COVID-19 Content

There were serious and widespread dislocations in short-term credit and other fixed-income markets before institutional prime money market funds experienced redemption pressure, and some Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reforms exacerbated—rather than mitigated—that pressure...

ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens shares research findings and analysis on the experiences of money market funds in the COVID-19 crisis.

ICI: ETFs Proved Resilient During Unprecedented COVID-19 Market Volatility New Paper Details How ETF Ecosystem Facilitated Smooth Functioning in Markets and Provided Critical Price Discovery Mechanism for Investors Washington, DC; October 22, 2020—Despite unprecedented market...

Financial markets’ significant volatility in March reflected a combination of unprecedented factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, global economic shutdown, and sudden demands for liquidity, ICI says in the first research paper in Report of the COVID-19 Market Impact Working Group...

The first paper in ICI’s new research series, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Economies and Financial Markets,” focuses on the relationship between the pandemic, the economic shutdown it triggered, and the volatility that gripped the markets.

Keynote Address 2020 ICI Tax and Accounting Conference (Virtual) Delivering on the Promises We Have Made to Investors Paul Schott Stevens President and CEO Investment Company Institute September 22, 2020 As prepared for delivery. Thank you, Keith [Lawson], both for that introduction...