As happens every year, mutual funds are now posting various types of capital gains for year end 2018 based on the change in value of various securities held during the year. When a capital gain is declared, participants may notice a fairly dramatic drop in the price of one or more funds, followed by the posting of additional shares several business days later (which makes up for the difference). Since BPAS receives many questions from participants each year when capital gain distributions are made, we have prepared this memo to explain the process and alleviate concerns among participants.
Read the full notice regarding year-end capital gain distributions here.