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Article: Skimming; Mutual funds.(Regulating mutual funds)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2003
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America's mutual funds need a more alert regulator
SOLID, squeaky clean and somewhat dull. Until two months ago, this had been the image of America's mutual-fund industry, which had not been sullied by a single scandal for decades. And the industry has boomed on the back of its reputation as a safe way to invest in shares and bonds. Today almost 95m Americans have money invested in mutual funds, many through retirement plans supported by their employer, many others directly as investors. The success of America's mutual funds in promoting private investment in stock and bond markets has become the envy of the world.
So it came as a real shock in September when Eliot ...
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