Saratoga’s Oberbeck: Headline troubles aren’t signalling systemic credit issues
Chris Oberbeck, chairman and chief executive officer at Saratoga Investment Corp., says that increases in default rates are more of a return to normal than a sign of trouble for business-development companies or the ...
David Tepper: Closed-end funds remain an investment bargain
David Tepper of Tepper Capital Management in San Francisco explains why he uses closed-end funds almost exclusively in his client portfolios, noting that in today's market conditions there are plenty of opportunities to build a well-diversified portfolio at a discount...
ClearBridge’s Vanderlee: Dividend stocks are a bargain in income-starved market
Peter Vanderlee of ClearBridge Investments, co-manager of the LMP Capital and Income Fund, says that the stock market's recovery back to record-high levels hasn't made dividend stocks overpriced because much of the move has been in stocks that don't make distributions..
UMB’s Gallagher discusses the evolution of tender-offer funds
Terry Gallagher, executive vice president at UMB Fund Services, sees an industry-wide trend towards the development of new interval and tender-offer funds. Gallagher -- whose firm helps investment companies launch new issues --...
Axel Merk on the broader impact of an activist investor’s approach
Axel Merk, chief investment officer of the ASA Gold and Precious Metals fund, discusses the impact that activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management is having on the fund and its shareholders as it moves to change the board and...
John Cole Scott and Kimberly Flynn on Semi-Liquid Funds
On March 14, 2024, Closed-End Fund Advisors President John Cole Scott participated in a CAIA Association webcast discussion on the rising interest in semi-liquid funds and increasing demand for alternative investments. The webcast, which also featured Kimberly Flynn from XA Investments, merged expert insights with data on business development companies (BDCs) and interval and tender offer funds.


