Simpson Thacher: Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications for Retail Banking
Simpson Thacher: Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications for Retail Banking March 31st, 2026
Ep. 18— Three decades of data and change give a glimpse into the future
John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors and the founder and executive chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, revisits data used by his father George Cole Scott in writing "Investing in Closed-End Funds: Finding Value and Building Wealth,"...
Ep. 17— AICA’s founding chairman looks back on 2019 and ahead to 2020
John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors and the founder and executive chairman at the Active Investment Company Alliance, looks at the year that was in closed-end funds for 2019, starting from the Christmas holiday a year ago when the business had been decimated by...
Ep. 16— How and why some closed-end trades require a matchmaker
Russell Robinson of Capital Institutional Services -- a brokerage platform that supplies liquidity for closed-end funds -- describes how some issues are thinly traded and require an intermediary like his firm to step in and maintain an orderly market...
BDC, Muni Bond Fund Discounts Continue Recovery in Q1 2024
Average discounts for traditional closed-end funds (CEFs) narrowed during the first quarter of 2024, with municipal bond funds and business development companies (BDCs) rallying yet remaining attractive, said John Cole Scott, AICA Chairman and President of Closed-End Fund Advisors (CEF Advisors), during his firm’s 49th consecutive quarterly research call.
ArrowMark’s Dana Staggs on regulatory capital relief securities
Dana Staggs, President of ArrowMark Financial Corp., sits down with Jane King to discuss bank-issued regulatory capital relief securities. Staggs provides a primer and income-investor perspective on these financial instruments, saying their relatively stable asset profiles and general lack of correlation to other asset classes makes them attractive

