Bond funds

The onetime king of the bond market doesn’t blame his personal ordeals for poor investment decisions; in fact, he says, they probably made him better.

Beacon Capital is shifting to the manager’s sector products after volatility late last year prompted it to sell stock funds and hole-up in debt.

The firm’s acting head has cut jobs and merged teams to reign in withdrawals that began after manager Tim Haywood’s suspension, who was dismissed Thursday.

The average fee was nearly 20 basis points higher than the top-performer.

Although the issuer has amassed $127 billion in less than a decade, only four of the firm’s 22 ETFs focuses on debt.

Fresh doubts about whether star managers can deliver consistently superior returns have been raised following Bill Gross’ retirement.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

At Pimco, the fixed-income giant he co-founded, Bill Gross racked up one of the longest winning streaks of any money manager.

The funds include a wide range of offerings from emerging markets to precious metals, multi-strategy and REITs.

High-yield and leveraged loan funds “rebounded incredibly strongly (too strongly, possibly),” a strategist writes.