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September 29, 2014

‘Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco for Janus

  • The prospect that investors would follow the guru-like fund manager sent stocks soaring for several rival investment companies.
  • By STEVE ROTHWELL
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — The biggest star in the bond market shocked the financial world Friday by leaving the huge money management firm he has led for four decades and joining a much smaller rival.

    Bill Gross, who co-founded the investment giant Pimco in 1971 and runs its $222 billion Total Return Fund, said he would join Janus Capital Group. The prospect that investors would follow the guru-like fund manager and pull their money out of Pimco sent the stocks of several rival investment companies soaring.


     
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