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   "@id": "https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811729-029",
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   "text": "Reliance on prospectuses and other disclosures by an unconstrained mutual fund that in all material respects complies with the Company Act may be insufficient to protect retail investors.",
   "abstract": "a reliance on prospectuses and other disclosures by a UMF that in all material respects complies with the Company Act may be insufficient to protect retail investors.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Unconstrained Mutual Funds and Retail Investor Protection (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811729",
   "datePublished": "2016",
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   "text": "It is questionable whether retail investors typically have the experience or training to fully appreciate the risks disclosed in unconstrained mutual fund prospectuses.",
   "abstract": "First, it is questionable whether retail investors typically have the experience or training to fully appreciate the risks disclosed in UMF prospectuses.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Unconstrained Mutual Funds and Retail Investor Protection (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811729",
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   "text": "The absence of any current requirement to present unconstrained portfolio risks in detail raises the question whether unconstrained mutual fund prospectuses provide the adequate, accurate, and explicit information required by Section 1(b)(1) of the Company Act.",
   "abstract": "seems to raise the question of whether UMF prospectuses at present provide \"adequate, accurate, and explicit information, fairly presented, concerning the character of [mutual fund] securities,\" as required by Section 1(b)(1) of the Company Act.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Unconstrained Mutual Funds and Retail Investor Protection (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811729",
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