Research Handbook on the Regulation of Mutual Funds

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Contents: List of Contributors Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Regulation of Monetary Funds William A. Birdthistle and John Morley PART I THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 1. Why Do Investment Funds Have Special Securities Regulation? John Morley 2. The Rise and Fall of the Mutual Fund Brand Mercer Bullard 3. Fiduciary Contours: Perspectives on Mutual Funds and Private Funds Deborah A. DeMott 4. The Fiduciary Structure of Investment Management Regulation Arthur B. Laby PART II IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR OF MUTUAL FUND INVESTORS 5. Who Are Mutual Fund Investors? Alan Palmiter 6. Protecting Mutual Fund Investors: An Inevitable Eclecticism Lyman P.Q. Johnson 7. The Past and Present of Mutual Fund Fee Litigation Under Section 36(b) Quinn Curtis 8. Toward Better Mutual Fund Governance Anita K. Krug 9. Mutual Fund Compliance: Key Developments and Their Implications James Fanto PART III THE BROADER RANGE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 10. Tales From The Dark Side: Money Market Funds and the Shadow Banking Debate Jill E. Fisch 11. Exchange-Traded Funds: Neither Fish Nor Fowl Eric D. Roiter 12. Free Funds: Retirement Savings as Public Infrastructure William A. Birdthistle 13. Confluence of Mutual and Hedge Funds Wulf A. Kaal PART IV INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INVESTMENT FUNDS 14. The Anatomy of European Investment Fund Law Dirk A. Zetzsche 15. Governance Aspects of Mutual Funds in Ireland Blanaid Clarke and Mark White 16. Regulating Collective Retail Investment Funds in the United Kingdom with the Objective of Investor Protection, and Some Implications Iris H-Y Chiu 17. Regulation of Mutual Funds in Australia Pamela Hanrahan and Ian Ramsay Index