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- Lessons Learned: Emerging Best Practices Amid The Financial Crisis
- As the subprime credit crunch worsened into a full-blown crisis, it affected most corners of the financial world. Institutions have disappeared or been reshaped. The U.S. government, along with several others, has been forced to intervene in unfamiliar and untested ways. The equity markets have experienced rapid declines and worsening...
- White papers 2009-01-05
- If Advisers Are Fiduciaries, Fund Managers Might Be Next
- The mutual fund industry's trade group, the Investment Company Institute, broke with precedent last week when ICI president and CEO Paul Schott Stevens came out in support of of requiring all financial advisers to act as fiduciaries -- that is, to put their clients' financial interests ahead of their own....
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Active Managers and Bear Markets: Don't Believe the Hype
- The mutual fund industry has trotted out a number of anti-indexing arguments in the 34 years since John Bogle launched the first index fund in 1975. They're un-American; investors won't be happy with "average" returns; it's a stock-pickers' market; it's not hard to find a successful mutual fund manager. One...
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- First Pacific's Bob Rodriguez Has Strong Words for His Peers
- The mutual fund industry needs more people in it like Bob Rodriguez -- the manager of FPA Capital and FPA New Income -- and his speech at the Morningstar conference last week showed why. In his remarks, Rodriguez had sharp words for the mutual fund industry's performance...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
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- SEC expands investigation into mutual fund industry.(News)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)
- Byline: GAVIN SOUTER WASHINGTON-The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has broadened its investigation into the mutual fund industry by examining payments made by funds to 401k plan consultants and others. Several mutual fund companies, i Byline: GAVIN SOUTER ...
- Research articles 2004-07-12
- Mutual fund industry denounces 'costly' rules; Calls for regulatory cost-benefit analysis.(News)
- Byline: Sara Hansard WASHINGTON - The mutual fund industry is warning in a soon-to-be released report that a New York Stock Exchange proposal to eliminate broker voting in director elections would cost the fund industry at least as much as ba...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- American Skandia Advisor Funds Reach $3 Billion, Marks Fastest Growing Fund Complex in History of Mutual Fund Industry
- SHELTON, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 25, 1999-- Assets of the American Skandia Advisor Funds grew to $3 billion on September 27, 1999, faster than any mutual fund complex in history. This milestone, reached in just over two years since the mutual funds were first introduced in July of 1997, gives American...
- Research articles 1999-10-25
- 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...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- SEC's Pitt tests water for adviser, fund SROs: mutual fund industry protests long arm of Sarbanes-Oxley law.
- Public companies may be the sinners, but the mutual fund industry is turning out to be the whipping boy. Industry officials are beginning to complain vehemently about feeling the lash of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the law hastily crafted by Cong ...
- Research articles 2002-10-28
- Mutual fund industry oppose re-drafted tax legislation
- BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--July 15, 1996--Mutual fund industry representatives today voiced strong disappointment and opposition to the action taken by the Senate Ways and Means Committee which reported out an amended version of the mutual fund industry taxation bill.The amended version of H6142 which overwhelmingly passed the House two weeks ago, was...
- Research articles 1996-07-15
- Mutual fund industry under pressure to provide dollar and cents fee
- NEW YORK AP -- Pressure is mounting on the mutual fund industry to make it easier for investors to determine exactly how much of their investment dollars is being diverted toward fund operating costs. An exhaustive 124-page report on mutual fund fees released earlier this month by...
- Research articles 2000-07-13
- Reform of the mutual fund industry.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(Brief Article)
- Expect broad reform of the mutual fund industry by the SEC... Securities and Exchange Commission...in light of recent abuses involving after-hours trading and market timing within a number of funds. Expect broad reform of the mutual fund industry by the SEC... Securities and Exchange...
- Research articles 2003-11-07
- Mutual Fund Industry Developments in 2001
- The net inflow to equity funds slowed during 2001 but remained positive. Moreover, shareholder reaction to the September attacks and the subsequent market downturn was muted. Indeed, stronger demand for bond, hybrid, and money market funds made up for the weaker equity fund flows, and the mutual fund industry received...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- SEC Operations: Oversight of Mutual Fund Industry Presents Management Challenges
- Having grown to over $7.5 trillion in assets, mutual funds have become vital components of the financial security of more than 95 million American investors. The paper reviews how the abusive mutual fund practices were identified and SEC's subsequent responses, SEC's plans for increasing its staffing in the divisions and...
- White papers 2004-04-20
- The Mutual Fund Industry vs. Mutual Fund Investors, Part One
- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that could either fundamentally restructure the mutual fund industry, or reinforce the status quo. Given the stakes, it's not surprising to find that the Investment Company Institute ICI has written a strong amicus brief in support of the case's...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- The Mutual Fund Industry vs. Mutual Fund Investors, Part Two
- On November 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Jones v. Harris Associates, a case that could fundamentally alter the mutual fund industry. This week, I take a second look at the amicus brief filed by the Investment Company Institute ICI in support of the mutual fund manager....
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Record number of comments: SEC may make shareholders pay 12(b)-1 fees; Mutual fund industry squarely opposes taking costs directly from accounts, cites tax issue.(News)
- Byline: Sara Hansard NEW YORK - The Securities and Exchange Commission next year is likely to propose a new requirement that 12b-1 fees be paid directly from shareholder accounts rather than from fund assets. However, mutual fund industry exec Byline: Sara...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Boston's Position as Leader in Mutual Fund Industry at Risk.
- By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--Mutual funds were born in Boston and 80 years later the city remains a dominant player in the business. But Boston's leadership position is under assault. For the...
- Research articles 2004-04-25
- 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...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Mutual-Fund Industry Nervous about Senate Committee's Stance on Tax Break.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Jun. 29--Before it becomes law, the bill to grant a tax break to the mutual-fund industry has to go through Sen. Stanley Rosenberg's committee. Jun. 29--Before it becomes law, the bill to grant a tax break to the mutual-fund industry has to go through Sen. Stanley...
- Research articles 1996-06-29
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