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February 12, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released a statement after President Trump nominated Daniel Aronowitz to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

February 12, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released a statement after President Trump nominated Brian Quintenz to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

February 10, 2025—ICI has promoted Chief Strategic Communications Officer Erica Elliott Richardson to Chief of Staff to ICI President and CEO Eric Pan. In this role, Richardson will oversee the coordination of the organization’s advocacy and external affairs efforts across ICI...

February 6, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released a statement after the Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 was reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The bill overwhelmingly passed as a bipartisan...

January 30, 2025—According to new research published by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), Americans highly value their retirement plans. ICI’s research report “American Views on Defined Contribution Plan Saving, 2024” finds that almost three-quarters of Americans had favorable...

January 27, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate confirming Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary:

January 20, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released the following statement after Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler and Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga departed from the agency and Commissioner Uyeda was named as Acting Chair.

January 16, 2025—“Help U.S. Retire,” an advocacy campaign to protect the investment funds that middle-class Americans rely on to build their long-term financial security, launched today.

December 19, 2024—ICI President and CEO Eric Pan released a statement on the passing of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States.

December 23, 2024—ICI and ISS Market Intelligence (MI) today released their collaborative report on 403(b) plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA),