RE:RE:FFN newsPonzi schemes always need new investors in order to keep payments flowing to the existing shareholders.
I never have figured out how they manage to pay the dividends they do. At the initial issue price of $25 for a class A share plus a preferred share and monthly dividends of $0.10 and $0.04375 they are paying out at a combined rate of 6.876% while investing in companies which pay 4%. That 3% shortfall has to come from somewhere. They may make some trades but that is a risk. The NAV of all the funds may start at $25 but quickly end up close to $15 where they stay by not paying the class A dividends if it falls below. Issueing new shares brings in additional money but makes the monthly payments higher.
Having said this, some funds like DFN have paid both dividends for at least the past 15 years with the exception of missing a few class A dividends earlier last year, so they must be doing something right.