Chapter 20 Mutual Fund Industry

CHAPTER 20
The Mutual Fund
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Chapter Preview (1 of 2)
Suppose you wanted to start savings for retirement, but you can
only afford to invest $100 / month. How do you develop a
diversified portfolio?
Mutual funds are one potential answer.
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Chapter Preview (2 of 2)
Topics include:
• The Growth of Mutual Funds
• Mutual Fund Structure
• Investment Objective Classes
• Fee Structure of Investment Funds
• Regulation of Mutual Funds
• Hedge Funds
• Conflicts of Interest in the Mutual Fund Industry
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Mutual Funds
• Mutual funds pool the resources of many small investors by
selling them shares and using the proceeds to buy securities.
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The Growth of Mutual Funds (1 of 5)
• At the beginning of 2013, 57% of retirement assets were held
by mutual funds.
• 28% of the U.S. stock market and almost 44% of all U.S.
households hold stock via mutual funds.
• Assets held by mutual funds have grown by about 17% per
year for the last 25 years, reaching over $14 trillion.
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• The first mutual fund similar to the funds of today was
introduced in Boston in 1824.
• The stock market crash of 1929 set the mutual fund industry
back because small investors avoid stocks and distrusted
mutual funds.
• The Investment Company Act of 1940 reinvigorated the
industry by requiring better disclosure of fees, etc.
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• There are five principal benefits of mutual funds:
1. Liquidity intermediation: investors can quickly
convert investments into cash.
2. Denomination intermediation: investors can
participate in equity and debt offerings that,
individually, require more capital than they
possess.
3. Diversification: investors immediately realize the
benefits of diversification even for small
investments.
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• There are five principal benefits of mutual funds:
4. Cost advantages: the mutual fund can negotiate
lower transaction fees than would be available to
the individual investor.
5. Managerial expertise: many investors prefer to
rely on professional money managers to select
their investments.
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• Ownership in mutual funds has changed dramatically over the
last 20 years
– In 1980, only 5.7% of households held mutual
fund shares
– In the beginning of 2013, that number was 75%
– Mutual funds account for $5.3 trillion of the
retirement market (estimated at $19.5 trillion)
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Table 20.1 Total Industry Net Assets, Number of Funds, and
Number of Shareholder Accounts (1 of 5)
Year Net Assets ($ Number of Funds Number of Accounts

millions) (thousands)
1970 47,618 361 10,690
1971 55,045 392 10,901
1972 59,830 410 10,635
1973 46,518 421 10,331
1974 35,776 431 10,074
1975 45,874 426 9,876
1976 51,276 452 9,060
1977 48,936 477 8,693
1978 55,837 505 8,658
1979 94,511 526 9,790
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1980 134,760 564 12,088
1981 241,365 665 17,499
1982 296,678 857 21,448
1983 292,985 1,026 24,605
1984 370,680 1,243 27,636
1985 495,385 1,528 34,098
1986 715,667 1,835 45,374
1987 769,171 2,312 53,717
1988 809,370 2,737 54,056
1989 980,671 2,935 57,560
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1990 1,065,194 3,079 61,948
1991 1,393,189 3,403 68,332
1992 1,642,543 3,824 79,931
1993 2,069,960 4,534 94,015
1994 2,155,320 5,325 114,383
1995 2,811,290 5,725 131,219
1996 3,525,800 6,248 149,933
1997 4,468,200 6,684 170,299
1998 5,525,209 7,314 194,029
1999 6,846,339 7,791 226,212
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2000 6,964,630 8,155 244,705
2001 6,974,910 8,305 248,701
2002 6,383,480 8,243 251,123
2003 7,402,420 8,125 260,698
2004 8,095,080 8,040 269,468
2005 8,891,110 7,974 275,479
2006 10,396,510 8,117 288,596
2007 12,000,640 8,026 292,590
2008 9,602,600 8,022 264,597
2009 11,120,730 7,691 270,949
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2010 11,831.88 7,555 291,299
2011 11,627.36 7,591 275,024
2012 13,045.22 7,596 264,131
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Figure 20.1 Household Ownership of Mutual Funds
Data Source: Investment Company Institute, 2016 Investment Company Fact Book (Washington, DC: ICI),
https://www.ici.org/pdf/2016_factbook.pdf.
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Figure 20.2 Average Asset Allocation for All 401(k) Plan Balances
Source: Investment Company Institute, 2016 Investment Company Fact Book, (Washington, DC: ICI),
https://www.ici.org/pdf/2016_factbook.pdf. Reprinted with permission.
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Mutual Fund Structure (1 of 2)
• Investment companies usually offer a number of different
types of mutual funds.
• Investors can often move investments among these funds
without penalty.
• The complexes often issue consolidated statements.
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Mutual Fund Structure (2 of 2)
• Closed-End Fund: a fixed number of nonredeemable shares
are sold through an initial offering and are then traded in the
OTC market. Price for the shares is determined by supply and
demand forces.
• Open-End Fund: investors may buy or redeem shares at any
point, where the price is determined by the net asset value of
the fund.
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Calculating a Mutual Fund’s Net
Asset Value
• Net Asset Value (NAV)
• Definition: Total value of the mutual fund’s stocks,
bonds, cash, and other assets minus any liabilities such as
accrued fees, divided by the number of shares outstanding
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Calculating a Mutual Fund’s Net
Asset Value: an example
Stocks $20,000,000
Bonds $10,000,000
Cash $500,000
Total value of assets $30,500,000
Liabilities − $300,000
Net worth $30,200,000
Outstanding shares 10 million
NAV = $30,200,000 / 10,000,000 = $3.02 Blank
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Mutual Fund Structure: the
Organization
(1 of 2)
• The shareholders, or owners, of the mutual fund are the
investors.
• The board of directors oversees the fund’s activities, hires the
investment advisor, an underwriter, etc., to manage the day to
day operations of the fund.
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Figure 20.3 The Organizational Structure of a Mutual Fund
Source: Investment Company Institute, 2016 Investment Company Fact Book (Washington, DC: ICI),
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Mutual Fund Structure: The
Organization
(2 of 2)
• In theory, the board can fire the fund manager and hire
anyone they choose. For instance, the board for the Fidelity
Magellan Fund can fire Fidelity. Of course, if the board hires a
non-Fidelity management team, the fund will probably lose its
name, and possibly its reputation along with it.
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Investment Objective Classes (1 of 7)
• There are four primary classes of mutual funds available to
investors:
1. Stock (equity) funds
2. Bond funds
3. Hybrid funds
4. Money market funds
• The next slide shows the distribution of assets among these
different classes.
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Figure 20.4 Distribution of Assets Among Types of Mutual Funds
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• Stock Funds
– Other than investing in common equity, the stated
objective of any particular fund can vary
dramatically.
– Capital Appreciation Funds seek rapid increase in
share price, not being concerned about dividends.
– Total Return Funds seek a balance of current
income and capital appreciation.
– World Equity Funds invest primarily in foreign
firms.
– Other types in Value, Growth, a particular 15-26
• Bond Funds
– Strategic Income Funds invest primarily in U.S.
corporate bonds, seeking a high level of current
income.
– Government Bond Funds invest in U.S. Treasury, as
well as state and local government bonds.
– Others include World Bond Funds, etc.
• The next figure shows the distribution of assets among the
bond fund classifications.
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Figure 20.5 Assets Invested in Different Types of Bond Mutual
Funds
https://www.ici.org/pdf/2016_factbook.pdf, Table 4, pg. 193.
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• Hybrid Funds
– Combine stocks and bonds into a single fund.
– Account for about 5% of all mutual fund accounts.
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• Money Market Mutual Funds
– Open-end funds that invest only in money market
securities.
– Offer check-writing privileges.
– Net assets have grown dramatically, as seen in the
next slide.
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Figure 20.6 Net Assets of Money Market Mutual Funds
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• Money Market Mutual Funds
– Although money market mutual funds offer higher
returns than bank deposits, the funds are not
federally insured.
– The next slide shows the distribution of assets in
MMMF, which are relatively safe assets.
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Figure 20.7 Average Distribution of Money Market Fund Assets,
2016
https://www.ici.org/pdf/2016_factbook.pdf. Table 40, page 211.
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• Index Funds
– A special class of mutual funds that do fit into any
of the categories discussed so far.
– The fund contains the stock of the index it is
mimicking. For example, an S&P 500 index fund
would hold the equities comprising the S&P 500.
– Offers benefits of traditional mutual funds without
the fees of the professional money manager.
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Fee Structure of Investment Funds
(1 of 2)
• Load funds (class A shares) charge an upfront fee for buying

the shares. No-load funds do not charge this fee.
• Deferred load (class B shares) funds charge a fee when the
shares are redeemed.
• If the particular fund charges no front or back end fees, it is
referred to as class C shares.
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Fee Structure of Investment Funds
(2 of 2)
• Other fees charges by mutual funds include:

– contingent deferred sales charge: a back end fee
that may disappear altogether after a specific
period.
– redemption fee: another name for a back end load
– exchange fee: a fee (usually low) for transferring
money between funds in the same family.
– account maintenance fee: charges if the account
balance is too low.
– 12b-1 fee: fee to pay marketing, advertising,
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Regulation of Mutual Funds (1 of 2)
• Mutual funds are regulated by four primary laws:
– Securities Act of 1933: specifies disclosure
requirements
– Securities Exchange Act of 1934: details antifraud
rules
– Investment Company Act of 1940: requires
registration and minimal operating standards
– Investment Advisors Act of 1940: regulates fund
advisors
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Regulation of Mutual Funds (2 of 2)
• Mutual funds are the only companies in the U.S. that are
required by law to have independent directors, as follows
(2001 SEC rules)
– Independent directors must constitute a majority
of the board
– Independent directors select and nominate other
independent directors
– Legal counsel to the independent directors must
also be independent
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Hedge Funds (1 of 3)
• A special type of mutual fund that received considerable
attention following the collapse of Long Term Capital
Management.
• Different from typical mutual funds, as follows:
– High minimum investment, averaging around $1
million
– Long-term commitment of funds is required
– High fees: typically 1% of assets plus 20% of
profits
– Highly levered
– Little current regulation
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• Hedge funds are often trying to take advantage of unusual
spreads between security prices
• For example, at LTCM, the managers that 29.5-year U.S.
Treasury bonds seemed cheap relative to 30-year Treasury
securities. The managers figured that the value of the two
bonds would converge over time.
• LTCM bought $2 billion of the 29.5-year bonds and sold short
$2 billion of the 30-year bonds. Six months later, the fund
reversed these transactions, and realized a $25 million profit!
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Figure 20.8 The Price of Two Similar Securities
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Mini-Case: The LTCM Debacle
Long Term Capital Management was a hedge fund run by John
Meriwether, and its board included Nobel Laureates Myron
Scholes and Robert C. Merton.
It recorded returns in excess of 30% for the first several years.
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The LTCM Debacle (1 of 2)
It took bets that went the wrong way. Its collapse was eminent,
and regulators decided they had to develop a bailout. LTCM had
over $80 billion in equity positions and over $1 trillion in
derivative positions. Its failure could have been devastating for
the U.S. economy.
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The LTCM Debacle (2 of 2)
Hedge funds have continued to fail since LTCM. Amaranth
Advisors loss $6 billion in one week in natural gas futures. Other
funds have similar losses. Indeed, hedge fund investing is a
potentially high risk game for well-heeled investors (gamblers?)
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• The SEC passed regulation in 2006 requiring hedge fund
advisors to register with the SEC. The SEC became concerned
about fraud, and hedge funds became available to the
average investor via “retailization”.
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Conflicts of Interest in the Mutual
Fund Industry (1 of 2)
• Investor confidence in the stability and integrity of the mutual
fund industry is critical.
• However, the usual problems of asymmetric information and
the principal-agent problem arose, leading to abuses on the
part of fund management.
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Fund Industry (2 of 2)
• Mutual Fund Abuses
– Late trading: allowing trades after 4:00 pm to
trade at today’s 4:00 NAV instead of tomorrow’s
price. This is illegal under SEC regulations.
– Market timing: taking advantage of time zone
differences for determination of NAV. This is not
illegal under SEC rulings.
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Conflicts of Interest: Mutual Fund
Lawsuits and Settlements (1 of 2)
• Alliance Capital Management Corp. was charged with allowing
traders to engage in market timing, paying $250 million in
fines and restitution to shareholders.
• Bank of America, along with Canary Capital Partners, agreed
to fee reductions of $160 million and fines and restitution of
$375 million
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Conflicts of Interest: Mutual Fund
Lawsuits and Settlements (2 of 2)
• Janus reduced fees by $125 million and pay fines and
restitution of $100 million
• Putnam Investments, the fifth-largest family of funds, agreed
to pay $100 million in fines and restitution
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Conflicts of Interest: SEC Survey
Finds Abuses Widespread
• In a sample of the largest 88 mutual fund companies, which
represented 90% of the industry’s assets, the SEC said that
about 25% of the broker-dealers were allowed to make illegal
late trades.
• Half the funds let some privileged shareholders engage in
market timing trades.
• Research also showed that more than 30% of the funds
admitted that their managers had shared sensitive portfolio
information with favored shareholders.
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Fund Industry
• Government Response to Abuses
– Require more independent directors
– Hardening the 4:00 valuation rule: this addresses
the late trading problem, but not market timing.
– Increased and enforces redemption fees: fees to
discourage market timing by additional fees for
short-term redemptions.
– Increased transparency: hits operating practices,
directors, investment managers, compensation
arrangements with brokers, etc.
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Chapter Summary (1 of 4)
• The Growth of Mutual Funds: mutual funds growth has been
dramatic, increasing from under $300 billion in 1980 to over
$14 trillion in 2012.
• Mutual Fund Structure: the organization structure, including
ownership, the board, and operations of the fund were
reviewed.
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• Investment Objective Classes: along with delineating equity
and debt funds, we also reviewed classes on funds within
each major category.
• Fee Structure of Investment Funds: the various fees charged
by funds were defined and reviewed.
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• Regulation of Mutual Funds: the various acts and laws that
govern mutual funds were listed.
• Hedge Funds: the purpose, definition, and differences
between traditional mutual funds and hedge funds was
discussed.
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• Conflicts of Interest in the Mutual Fund Industry: recent
abuses and governmental responses to those abuses was
outlined.
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The Mutual Fund

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• Load funds (class A shares) charge an upfront fee for buying

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