Nuveen as your municipal SMA investment manager
Nuveen as your municipal SMA investment manager April 23rd, 2026
Closed-End Fund Advisors’ Scott on the funds he is using most for clients now
John Cole Scott, president of Closed-End Fund Advisors, discusses what he is seeing in the market now by delving into four of the investments he is using the most and weighting heavily in client portfolios.
BDCs are well-positioned to handle Fed policies and recession
Mickey Schleien, managing director for equity research at Ladenburg Thalmann and Co, says that business-development companies have seen the rising interest-rate environment lead to higher yields, which has helped to offset declines in net asset value that BDCs have...
John Cole Scott’s 2023 BDC outlook
Closed-End Fund Advisors President John Cole Scott sat down with Jane King on June 13, 2023, for a NAVigator interview to discuss the Q1 2023 earnings season for business development companies (BDCs).
XA’s Kim Flynn on Private Markets
Kim Flynn, President of XA Investments, talks about private market investments and how advisors are turning to them to create new opportunities for clients. With so many U.S. businesses still held by private funds, private offerings offer an enticing alternative to public equities, Flynn said. An interval fund, a type of SEC-registered closed-end fund, can house a range of private assets — including alternative credit....
ARDC’s Brufsky on how active management drives opportunities in a changing rate environment
Seth Brufsky, Chief Executive Officer for the Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, talks about how the start of rate cuts and a falling interest rate environment impacts high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations, noting that fixed-rate ...
