Advisor sees double-digit yield opportunity, despite volatility

Wealth Professional
January 8, 2026.

Market volatility has created new questions and new opportunities in the BDC space.

Francis Sabourin, Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Advisor, explains how current volatility in business development companies (BDCs) has led investors to conflate public and private BDCs. Francis shares that publicly listed BDCs now offer a pricing opportunity with greater liquidity and transparency while matching the price and yield of their private equivalents.

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