Pacific Investment Management Co.

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  Brandywine Beats PIMCO With Sharp Macro Calls

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2012

  Brandywine portfolio manager Stephen Smith's open secret is that he's shorting the bond market while awaiting its return to what he calls “normalization.”

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  Doomsayers Wrong on Last Year’s Debt Downgrade

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 16, 2012

  Warnings last August of an unprecedented financial crisis accompanied by fire and brimstone appear to have been wrong.

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  PIMCO’s Gross Bearish on Europe After Relief Plan

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 29, 2012

  Bill Gross said a “debt trap” remains even after European leaders reached an agreement intended to alleviate concern that the region’s banks will fail.

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  PIMCO’s Gross, El-Erian on Sour Economic News: Avoid Europe, Leaders Losing Control

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2012

  PIMCO’s leaders reacted to the dour economic news of the past few days, highlighted by the third straight disappointing jobs report on Friday.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Greek Euro Exit ‘Probably Inevitable’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2012

  Greece may have to exit the 17-nation eurozone, and the monetary union should plan for it to ensure stability.

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  For Sale: Active Management 50% Off at PIMCO

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 4, 2012

  The new PIMCO Total Return ETF charges annual expenses of just 0.55% vs. the $252 billion PIMCO Total Return Fund, which charges 0.90% for the waive-load shares.

• Thai Pension Fund to Invest in U.S., European Properties

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2012

  Thailand’s Government Pension Fund plans to leave behind the low yields of its own domestic bonds in favor of investing funds in U.S. and European properties.

• Stable Value Funds: Still Popular, Despite Fewer Guarantees

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 12, 2012

  Despite a low interest-rate environment, 401(k) participants at New York Life Retirement Plan Services haven’t given up on stable value funds.

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  German Concern over ECB Funding Grows

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2012

  Germany is getting worried–more worried than usual–about the level of debt in the eurozone. The European Central Bank’s Target2 system indicates that money owed to the Bundesbank now totals 489 billion euros ($656 billion

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  PIMCO Quits SIFMA Splinter Group

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 22, 2012

  PIMCO is leaving the American Securitization Forum, an offshoot of SIFMA that represents underwriters and holders of securitized debt. The bond fund behemoth cited what it believed was a lack of advocacy on behalf of the organization’s money manager members as the reason.