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CONFERENCE CALL: Independent directors mull what to do and not to do

Most agree that mutual fund boards of directors should take their jobs seriously, but there are some duties…

Most agree that mutual fund boards of directors should take their jobs seriously, but there are some duties that may be too much even for the most studious.

At the first meeting of the Mutual Directors Education Council in Washington earlier this month, directors and a mutual fund executive serving

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