Nov 29, 2019
Jerry Raio, president and chief executive officer at Arbor Lane Advisors in New York -- a firm that helps money-management companies develop new investment products -- says that changes making closed-end fund initial public offerings more attractive have combined with favorable market conditions leading 2019 to be the...
Nov 22, 2019
Nicholas Marshi, editor of BDC Reporter, said that business-development companies held strong on their dividends in the third-quarter despite LIBOR dropping and eroding investment income during the period. Marshi said BDC's made up for the income shortfall caused by LIBOR by adding assets or selling equity stakes in...
Nov 15, 2019
John Cole Scott, executive chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance returns to The NAVigator to answer audience questions about some of the nuts and bolts of closed-end fund investing, covering tax-loss selling and where to expect good opportunities this year, cash-flow generation and how to build a portfolio...
Nov 8, 2019
Phillip Goldstein, co-founder of the Bulldog Investors hedge fund and a legendary activist investor in the closed-end fund space said at the Active Investment Company Alliance Boot Camp and Conference in New York City that he fears for the future of shareholder activism in closed-end funds because firms have...
Nov 8, 2019
In this bonus edition of The NAVigator taped at the Active Investment Company Alliance Boot Camp and Roundtable in New York City on Nov. 6, host Chuck Jaffe talks with Rob Shaker, portfolio manager at Shaker Financial, about why his primary focus in choosing closed-end funds is the discount level, but why all discounts...