May 29, 2020
Andrew Kerai, senior credit strategist at RiverNorth Capital Management, portfolio manager for RiverNorth Specialty Finance Corp., says that the difficult market has created strong opportunities for increasing the credit quality in bond portfolios, noting that the fixed-income space currently represents a buyer-friendly...
May 22, 2020
Kelly Thompson, founder and editor at Direct Lending Deals, says that business development companies specializing in middle-market lending are facing the pain of some defaults and the potential for restructurings, but she believes that the problems ultimately will make for buying opportunities and better conditions for...
May 15, 2020
Matt Freund, co-manager of Calamos Long-Short Equity & Dynamic Income. says that while interest rates have been positioned lower-for-longer by the Fed, there are still ways to diversify bond holdings to generate income. In addition, he discussed how the fund has been able to tactically navigate the volatile...
May 8, 2020
John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors and the founder of the Active Investment Company Alliance, returns to the NAVigator to compare traits, characteristics and results of closed-end funds with non-listed interval funds offered by the same management company. The analysis -- which you...
May 1, 2020
Bill Meyers, head of the closed-end business development group at Nuveen Inc., discusses how leverage works in closed-end funds and the types of leverage and rules governing it because leveraged funds -- and their potential to blow up fast when facing trouble -- could scare off nervous investors during volatile times.