Ep. 370 — CEF Advisors’ Scott breaks down how bad news has impacted BDCs
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors and the Chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, looks at the recent issues in business-development companies, which got hammered in March...
Ep. 112— Recovering at a different pace, India is a unique opportunity
James Thom, senior investment manager in Aberdeen’s Asian equities team based in Singapore and portfolio manager for The India Fund, says that the country's economic recovery from Covid-19 has resulted in astronomical growth levels -- significantly higher than in the United States -- that have the potential to continue longer...
Ep. 111— Less opportunities to generate income requires creative solutions
Michael Ordonez, director of client portfolio management at Thornburg Investment Management, says that the biggest issue income investors face today is economic dynamics that are leading to a 'very difficult sustained income demand landscape, with less and less opportunities to generate that income.'...
Ep. 110— Private equity adds spice, return potential and diverse returns
Daniel Wildermuth, chief investment officer for the Wildermuth Endowment Fund -- an interval fund that uses an endowment-like investment strategy built around alternative investments -- discusses how private equity investments have not only weathered the storm of the pandemic...
CEF Discounts Narrow Again in Q1 2025: CEF Advisors
The universe of closed-end funds (CEFs) saw discounts narrow in the first quarter of 2025, averaging -4.9% and yielding about 9%, said John Cole Scott, AICA Chairman and President of Closed-End Fund Advisors (CEF Advisors), during his firm’s 53rd consecutive quarterly research call covering the CEF and business development company (BDC) universe
Ep. 312 — Aberdeen’s Kohl: Dividends offer some certainty amid tariff uncertainty
Andrew Kohl, a Portfolio Manager with Aberdeen Investments — part of the team running the firm's Total Dynamic Dividend and Global Dynamic Dividend funds — says dividend-paying stocks are not immune from tariff concerns, and while investors often...

