Simpson Thacher: SEC Proposes Blue Sky Preemption and Shelf Registration Reform Significantly Impacting Non-Traded BDCs, REITs and Registered Closed-End Funds
Simpson Thacher: SEC Proposes Blue Sky Preemption and Shelf Registration Reform Significantly Impacting Non-Traded BDCs, REITs and Registered Closed-End Funds May 27th, 2026
Ep. 173— Calamos’ Bush: Convertibles haven’t delivered on their promise, yet
Robert Bush, senior vice president and director of closed-end products at Calamos Investments, says that convertible securities -- a hybrid product built to give investors the best of stock and bond performance -- have not been giving investors their cake and letting them eat it too this year...
Ep. 172— Choose your weapons: Arming yourself against rising rates and recession
John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors -- the chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance -- discusses and compares floating-rate and senior loan funds with preferred-securities funds, noting that floating-rate funds are a tool for combating high and rising interest rates...
Ep. 171— Validus’ Mark Scalzo discusses ‘direct listing’ alternatives and a massive discount
Mark Scalzo, chief investment officer at Validus Growth Investors, Manager and the portfolio manager for the newly listed Destra Multi-Alternative Fund discusses the outlook for alternative investing, the process his fund went through in changing its status and becoming one...
Ep. 344 — Talking closed-end funds on sale with John Cole Scott
Consumers have a tradition of going bargain hunting on Black Friday, but The NAVigator has a day-after-Thanksgiving ritual too, looking for discounts on closed-end funds with John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors and The Chairman ...
Ep. 343 — David Tepper on how economic woes could create a closed-end meltdown
In an interview recorded at the Active Investment Company Alliance Fall Round Table in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 19, David Tepper of Tepper Capital Management talks about the state of the closed-end fund business, ranging from the classic ...