Carlyle Announces Expansion of its Capabilities in the Aerospace, Defense & Government and Industrial Sectors Through a Dedicated Middle-Market Platform
Carlyle Announces Expansion of its Capabilities in the Aerospace, Defense & Government and Industrial Sectors Through a Dedicated Middle-Market Platform May 27th, 2026
Ep. 168— Abrdn’s Duitz: Recessionary pressure is good for infrastructure, dividend plays
Josh Duitz, deputy head of global equities at Abrdn -- portfolio manager for Abrdn Global Infrastructure Income and two of the firm's dynamic dividend funds -- says that the macro drivers for infrastructure -- globalization, upgrades and repairs, urbanization and increased demand...
Ep. 167— Protections in Delaware law could change activist investing
Kenneth Burdon, an attorney in the investment management group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, says the new "control share" statute enacted at the start of August by the state of Delaware should protect investors from activist investors acting like corporate raiders...
Ep. 166— VettaFi’s Islam talks the benefits of an index of closed-end funds
Roxanna Islam, associate director of research at VettaFi -- which developed the the S-Network Composite Closed-End Fund Index and other benchmarks for the closed-end fund space -- discusses the construction of indexes of closed-end funds and the benefits to using them over individual issues...
Ep. 342 — Aberdeen’s Duitz on where he’s turning for dividend growth now
Josh Duitz, Global Head of Income for Aberdeen — Manager of the Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund — talks about where he is finding success in generating elevated income at a time when rate cuts are making it harder for investors to earn easy ...
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....