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The NAVigator

The NAVigator

Active Investment Company Alliance

328 episodesEN

Show overview

The NAVigator has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 328 episodes. That works out to roughly 70 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 11 min and 14 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 43 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Active Investment Company Alliance.

Episodes
328
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
12 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

The NAVigator, from the Active Investment Company Alliance (AICA), talks all-weather investing and "excellence beyond indexing" through the use of closed-end funds (CEFs) & business-development companies (BDCs). AICA – a new organization that includes a diverse constituency that runs from investors through fund sponsors – aims to help investors & advisors plot a new and different course to financial success, via the tactical use of securities that mix active management within listed & non-listed structures. Subscribe now to get regular updates on everything you need to know to succeed with CEFs & BDCs.

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Bluerock's Baffico on narrowing a big discount amid changed market conditions

Oct 23, 202620 min

CEF Advisors' Q3 report: Taxable bond funds at '99th percentile of cheapness'

Oct 16, 202614 min

With traditional markets 'raging,' SEI's Shetty sees opportunity in alternatives

Oct 9, 202614 min

Are closed-end discounts putting Anthropic on sale pre-IPO?

Oct 2, 202619 min

Aberdeen's Kence on A.I.'s impact in the high-yield market

Sep 25, 202617 min

XA Investments' Choi on opportunities in the CLO market

Sep 18, 202617 min

If you never capture the discount, is a fund still a bargain?

Sep 11, 202616 min

John Cole Scott says BDC 'software problems' aren't surfacing in the data

Sep 4, 202617 min

Tortoise's Thummel on why natural gas will help the U.S. win the global A.I. race

Aug 28, 202612 min

How rising Treasury rates (and relief) impact closed-end investors

Aug 21, 202613 min

John Cole Scott breaks down recent media recommendations on CEFs

Aug 14, 202613 min

How the market's recent rally created 'a good widening' of closed-end discounts

Aug 7, 202614 min

Nuveen's Caraher on why senior loans are in a sweet spot now

Jul 31, 202616 min

John Cole Scott on Q2 and the rest of '26 for closed-end funds, BDCs

Jul 24, 202615 min

XA's DiBernardo on why worried investors should consider covered calls now

Jul 17, 202614 min

Gold fund manager Merk on ASA's fight with activist investors

Jul 10, 202616 min

Gabelli's Dreyer on why sports and value picks are an antidote to A.I. obsession

Jul 2, 202613 min

CEF Data's Scott on the takeaways from Dechert's Private Credit Summit

Jun 26, 202613 min

Landmark Supreme Court decision is a game-changer for investor activism

Jun 18, 202616 min

In a tight-spread, higher-for-longer rate market, discounts matter again

Jun 12, 202614 min
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