Mutual Fund Minute
The Role of Mutual Fund Directors
April 12, 2023
Tune into Mutual Fund Minute here, as Jay Baris, a partner in Sidley’s Investment Funds group, takes a nostalgic look at the long and winding regulatory road of fund board culture, with a reminder that history is always an important guide to understanding the present.
Mutual Fund Minute: The Role of Mutual Fund Directors from Sidley Austin LLP on Vimeo.
In an opinion piece published by Fund Board Views, Jay Baris and Nathan Greene discuss how an obscure 1962 SEC-commissioned report by the Wharton School provided the framework for how fund boards approve investment advisory agreements and how it shaped modern board practices.
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