Man Not Bird

Man Not Bird

From Money Stuff: The Podcast by Bloomberg

March 13, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Katie and Matt discuss various financial topics including quiz bowls, closed-end funds, and private credit.

Katie and Matt discuss high school quiz bowl, Bill Ackman’s closed-end fund again, the rich history of CEFs trading at a discount, economically attractive places to work, preferred performance fees, private credit vibes, accepting illiquidity for high returns, marking private credit to market, NAV arbitrage, assassination markets, fine print and resistance to innovation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie, Matt

Topics covered

  • quiz bowl
  • closed-end funds
  • private credit
  • performance fees
  • illiquidity
  • NAV arbitrage
  • innovation

Keywords

  • quiz bowl
  • Bill Ackman
  • closed-end funds
  • private credit
  • performance fees
  • illiquidity
  • NAV arbitrage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bill Ackman, CEFs

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