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Cost-basis-reporting plan needs support
Congress is asking for input on a proposal to require brokers and mutual funds to report the cost…
Advisers must face the facts of life
We live in an age when everything is the “new” something. Not only has brown been declared the…
Funds still too eager to appease management
Mutual fund companies seem to be willing to challenge corporate management on some governance issues, but there still is a way to go before they will be seen as pulling their weight.
Delay on broker-dealer rule is warranted
The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…
Time is right to recast 12(b)-1 fees
Nobody ever said the folks at the Securities and Exchange Commission had an easy job, and the degree…
It is time for clarity in 401(k) fees
The law doesn’t require 401(k) plans to disclose their fees to investors in any comprehensive way. Is…
Pension system proposal is worth a look
Millions of American workers remain without an employer- sponsored retirement savings plan. In fact, some 40%…
Time is right for a shortened prospectus
Sometimes less is more, and that may be the case with mutual fund prospectuses. Almost no one…
Advisers wise to prepare succession plans
Financial advisory professionals should practice what they preach. They spend the majority of their time working with…
Flying high with derivatives can be risky
Derivatives are like aircraft: In the right hands, they are wonderful vehicles, but in the wrong hands, or…
‘Never mind’ the SEC’s regulatory mess
Like Emily Litella, the old “Saturday Night Live” character, at the end of one of her confused ramblings,…
LTC industry needs to be investigated
According to the American Council of Life Insurers in Washington, a one-year stay in a nursing home costs…
Reporter’s ethical lapse sullies journalism
Week in and week out, InvestmentNews uses this space and the Monday Morning column to challenge financial services…
Ruling’s right, though both sides have a point
This publication always has thought that what is best for the investor is, in the long run, best…
SEC chief missed the boat at budget hearing
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox needs to remember the old saying, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” The…
Subprime meltdown offers a crash course
Portfolio managers, investors and their advisers appear to need a reminder every five years or so that risk…
Time to abolish quarterly earnings estimates
The Securities and Exchange Commission should immediately accept one recommendation of a bipartisan panel established by the U.S.
Shareholders should vote on exec pay
Shareholders, who are understandably fed up with outrageous executive-pay packages and underperforming companies, may soon get a voice.
Hedge fund industry’s unease with media is all too obvious
For more proof of the hedge fund industry’s uneasy relationship with the media, consider last week’s inaugural Connecticut…
A call to embrace tougher standards
Hedge funds may complain, but the Securities and Exchange Commission is on the right track in considering whether…
