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Problems with trailer fees highlighted by new study

Mutual funds that pay trailer fees to financial advisers attract higher inflows of cash from investors even when they perform badly and tend to perform worse over all than other funds, according to critical new research commissioned by Canada’s securities regulators.

Many clients are unaware their advisers receive trailer fees from some mutual fund companies, which serve as an inducement to recommend certain funds.

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