In the Margins

Are fund directors held to a too-low fiduciary duty standard?

October 21, 2015

By Morningstar

In Morningstar's Rekenthaler Report column, John Rekenthaler maintains that mutual fund directors are held to a lower standard of fiduciary duty than 401(k) plan sponsors are. Rekenthaler, in analyzing a recent excessive fees case, maintain that directors do not act solely on behalf of fund shareholders, but also are beholden to the advisers of the funds they oversee. Read the original story from Morningstar.  

 

 

Most Read

Top of the Agenda - Governance
Fewer women, minorities among new fund directors

After years of making gains in filling fund board seats, women and individuals representing minority groups lost significant ground in the most recent two-year period measured ...

Top of the Agenda - Compensation
IDC: Fund director pay climbs again in 2024

Mutual fund independent directors earned more in 2024 than in the year prior, and the pace at which their compensation grew was also higher year-on-year, according ...