WHITEPAPERS

Equity Buy-Side Favors New Guidance on Commission Disclosure

This whitepaper explores the issue of disclosure. To gain insight into the matter, Greenwich Associates interviewed 43 institutional investment managers and 37 plan sponsors between February and April 2007. Study participants were asked about their current disclosure practices and their views on the likelihood, desirability, and potential effects of mandatory disclosure. The results of this research were clear: a majority of study participants supports SEC involvement, with plan sponsors looking to the SEC to establish clear and specific guidelines and investment managers favoring a more limited regulatory framework.