Tuesday, July 9, 2019

WSJ: Index-Fund Firms Gain Power, But Fall Short in Stewardship, Research Shows

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The three largest index-fund managers have grown so big that they ultimately could hamper the performance of public companies and the economy, according to research from corporate-governance scholars. 

The researchers—Lucian Bebchuk, professor of law, economics and finance at Harvard Law School, and Scott Hirst, a law professor at Boston University School of Law—recently published two papers that raise issues for investors. Read more here.

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