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Meet Chuck Jaffe, Host of the NAVigator Podcast

Chuck Jaffe, host of Money Life, is a veteran financial journalist and formerly nationally syndicated financial columnist whose work appeared in newspapers from coast to coast.
Chuck started Money Life in 2012, the nation’s most-authoritative business and financial radio show/podcast, talking with top experts every day to cut through the financial clutter and bring you information that will increase your confidence and put you in better control of both your money and your life.
Total of Podcasts: 352
30Dec, 2021

John Cole Scott’s crystal ball view of 2022 in closed-end funds

John Cole Scott, chief investment officer at Closed-End Fund Advisors and the executive chairman of the Active Investment Company Alliance, returns to the podcast this week and turns his lens forward, giving his 2022 projections for discounts, new funds, shareholder activism and more...

17Dec, 2021

How shareholders benefit from ‘follow-on offering’ trend

Nathan Briggs, a partner in the asset management practice at Ropes and Gray, discusses the burgeoning trend and inner workings of 'follow-on offerings' -- where closed-end funds raise additional capital and add to their outstanding shares...

10Dec, 2021

Activism isn’t waning, but rules governing it are changing

Thomas DeCapo, partner at Skadden, Arps -- one of the largest law firms representing interests in the closed-end fund industry -- discusses developments and changes to the activist environment, noting that one thing he believes will not change is the high level of activity due to the...

3Dec, 2021

Consider an interval fund as the place for your muni bond holdings

Parth Doshi, vice president of closed-end funds at Nuveen, discusses the firm's new interval fund -- Nuveen Enhanced High Yield Municipal Bond Fund -- and how it compares to other closed-end funds. Muni bonds are a new area for the interval fund structure...

26Nov, 2021

Infrastructure needs will fuel real asset plays for decades

Gaal Surugeon, portfolio manager at Brookfield Asset Management's Public Securities Group, says that investing in physical assets like infrastructure and real estate provides inflation protection with stabilized yield potential and long-term growth prospects tied to the economic cycle...

19Nov, 2021

A check on BDC developments, and performance versus REITs

Stephen Hester, partner at Wide Moat Research and editor at the Intelligent REIT Options Advisor newsletter, offers his take on new developments within the business-development company realm, and compares how current market conditions are making BDCs an attractive alternative to real estate investment trusts...

12Nov, 2021

Closed-end fund 2.0 is a bigger deal than the ETF revolution

Michael Spatacco, director at Bancroft Capital, says that the latest evolution in closed-end funds will have more impact on the closed-end fund business and the evolution of funds and how they are sold than exchange-traded funds had on the traditional mutual fund industry. In a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the closed-end fund business...