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Sean Collins
Sean Collins is Senior Advisor at ICI. Collins was ICI's Chief Economist between January 2018 and October 2024.

Sean Collins is Senior Advisor at ICI. Collins was ICI's Chief Economist between January 2018 and October 2024.

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Academic Literature in Support of CEF Activism: We Don’t Think Those Studies Mean What You Think They Mean
GAO Analysis Misrepresents Case for DOL Fiduciary Rule
First-Mover Advantage: The Theory Is Only as Good as Its Assumptions
Setting the Record Straight on Dilution, First-Mover Advantage, and Financial Stability Risk
Three Myths and Facts About Bank Deposits, Bank Lending, and Money Market Funds
Core Bond Mutual Funds Had Little Impact on the Investment Grade Corporate Bond Market
Policymakers Need to Focus on Economic Fundamentals and Not Blame Bond Mutual Funds: Examining the Evidence of Investment Grade Corporate Bond Yield Spreads in March 2020
Policymakers Say Bond Mutual Funds Contributed Significantly to Treasury Market Stress but…
Setting the Record Straight on Bond Mutual Funds’ Sales of Treasuries
ICI Bond Mutual Fund Survey Brings Facts to the Debate
Common Sense Doesn’t Support Common Ownership Hypothesis
2021 Investment Company Fact Book: Letter from the Chief Economist
Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: A Question of Balance
Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: See the Whole Picture
What’s in a Name, Redux: For Bond Mutual Funds, “Corporate” Matters
Bond Mutual Fund Outflows: A Measured Investor Response to a Massive Shock
Market Turmoil and Liquidity Crunch Rooted in the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020 Investment Company Fact Book: Letter from the Chief Economist
Mutual Fund Flows in the COVID-19 Crisis
Three Bs or Not Three Bs: Revisiting Claims That Investment Grade Corporate Bond Funds Pose Financial Stability Risks
2019 Investment Company Fact Book: Letter from the Chief Economist
Corporate and Investment Grade Bond Funds: What’s in a Name?
Funds and Proxy Voting: Funds Vote Thoughtfully and Independently
Funds and Proxy Voting: Who Submits Shareholder Proposals?
Funds and Proxy Voting: The Mix of Proposals Matters
“Common Ownership” Hypothesis Is Unconvincing
2018 Investment Company Fact Book: Letter from the Chief Economist
Fund Investors Will “Run”? Sorry, Charlie Brown
Americans Rely on Stocks to Meet Their Financial Goals as Much as Ever
Applying Evidence to Theories on Regulated Funds
Simulating a Crisis
Average Expense Ratios for Index ETFs Have Declined
Average Expense Ratios for Long-Term Mutual Funds Continued to Decrease in 2016
What's the “Exposure” of Money Market Funds to Europe?
Money Market Fund Reforms Combine with Bank Regulations to Boost Interest Rates
As Money Market Fund Investors Adjust, Funds Have Managed Flows
Matching Models to Reality: The Real-World Challenges to Regulators’ “First-Mover” Hypothesis
Factors Contributing to the Decline of Expense Ratios in 2015
The “Waterfall Theory” of Liquidity Management Doesn’t Hold Water
Models vs. the Real World—Why Bond Funds Aren’t the Bond Market
New Research by New York Fed Confirms: Bond Funds Don’t Pose Systemic Risks
High-Yield Bond Mutual Fund Flows: An Update
High-Yield Bond Mutual Fund Flows: Some Perspective
Changes to Money Market Funds Are Showing Up in Data
The IMF on Asset Management: Sorting the Retail and Institutional Investor “Herds”
The IMF on Asset Management: Which Herd to Follow?
The IMF on Asset Management: The Perils of Inexperience
The IMF Is Entitled to Its Opinion, but Not to Its Own Facts
Once Again, Information Moves Markets
Why Long-Term Fund Flows Aren’t a Systemic Risk: Multi-Sector Review Shows the Same Result
Why Long-Term Fund Flows Aren’t a Systemic Risk: Understanding the Data on Institutional and Retail Investors
Why Long-Term Fund Flows Aren’t a Systemic Risk: Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose
Why Long-Term Fund Flows Aren’t a Systemic Risk: Past Is Prologue
The IMF Makes All of OFR’s Mistakes—And More
Securities Lending by Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Closed-End Funds: The Market
“Preemptive Runs” and Money Market Fund Gates and Fees: Theory Meets Practice
“Market Tantrums” and Mutual Funds: A Second Look
Key Points to Remember on Fund Fees
IMF Analysis Ignores 2010 Money Market Fund Reforms and Exaggerates Run Risk
Money Market Funds and the Expiration of Unlimited Deposit Insurance
The Reasonable Balance of the 2010 Reforms for Money Market Funds
Do U.S. Banks Rely Heavily on Money Market Funds? No.
Preserving Money Market Funds Is Good for Corporate America
Is SEC Data Misleading the Public on Sponsor Support of Money Market Funds?
Money Market Funds Continued to Reduce Eurozone Holdings in November
Data Update 1: Money Market Funds and the Eurozone Debt Crisis
Money Market Funds’ Prudent Response to European Challenges
Déjà vu—U.S. Money Market Funds and the Eurozone Debt Crisis
The Debt Ceiling Debate and Its Impact on Money Market Funds
It’s Highly Unlikely that Money Market Funds Will ‘Break the Dollar’ in U.S. Debt Crisis
Money Market Funds and European Debt: Setting the Record Straight
Recent Data Underscores How Money Market Funds Have Responded to Regulatory Changes
Expense Ratios in 2010: Stock Funds Down, Bond Funds Flat
New ICI Research Examines Money Market Funds’ Pricing