More than 1,000 attendees gathered for ICI’s 2026 ETF Conference, where industry leaders, regulators, and market participants discussed ETF growth, innovation, and the future of these increasingly popular products.
ICI’s 2026 ETF Conference drew more than 1,000 attendees to Nashville to hear panels on topics such as ETF investments in digital assets, ETF share classes, ETF tax considerations, and tokenization...
ICI President & CEO Eric J. Pan addresses ETF Conference attendees during his keynote remarks. More than 1,000 attendees gathered for ICI’s 2026 ETF Conference, where industry leaders, regulators, and...
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Eric J. Pan
President & CEO, Investment Company Institute
Top SEC Voices Offer the Regulatory Perspective on ETF Growth ICI's General Counsel, Paul Cellupica, in conversation with the SEC’s Director of the Division of Investment Management, Brian Daly. The...
Exchange-traded funds have transformed how millions of Americans invest, offering accessible, low-cost, and efficient options for building long-term financial security. Preserving key features of ETFs, including their tax treatment, is essential to expanding participation and supporting long-term investing.
Current ETF tax treatment protects long-term investors from tax bills triggered by other shareholders’ trading decisions. Section 852(b)(6) is a long-standing tax rule that supports fairness...
ETFs Are Working for Investors Exchange-traded funds have transformed investing for millions of Americans. They have helped make diversified portfolios more accessible, more affordable, and more...
How In-Kind Redemptions Work Imagine an ETF owns shares of many different companies. When a large investor redeems shares the ETF can respond in two ways: Sell holdings for cash: The ETF sells some...
Exchange-traded funds have transformed investing for millions of Americans. If policymakers want more Americans to start investing early, stay invested, and build long-term financial security, they should preserve the features that make ETFs accessible, affordable, and efficient. That includes preserving ETF tax treatment.
ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan opened the second annual ETF Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, highlighting key trends and challenges shaping the ETF industry and ICI’s role in supporting the continued growth in ETFs.
ICI’s ETF Conference, returns to Nashville June 8–10. This year’s conference will bring together the full ETF ecosystem to examine what comes next: how products are built, how they trade, how they reach investors, and how the regulatory framework can continue to support innovation while protecting investors.
ICI’s annual ETF Conference brings together the full ETF ecosystem, including ETF sponsors and regulators, to examine the trends and challenges facing the ETF industry. The 2026 ETF Conference will...
Exchange-traded funds have moved from the margins of the asset management industry to its center. What began as a tool for tracking broad market indexes is now one of the most dynamic parts of the...
ICI President and CEO Eric Pan issued a statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission granted the relief necessary to allow broker-dealers and other market participants to trade ETF shares of multi-class funds.
Across the country, families are still feeling squeezed after the pandemic-era inflation. Prices remain high, mortgage rates are elevated, and many communities struggle to attract the investment they...
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the milestone offers an opportunity to reflect on the institutions and ideas that have shaped the nation’s economic success. ICI is proud to be a...
Andrew Schlossberg elected Chair of ICI Board of Governors ICI is now on Instagram! ICI applauds SEC’s order on ETF share class ICI applauds President Trump’s executive order on proxy advisors ICI...
ICI Innovate Houston, TX February 3–5 Investment Management Conference Palm Desert, CA March 22–25 Leadership Summit Washington, DC April 29–May 1 ETF Conference Nashville, TN June 8–10
The INVEST Act Advances in Congress In December, the House passed the INVEST Act, a bipartisan measure to strengthen investment opportunities and support long-term capital formation. The bill advances...
Navigating ETF as a Share Class ICI’s push for ETF share class relief reflected a sustained, strategic effort that culminated in the SEC issuing an order on ETF share class applications. After...
The [approval to launch ETF share classes of existing mutual funds] will "deliver meaningful benefits to mutual fund shareholders," said Eric Pan, president and chairman of the Investment Company...
Regulated funds have broadened participation in American capital markets, with ownership rising significantly among middle- and lower-income households over the past two decades, according to data...
Investment Company Institute’s President and CEO Eric J. Pan issued a statement on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s order formally allowing the first funds to offer both mutual fund and exchange-traded fund share classes.
The estimated value of all exchange-traded fund breaks the $1 Trillion barrier. Shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $43.53 billion for the week ended October 22, 2025, the Investment Company Institute reported today.
