ICI Viewpoints
The Wall Street Journal Paints a False Picture of Money Market Funds
No one with actual expertise in the money market could recognize the false picture of money market...
Money Market Fund Redemption Restrictions Would Drive Investors and Intermediaries Away from Money Market Funds
If you’re like most investors, money market funds mean stability, liquidity, and convenience. Yet...
An Outcome for Money Market Funds That We Must Avoid
Today, I provided ICI’s views on the state of the money market fund industry at a hearing of the...
Is SEC Data Misleading the Public on Sponsor Support of Money Market Funds?
In her testimony at a hearing today before the Senate Banking Committee, Securities and Exchange...
What a Difference a Year Makes—Prime Money Market Funds’ Holdings Update
As the eurozone debt crisis began to intensify last summer, prime money market funds took steps to...
Yes, Your Fund’s Board Is Watching Out for You
A recent Wall Street Journal headline posed the question, “Is Your Fund’s Board Watching Out for You...
Forcing Money Market Funds to “Float”: Hurting Investors, Increasing Risk
It’s rare to see the Wall Street Journal editorializing in favor of regulation for regulation’s sake...
The Future of Retirement and the Strengths of the 401(k) System
What is the future of retirement? In remarks today to Town Hall Los Angeles, I made the case that...
The SEC Should Protect All Investors from Misleading Hedge Fund Ads
In early April, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, into...
Facts and Common Sense Undercut Distorted Demos View of 401(k)s
By many measures, the 401(k) system has been a tremendous success, helping millions of American...
The Importance of Context in the Discussion Around Money Market Funds
In the debate around money market funds, we’ve seen too many instances of participants in the...
Improving FATCA: Three Key Areas
Congress enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in 2010 in response to efforts by...
FATCA’s Challenges for Global Investment Funds
The rules proposed to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) pose a number of...
Prime Money Market Funds’ Eurozone Holdings Down 50 Percent over The Last Year
Securities of eurozone issuers accounted for 15.7 percent of assets of U.S. prime money market funds...
MarketWatch Misunderstands Important Role of Mutual Fund Directors
Shareholders deserve better than a recent MarketWatch column’s clear misunderstanding of a mutual...
Investment Management in a Rapidly Changing World
Industry leaders exchanged views on developments in China, the ongoing European debt crisis, and how...
Managing Chaos!
Actors dying on set, getting held up at a Chinese border crossings at cost of $500,000 per day...
A Regulatory Update Featuring Mary Schapiro
Restoring the reputation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), market volatility and...
Operations and Technology Leadership Roundtable
At the Leadership Roundtable for the Operations and Technology Conference, leaders from the industry...
GMM Leadership Panel: Lasting Values for Challenging Times
Helping investors cope with economic risks in Europe and the United States, select products that...
Fund Distribution: Evolving Challenges and Complexities
“Fund Distribution: Evolving Challenges and Complexities,” a joint session for the General...
Managing Global Funds in Challenging Times
Immense opportunities lie ahead for global fund managers, agreed panelists at a session at ICI’s...
Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Howard Schultz
“What is the role and responsibility of business leaders, corporations, CEOs, when you know that the...
The Media, the Medium, and the Message
In a candid conversation exploring how the mutual fund industry must engage “old” and “new” media to...
Serving Retirement Savers in a Changing Regulatory Environment
The 401(k) and other defined contribution plans are evolving toward new structures and products to...
Our Commitment to Advancing the Interests of Investors
This week, the fund industry gathers in Washington, DC, for ICI’s General Membership Meeting. This...
Independent Directors and Trustees Deeply Concerned About More Changes to Money Market Funds
As the SEC continues to consider flawed proposals that would have far-reaching consequences for...
At GMM Policy Forum, Secretary of Education Duncan Offers Steps to Address Education Crisis
America faces a skills crisis and other deep challenges in education, said U.S. Secretary of...
ICI Research Shows That Commodity Mutual Funds Are Not Driving Commodity Markets
Investors benefit greatly from funds that provide investors exposure to a broad basket of...
Rulemaking Must Reflect Realities of Funds’ Access to Shareholder Information
We are seeing a troubling development in Washington. In high-profile areas such as money market...