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Examining BDCs and muni funds, and deciding between the two

February 23rd, 2024|Comments Off on Examining BDCs and muni funds, and deciding between the two

John Cole Scott, president of Closed-End Fund Advisors -- chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance -- looks at two asset classes that investors are turning to now for yields. While business development companies and...

AICA CEF Panel: Staying Flexible is Key to Unlocking Returns in High-Rate Environment

February 23rd, 2024|Comments Off on AICA CEF Panel: Staying Flexible is Key to Unlocking Returns in High-Rate Environment

A panel of portfolio managers at AICA’s 2023 Fall Roundtable said the underperformance of closed-end funds (CEF) is pushing institutional investors to stay ever flexible and find new total return opportunities.

Regulatory capital relief securities add yield, diversification to banking portfolios

February 16th, 2024|Comments Off on Regulatory capital relief securities add yield, diversification to banking portfolios

Dana Staggs, president of ArrowMark Financial Corp. -- a non-diversified, closed-end fund that trades under ticker symbol BANX -- talks about why the fund has changed in recent years to where 87 percent of its holdings are now in...

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