The regulators who are campaigning for structural changes in money market funds are building their case in part on distortions, exaggerations, and misunderstandings about money market funds, their investors, and their role in the financial markets.

August 13, 2012

Comment Letter

ICI Comment Letter on SEC's Statement on Sequencing of Compliance Dates for Final Rules for Security-Based Swaps (pdf)

August 13, 2012 Ms. Elizabeth M. Murphy Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 Re: Statement of General Policy on the Sequencing of the Compliance Dates for Final Rules Applicable to Security-Based Swaps Adopted Pursuant to the Securities...

August 13, 2012

ICI Viewpoints

Correcting the Record on Money Market Funds

Bad information can’t give rise to good policy. Unfortunately, the regulators who are campaigning for structural changes in money market funds are building their case on information that is deeply flawed at best.

August 12, 2012

ICI Viewpoints

The SEC’s Data Dump on Money Market Funds Is Misleading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally delivered on Chairman Mary Schapiro’s June promise to give Congress data to back up her claim that money market fund sponsors “have voluntarily provided support to money market funds on more than 300 occasions.”

August 10, 2012

Video

Focus on Funds: Economist Reid Takes on SEC’s Money Market Fund Data

Focus on Funds Economist Reid Takes on SEC’s Money Market Fund Data In the August 10, 2012, issue of Focus on Funds, ICI Chief Economist Brian Reid analyzes the data behind the Securities and Exchange Commission’s claims that fund sponsors have supported money market funds on more...

August 10, 2012

ICI Viewpoints

Better Disclosure: Distinguishing 529 Plans from Traditional Municipal Bond Offerings

The fund industry strongly supports effective public disclosure to ensure that retail and institutional investors can get the information they need to make sound investments. For disclosure to be effective, however, it has to align with marketplace realities.

August 8, 2012

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