Simpson Thacher: The Ad Standard: Monthly Update – March 2026
Simpson Thacher: The Ad Standard: Monthly Update - March 2026 March 6th, 2026
Goldstein says new SEC ruling puts a chill on shareholder activism
Phillip Goldstein, co-founder of Bulldog Investors and a leading activist investor in closed-end funds, discusses a recent Securities and Exchange Commission decision that he says protects the fund operators at the expense of shareholders...
‘The most buyer-friendly market we have seen since the Great Recession’
Andrew Kerai, senior credit strategist at RiverNorth Capital Management, portfolio manager for RiverNorth Specialty Finance Corp., says that the difficult market has created strong opportunities for increasing the credit quality in bond portfolios...
Josh Duitz on trends in infrastructure
Josh Duitz, Head of Global Equities at abrdn, discusses his firm’s Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD) and abrdn’s global income and infrastructure strategy more generally. In his interview with Jane King, Duitz says structural changes in the U.S. economy are creating exciting, new opportunities to invest in infrastructure, including energy transition, the increasing use of data in technology, and population growth. He also talks about the potential impacts of the 2024 presidential election on infrastructure investing
abrdn’s Mondillo says record discounts plus solid yields should pay off for muni investors
Jonathan Mondillo, head of North American Fixed Income at abrdn, says that record discount levels for municipal bond closed-end funds, coupled with attractive yields on those funds, are creating real opportunities for investors. However...


