PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John A. Haslem
TI  - Issues in Mutual Fund Soft-Dollar Trades
AID  - 10.3905/jii.2011.2.2.076
DP  - 2011 Aug 31
TA  - The Journal of Index Investing
PG  - 76--85
VI  - 2
IP  - 2
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/2/2/76.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/2/2/76.full
AB  - Mutual fund use of “soft-dollar trades” has important implications for regulators, fund shareholders, fund advisers, and brokers (broker–dealers). Soft-dollar trades create higher costs and conflicts of interest between fund advisers and their shareholders. This article examines some of the current regulations involving mutual fund soft-dollar trading as well as the resulting costs concluding with suggestions for better disclosure.TOPICS: Mutual fund performance, manager selection, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses