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DURATION: 40 MINUTES FOLLOWED BY Q&A SESSION 

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Overview
  •    • Range of operating leverage ratios today;
  •    • Types of leverage utilized in municipal and taxable sectors;
  •    • Impacts of regulation on closed-end fund leverage;
  •    • New forms of leverage utilized by closed-end funds;
  •    • Cost of funding for different leverage types.

Featured Presenters



  Greg Fayvilevich
  Senior Director
  Fitch Ratings



Greg Fayvilevich is a Senior Director and head of Fitch Ratings' U.S. Funds & Asset Managers group based in New York. The U.S. Funds group is responsible for Fitch's coverage of U.S. money market funds, closed-end funds, local government investment pools, bond funds, and collateralized fund obligations. Greg's team is responsible for assigning and maintaining ratings, developing rating criteria and models, and publishing timely research on analytical and regulatory developments affecting the sectors the group covers.




  Brian Knudsen
  Associate Director, Fund & Asset Manager
  Fitch Ratings



Brian Knudsen is an Associate Director in the Fund and Asset Manager Group at Fitch Ratings primarily overseeing ratings on closed-end funds.  


Webinar Structure


The webinar will consist of a 40-minute expert presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A lasting for 15 minutes. This webinar will be archived and available for replay upon registration.


Q&A Session - Submitting Questions 

Participants can submit questions prior to or during the event through the special feature on the event page, or they can email them to Capital Link at questions@capitallink.com. The Q&A portion of the webinar is 10 minutes long.


This webinar is organized by Capital Link, a New York-based Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm.

Registrants can download the PowerPoint presentation from this webcast.

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This webinar will also be available on demand at any time after the live broadcast.


Who Should Attend?

Broker-Dealers - Certified Financial Planners - Certified Trust and Financial Advisors - Closed-End Funds Issuers - Financial Advisors - Financial Media - Financial Planners - Hedge Fund Managers - Institutional Investors - Investment Consultants - Pension Fund Managers - Prime Brokers - Private Bankers



About Capital Link, Inc. 

 

Capital Link is a New York-based investor relations and financial communications firm, which, among other activities, maintains a strategic focus on closed-end funds and ETFs. 

Capital Link has developed specific investor outreach programs and IR tools focused on CEFs and ETFs in order to enhance their profiles among analysts, investors, and financial media. 

In pursuit of this objective, Capital Link maintains websites dedicated to CEFs (www.CEFForum.com) and ETFs (www.ETFForum.com) that track the news and developments of all U.S. listed CEFs and ETFs, providing investors with a free information resource on these topics. The 17th Annual Closed-End Funds & Global ETFs Forum (www.CapitalLinkForum.com), considered a premier industry annual event, will take place in New York City on Thursday, May 17, 2018, bringing together investors, analysts, wealth management professionals, and CEF and ETF industry participants. Capital Link also offers the "Closed-End Funds & Global ETFs Webinar Series (www.CapitalLinkWebinars.com)," an online interactive platform that is on CEFs, ETFs, and other pertinent industry topics. Open to the public, these virtual events provide an in-depth look into the CEF & ETF industry, and ground issues and timely topics in the context of the global economy, fostering a better understanding among participants. 

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