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Mutual funds should be able to lock up investors’ funds or charge shareholders for withdrawals if they urgently need cash to ride out a crisis, according to a new set of policy recommendations from the Financial Stability Board. The Basel, Switzerland-based board says funds have herded into sporadically traded assets that can be sold during good times but might become illiquid during a crisis. Read the original story from The Wall Street Journal.
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