Scrutiny is welcome as muni bonds have long been a choice vehicle for tax-free income.
UBS Puerto Rico closed-end muni bond fund investors are losing billions; new research pegs losses at $1.66 billion over the first nine months of 2013.
If the commonwealth defaults, it will cause a shock to the system.
The woes stemming from UBS AG's unit in Puerto Rico over the sale of local, closed-end municipal bond funds have landed squarely in the lap of UBS brokers and financial advisers in the island commonwealth.
A unit of UBS AG has offered to repurchase shares of moribund, closed-end municipal bond funds invested in Puerto Rico muni securities from a select number of clients, according to plaintiff's attorneys. Bruce Kelly reports.
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Finra freezes new arbitration cases in Puerto Rico as a flood of claims sends the regulator scrambling to find more arbitrators. Bruce Kelly has the story.
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Analysts agree it should stick to its brand as a bond shop, but advisers open to new products.
The fund giant is offering clients a new way to prosper in uncertain debt markets.
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February net flows still negative, fall far shy of broader fixed-income recovery
Advisers are anxiously watching to see if the fund giant's recent management upheaval masks broader problems that could impact performance. Few are cutting and running. Yet.
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A UBS unit is facing a legal fight over the sale of Puerto Rico closed-end-bond funds after their values slumped. Bruce Kelly has the story.
