4 material Form 8-K filings that 4 companies we cover made with the SEC in January 2017, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
The fund will change its credit-quality investment policy effective February 21, 2017. The new policy requires at least 90% of managed assets to be investment grade or issued by companies with investment-grade issuer or senior unsecured debt ratings, replacing an 80% test, and allows up to 10% in below-investment-grade securities of investment-grade issuers.
Investment grade requirement rises from at least 80% to at least 90% of managed assets at purchase, effective February 21, 2017.
The fund may buy below-investment-grade preferreds of investment-grade issuers, subject to a 10% limit.
The adviser cites that investment-grade rated preferreds fell to about 62% of the market, from 90% before the financial crisis.
The fund will change its investment policies effective February 21, 2017, loosening its credit rating rules for preferred securities. The new policy requires at least 85% of managed assets to be investment grade or issued by companies with investment grade issuer or senior unsecured debt ratings, and allows up to 15% in issuers rated below investment grade. The adviser says this reflects a shift in the preferred market, where only about 62% now carries an investment grade rating from at least one agency, down from 90% before the financial crisis.
Change effective February 21, 2017
Minimum investment grade threshold rises to 85% of managed assets, judged by security or issuer rating
Up to 15% may be held in securities rated below Ba3/BB-/BB- or from issuers with below investment grade ratings
Adviser says it has no current intention to buy securities rated B and below
Effective February 21, 2017, the fund will change its investment ratings policy. Under the new policy, at least 90% of managed assets must be rated investment grade or issued by companies whose issuer or senior unsecured debt is investment grade, up from at least 80% of securities rated investment grade under the old policy. The adviser says the change addresses a shift in the preferred market, where investment-grade preferreds now make up about 62% of the market versus 90% before the financial crisis.
Effective date: February 21, 2017
New policy: at least 90% of managed assets rated investment grade or issued by investment-grade issuers, versus at least 80% of securities under the old policy
Fund may hold below-investment-grade securities of investment-grade issuers, subject to a 10% limit
Adviser says investment-grade preferreds are about 62% of the market, down from 90% before the financial crisis; it has no current intention to buy securities rated B and below
Effective February 21, 2017, the Fund will change its investment policies, replacing a test that at least 75% of securities be investment grade with one requiring at least 85% of managed assets to be either rated investment grade or issued by companies with investment grade issuer or senior unsecured debt ratings. The adviser says the change responds to ratings methodology changes and to the fact that only about 62% of the preferred market now carries an investment grade rating from at least one agency, versus 90% before the financial crisis. Shareholders would see the Fund able to hold up to 15% of holdings in below investment grade securities issued by investment grade issuers.
New policy effective February 21, 2017 requires at least 85% of managed assets to be investment grade rated or issued by investment grade issuers, up from the prior 75% securities test
Adviser says about 62% of the preferred market is investment grade rated by at least one agency, down from 90% before the financial crisis
Fund may hold below investment grade preferreds of investment grade issuers, subject to a 15% limit
Adviser has no current intention to buy securities rated B and below; ratings are applied at time of purchase
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Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.