ICI Viewpoints
Toward a Dynamic Climate Disclosure Framework
Enhancing climate-related financial disclosure means developing, refining, and implementing a wide...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Building Relationships
Succeeding in the world of sports is like succeeding in any other big business: you have to be able...
Jamie Dimon Speaks His Mind
In a headline half-hour at ICI’s 2021 General Membership Meeting on May 6, ICI President and CEO...
Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton and Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Talk Effective Regulation at GMM
The pandemic-related market turmoil of March 2020 and the responses to it among financial markets...
Education Savings: Here's Everything You Need to Know
On May 29, we celebrate National 529 Day (5/29, get it?)—a day to highlight the importance of 529...
Jump In for Mutual Fun
Managing your finances is serious business, so people may not often associate “fund” with “fun.” But...
2021 Investment Company Fact Book: Letter from the Chief Economist
A version of this letter by ICI Chief Economist Sean Collins was released in the Institute’s 61st...
A Shorter Settlement Cycle: T+1 Will Benefit Investors and Market Participant Firms by Reducing Systemic and Operational Risks
Recently, ICI, SIFMA, and the DTCC announced that our organizations are collaborating on efforts to...
On Closer Look, a Very Different Picture of Funds’ Role in the Commercial Paper Market
New analysis by ICI shows that prime money market funds did not pull back significantly from the...
Previous Reform Made Prime Funds Less Resilient This Time Around
Even as the market turmoil triggered by strict government mandates and social distancing due to the...
Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: A Question of Balance
Why have bond mutual funds grown substantially in the past several years? There are two possible...
Grow Your Money Skills…It’s Financial Literacy Month!
Financial literacy will equip you with money skills. Good money habits and skills will lead you to...
Traditional and Roth IRAs Offer Choice and Flexibility
With $12.2 trillion in assets, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent more than one-third...
Fund Investors’ Expenses Are Falling on Both Sides of the Pond
Data on UCITS ongoing charges have become more widely available to investors in recent years...
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...