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OCTOBER 19, 2024

With broadband and mobile internet trends moving in the right direction, a return to annual dividend payout bumps in 2025 seems likely. telecom businesses with a nationwide 5G network, investors can also look forward to steady gains over the long run. Out of 151 portfolio companies, three representing 1.5%

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) are a pair of well-manged business development companies (BDCs) that offer eye-popping dividend yields. With a brief exception in 2018, it's raised or maintained its dividend payout since its initial public offering in 2011.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 1, 2023

Churchill’s publicly registered business development company. He launched the Churchill Financial Group in 2006, which was purchased by PE giant The Carlyle Group in 2011. The firm gets spun out in 2015, partnering with Nuveen, part of the trillion-dollar asset manager TIAA.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

So the current business climate — bedeviled by climbing interest rates and tighter access to bank loans — has Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti champing at the bit. “We The returns that we are able to generate in this kind of market are about as good as we have seen in 15 years.”

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, the US investor has been involved in the Costa Group journey for much longer than that, having been a majority owner of the company prior to its 2015 initial public offering (IPO) on the ASX with its first equity stake acquired in 2011, back when its name was Paine + Partners. For more information, visit BCI.ca or LinkedIn.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2025

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Direct lending between traditional banks and midsized American businesses hardly exists anymore. Instead, business development companies ( BDCs ) such as PennantPark Floating Rate Capital are raking in profits by originating relatively high-interest loans to capital-starved middle-market companies.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 31, 2024

While stock returns have been terrific, new investors seeking passive income learned the hard way that dividend yields fall when stock prices rise. It's been able to raise or maintain its dividend payout every year since it started paying one in 2011. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it lends to mid-sized businesses. American banks have been less inclined to lend directly to businesses for decades. In the U.S., yield and convenient monthly payments.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that lends to midsize companies, which U.S. PennantPark has maintained or raised its dividend payout since it started paying one in 2011. banks are increasingly hesitant to lend to.

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