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The Investment Company Institute submitted a joint letter with the Swiss Finance Council and the Bank Policy Institute on the current review of the Securitisation Framework. Read more in the comment...

Investment Company Institute President and CEO Eric J. Pan released a statement on the news of Sanae Takaichi’s election as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

In the 2010s, a digital media trend emerged promoting so-called life hacks: simple actions that claimed to deliver dramatic results. These were often accompanied by clickbait headlines promising transformation with “one weird trick” (use this one simple hack to pay off your mortgage in five years!) While sometimes grounded in logic, the claims were usually greatly overblown to attract attention.

Brussels, Belgium; September 30, 2025—The Investment Company Institute (ICI) President & CEO Eric J. Pan released the following statement in response to the European Commission’s recommendations to...

ICI submitted a letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s on its call for evidence on a comprehensive approach for the simplification of financial transaction reporting and discussion paper on the integrated collection of funds’ data.

Securitisation should be one of Europe’s most powerful financial tools. The benefits are clear: liquidity creation, risk transfer, capital relief, funding diversification, tailored risk-return profiles, and deeper, more efficient markets. And yet, securitisation remains regretfully underused in the EU—constrained by regulatory choices that continue to suffocate a market with enormous untapped potential.