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Mutual Fund to ETF Conversion: Operational Considerations

Beginning in 2021, there has been a steadily increasing trend of mutual funds converting to ETFs. Some key differentiators between mutual funds and ETFs are how investors purchase and sell shares, and how the funds themselves purchase and sell portfolio holdings. ETFs are attractive...
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Only Activist Raiders Would Miss Annual Meetings

September 12, 2024—Powerful activist investors have been abusing the New York Stock Exchange's annual shareholder meeting requirement for listed closed-end funds, a requirement that provides little benefit to long-term shareholders and costs them millions of dollars. The NYSE's...