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ICI Viewpoints

What’s Next for ETFs: Innovation, Distribution, and the Investor Experience

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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...

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A Welcome SEC Focus on Fund Proxy Modernization

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Mutual funds and ETFs are essential to how millions of Americans build long-term financial security supporting retirement, education, and other life goals. Yet investors ultimately bear the costs of an outdated fund proxy system that no longer reflects modern ownership or communication practices.

The current fund proxy system is outdated, costly, and inefficient. The SEC Investor Advisory Committee’s fund proxy modernization recommendations would reduce unnecessary costs and solve many of the...

For millions of Americans, mutual funds and ETFs are the foundation of long-term financial security. They help families save for retirement, education, homeownership, and other major goals. But behind...

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DOL Gets It Right on Retirement Plan Investment Options

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Millions of Americans depend on 401(k) and other DC plans as their primary path to financial security, where investment choices play a critical role in outcomes. Because of this, the rules guiding how fiduciaries select plan investments are highly consequential. The DOL’s proposed rule would create a process-based, asset-neutral safe harbor to guide these investment decisions.

The Department of Labor’s proposed Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives rule would allow retirement plan decisionmakers to evaluate and select investments without fear that...

Millions of Americans rely on 401(k) plans and other workplace defined contribution (DC) retirement plans as their primary path to financial security. For these savers, the investment options...

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