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Directors navigate first-half markets, look for insights into future
By Sara Yerkey, Management Practice
The way the financial markets moved up, down, then back up again during the first half of 2025 has had a whipsaw effect on those of us participating in the financial services industry. Despite this, investors seemed more resilient than ever to geopolitical tensions, trade policy uncertainties, and rising national ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Governance

Fewer women, minorities among new fund directors
By Hillary Jackson
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 by an annual industry survey. And while the drop-off among directors hired in 2023 and 2024 is for just a single time period, advocates ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Governance

Capital Group plans fund realignment, streamlining of board clusters
By Hillary Jackson
Capital Group has proposed realigning its various funds under four new board clusters, a move that would cut the number of clusters serving the complex by two. In the process, one long-serving director is retiring and a new director candidate has been nominated to join the complex. Shareholders are scheduled ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Succession

Who's at the Table? Latest boardroom people moves
FBV's Who's at the Table? feature is where readers can stay up to date on the latest comings and goings in mutual fund boardrooms, as independent directors wrap up their service or take on new roles and responsibilities, and new individuals join the ranks of the fund independent director. Who's ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 

Top of the Agenda - Legal

Vanguard close to $25M settlement in class-action suit
By Hillary Jackson
A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a plan for Vanguard Group to pay $25 million to settle a class-action suit related to misleading statements about its target-date funds. Vanguard and its fund board have faced years of legal and regulatory challenges resulting from the adviser's decision in late ...  >> CONTINUE READING <<<

 

 


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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 ...
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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 ...