Helios High Yield Fund Monthly Dividend Declaration

NEW YORK, NY—November 5, 2010—Helios High Yield Fund (NYSE: HHY) (the “Fund”) today announced that its Board of Trustees declared a monthly dividend of $0.065 per share, payable on November 24, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 19, 2010. Based on the NYSE closing price of $9.25 on November 4, 2010, the Fund’s annualized dividend yield is 8.43%.

Dividends may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The dividend yield referenced above is calculated as the annualized amount of the most recent monthly dividend declared divided by the stated stock price.

The Fund uses its web site as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial
and other material information regarding the Fund is routinely posted on and accessible at www.brookfieldim.com.

Helios High Yield Fund is managed by Brookfield Investment Management Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor specializing in core fixed income, high yield, structured products (Commercial MBS, Residential MBS and ABS) as well as global REITs and listed infrastructure securities. Headquartered in New York, the firm had approximately $23 billion of assets under management* as of September 30, 2010. Brookfield Investment Management Inc. is a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a global asset manager focused on property, power and other infrastructure assets with approximately $100 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2010.
* Includes assets managed through AMP Capital Brookfield Pty Limited.