News Flash- Independent Researchers Rally Around Soft Dollars

Following the Mutual Fund Directors Forum's "best practices" could spell a bad reality for investors, a number of independent research firms argue in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Investorside Research Association, which conducts research from an investor's point of view, said the recently proposed idea of curbing soft dollars would not help investors, but hurt them and encourage corporate malfeasance.

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