United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-01-27 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-317T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T P0b002ee180394115 f:d04317t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T GAO-04-317T Fees Information disclosure Investments Mutual funds Expenses Testimony A09159 Concerns have been raised over whether the disclosures of mutual fund fees and other fund practices are sufficiently fair and transparent to investors. Our June 2003 report, Mutual Funds: Greater Transparency Needed in Disclosures to Investors, GAO-03- 763, reviewed (1) how mutual funds disclose their fees and related trading costs and options for improving these disclosures, (2) changes in how mutual funds pay for the sale of fund shares and how the changes in these practices are affecting investors, and (3) the benefits of and the concerns over mutual funds' use of soft dollars. This testimony summarizes the results of our report and discusses certain events that have occurred since it was issued. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T.pdf GAO-04-317T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-317T Testimony GAO-04-317T; Mutual Funds: Additional Disclosures Could Increase Transparency of Fees and Other Practices; Fees Information disclosure Investments Mutual funds Expenses