TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive background on the recent legislative, regulatory, and prosecutorial scrutiny of mutual funds and underlying issues such as the level and transparency of fees and costs, distribution and sales practices, and fund governance.Design/methodology/approach– Provides a detailed chronology of events since January 2003 concerning mutual fund scandals such as trading abuses and questionable sales practices and related issues such as revenue sharing, directed brokerage, soft dollars, market timing, late trading, and selective disclosure. The chronology in this issue of JOIC will be followed an article in the next issue that describes reform initiatives that have taken place in response to the scandals.Findings– Despite criticism and scrutiny of equity mutual funds following poor performance in 2001 and 2002, meaningful efforts to achieve reform began to lose momentum in mid‐2003. Then concern with mutual fund abuses was reignited in September 2003 when New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced a settlement with Canary Capital that involved market timing, late trading, and selective disclosure. Since then there have been numerous disclosures of fund trading abuses and questionable trading practices, and the resulting uproar has triggered significant efforts to reform the manner in which funds and their service providers conduct business.Originality/value– This comprehensive chronology provides an essential reference by bringing together all the events and underlying issues related to mutual fund scandals, abuses, regulation, compliance, and reform efforts since January 1, 2003.
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SN  - 1528-5812
DO  - 10.1108/15285810610690224
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/15285810610690224
AU  - Smith Thomas R.
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Mutual funds under fire: a chrononogy of developments since January 1, 2003
T2  - Journal of Investment Compliance
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 4
EP  - 33
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -