The misguided beliefs of financial advisors

JT Linnainmaa, BT Melzer… - The Journal of Finance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A common view of retail finance is that conflicts of interest contribute to the high
cost of advice. Within a large sample of Canadian financial advisors and their clients …

Mutual fund selection and performance persistence in 401 (k) plans

HC Chen, CW Lai, SC Wu - The North American Journal of Economics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We examine how plan sponsors/providers select mutual funds for 401 (k) plans and whether
performance persistence exists for mutual funds listed in 401 (k) plans. Using a hand …

Do Advisors Improve 401 (k) Plans?

D Blanchett - The Journal of Retirement, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Research on the impact of 401 (k) plan advisors has focused predominately on the
investment menu or participant-level allocation decisions. This research takes a more …

Determinants of Brokerage Fees and Executive Compensation in the Mutual Fund Industry

R Bernabe Torres - 2017 - rave.ohiolink.edu
In many aspects, mutual funs resemble publicly traded corporations. Mutual fund shares are
distributed among a large number of small investors; and, small investors are usually …

A Primer on Trading SIFMA Swaps

P Wadhwa, P DeGroot, S Ramaswamy… - The Journal of …, 2013 - pm-research.com
Research on the impact of 401 (k) plan advisors has focused predominately on the
investment menu or participant-level allocation decisions. This research takes a more …