Destra Insights

The third quarter 2023 update for ArrowMark Financial Corp (BANX). This webcast features an interview with President Dana Staggs and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Farrell.

The third quarter 2023 update for the BlueBay Destra International Event-Driven Credit Fund (CEDIX). This webcast features an interview with Portfolio Manager Duncan Farley from BlueBay.

Destra recently sat down with Mark Scalzo, Chief Investment Officer at Validus Growth Investing, to review the performance and portfolio of the Destra Multi Alternative Fund (NYSE: DMA). Mark provided an update for DMA, as well as insights into alternatives today and a review of the overall markets.

The second quarter 2023 update for ArrowMark Financial Corp (BANX). This webcast features an interview with President Dana Staggs and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Farrell.

The second quarter 2023 update for the BlueBay Destra International Event-Driven Credit Fund (CEDIX). This webcast features an interview with Portfolio Manager Duncan Farley from BlueBay.

February saw markets across the globe return back to the negative environment that categorized 2022. Rob provides a look back at February 2023 in the credit markets and provides some insights about where we could be going in the near term.

A frequently overlooked part of the investment landscape, this edition of the Destra Pathfinder takes a look at Qualified Dividend Income (QDI). To cover the topic, Rob Watson talks briefly with Eric Chadwick, President of Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated about the nature of QDI and some potentially important benefits for investors.

2022 was the year that broke the 60/40 portfolio. Hear from Jake Schultz, CFA on this edition of the pathfinder where he discusses the traditional 60/40 portfolio and how it stacked up to prevailing headwinds in 2022.

The market and a lot of pundits are suggesting that the Fed may pull back to a more traditional 25 bps increase at their first meeting here in a few weeks. But even if they do pull back to a 25 basis point increase, it is still an increase. And arent rising rates supposed to be bad for bonds? Well, looking back at 2022 that certainly seemed to be the case.