The first goal is to review types of transparency -- relative versus absolute and positive versus normative, transparency of the SEC total expense ratio, stewardship and transparency, movement towards normative transparency, and future transparency. As severally defined by Haslem, “Normative...

This study further develops and defines the concept of normative transparency of disclosure. As defined, mutual fund normative transparency is that fund proactive, voluntary disclosure as well as legal and regulatory disclosure required for investors to be able to make information efficient fund...

The Investment Company Act of 1940 states that the interests of shareholders are compromised when mutual funds are operated in the interest of fund advisers. In this regard, one of the Act's major objectives is to ensure that investors receive adequate and accurate information.This study focuses...

The first goal is to review types of transparency — relative versus absolute and positive versus normative, transparency of the SEC total expense ratio, stewardship and transparency, the aftermath of the fund scandal, the movement toward normative transparency, and future transparency. The...

The 40Act states that the interests of shareholders are compromised when mutual funds are operated in the interest of fund advisers. In this regard, one of the Act's major objectives is to ensure investors receive adequate and accurate information. They do not. For this reason, Congress, the...