Fund closure could put the spotlight on fixed-income ETFs, which are vulnerable because they are more liquid than their underlying assets.
SEC cites lax oversight of subadviser data.
After peaking way back in 2014 and declining ever since, the high-yield bond market finally has made national news over the past week with the very high profile blow up of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund.
Some advisers swear by it, while others shun it as useless legalese.
Firms are the latest targets in another class-action lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty due to excessive 401(k) fees.
The firm founded in 1986 by Martin Whitman has been shedding assets since before the 2008 financial crisis, hurt by poor performance and an exodus of managers.
The carnage unfolding in the high-yield bond market has paved the way for serious gains in some managed futures funds.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Just when the Fed felt it was safe to move off a zero-rate policy, all kinds of heck is busting loose in the high-yield bond market.
Plus: JPMorgan's David Kelly second-guesses the Fed, MLP investors hang on for dear life, and Joe Montana gets his VC groove on
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: More than a third of the outstanding U.S. high yield and leveraged loan universe is at risk in a rising-rate cycle.
In the age of ascendant ETFs, some have written off mutual funds as irrelevant, but advisers need to know the nuances of each type of fund
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's that time of year when mutual fund columnist Chuck Jaffe doles out his Lump of Coal awards to funds that failed investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Security guard/waiter/travel agent posing as a hedge fund manager has been convicted of stealing more than $800,000 from 17 investors.
Fund names can be deceiving and when outflows hit, distributions are unavoidable.
A commitment that can make investment performance a lesser priority.
Bill Gross' successor Daniel Ivascyn quietly has pulled off a stunning performance.
Mutual fund outflows can spell capital gains disaster and this year, some funds with low turnover are reporting sizable capital gains distributions as managers sell securities to meet investor withdrawals.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Instead of needing 80% of your pre-retirement income, you can probably make it with 60%.
The SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Free ETF is a greener version of the world's first and largest ETF.
