Apr 24, 2020
Adam McCabe, head of fixed income for Asia and Australia for Aberdeen Standard Investments, said in an interview from Singapore that the countries on the leading edge of the viral economy -- the ones who can awaken from global hibernation first -- will have a mild advantage over nations that quarantine longer, but they...
Apr 17, 2020
Nicole Eisenberger, a partner at Ernst and Young, says that the economic shutdown has created conditions making fair-value pricing of illiquid securities and assets difficult and inconsistent, raising uncertainty for investors in business-development companies. Once the first quarter of 2020 ended, firms had...
Apr 10, 2020
John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors and the executive chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, says that while discounts have narrowed as the stock market has rebounded from its March lows, many closed-end funds and business-development companies remain attractive,...
Apr 3, 2020
Cheryl Pate, portfolio manager for Angel Oak Capital, says that the community banking sector is better positioned than most to ride out current market conditions, noting that it has better fundamentals, capital ratios, liquidity and credit quality compared to the last bull market in 2008. While lower rates and a...