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Focus on Funds Industry Prepares for New Liquidity Management Regime The US Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled new rules covering how funds should manage liquidity. In the January 27, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Assistant General Counsel Matt Thornton describes...

Focus on Funds 401(k) Plan Designs Help Employees Save for Retirement Employers design plans with multiple options to encourage workers to save and invest, according to a new paper from ICI and BrightScope. In the January 20, 2017, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Senior Director of...

Focus on Funds Expect Major Policy Shifts in 2017 Significant changes in Washington, DC, could mean significant changes in the regulatory and policy outlook for the fund industry. ICI General Counsel David Blass takes a look at the implications in the January 13, 2017, edition of...

Focus on Funds New Data Offer Good News on American Private Pension Income New analysis of US government statistics on private pensions offers encouraging news about the retirement income that Americans receive and the number of Americans covered. ICI Senior Economist Peter Brady...

Focus on Funds Another Strong Year for Exchange-Traded Funds Investors are increasingly incorporating exchange-traded funds (ETFs) into their portfolios, and 2016 has been another high-growth year for these funds. ICI Senior Economist Shelly Antoniewicz reviews ETF trends in the...

Global Retirement Issues:Release of the OECD’s Pensions Outlook 2016 On 13 December, ICI hosted the US launch of the OECD’s Pensions Outlook 2016. The event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC , and featured a presentation by Pablo Antolin, principal economist and...

Focus on Funds SEC Changes Alter Picture for US Money Market Funds In the lead-up to implementation of new SEC rules governing money market funds, assets shifted from prime to government funds. Sean Collins, ICI senior director for industry research and financial analysis, tells...

Focus on Funds 401(k) Reporting Costs Could Jump Under Proposed Regulatory Changes A little-noticed regulatory change could affect the cost and complexity of 401(k) administration. In the December 2, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Assistant General Counsel Shannon Salinas...

Focus on Funds Upcoming Conference to Examine Funds’ Capital Markets Concerns ICI will host a London conference on December 1 exploring some of the most pressing trading and markets issues facing funds and their investors. In the November 25, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, Eva...

Focus on Funds Crunch Time for Compliance with the Fiduciary Rule Amidst a changing political landscape, the fund industry is racing to comply with a looming compliance date for the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule. In the November 18, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI...