Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Content

September 14, 2015 Mr. Brent J. Fields Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (File No. S7-12- 15) Dear Mr. Fields: The Investment Company Institute (“ICI”)1...

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Focus on Funds ICI Expands Its Work on Exchange-Traded Funds In the October 31, 2014, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI’s top experts on ETFs outline the findings from their first joint research paper, and preview what’s next in the series. Transcript Stephanie Ortbals-Tibbs, ICI...

Most ETF Trading Doesn’t Affect Underlying Markets ICI Series to Address Market, Policy Issues Raised by ETFs Washington, DC, September 22, 2014 - Investors seeking to invest in or sell exchange-traded funds (ETFs) overwhelmingly use the secondary market to buy or sell ETF shares...

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The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR), and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) are charged with identifying systemic risks.

This post is the third in a series that focuses on securities lending by U.S. regulated funds—mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and closed-end funds that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

As the potential risks of securities lending are discussed and debated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR), and the Financial Stability Board (FSB), it is important to try to understand both the overall size of...

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) recently announced that it has directed its staff to “undertake a more focused analysis of industry-wide products and activities to assess potential risks associated with the asset management industry.”