Bybuilding aintrinsicmechanismmodel, this paperdemonstrates that thefundmanagerscanmaximizetheir incomebychoosing the proper rate of feesandexpenses of open-ended mutual funds.
Smith and his attorney-protectors control the Cook Islands Trust and the transferred assets, which are used as instructed by Smith to fund his personal expensesand legal fees.
Each investor in the fund is entitled to a portion of the proceeds from the fund in proportion to the amount of money they initially contributed, less any expensesandfees provided to the fund manager.
Many providers have designed their plans so that employers pay a small administration fee while their employees pay large participant fees that go well beyond general fundexpensesand typical asset management and recordkeeping services.