BDC Earnings Pulse
BDC Earnings Pulse June 10th, 2026 2:00pm EST Virtual
Ep. 229 — John Cole Scott reviews a rough quarter for closed-end funds
John Cole Scott, president of Closed-End Fund Advisors -- the chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance -- digs into his data to give a recap of the third quarter for the closed-end fund industry, noting that municipal bond funds and REIT funds particularly took it on the chin...
Ep. 228 — VettaFi’s Islam on the struggles/potential of ETFs buying closed-end funds
Roxanna Islam, head of sector and industry research at VettaFi, says that cautious retail investors have been looking for safety and yield and that while closed-end funds have traditionally filled that bill, investors in ETFs that buy closed-end funds have been avoiding a lot of the struggles by turning elsewhere to invest.

