ICI, ICIEF Support “America Saves Week” to Promote Financial Literacy and Planning Washington, DC, February 26, 2018—The Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the ICI Education Foundation (ICIEF) today heralded the beginning of “ America Saves Week 2018,” an annual campaign that...
ICI Defined Contribution Plan Recordkeeper Data Show Continued Commitment to Retirement Saving Washington, DC, February 22, 2018—Almost all defined contribution (DC) plan participants kept contributing to their retirement savings during the first three quarters of last year, according...
With all the recent volatility in the US stock market, two questions are frequently being asked: Are fund investors fleeing the stock market? Are index funds causing market turbulence? The short answer to both questions is no. Experience and research show that investor flows to and...
Spending Bill Rider Will Trap Investors Under Piles of Paper By Paul Schott Stevens (As published on TheHill.com, February 9, 2018) Most Americans today go online to get news, shop for a wide range of items, book travel, connect with far-flung friends and family, and manage their...
The following appeared as the "Letter from the Managing Director" in IDC's 2017 Annual Review. If there has been a single constant across the 13-year history of the Independent Directors Council (IDC), it's the stability of our four-part mission...
Americans Trust Their 401(k)s Tax Treatment, Investment Opportunities, and Investor Control Are Favored Traits of Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Washington, DC, February 1, 2018—Americans remained confident that 401(k)s, and other defined contribution (DC) plan accounts, will...
ICI Applauds House Passage of Provision to Stop Financial Abuse of Senior Citizens Washington, DC, January 29, 2018—Investment Company Institute President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens issued the following statement on the US House passage of H.R. 2255, which includes the legislative...
ICI Applauds House Financial Services Committee Passage of Bills Supported by Mutual Funds and Their Advisers Washington, DC, January 18, 2018— Investment Company Institute President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens issued the following statement after the House Financial Services...
ICI Applauds House Passage of Bill to Simplify Closed-End Fund Offering Process Washington, DC, January 17, 2018—I nvestment Company Institute President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens issued the following statement on the passage of the Expanding Investment Opportunities Act (H.R. 4279)...
The following ICI Viewpoints is a letter to the Wall Street Journal by Sean Collins, ICI chief economist, in response to an article published on January 4, 2018: Are America's individual investors missing out on one of the biggest bull markets in history? No. The Wall Street Journal's...
