CMFI in the News

2010

SEC Turns Fund Boards Into 'Hot Money' Police (Fund Action, March 1, 2010)
SEC May Boost Money Funds' Power to Know Their Customers (Ignites, February 26, 2010)

2009

Pace of Timing Settlement Payouts Quickens (Ignites, December 4, 2009)
Investor Group to Boards: Look at Costs of Omnibuses (Fund Directions, November, 2009)
Red Flag Over Omnibus Charges (Ignites, October 19, 2009)
The cost of doing a fund's business (MarketWatch, October 18, 2009)
Omnibus Accounts and Transparency - Related Issues Under Discussion (iMoneyNet, October, 2009)
Funds Match Reform Frenzy With Lobbying Dollars (Ignites, August 7, 2009)
Opinion: Why Reform Is Needed for Intermediary Payments (BoardIQ, August 4, 2009)
SEC Taking Aim At Omnibus Accounts (Fund Action, June 29, 2009)
Thrift Plans Move One Step Closer to Adding Funds (Ignites, June 17, 2009)
SEC Gives Shareholders More Proxy Voting Rights (Money Management Executive, June 1, 2009)
Resurrected Bill Aims to Spur Savings Through Tax Cut (Ignites, May 22, 2009)
Bulk of Timing Settlements Remain Undistributed (Ignites, April 2, 2009)
Study: Market Timing May Be On the Rise (Ignites, March 31, 2009)

2008

Investors Want Money Fund Liquidation Help (Compliance Reporter, December 24, 2008)
Money Voices: OmnibusAccts Demand Sunshine (Ignites, November 13, 2008)
Critic: Money Fund Plan Needs More Fund Disclosure (Ignites, October 3,2008)
Bear Market Puts 401(k) Under Microscope (Smart Money, November 6, 2008)
Investor Advocate Group Pushes For More Broker Disclosure (Fund Action, September 8, 2008)
Hennessy Joins Trend, Sheds Redemption Fees (Ignites, August 29, 2008)
Study: Directed Brokerage Ban Improves Performance (Ignites, August 22, 2008)
Omnibus Market Timing Refunds Lack Clarity (Ignites, June 25, 2008)
Franklin Templeton Scraps Redemption Fees (Ignites, June 12, 2008)
SEC Stepping up Market-Timing Vigilance (Ignites, May 1, 2008)
More Fund Shops Rethinking Redemption Fees (Ignites, April 22, 2008)
No tears shed for Eliot Spitzer (Investment News, March 17, 2008)
Broker Execs Face Music Over Fund Scandal Rule (Ignites, February 21, 2008)

2007

Shops Ditch B Shares as Class Nears Extinction (Ignites, December 21, 2007)
Fair Funds Distributions Seen Improving in '08 (Ignites, November 26, 2007)
IDC: Independence rule unnecessary for boards (Investment News, November 19, 2007)
22c-2 Deadline comes - and goes - without fanfare (www.planadviser.com, November 1, 2007)
Mutual Fund Execs Prepare For Regulatory Clampdown (American Banker, October 24, 2007)
Time Running out on SEC Prosecution of Market Timing (Investment News, October 22, 2007)
Small Investors Face a New Fund Hazard (Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2007)
Ready, Set, Request Data: Funds' New Tool to Fight Timers (BoardIQ, October 16, 2007)
SEC Urged to Centralize Fund Disbursements (Ignites, September 25, 2007)
ICI spends $2.3M Lobbying on Retirement, Taxes (Ignites, August 29, 2007)
Board asks Advisor to Resign, Follows Portfolio Manager (Board IQ, August 21, 2007)
Is the SEC missing the mark with interactive data? (Ignites, August 10, 2007)
Payback Time for Investors (National Public Radio, July 27, 2007)
B of A Market Timing Payouts Get Messy (Ignites, July 23, 2007)
What's your 22c-2 Status? (Mutual Fund Wire, July 6, 2007)
Industry News Roundup (Board IQ, June 26, 2007)
Study Finds Omnibus Accounts Limit Funds' Ability to Find Market Timers (Mutual Fund Wire, June 22, 2007)
Funds powerless to stop Omnibus Timing: Study (Ignites, June 21, 2007)
Does SEC 12b-1 Roundtable Favor Industry? (Ignites, June 15, 2007)
Fink to Debunk '12b-1 Myths' at SEC Roundtable (Ignites, June 12, 2007)
Payback Time for Fund Investors (Kiplinger, May 31, 2007)
Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Muni Bond Case (Ignites, May 22, 2007)
SEC OKs Columbia Market-Timing Remediation Plan (Ignites, April 30, 2007)
Researchers: Banish the Boards (Money Management Executive, April 16, 2007)
Putnam Restitution Plan Raises Questions (Ignites, April 9, 2007)
SEC's Donohue: New Form ADV Part II on the Way (Ignites, March 26, 2007)
Market-Timing Resolutions Hit Yet Another Snag (Ignites, Mar. 9, 2007)
Market-Timing Settlement Plans Face Delays (Ignites, Jan. 8, 2007)

2006

New Congress May Tackle Thorny Fund Issues (Ignites, Dec. 29, 2006)
Fidelity Penalty May Win Grace With Regulators (Ignites, Dec. 27, 2006)
Fund Shops Face More Timing Settlement Costs (Ignites, Dec. 11, 2006)
Scandal Payouts Still Stuck in Escrow (Ignites, Dec. 8, 2006)
Payback Time? (Registeredrep.com, December 1, 2006)
Political Upheaval's Impact on Industry Unclear (Ignites, Nov. 9, 2006)
Investor Group Suggests Payout Plan (Institutional Investor, November 3, 2006)
Retirement Shops Want a Cut of MFS Settlement (Ignites, October 20, 2006)
Blackrock to Cut Redemption Fees (Fund Action, September 25, 2006)
Spark Institute Backs MFS Distribution Plan (Ignites, September 20, 2006)
NASD Clears Up Fee Confusion in Text Box Rule (Ignites, September 18, 2006)
Three Years Later, Scandal Payouts Trickling (Ignites, September 18, 2006)
What's right way to pay wronged investors? Individuals' awards are often less than the cost of sending a check (Chicago Tribune, September 17, 2006)
Putting the fund scandals in the past (MarketWatch, September 17, 2006)
Payouts from fund scandal proceed, but slowly (MarketWatch, September 17, 2006)
Attorneys Weigh In on Performance Fee Aftermath (Ignites, September 12, 2006)
Funds Flows on Track to Outpace 2005 (Money Management Executive, September 11, 2006)
'Tough calls' on victims: Fund scandals lead to disagreement on deciding who gets repaid (Baltimore Sun, September 1, 2006)
SEC may soon OK distribution of settlement money (Investment News, August 28, 2006)
Banc One Rolls Out Settlement Distribution Plan (Ignites, August 10, 2006)
Columbia Market-Timing Mitigation Unveiled (Ignites, August 4, 2006)
Market-Timing Remediation Plan Faces Opposition (Ignites, August 1, 2006)
Few Sponsors Foresee Employees as Retirement-Ready (Money Management Executive, July 31, 2006)
Hedge Reg U-Turn Renews Competition Concerns (Ignites, July 27, 2006)
Firm Submits Pilgrim Baxter Timing Payout Plan (Ignites, July 14, 2006)
SEC Study Could Prompt New Fund Regulations (Ignites, July 7, 2006)
Tax Cuts Will Likely Stall GROWTH Act (Money Management Executive, May 22, 2006)
Attorneys Look to SEC for Disclosure Relief (Ignites, April 27, 2006)
Revenue-Sharing Disclosure is Murky Area (Ignites, February 23, 2006)
SEC Poised to Move Forward With Disclosure Rule (Ignites, February 8, 2006)
Amid Uncertainty, Boards Tackle Redemption Fee Rule (Board IQ, January 17, 2006)
Ex-Putnam Exec Settles With SEC Over 401(k) Foul (Ignites, January 11, 2006)

2005

Clipper Fund Board Rocks the Boat (Board IQ, December 13th, 2005)
House 401(k) Provisions May Pass This Week (Ignites, December 13, 2005)
Investor Group Suggests Payout Plan (Institutional Investor, November 3, 2005)
Tax Deferral Proposal Reaches Senate (Ignites, September 26, 2005)
Vanguard Implements Omnibus Policy (Institutional Investor, August 19, 2009)
New Book Rips Fund Industry's 'Failure' (Ignites, August 9, 2005)
More SEC Staffers Jump Ship in Chairman's Wake (Ignites, July 18, 2005)
Fund Shops Wait for Redemption Fee Rule Fix (Ignites, July 5, 2005)
Redemption Fees Thwarted By Omnibus Accounts (Institutional Investor, June 3, 2005)
Dissent Among SEC's Commissioners Spikes (Ignites, May 25, 2006)
Push to Preserve 529 Tax Savings Builds Steam (Ignites, May 24, 2005)
SEC Gets Final Input on Redemption Fees (Ignites, May 11, 2005)
Study: Omnibus Accounts Wide Open to Timers (Ignites, May 6, 2005)
Study: 12b-1 Fees Up Tenfold in 10 Years (Ignites, February 25, 2005)
Thrift Plans Seen as Retirement Reform Model (Ignites, February 2, 2005)
Union Pickets Schwab Over Social Sec. Plan (Ignites, January 28, 2005)
Hopes High for Reintroduced Cap Gains Bill (Ignites, January 26, 2005)
NYSE Ramping Up Regulatory Role (Ignites, January 24, 2005)

2004

Omnibus fare (Institutional Investor, December 2004)
SEC Sets Sights on Overhauling Fund Filings (Ignites, December 3, 2004)
Protecting Investors (Money, November 2004)
Firms Fall Behind in Paying Scandal Damages (Ignites, September 21, 2004)
Fund Hustlers Busted, Banished from Industry (Ignites, September 20, 2004)
401(k) Biz Awaits Scandal-Related Charges (Ignites, September 10, 2004)
Have Funds Solved Market Timing, Late-Day Trading Problems? (Board IQ, August 31, 2004)
Report shows US auditors failing in accuracy (Times Online, August 28, 2004)
Funds Create Clearer Lines of Communication with Shareholders (Board IQ, August 17, 2004)
Omnibus accounts could derail redemption fee plan, study says (BD Week, August 16, 2004)
Investor Advocacy Group Pushes For Better Fund Disclosure (Fund Action, August 16, 2004)
Investor Coalition Targets Omnibus Accounts (Ignites, August 12, 2004)
Sen. Fitzgerald praises omnibus fund study (BigNewsNetwork.com, August 11, 2004)
GAO: SEC Should Overhaul Rule Proposals (Ignites, August 11, 2004)
Hidden Market-Timers (RegisteredRep, August 10, 2004)
Omnibus Brokerage Accounts Decried (TheStreet.com, August 10, 2004)
Large Firms Losing Battle Against Timers (Ignites, August 5, 2004)
Mutual fund reform targets short term trading through intermediaries (SRIMedia, August 5, 2005)
Group Wants Brokers To Divulge Omnibus Account Details (Dow Jones Newswires, August 4, 2004)
Many US funds can't deter improper trading-study (Reuters, August 4, 2004)
Boards Set up Direct Lines with Shareholders (Board IQ, June 8, 2004)
Group Offers Solution to Contentious Proposal (Ignites, June 3, 2004)
Rep. Baker Happy with Reforms, Staying Vigilant (Ignites, May 27, 2004)
SEC to Lift Veil on Omnibus Accounting (Board IQ, March 16, 2004)
Redemption Fee Rule Widely Opposed (Ignites, May 11, 2004)
Directors: Give us More Information on Omnibus Accounts (Board IQ, March 2, 2004)
New Bill Ratchets Up Fund Reforms (Ignites, February 10, 2004)
Gaps Seen in Broker Disclosure Rule Proposal (Ignites, February 4, 2004)
States Plan to Squeeze Funds on Reforms (Ignites, January 16, 2004)
Intermediaries Urged To Tell Who Uses Omnibus Accounts (Fund Action, January 12, 2004)

2003

Rainmakers: Mutual Benefits (Roll Call, November 24, 2003)
Scandals Spawn Fund Shareholder Rights Group (Ignites, November 10, 2003)

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