XA’s Flynn on how private credit market is challenging BDCs, interval funds
Kim Flynn, president at XA Investments, a firm that specializes in alternative investments, says recent private-credit bad news events have widened discounts and raised concerns over business-development ...
Nuveen’s Ryan: Municipal bonds have stabilized and are poised to recover
Portfolio manager Tim Ryan of Nuveen -- who runs the Nuveen Dynamic Municipal Opportunities closed-end fund -- says that after a miserable first half of 2022 that lagged Treasury bonds, conditions have stabilized for muni bonds, which now have a more attractive yield curve...
Private equity zags in market where everything is moving (down) together
Timothy Reick, chief executive officer at Liberty Street Advisors -- advisor to the Private Shares Fund -- says that private equity is an asset class that is not correlated to the broad stock market, and that individual investors largely overlook its potential role in their portfolios...
John Cole Scott on closed-end funds that can weather this storm
John Cole Scott, President of Closed-End Fund Advisors — The Chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance — is back with funds that can fit the bill of giving investors confidence amid the current stock market chaos.
John Cole Scott on how the wild market action is impacting closed-end funds
John Cole Scott, President of Closed-End Fund Advisors — the Chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance — checks in on how closed-end funds have performed since the government's tariff announcement, particularly in...


