Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — Bill Gross's Pimco Total Return ETF is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over whether it artificially inflated asset prices to boost returns, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The issues being probed by the SEC include whether the $3.6 billion exchange-traded fund bought investments at discounted prices while relying on higher valuations for the assets when the fund calculated the value of its holdings, the newspaper reported yesterday, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
"Pimco has been cooperating with the SEC in this non- public matter, and we take our regulatory obligations and responsibilities to our clients very seriously," Mark Porterfield, a spokesman for Newport Beach, California-based Pimco, said in an e-mailed statement. "We believe our pricing procedures are entirely appropriate and in keeping with industry best-practices."
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