Ep. 354 — John Cole Scott on 4th-quarter results and a hot new year’s start for closed-end funds
John Cole Scott, President of CEF Advisors, reviews the key takeaways from his firm's fourth-quarter review of action in the closed-end fund industry, focusing on fund consolidation trends that have occurred in the middle of booming asset growth for ...
With Higher Yields and Strong Growth Potential, Now is a Great Time to Invest in a Real Estate Interval Fund
The real estate sector was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and forced lockdowns, but as the economy reopens the strong growth potential has the sector poised for a strong rebound year.
Managers Starting to Favor Interval Funds for Structured Credit Finance
As banks have faced greater regulatory scrutiny since the adoption of Dodd-Frank in 2008, interval funds are becoming the new liquidity provider in structured credit finance. During the Alternative Credit Investing panel during the Active Investment Company Alliance’s (AICA) Interval Fund Boot Camp and Manager Spotlight on March 31, Christian Aymond, a Principal at A3 Financial Investments, noted that alternative credit assets work best in an interval fund structure, in large part because the funds do not have to offer daily liquidity.

