MSRB looking to boost information available to B-Ds, investors; source of that info still a bottleneck, however
Pimco and other investors are boosting holdings of yuan-denominated assets as debt crises worsen in the U.S., Europe and Japan
PFM Group, owner of the largest investment adviser in the U.S. municipal bond market, bought a smaller competitor co-owned by Lois Scott, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new chief financial officer.
The Fed Reserve's quantitative easing is finally about to end. S&P analyst Michael Souers says this could be a real a boost for Treasuries with less lengthy maturities. Retirees, take note.
As regulators increase scrutiny of municipal bond sales, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, J.J.B. Hilliard W. L. Lyons LLC and Commonwealth Financial Network are among the broker-dealers that are considering changes in how financial advisers disclose material events about muni bonds to clients
Regulator issues alert about structured products, bank loan funds; 'significant recent inflows'
S&P has lowered it outlook on the U.S. credit rating. Bill Gross and other fund managers are betting against Uncle Sam. And then there's Claud de Wildt, a Fidelity SVP and researcher. His advise to investors? "Don't give up on Treasuries yet."
Pimco bond king hikes negative play on Treasuries; inflation 'the ultimate factor'
S&P's dramatic announcement that it may downgrade the credit rating of U.S. government paper sparked massive buying of U.S. government paper. As JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly said: "... you can't use [Treasuries] as a safe haven if the problem is Treasuries.” | <font color=blue><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110418/FREE/110419928>'Shot across bow' could jolt lawmakers</a></font>
Plenty of moving parts in Strategic Income Fund; targeting 6% yield
With criticism mounting about the lack of disclosure in the municipal bond market, the agency that oversees the sale of muni securities is working on initiatives designed to encourage broker-dealers and issuers to provide more information to investors
Seven firms hawking high-yield-debt funds that have at least 33% of assets in unrated paper; massive redemptions could get sticky
Wall Street giants Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs dropped their bets against Treasuries. But bond king Bill Gross is sticking to his guns.
With the expiration of the second round of quantitative easing scheduled for next month, investors shouldn't assume that the fixed-income markets will respond as they did at the expiration of the first round
Still, June expiration has many worried; institutions to the rescue?
Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the larger-than-forecast gain in employment suggests the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing is working.
Grail Advisors LLC is partnering with DoubleLine Capital LP to launch an actively managed emerging-markets fixed-income ETF in what will be the first such fund of its kind to hit the market.
Six-month bill rates declined to a record low as the Treasury reduces sales of short-term securities while the Obama administration and Congress wrangle over budget cuts and raising the U.S. debt limit.
Emerging-markets central banks risk triggering a “1994-style” sell-off in global bonds as soon as next year if they are still tightening monetary policy when the Federal Reserve begins raising interest rates
Alternative version of Pimco flagship fund will forgo options, leverage; tinkering with success?
