Kenneth Leech, a former star bond manager at Western Asset Management, pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing a probe into alleged "cherry-picking." ...

Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management Co., pleaded guilty to lying to regulators during an investigation into his trading as part of a last-minute deal with ...

The guilty plea averts a trial that had been expected to begin Monday and last for five weeks. Defendant Ken Leech, formerly an officer at California-based Western Asset Management, was represented by ...