Fixed income

Bonds from Puerto Rico's record $3.5 billion general-obligation sale accounted for one-third of the trading volume of the entire $3.7 trillion municipal market on the day of their issue.

Bill Gross questions whether he is truly a great investor as he ponders his legacy in a new era of shrinking bond returns in his April investment outlook.

Pimco Unconstrained Bond Fund, one of the firm’s most important offerings as clients turn away from traditional fixed-income products, overhauled its investments in the fourth quarter, when Bill Gross replaced Chris Dialynas as manager of the $25.6 billion fund.

Redemptions from Bill Gross's Pimco Total Return Fund slowed to a 10-month low in February, the first month after the resignation of CEO Mohamed El-Erian.

Driven by a continued steep decline in refundings, long-term municipal bond issuance remained paltry, with the lowest February volume since 2000.

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Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian clashed with co-founder Bill Gross before announcing last month that he's leaving the firm, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Financial advisors to some of the wealthiest Americans see struggling Puerto Rico as an outlier in the $3.7 trillion local-debt market, leading them to add municipal bonds as the steepest federal tax rates in more than a decade loom.

The world’s biggest bond dealers are showing almost no confidence in the best annual start for Treasuries since 2008.

Municipal mutual funds reported $82.1 million of net inflows in the week ended Feb. 12, bouncing back from a $227.3 million outflow the week before, Lipper FMI reported Thursday.

Municipal mutual funds reported $82.1 million of net inflows in the week ended Feb. 12, Lipper FMI said Thursday.

Puerto Rican investors are lining up for arbitration with UBS AG over losses when the commonwealth's bonds plunged last year.

The Fed's tapering policy will likely result in a moderate rise in interest rates accompanied by modest equity returns, according to one investment strategist.

Investors shifted record amounts out of U.S. stock funds and into bonds, while withdrawing money from emerging-market equities for a 15th straight week, according to Citigroup.

The SEC's Michael Piwowar said Monday that he has asked the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities to work with him on proposals to improve the market.

The world's biggest bond manager plans to start 19 actively managed exchange-traded funds as Gross further diversifies the firm following CEO El-Erian's resignation last week.

Two ventures offer online platforms aimed at connecting individual bond buyers and sellers.

Fears of defaults and worries about the fallout from the Fed's tapering program are overblown, says Vanguard's tax-exempt bond boss.

When yields on long-term government securities are below nominal growth rates for a prolonged period, trouble may be brewing, according to Citigroup analysts.

In another sign of the improving tenor of the municipal bond market, muni mutual funds recorded their first inflows in 34 weeks, Lipper FMI numbers showed.