Reforms as a result of the fund scandal are likely to cost mutual fund companies billions of dollars in revenue, two
In a "worst-case scenario," fund companies could see their revenues shrink between $1.6 billion and $5.5 billion. Contributing to that would be $200 million in legal fees and compliance costs, $700 million a year in lost revenue from changes to sales practices and $500 million a year in the elimination of 12b-1 fees.
On the bright side, the analysts said the worst-case scenario is unlikely to happen, since most of the proposed rules will not be put into place. As well, firms are likely to "find cost offsets to many expenses, [like] rationalizing services covered by soft dollars, and some structural changes such as combining smaller funds and outsourcing some services," the analysts predicted.
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