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Mutual Funds and Portfolio Turnover: This article addresses two questions about portfolio turnover. First, are fund managers on average turning over their portfolios more frequently than in the past? Some commentators suggest an answer that uses an averaging method that is heavily influenced by a relatively small number of funds with high turnover rates. An...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment Company Institute, fund manager, mutual fund; White papers 2004-11-17
Shareholder Sentiment of the Mutual Fund Industry: The recent trading scandal and bear market have had an impact on shareholder sentiment, but investors retain a favorable view of fund companies. To understand shareholder views of the mutual fund industry, the Investment Company Institute has measured shareholder sentiment of mutual fund companies since 1997 as part of an...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Financial accounting, Investment Company Institute, fund company, mutual fund, shareholder; White papers 2004-10-01
Reports of "Portfolio Pumping" by Mutual Funds: A Closer Look: The practice of portfolio pumping is illegal and has been the subject of successive SEC examinations. Beginning in 2000, for example, the SEC undertook a detailed examination of the trading activity of mutual funds and other institutional investors. The purpose of the SEC's examination was to identify cases of market...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, SEC, hedge fund; White papers 2004-07-23
Mutual Fund and Economic Developments in 2003: This paper looks back on the economic developments that affected mutual funds in 2003. It examines the factors that influenced investor demand for mutual funds and the role that funds played in individual and institutional investors' portfolios. The highlights of the study are included in this paper for consideration.; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, investor; White papers 2004-03-01
The Cost of Buying and Owning Mutual Funds: This issue of Fundamentals examines the misperceptions about fund fees, which have arisen in large part because industry analysts often ignore the structural changes that the mutual fund industry has undergone during the past two decades. One frequently overlooked change is the means by which fund shareholders pay for advice...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Financial accounting, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, shareholder, financial, sales; White papers 2004-02-01

The Expenses of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Mutual Funds: This paper extends the research of the earlier studies by comparing the expenses of mutual funds with those of defined benefit pension plans sponsored by state and local governments. Mutual funds and pension plans are similar in that they manage relatively large pools of assets. Nonetheless, there are marked differences...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Benefits, Investment Company Institute, defined benefit pension plan, mutual fund, pension plan, organizational structure, asset; White papers 2003-12-01
Institutional Investment Management: A Comparison of Portfolio Management Expenses of Mutual Funds and Defined Benefit Pension Plans: The expenses borne by mutual funds for portfolio management are roughly the same as the expenses incurred by public pension plans for external management of their portfolios. The paper concludes that mutual funds overpaid for portfolio management is based on the inclusion of business, administrative, and other expenses in their...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, portfolio management, mutual fund, defined benefit pension plan, pension plan; White papers 2003-11-01
Mutual Fund Fact Book 2003: A mutual fund is a type of investment company that gathers assets from investors and collectively invests those assets in stocks, bonds, or money market instruments. Through the collective investments of the mutual fund, each investor shares in the returns from the fund's portfolio while benefiting from professional investment management,...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Asset management, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, asset, investor, liquidity, bond, stock, benefit; White papers 2003-05-21
Mutual Fund Fact Book 2002: A mutual fund is a type of investment company that gathers assets from investors and collectively invests those assets in stocks, bonds, or money market instruments. Through the collective investments of the mutual fund, each investor shares in the returns from the fund's portfolio while benefiting from professional investment management,...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Asset management, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, asset, investor, liquidity, bond, stock; White papers 2003-05-12
Mutual Fund Industry Developments in 2002: In the case of money market funds, the yield advantage of these funds over bank deposits narrowed, as is typically the case when interest rates decline. As a result, households shifted some of their short-term investments away from money market funds to bank deposits. This issue of examines these and...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Financial services, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, bank, interest rate; White papers 2003-02-01
Total Shareholder Cost of Mutual Funds: An Update: This paper updates previous research published by the Investment Company Institute on the fees and expenses incurred by investors who purchase mutual funds. Three earlier studies found that the total fees and expenses that investors paid to fund companies when purchasing shares?called total shareholder cost?declined substantially from 1980 to 1998.The...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Financial accounting, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, fund company, shareholder, investor; White papers 2002-09-01
Guide to Sound Practices for European Hedge Fund Managers: This guide provides an overview of the many issues that should be considered by a Hedge Fund manager, but is not intended to set out definitive standards or an exhaustive list of requirements that could serve as a benchmark against which conduct should be assessed. There is no substitute for...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Investment Company Institute, hedge fund; White papers 2002-08-30
U.S. Household Ownership of Closed-End Funds in 2001: The median age of individuals heading households owning closed-end funds was 48 in 2001.About three-quarters of these individuals were married and 71 percent were employed. Two-thirds had college or postgraduate degrees, whereas 39 percent of individuals heading all U.S. households had college or postgraduate degrees. Thirty-seven percent of individuals heading...; Tags: Investment Company Institute; White papers 2002-03-01
The Potential Effects of More Frequent Portfolio Disclosure on Mutual Fund Performance: This paper examines the potential effects of more frequent portfolio disclosure on the performance of mutual funds. This study concludes that, with more frequent portfolio disclosure, the total return shareholders receive from mutual fund investments would likely be lower than that under the current disclosure standard. The principal reasons for...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, shareholder, performance; White papers 2001-06-01
The Differences Between Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds: Mutual funds and hedge funds differ in many ways. The areas of greatest difference between the two are regulatory requirements; fees; leveraging practices; pricing and liquidity; and investor characteristics. U.S. mutual funds are among the most strictly regulated financial products. They are subject to numerous requirements designed to ensure that...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Financial services, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, hedge fund, liquidity, shareholder, pricing strategy, financial; White papers 2001-04-01
Redemption Activity of Mutual Fund Owners: This article presents a hypothetical example to illustrate the shortcomings of using redemption rates to measure the holding period for the typical fund investor. It then examines empirical studies conducted during the past decade that cover mutual fund redemption activity. The cumulative weight of these studies provides indirect evidence that...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Financial accounting, Investment Company Institute, redemption, mutual fund, shareholder; White papers 2001-03-01
Mutual Fund Assets and Flows in 2000: In the year 2000, U.S. equity markets saw substantial volatility and overall weak performance. Nonetheless, mutual funds posted solid inflows, as investors responded with equanimity to the downturn. Indeed, equity funds posted record inflows in 2000, as they accumulated substantial inflows early in the year and sustained, albeit somewhat slower,...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, volatility, Y2K, equity, performance; White papers 2001-02-01
IRA Ownership in 2000: An estimated 41 percent, or 42.5 million, of U.S. households owned Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) as of June 2000. Nearly one-third of U.S. households?an estimated 33.1 million?held traditional IRAs, making it the most common form of IRA ownership. Ten percent of U.S. households?an estimated 10.4 million? owned Roth IRAs, and...; Tags: Investment Company Institute, U.S., survey; White papers 2000-10-01
U.S. Mutual Fund Developments in 1999: This article is on mutual fund development in the US. Assets in U.S.-based mutual funds increased 24 percent in 1999 to $6.846 trillion. Investment performance ?asset appreciation plus reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions?accounted for about two-thirds of the growth. Net new cash flow of $363 billion accounted for 28...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Asset management, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, asset, dividend, performance; White papers 2000-09-13
The 1990s: A Decade of Expansion and Change in the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry: This paper examines major developments in the U.S. mutual fund industry during the 1990s. The article focuses on those factors behind the growth in mutual fund assets. With households owning the majority of mutual funds, the examination of the growth in fund assets. Mutual funds grew to be a more...; Tags: Mutual funds, Retirement plans, Investment, Investment Company Institute, mutual fund, asset; White papers 2000-07-01