TY - JOUR T1 - Issues in Mutual Fund Soft-Dollar Trades JF - The Journal of Index Investing SP - 76 LP - 85 DO - 10.3905/jii.2011.2.2.076 VL - 2 IS - 2 AU - John A. Haslem Y1 - 2011/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/2/2/76.abstract N2 - 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 ER -