Capital markets

State Street’s stockpile takes up one corner of a vault in a system that stores bullion on behalf of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and others.

Firms founded by Jason Wenk allegedly failed to oversee a former advisor accused of investing clients in unregistered securities.

As liquidity disappeared amid the coronavirus-sparked mayhem, veteran fixed-income portfolio manager Gemma Wright-Casparius saw opportunities.

The central bank plans to make both outright purchases of corporate bonds as well as funds potentially invested in sub-investment grade debt.

Withdrawals this year have equaled almost half of last year’s inflows, leaving Pimco with net outflows of $46.8 billion in the first quarter.

“This is all about having the flexibility and having multiple options for our investors,” says GSAM’s head of ETF strategy.

Crush of inflows to money-market funds has come even as the funds’ own yields approach zero.

The privately held firm recruited more than 160 reps in the first quarter on the strength of its balance sheet, CEO Amy Webber says.

With marketing, reporting and the Junxure CRM, the acquisition brings much more than a robo advisor to the asset manager.

Many of the executives selected this year say the industry’s future may lie in its sudden change to a fully virtual business model.

Funds advised by Katie Koch, whose firm has about $1.8 trillion under supervision, are beating their benchmarks at an 80% rate in 2020.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index hasn't yet reflected the impact of the coronavirus, but an independent market maker has some thoughts on how it might.

There’s a lot to complain about these days, from the effectiveness of the government’s $3 trillion stimulus package to unlimited quantitative easing.

This year’s honorees discuss how their firms are coping with the coronavirus pandemic and how this period may reshape the industry.

Fallout from the deepest worldwide downturn since the Great Depression has magnified economic and social inequality across the globe.

With few corners of the fixed-income industry safe from harm, investors’ faith in managers appears to be intact — for now.

Dubbed Disco III, the fund will target leveraged loans, high-yield bonds and collateralized loan obligations.

The holdings in these top-performers “are companies that will be replaced, from a performance standpoint, over the next decade,” an expert says.

Total net assets in Michael Hasenstab's Templeton Global Bond Fund slumped to $22.6 billion as of March 31, public filings show.

Asset managers are targeting massive amounts of capital to benefit from credit market stress as the coronavirus leaves many companies in need of support.