Aberdeen: Expanding the commodities conversation
Aberdeen: Expanding the commodities conversation February 5th, 2026
The value of indexes made up of closed-end funds
Patrick Shaddow, director of index operations at S-Network Global Indexes, discusses the merits to and the construction of index funds built entirely of closed-end funds, noting the importance of favoring issues with...
AICA To Broaden Investor Access To Closed-End Funds, Business Development Companies
Sophisticated retail investors have known for a long time how closed-end funds and business development companies can provide them with safe, dependable access to less liquid but higher yielding asset classes than are typically available through mainstream investment products.
Alternative investments find a new and expanding platform in closed-end funds
Kimberly Flynn, managing director of alternative investments at XA Investments, discusses how alternative investments from private equity to illiquid securities, insurance credits and much more are being increasingly made available through closed-end fund structures...
Angel Oak’s Pate: Bank debt should ‘outperform in the current environment’
Cheryl Pate, senior portfolio manager at Angel Oak Capital -- co-manager of the Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS) -- says the banking industry's wild ride since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in March has created "a market dislocation" in pricing for bank equities and debt,...
Duncan Farley explains event-driven credit
Duncan Farley, Portfolio Manager for RBC BlueBay Asset Management, digs in on event-driven credit and the overall performance of the BlueBay Destra International Event-Driven Credit Fund, a continuously offered closed-end interval fund. Destra serves as advisors to the fund and BlueBay Asset Management is the fund’s sub-advisor. Farley also talks about the potential benefits of the interval fund structure, which he says for his team provides a “very unique way to match investors’ liquidity requirements with the underlying liquidity profile of the investments that we’re investing in.”
