The current proposal to implement the Volcker Rule poses a threat to markets and fund investors, ICI and ICI Global said in statements submitted for a House hearing.

At a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, ICI President Paul Schott Stevens discusses the most pressing issues facing the fund industry.

ICI addresses issues raised by a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on mutual fund investment in commodities.

ICI urged Congress to maintain the ability of American workers to make full use of the retirement vehicles they value so strongly.

Rules defining who is a fiduciary under ERISA must provide certainty and should not impede commonplace financial transactions, ICI said in a statement.

ICI’s statement for the record on lifetime income options for a U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing stressed the need to preserve retirees’ choices on how to take distributions from their retirement accounts.

Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction calls for “responsible action” to benefit investors, markets, and the economy.

ICI addresses issues raised by a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on mutual fund investment in commodities.

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens applauded the introduction of bills that would maintain and extend the current tax rates on capital gains and dividends.

ICI’s statement for the record addressed how the current proposal to implement the Volcker Rule poses a threat to markets and fund investors.

ICI urged Congress to maintain the ability of American workers to make full use of the retirement vehicles they value so strongly.

ICI’s response to the hearing provides a brief overview of fund regulation and investment, including investments that seek exposure to the commodity markets.