The US Retirement System Is Working
Critics of the current retirement system often claim that Americans have insufficient income in...
Comparing Apples and Pears: EU UCITS and US Mutual Funds
When the European Commission released its proposed EU Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) package, it...
Cross-Border Frictions Within EU Capital Markets Can Drive Up Costs
The EU Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) aims to advance the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and empower...
Cost Benchmarks in the EU’s Retail Investment Strategy Will Stifle Innovation
The recently released EU Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) aims to advance the Capital Markets Union...
First-Mover Advantage: The Theory Is Only as Good as Its Assumptions
In a recent ICI Viewpoints , we promised to briefly revisit some of the concerns we’ve long voiced...
Setting the Record Straight on Dilution, First-Mover Advantage, and Financial Stability Risk
Policymakers are laser-focused on a concept in open-ended funds called dilution, suggesting that it...
What We Learned at the 2023 Leadership Summit
Last week, ICI’s annual Leadership Summit convened some of the most important decisionmakers in...
Do Bears Run Away from Firefighters? This Question and a Few Others We Heard After SEC Chair Gary Gensler Spoke at the ICI Leadership Summit
ICI was honored to host the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, at our...
Shareholder Activism Threatens Closed-End Funds and Their Investors
Over the past 80 years, closed-end funds (CEFs) have helped millions of Americans achieve their long...
Top 5 Takeaways from ICI’s 2023 Investment Company Fact Book
ICI is proud to unveil the 63rd edition of the Investment Company Fact Book. The annual publication...
Three Myths and Facts About Bank Deposits, Bank Lending, and Money Market Funds
What’s the issue? Following the difficulties at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and...
Falling Fund Fees Continue to Benefit America’s Investors
Demand for lower-cost investment products, competition among the vast number of available funds, and...
Rhetoric Versus Reality About Open-End and Money Market Funds
Last week, in a major speech given at a time when financial regulators are managing a banking crisis...
What We Learned at the 2023 Investment Management Conference
The 2023 Investment Management Conference (IMC) brought together industry and government leaders to...
ICI Global Kicks Off Brussels Thought Leadership Program
ICI Global is bringing the international voice of the UCITS, ETF, and mutual fund industry to...