Third Avenue Management is parting ways with Chief Executive Officer David M. Barse after he announced plans last week to freeze redemptions in its troubled high-yield mutual fund, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Economists have given Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen a mission for next week's press conference: Explain what gradual means.
Firms are the latest targets in another class-action lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty due to excessive 401(k) fees.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> It took the bank just 12 minutes after the Fed's rate hike announcement to bump its prime rate to 3.5% from 3.25%.
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.
Activist investor to push for a measure that would enable shareholders to communicate directly with the board and possibly seek the addition of a director.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach points to fragile economy, crumbling credit market as signs the time is not right for an increase in interest rates, a move the Fed could come to regret.
Stocks retreated with government bonds, as investors looked past an unprecedented boost to European stimulus to focus on rising anxiety that central banks have lost the ability to boost global growth.
<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.
Most analysts and advisers expect a gradual climb tempered by economic performance.
As signs of stress mount in credit markets, a $788 million mutual fund is blocking clients from pulling their money to avoid fire sales.
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> The price of oil dropped to levels not seen in more than six years amid fears the global glut will be with us for a while. But there is an upside for some.
<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.
Rules proposed by Finra and MSRB would require brokers to detail the price differences they and the clients pay for corporate and municipal bonds.
It's easy to see why many advisers and investors are concerned as asset values — from stocks to bonds to real estate — have soared, but that doesn't mean cash should be king.
Franklin Templeton's Michael Hasenstab says his bond-market peers aren't prepared for higher U.S. interest rates.
Clients need to understand what advisers mean by risk because it can affect decisions, goals
