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Focus on Funds How Blockchain Could Transform the Fund Industry New efficiencies associated with blockchain technology could lower the cost of fund operations. In the April 20, 2018, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Chief Industry Operations Officer Marty Burns details how. Transcript...

Focus on Funds Understanding Cryptocurrencies and Investing There’s a lot of talk about investment in cryptocurrencies—but do they actually affect the average investor? In the April 13, 2018, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Chief Industry Operations Officer Marty Burns details the...

Focus on Funds Time to Bring Shareholder Report Delivery into the 21st Century Fund shareholders increasingly turn to the internet for a wide range of information and services—but outdated regulations leave them stuck with an inefficient and expensive method of receiving shareholder...

Focus on Funds It’s Time to Update Fund Board Director Roles Fund board directors are seeking to modernize the roles they have played in serving funds and their investors. In the March 23, 2018, edition of Focus on Funds, Amy Lancellotta, managing director of the Independent Directors...

Focus on Funds Funds, Investors Confront Risks to Popular Global Model The global success of UCITS could be at risk from attacks on its global regulatory framework, as well as European proposals to impose heavy-handed oversight on the nascent field of sustainable investment. In the...

Focus on Funds Tax Time Can Be a Great Time to Open an IRA Opening or contributing to an individual retirement account (IRA) before the April 17 tax deadline can offer special advantages for retirement and tax savings. In the March 9, 2018, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Education...

Focus on Funds A Regulatory Headache for Funds and Investors Could Be Easing Financial regulatory agencies are looking to improve the Volcker Rule, a Dodd-Frank provision that has inadvertently affected fund managers. In the March 2, 2018, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Chief Counsel...

Focus on Funds ICI’s Advocacy Made a Difference in Recent Tax Legislation Despite sweeping changes to US tax law, key retirement savings incentives were maintained—thanks to ICI advocacy on this and other issues that are important to fund investors. In the February 23, 2018, edition...