. Weller of UBS Global AM with regard to a filing made by the Fund with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N- SAR on December 30, 2011. The comment is summarized below,followed by the Funds response to the comment.
Comment. With respect to the Funds filings on Form N-SAR, please ensure that the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included with the filings indicates the name of, and is electronically signed by, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Response. The Fund will ensure that future N-SAR filings on EDGAR include the name and electronic signature of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Report. The hard copy of the original report filed as an attachment to the above referenced December 30, 2011, filing is maintained in the Funds records and does contain the original, physical signature of the Funds Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
In connection with the Funds response to the SEC Staffs comment, the Fund acknowledges that: (i) the Fund is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Funds filings; (ii) Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments in the filings reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing; and (iii) the Fund may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned if you have any questions or wish to discuss any of the responses presented above.
Respectfully,
/s/ Keith A. Weller | /s/ Thomas Disbrow | ||
Keith A. Weller | Thomas Disbrow | ||
Vice President & Assistant Secretary | Vice President & Treasurer | ||
Global High Income Fund Inc. | Global High Income Fund Inc. | ||
Executive Director & Senior Associate | Managing Director & Head of | ||
General Counsel | North American Fund Treasury | ||
UBS Global Asset Management | UBS Global Asset Management | ||
(Americas) Inc. | (Americas) Inc. | ||
(212-882 5576) | (212-882 5225) |