ICI Viewpoints
Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: See the Whole Picture
In the past decade, a number of regulators and academics have discussed concerns about the growth in...
ICI Viewpoints
What’s in a Name, Redux: For Bond Mutual Funds, “Corporate” Matters
Policymakers around the globe are studying the turmoil in March 2020 related to the COVID-19...
ICI Viewpoints
Bond Mutual Fund Outflows: A Measured Investor Response to a Massive Shock
The evidence about what happened to financial markets in March 2020 is still far too mixed and...
ICI Viewpoints
IRA Investors Are Concentrated in Lower-Cost Mutual Funds
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement...
ICI Viewpoints
Mutual Fund Flows in the COVID-19 Crisis
The novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, is taking a heavy toll on the world economy—in lives, in...
ICI Viewpoints
Three Bs or Not Three Bs: Revisiting Claims That Investment Grade Corporate Bond Funds Pose Financia...
In the past year, regulators have expressed concerns that regulated funds with a mandate to invest...
ICI Viewpoints
IRA Investors Are Concentrated in Lower-Cost Mutual Funds
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement...
ICI Viewpoints
From December Outflows to January Inflows: Seasonal Factors in Mutual Fund Flows
As US and global stock markets churned in December, the press took note of ICI’s reports on outflows...