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| John Cole Scott CIO at CEF Advisors, Founder of CEFData.com |
Review of this quarter’s earnings season and how BDC portfolio companies are handling the COVID recovery. How can BDCs benefit from inflationary pressures?
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| Moderator Kenneth Burdon, Counsel, Investment Management – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
Presenter #1 Matt Pendo, President & Chief Operating Officer – Oaktree OCSL |
Presenter #2 Katie McGlynn, Director – BlackRock TCPC |
Presenter #3 Allison Rudary, Head of CGBD Shareholder Relations – Carlyle CGBD |
Presenter #4 Krishna Thiyagarajan, Partner, Co-Chief Risk Officer and Portfolio Manager – SLR Sponsor Finance |
Looking at best practices and how BDCs are often structured differently from each other from the Service Provider’s perspective. A look at potential improvements for gaining more institutional investment ownership in the BDC sector
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| Moderator Mike Taggart, CFA – Taggart Fund Intelligence |
Presenter #1 Mitchel Penn, Managing Director of Equity Research – CFA Oppenheminer |
Presenter #2 Kabir Caprihan, CFA – JP Morgan |
Presenter #3 Matthew Giordano, Deputy Lead Partner – Public Investment Management, KPMG |
Presenter #4 Kaitlin Bottock, Branch Chief, Chief Counsel’s Office of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management |
Join AICA’s Founder John Cole Scott, who as CIO of CEF Advisors is the portfolio consultant for SmartTrust UITs: CEFA Select BDC UIT Series 21. John and David will have a thorough and timely conversation on business development company analysis and how a firm like Confluence Investment works to create investment opportunities for their clients in a retail investor driven sector. This extended conversation should help educate financial advisors and institutional investors of how to research and manage risk in the BDC sector.
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| Moderator John Cole Scott, CIO at CEF Advisors, Founder of CEFData.com |
Presenter #1 David B. Miyazaki, CFA – Confluence Investment Management |
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| John Cole Scott CIO at CEF Advisors, Founder of CEFData.com |
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| John Cole Scott CIO at CEF Advisors, Founder of CEFData.com |
Mr. Scott has worked at Closed-End Fund Advisors since 2001. He holds the FINRA 66 License and the Certified Fund Specialist designation (CFS). He is a graduate of The College of William and Mary and has been quoted and interviewed widely in the financial press and presented at conferences and for investment groups on more than 50 occasions.
Mr. Pendo is President and Chief Operating Officer of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation and currently serves as Managing Director, Head of Corporate Development and Capital Markets for Oaktree. Mr. Pendo joined Oaktree in 2015. His prior experience includes serving as the chief investment officer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he was honored with the Distinguished Service Award in 2013. Mr. Pendo began his career at Merrill Lynch, where he spent 18 years, starting in their investment banking division before becoming managing director of the technology industry group. Subsequently, Mr. Pendo was a managing director at Barclays Capital, first serving as co-head of U.S. Investment Banking and then co-head of Global Industrials group. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University, cum laude and is a former board member of Ally Financial and SuperValu Inc.
Mr. Penn follows business development companies. Prior to joining Oppenheimer and Co. he followed business development companies at Janney Montgomery Scott. In addition, he was an Equity Portfolio Manager/Financial Analyst at Legg Mason Capital Management from 2001 to 2012 where he specialized in financial companies. From 1996 to 2001 he managed a $400M fixed income portfolio at Legg Mason Capital Management. Prior to joining Legg Mason Mr. Penn managed a $15B fixed income portfolio at Aetna. He also worked for Price Waterhouse from 1981 to 1985.
Kaitlin is a Branch Chief in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management. Kaitlin’s work focuses on exemptive applications, no-action letters and counseling other divisions and offices at the SEC on investment management issues. Kaitlin joined the SEC in 2014.
Matt serves as an audit partner for a number of KPMG’s largest asset management clients in Boston, New York and Chicago. He also serves as the Deputy Lead Partner for KPMG’s Public Investment Management Practice. Matt has approximately 19 years of experience in the investment management industry providing professional services to the complete spectrum of investment management clients, including registered mutual funds, business development companies, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds.
Kabir Caprihan is a Managing Director and the Senior Analyst covering Investment Grade and High Yield Financial Institutions within North American Credit Research. His coverage includes Global Banks, Regional Banks and Nonbank financial companies. He has been ranked within the top 3 for his sector by Institutional Investor Fixed Income Survey over the past ten years. Most recently, he was ranked #1 for Global Banks and #2 for Non – Bank Financials. Kabir has an MBA from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Delhi University. He is a CFA charter holder period.