Not All Income Is Created Equal: How We’re Positioning for 2026 with John Cole Scott President at CEF Advisors
In this interview from the NYSE, John Cole Scott, President & CIO of Closed-End Fund Advisors, discusses how he’s thinking about income-oriented portfolios heading into 2026 amid persistent inflation, evolving interest-rate expectations, and ongoing market volatility.
Bonus NAVigator: Oppenheimer’s Penn is watching how credit losses weigh on BDCs
Mitchel Penn, Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Co. — interviewed at the Active Investment Company Alliance BDC Forum in New York on Wednesday — says that credit losses for business development companies during the first quarter of 2025 were more than...
How a BDC industry advocate shapes policies in Washington
Tonnie Wybensinger, Head of Government Relations for the Small Business Investor Alliance — interviewed at the AICA BDC Forum in New York on June 11 — discusses the role that lobbyists play in the legislative process and how current efforts to...
Carlyle: What the Evolution of Private Equity Means for Investors
Carlyle: What the Evolution of Private Equity Means for Investors May 30th, 2025
Are falling rates, changing conditions setting up BDCs for a fall?
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, talks about how current conditions have made for nervous times in the business-development company space, and he looks at history to determine whether the risks are systemic rather than situational.
Investors Reward Muni CEFs, Preferred Equity Following Rate Cut
After the Fed's benchmark rate cut on September 17, 2025, investors moved quickly into municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs), international bonds, and preferred equity: sectors that stood gain swift relief from the quarter-point rate reduction.
