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New Law Will Make Funds More Efficient and Reduce Need for Amended Tax Returns

By Ianthe Zabel

December 23, 2010

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens made the following statement upon the enactment of H.R. 4337, a bill that updates and simplifies a number of mutual fund tax rules:

“We applaud President Obama for signing into law this important bill that will make funds more efficient and reduce the need for investors to file amended tax returns related to their investments. The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act streamlines and updates technical tax rules, allowing fund companies to focus on innovating and serving shareholders. ICI has long supported Congress’s efforts to clarify and streamline mutual fund tax rules, and we are pleased that Congress acted expeditiously and in a bipartisan manner to modernize these laws.”
  • Learn more about ICI’s tax policy work.
  • Learn more about ICI’s government affairs work.
  • Learn more about ICI’s work on H.R. 4337.
  • Find more background on H.R. 4337 from law firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP.

Ianthe Zabel is ICI’s Senior Director for Media Relations.

TOPICS: Government AffairsTaxes

ICI Supports House Vote on Bill to Update Mutual Fund Tax Laws

By Ianthe Zabel

December 17, 2010

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens made the following statement about recent U.S. House of Representatives approval of H.R. 4337, as amended and approved by the U.S. Senate. 

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TOPICS: Government AffairsTaxes

Enactment of Tax Bill Extending Current Tax Rates on Investments Comes at Critical Time and Brings Certainty

By Ianthe Zabel

December 17, 2010

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens today issued the following statement on enactment of a tax bill that will maintain and extend the current tax rates on capital gains and dividends for two years...

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TOPICS: Government AffairsTaxes

Proposed SEC Whistleblower Program Could Backfire

By ICI Viewpoints

December 17, 2010

Today we filed a comment letter on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed new whistleblower rules. Our letter registers the Institute’s very serious concerns about the unintended consequences that will likely result from the program, given its proposed design.

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TOPICS: Fund Regulation

Equity Market Issues: Our Industry Must Be Challenged, Too

By Karrie McMillan

December 9, 2010

ICI is hosting its annual Equity Markets Conference in New York City today. To get the conference started, I urged everyone to keep one number in mind: 90 million. That’s the number of investors who are saving for their futures through the funds that ICI members offer.

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TOPICS: Financial Markets

ICI Applauds Senate Approval of Bill to Modernize Mutual Fund Tax Laws

By Ianthe Zabel

December 9, 2010

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens made the following statement about recent U.S. Senate approval of H.R. 4337.

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TOPICS: Government AffairsTaxes

Fund Investors, Economy Will Benefit From Certainty and Lower Tax Rates on Investments

By Ianthe Zabel

December 9, 2010

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens today issued the following statement on the tax legislation, H.R. 4853 as amended, approved by the U.S. Senate in a strong bipartisan vote. 

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TOPICS: Government AffairsTaxes

ICI and IDC Oppose SEC’s One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Proxy Access

By ICI Viewpoints

December 8, 2010

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TOPICS: Fund Governance

SEC Considerably Understates Costs of Rule 12b-1 Reform Proposal

By ICI Viewpoints

December 1, 2010

Following up on our November comment letter to the Securities Exchange Commission, ICI conducted and submitted our own cost-benefit analysis of the SEC’s proposal to replace Rule 12b-1. 

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TOPICS: Fund GovernanceFund Regulation

New ICI Report Shows the Key Role IRAs Play in U.S. Retirement Saving

By ICI Viewpoints

December 1, 2010

Americans are accumulating significant resources in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) largely through rollovers from employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to an ICI report published today. 

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TOPICS: Retirement Research

Candor, Compromise, and Equity Must Guide Policymakers as They Meet Challenges of Aging Societies

By Paul Schott Stevens

November 29, 2010

In London today, at a hearing room of the House of Commons, I addressed The Henry Jackson Society, a nonpartisan think tank focused on human rights, constitutional democracy, and institutional reform.

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TOPICS: Retirement Policy

EBRI/ICI: Average 401(k) Account Balance Among Consistent Participants Rose Nearly 32 Percent in 2009

By ICI Viewpoints

November 22, 2010

The average 401(k) retirement account rose 31.9 percent in 2009, according to a report released today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and the ICI analyzing a group of consistent participants. 

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TOPICS: 401(k)Retirement Research

New ICI Study Finds Private-Sector Retirement Plans Play Increasingly Important Role Across All Incomes

By ICI Viewpoints

November 18, 2010

Data in a new ICI study show that across all income groups, private-sector retirement income is more prevalent among retirees today than in the mid-1970s.

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TOPICS: Retirement Research

ICI Warns Against “Piecemeal” Approach to Municipal Securities Disclosure

By ICI Viewpoints

November 16, 2010

The Institute filed a comment letter today with the Securities and Exchange Commission on its proposals to improve disclosure for asset-backed securities. Our view broadly is that the proposals will help mutual funds assess risks.

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TOPICS: Financial Markets

U.S. Retirement Success Can Aid in EU Pension Modernization

By ICI Viewpoints

November 15, 2010

Understanding the successes of the U.S. retirement savings framework can aid European regulators as they consider reform of pension systems in the European Union, ICI said in a comment letter.

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TOPICS: Fund RegulationInternational

Kauffman Foundation Paper Makes Accusations That Are Not Plausible

By ICI Viewpoints

November 15, 2010

A November 2010 paper on U.S. capital markets from the Kauffman Foundation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) operate. The authors are respected industry authorities, and they offer some ideas that merit further consideration. But the paper levels several accusations against ETFs that are just not plausible.

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TOPICS: Financial Markets

ICI Research Shows How Funds Have Addressed Changing Mix of Proxy Proposals

By ICI Viewpoints

November 10, 2010

New ICI research on trends in proxy voting by mutual funds finds that the 2007–2009 financial crisis altered the mix of proxy proposals funds voted on. Our economists’ examined more than 10 million fund votes cast during this period. 

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TOPICS: Fund Governance

12b-1 Proposal Misses the Mark

By ICI Viewpoints

November 5, 2010

Today, ICI filed its comment letter on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to replace Rule 12b-1. While our letter commends the SEC for addressing some legitimate concerns with Rule 12b-1, we question the proposal’s timing and breadth, calling it far more extensive and intrusive than necessary.

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TOPICS: Fund Regulation

Companies Should Be Designated as “Systemically Significant” Only in Limited Circumstances

By ICI Viewpoints

November 5, 2010

The newly-created Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has been tasked with determining which nonbank financial companies are systemically significant and therefore require additional regulatory scrutiny. The FSOC has asked for input regarding the specific criteria and analytical framework it should use in making those designations.

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TOPICS: Financial MarketsFund Regulation

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