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Economists sometimes ask basic questions about regulation that reflect a broader perspective on issues than is usually taken by those who wrestle with regulatory issues day to day. Paula Tkac, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, has written a widely circulated paper that asks very basic questions about mutual fund structure. In her view, a mutual fund is simply a collective investment product offered by an investment adviser. Why, she asks, interpose an intermediary corporation of which the investor is a shareholder? And does it make sense to apply all the rules of corporate directors’ fiduciary duties to the simple relationship between an investor and an investment adviser? These questions and others will be discussed at this conference.

This is the seventh event in a continuing series on mutual fund regulation entitled, “Is There a Better Way to Regulate Mutual Funds?”