You probably know that mutual funds charge fees and that, in general, you should pay as little as possible. But you may not fully realize what a difference a seemingly small fee can make in your ...

From its start in 1980, the 12b-1 fee was controversial. Here was a distribution charge assessed against current mutual fund investors that the fund company could then use to market the fund to new ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has continued to bring cases against advisors for 12b-1 fee violations since ending its Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative in April 2020. Under the ...

Advisers will certainly have heard questions from clients about the use of 12b-1 fees moving forward under the new DOL fiduciary rule; what are the experts saying? Some experts believe retirement plan ...

Fund costs are down, transparency is up — and yet avoiding controversial fees in a portfolio is still easier said than done due to one of the industry's bugaboos: 12b-1 fees. Even Vanguard isn’t ...

If ever there were a time to kill 12(b)-1 fees, that time is now. The imminent extension via regulatory reform of the fiduciary standard to brokers who provide advice presents a fitting time to get ...

SEC officials signaled this week that the agency is revisiting the rules regarding annual 12b-1 fees in mutual funds. SEC officials signaled this week that the agency is revisiting the rules regarding ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered NPB Financial Group to pay more than $1 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose payments it received from mutual funds that it recommended ...

Offering some preliminary commentary on the SEC’s newly announced adviser 12b-1 fee conflict of interest “amnesty” program, as it’s being referred to in the trade media, Wagner Law Group attorneys ...

Educators Financial Services (EFS), a registered investment advisory firm with strong ties to the Minnesota teaching community, will pay $1.1 million to settle allegations it violated the Investment ...