ICI Viewpoints
Common Sense Doesn’t Support Common Ownership Hypothesis
How strong is the empirical evidence supporting the theory of common ownership? Proponents believe...
Foreign Direct Investment: Striking the Right Balance
In a world that is more interconnected than ever, it is important to fend off foreign threats to...
Leading the Way to T+1
Shortening the settlement cycle will mitigate risk and maximize investment opportunities—all for the...
Closed-End Funds at a Crossroads
Closed-end funds provide retail investors with many benefits but have recently come up against some...
IRA Investors Are Concentrated in Lower-Cost Mutual Funds
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement...
The SEC Must Step into the Breach
Fund investors deserve to pay fair prices for information about their investments, but a broken...
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...