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AICA’s John Cole Scott: Expect the weak to get stronger in 2023

December 30th, 2022|Comments Off on AICA’s John Cole Scott: Expect the weak to get stronger in 2023

John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors -- the chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance -- says that investors looking for the top sector bets in the new year will want to look at some of 2022's weakest areas, most notably real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real assets...

2022 Year in Review: Promising opportunities arise from tough times

December 23rd, 2022|Comments Off on 2022 Year in Review: Promising opportunities arise from tough times

John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors -- the chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance -- takes a look back at the challenging times experienced by the closed-end fund industry this year...

VettaFi’s Morris: For investors playing defense, midstream companies make sense

December 16th, 2022|Comments Off on VettaFi’s Morris: For investors playing defense, midstream companies make sense

Stacey Morris, head of energy research at VettaFi -- part of the team involved in the Alerian Energy Infrastructure Index suite -- says that energy markets are likely to remain tight and keep dealing with inflation in 2023, both of which can be tailwinds to energy companies and especially midstream companies...

19Jun, 2025

Bonus NAVigator: Gladstone’s Bob Marcotte at the AICA BDC Forum

By |June 19th, 2025|Podcast|

Bob Marcotte, President at Gladstone Capital Corp., says that government policies which encourage business investment and capital expenditures are creating outstanding conditions for the private credit market. In an interview at the Active Investment Company Alliance BDC Forum in New York City, Marcotte said...

18Jun, 2025

Christian Munafo on the Mid-2025 Economy

By |June 18th, 2025|Video Interviews|

Christian Munafo, Chief Investment Officer, Liberty Street Advisors, Inc., and Portfolio Manager of The Private Shares Fund, explores the current investment landscape for closed-end funds: capital raising, M&As, IPOs, tariffs and more. “I think the tariff dynamics in April put a bit of a shock to the system and slowed things down temporarily, but ...

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