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Regulators and legislators consider remedies to reduce future abuses while also examining whether competition meaningfully disciplines fund fees. The issue centers on whether fee-disclosure rules provide enough investor information for fair market comparisons. 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B.Carlson,Eduard A.Pelz,Erkin Y.Sahinoz  \nThe mutual fund industry has atractedwidespread media attention in recentmonths.A day rarely passes withouta story about alleged fund misdeedsor proposed remedies.The breadth ofthe scandal raises a serious questionabout the need for actions that mightstrengthen and protect the public'strust in the integrity of mutual funds.In light of these concerns,the Securitiesand Exchange Commission and Con-gress are considering remedies aimed atreducing the likelihood of future abuses.  \nThe scandal has also brought scrutinyto fund fees and costs,raising questionsabout the adequacy of competition asa disciplinary force.Federal ReserveBoard Chairman Alan Greenspan andTreasury Secretary John Snow pointedto this concern when they urged legisla-tors,as they consider possible reforms,to “make sure that the fees associatedwith mutual funds are subject to com-petitive tests of the market place.”Theissue centers on whether the rules gov-erning fee disclosure ensure that mutualfund fees are exposed to these tests.  \nOne reason the mutual fund marketmay not be adequately competitive isthat not all investors have what wouldbe considered\"sufficient\"information,and such a deficiency can result in un-desirable outcomes,like some inves-tors paying more for identical productsChanges imposed on the mutual fundmarketplace need to address this infor-mation deficiency,and new rules forimproved disclosure are a step in theright direction.  \n# Mutual Funds,Fee Transparency,and Competition\n\n## ■ Mutual Fund Basics\n\nMutual funds are investment compa-nies that collect savings from manyindividual investors and invest thosesavings in a wide range of financialassets or securities.The funds'poolingof individual savings makes it possiblefor small investors to obtain fraction-al shares of many different securitiesand thereby enables them to gain thebenefits of diversification and lowertransaction costs.For households withlimited wealth,mutual funds provideone of the only practical means to owna diversified portfolio of stocks andbonds.It is well established that own-ing such a portfolio provides signifi-cant advantages for building a retire-ment nest egg.  \nMutual funds come in many varieties.For,example,there are mutual fundsfor stocks,bonds,money market instru-ments,and combinations of them—commonly called hybrids.Many vari-eties exist within these general classes.Some stock funds,for example,investbroadly in an effort to produce yieldsclose to market indexes,such as theS&P500 or the Wilshire 5000.Othersdifferentiate according to prespecifiedinvestment criteria such as size(large.medium,or small firms),and style(val-ue,growth,or blend).Moreover,somefunds specialize in sectors of the econ-omy,such as information technology orbiomedicine,while others may invest inintemational portfolios  \nWhen held over long periods of time,broad portfolios of stocks and bondshave produced returns that substantiallyexceed the interest rate paid on less risky  \nMarch I,2004  \nMutual funds enable small,lessexperienced investors to hold diversi-fied portfolios of stocks and bondsat relatively low eosts.Though themutual fund market is competi-tive in many ways,fees can varysubstantially for what are essentiallyidentical products.This may be dueto bundling of services,but it mayalso reflect some confusion on thepart of less experienced investors,which inhibits comparative shoppingamong funds.Suggested reforms forimproved fee disclosure seek to makefees more transparent for less in-formed investors and should improvecompetitive discipine among funds.  \nassets such as short-term U.S.Treasurybills or bank deposits.So,to the extentthat mutual funds have made it possiblefor the small investor to participate inthe stock and bond markets,they haveenabled small investors—in principleat least—to earn higher returns on theirsavings.  \nThe virtues of mutual funds havebecome widely recognized,with house-hold participation increasing dramati-cally over t","cbCaiuFjaPVZOvn6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuFjaPVZOvn6","pdf",1153503,"English","# Mutual Funds, Fee Transparency, and Competition\n## Mutual Fund Basics\n## Elements of Competition","[{\"question\":\"Why are mutual fund scandals prompting calls for regulatory remedies?\",\"answer\":\"Recent allegations and proposed solutions have raised concerns about protecting the public’s trust in the integrity of mutual funds. 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