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[18362] December 21, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 89-04 CEOS FEDERAL LEGISLATION MEMBERS No. 15-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 17-04 PENSION MEMBERS No. 63-04 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 107-04 RE: ICI STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM The Institute today released...

[18354] December 20, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 88-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 16-04 SEC RULES COMMITTEE No. 98-04 RE: PAUL SCHOTT STEVENS’ SPEECH AT THE EXCHEQUER CLUB ICI President Paul Stevens spoke at a December 15, 2004 meeting of the Exchequer Club in Washington...

[18327] December 14, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 84-04 CEOS INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 15-04 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 104-04 RESEARCH COMMITTEE No. 28-04 RE: CHIEF ECONOMIST I am writing to inform you that John Rea, Vice President and Chief Economist, will be...

[18248] November 24, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 80-04 CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER COMMITTEE No. 29-04 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY COMMITTEE No. 43-04 COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 114-04 EQUITY MARKETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 47-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 13-04...

[18230] November 23, 2004 TO: INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 12-04 RE: NASD ISSUES MUTUAL FUND TASK FORCE REPORT Last week the NASD issued its Mutual Fund Task Force Report containing recommendations to improve the existing regulation of soft dollars and disclosure of transaction...

[18174] November 10, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 71-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 10-04 RE: ICI RESEARCH INDICATES GROWTH IN NUMBER OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS OWNING MUTUAL FUNDS ICI recently published two major studies about mutual fund shareholders as part of its longstanding...

[18176] November 10, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 72-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 11-04 RE: 2004 SURVEY OF SHAREHOLDER SENTIMENT REGARDING MUTUAL FUNDS The Investment Company Institute recently published results of an annual survey of shareholders’ views of the mutual fund...

[18098] October 14, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 65-04 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COUNCIL No. 9-04 RE: STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE INSTITUTE ON SOLUTIONS TO THE MARKET TIMING PROBLEM The attachment is a study commissioned by the Institute concerning remedies to the problem of market...

[17316] March 30, 2004 TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS No. 24-04 DIRECTORS’ COMMITTEE No. 8-04 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 31-04 SEC RULES MEMBERS No. 47-04 RE: FINK AND ROYE REMARKS AT 2004 MUTUAL FUNDS CONFERENCE Investment Company Institute President Matthew P. Fink and Paul F...

[17213] March 15, 2004 TO: ACCOUNTING/TREASURERS MEMBERS No. 14-04 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY MEMBERS No. 16-04 DIRECTORS’ COMMITTEE No. 7-04 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 25-04 SEC RULES MEMBERS No. 40-04 RE: SUPPLEMENT TO ICI SAMPLE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER In September of...