Fund boards and independent directors have a long history of serving shareholder interests, yet today they face an alarming prospect that could threaten their ability to continue doing so.
It’s increasingly obvious that we live in a world where cyber threats are evolving quickly and will remain persistent. But though such risks can never be eliminated, they can be managed, said panelists at ICI’s Operations and Technology Conference, held in conjunction with the...
On the second day of ICI’s annual General Membership Meeting (GMM), held May 6–8 in Washington, DC, three former ICI chairmen sat down with current ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens to share the lessons they learned over the course of their careers, as well as during their...
Regulation by Conjecture: Central Bankers’ Push to Regulate Capital Markets Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association 2015 Investment Management Forum Dan Waters Managing Director ICI Global 10 June 2015 The Hague Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to join you today. I am...
Letter to the Editor: A Tax That Would Only Harm (As published in the Washington Post on June 10, 2015) Harold Meyerson was correct when he said in his June 5 op-ed column, “ A Sister Souljah moment,” that the idea of a financial transaction tax is nothing new. But he was wrong to...
There is a great opportunity for capital markets to develop all over the world, presenting a huge opportunity for the mutual fund industry, according to David Wright, secretary general of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Part of a series of ICI Viewpoints about problems in the IMF’s analysis of the asset management industry. In this ICI Viewpoints series, we’re examining the wide range of data errors, inconsistencies, results that don’t bear statistical scrutiny, and misinterpretations in the...
ICI Statement on SIFMA’s Proposed Best Interests of the Customer Standard Washington, DC, June 3, 2015— ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens today issued the following statement on the Proposed Best Interests of the Customer Standard issued by the Securities Industry and...
The future of investment advice—as embodied in the youngest cohort of working Americans, known as the Millennial Generation—was the focus of a panel of financial services industry leaders at ICI’s 57th General Membership Meeting. The approximately 75 million 18- to 34-year-olds that...
Part of a series of ICI Viewpoints about problems in the IMF’s analysis of the asset management industry. In April 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its most recent Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), which included a chapter titled, “The Asset Management...
