Ares Leads Arcmont’s $2.5bn Continuation Vehicle
Ares Leads Arcmont’s $2.5bn Continuation Vehicle April 10th, 2026
Angel Oak’s Pate sees ‘a once-in-a-decade opportunity for the banking space’
Cheryl Pate, senior portfolio manager at Angel Oak Capital -- co-manager of the Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust -- says that current problems in the banking sector are setting up a recovery, noting that 'opportunities like this are fairly rare...
RiverNorth’s O’Neill: Muni funds are ‘in the 99th percentile of cheapness’
Steve O’Neill, portfolio manager at RiverNorth, says the average municipal-bond closed-end fund has a discount of 10.5 percent, which over the last 25 years would be in 'the 99th percentile of cheapness'.
Sit Funds’ Doty: Banking woes are creating closed-end opportunities
Bryce Doty, senior portfolio manager at Sit Investment Associates says that the problem at the heart of the current banking crisis is not a default problem, but rather is a logical outcome from how quickly the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.
With his fund up 100% this year, veteran manager says gold can go higher
Axel Merk, Chief Investment Officer of the ASA Gold and Precious Metals Fund, says that while gold has been rolling this year, the start of rate cuts along with a weakening dollar and persistent geopolitical risks (including tariffs) make it that there is no end in sight for the precious metals rally to continue.
John Cole Scott on when CEFs have the edge over ETFs
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, acknowledges how many consumers shy away from closed-end funds, fearing complexity or an investment type they don't fully understand. The chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance ....


