Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Encourages Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund (RMHIX, RMHVX, RMJAX) Investors To Inquire About Securities Fraud Class Action

Business Wire

28-07-2025

BENSALEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund f/k/a Principal Street High Income Municipal Fund ('Easterly' or the 'Fund') (NASDAQ: RMHIX, RMHVX, RMJAX) shares between , inclusive (the 'Class Period'). Easterly investors have until September 22, 2025 to file a lead plaintiff motion.
IF YOU ARE AN INVESTOR WHO SUFFERED A LOSS IN EASTERLY ROCMUNI HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL BOND FUND (RMHIX, RMHVX, RMJAX), CONTACT THE LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD G. SMITH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONGOING SECURITIES FRAUD LAWSUIT.
Contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss your legal rights by email at [e-mail], by telephone at [phone] or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
What Happened?
On June 13, 2025, the Fund abruptly slashed the value of its shares by 30%, with the value of shares continuing to fall in subsequent days. Industry news source The Bond Buyer reported the collapse was indicative of Fund-specific issues like 'flawed pricing,' 'illiquidity,' and the fact that the Fund was insufficiently 'diversified.' The article further noted that the Fund was heavily invested in junk investments with a 'lack of credit transparency.' According to the article, many bonds traded at a massive discount to their previously evaluated prices, including one instance where an investor paid just four cents for what had previous been represented as $3.2 million in bonds for a metal recycling company.
The total net assets of the Fund have collapsed from over $230 million as of March 31, 2025 to less than $17 million as of July 8, 2025.
What Is The Lawsuit About?
The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Fund's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that the Fund had marked tens of millions of dollars' worth of its portfolio assets at artificially inflated prices that did not reasonably reflect the fair value of those assets; (2) that the Fund had implemented a fundamentally flawed pricing and valuation methodology which had systematically inflated the Fund's net asset value ('NAV') and individual asset valuations; (3) that the Fund was more heavily invested in illiquid assets than disclosed in the Offering Materials; (4) That the Fund's assets were more closely correlated and less diversified than disclosed in the Offering Materials; (5) That, as a result of the foregoing, the Fund's stated NAV, NAV per share, individual asset valuations, and historical performance were materially overstated; (6) that, as a result, the Fund was subject to a material undisclosed risk of a sudden collapse in the price of Fund shares; and (7) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Fund's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Contact Us To Participate or Learn More:
If you purchased Easterly shares, have information or would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact us:
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith,
3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112,
Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020,
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail],
Visit our website at: www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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