On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund released its latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), including a chapter on the asset management industry and financial stability.
Fundamental Financial Factors and Non-Fund Foreign Investors Exert Strongest Influence on Emerging Markets New ICI Global Research Shows Regulated Funds Are Stable Source of Capital London, 6 April 2015—Amidst increasing capital inflows to emerging markets, new economic analysis finds...
ICI Provides Detailed Empirical Analysis to Rebut FSOC’s ‘Systemic Risk’ Theories for Regulated Funds Washington, DC, March 26, 2015—In a detailed response to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), ICI addressed questions about the operations of regulated stock and bond...
On Wednesday, March 25, I’ll testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s process for designating nonbank firms as “systemically important financial institutions,” or SIFIs.
Treasury yields fell sharply today and the stock market jumped. Wouldn’t it be nice if mutual funds could take credit? Unfortunately, they can’t. Any orders that mutual fund investors place to buy or sell shares anytime today before 4:00 p.m. won’t hit the market until 4:00 p.m., just...
The Modern Fund Industry at 75 David W. Blass General Counsel, Investment Company Institute March 16, 2015 2015 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference Palm Desert, CA As prepared for delivery. Good morning, and thank you, Heidi [Hardin, Senior Vice President and General...
ICI recently conducted a survey of its members that sponsor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to collect information on authorized participants (APs)—typically market makers or large institutional investors with an ETF trading desk that have entered into a legal contract with an ETF to...
