Vanguard Debuts Global Credit Bond Fund

Vanguard Group of Valley Forge, Pa., is expanding its active fixed-income product offerings with the addition of the company’s new Global Credit Bond Fund. Vanguard’s newest product rollout provides investors with diversified exposure to the U.S. and international investment-grade credit markets.

The fund comprises investment-grade securities in U.S.-dollar-denominated and non-U.S.-dollar-denominated corporate and non-corporate investment-grade securities, with the latter including developed and emerging markets. The majority of the non-U.S. dollar portfolio is hedged to the U.S. dollar to preserve the fund’s credit focus.

Daniel Shaykevich and Samuel C. Martinez are the fund’s portfolio managers.

The Global Credit Bond Fund complements the company’s existing suite of 25 actively managed fixed-income funds.

TCA By E*TRADE Debuts New Aggregation Tool For Advisors

TCA by E*TRADE is making it easier for advisors to service their clients with the launch of CompleteView, a new account aggregation tool. CompleteView gathers data across a client’s financial accounts, including custodial accounts. CompleteView delivers a comprehensive picture of a client’s finances, greatly assisting advisors in tailoring their guidance to their clients’ needs. Clients can more easily monitor their own account in order to make more informed financial decisions.

The new aggregation tool is accessible through TCA by E*TRADE’s Liberty platform. The Liberty platform gives advisors and their clients access to on-demand financial information through a single online interface.

280 CapMarkets Adds Corporate Bonds to BondNav Platform

280 CapMarkets will now offer corporate bonds on BondNav, its fixed-income trading and price discovery platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York; Seattle; Chicago; and Santa Monica, Calif., 280 CapMarkets provides a modern way for investment advisors to access, search, evaluate and trade a broad universe of bonds through its cloud-based platform, BondNav. This technology provides greater clarity into bond pricing and availability. It gives advisors visibility into a full range of bond offerings by issuer or series, along with historical trading data, so they can confidently select the right bonds for their client at the right price.