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Many countries are committed to helping their citizens build adequate resources to live dignified lives in their older years, and pay-as-you-go public pension programmes have been the primary component of their retirement systems. But demographic trends have increased the costs of...

European Commission Should Reconsider Macroprudential Policy Framework ICI Global Calls for Restructuring European Systemic Risk Board and Mandate London, 31 October 2016—ICI Global is backing a European Commission (EC) review of the European Union (EU) macroprudential policy...

Focus on Funds Global Funds and Investors Would Benefit from Changes to Europe’s Fund Distribution Structure Changes to European fund distribution rules could be a “game changer” for funds as well as investors. In the October 28, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, Giles Swan, policy...

The Role of Investment Funds in the Global Economy Keynote Address The Investment Trusts Association, Japan Paul Schott Stevens President and CEO Investment Company Institute October 21, 2016 Tokyo As prepared for delivery. To my friends at the Investment Trust Association of Japan...

Focus on Funds Brexit Could Cost Investors Brexit—the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union—could have significant implications for global funds and their investors. In the October 21, 2016, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Global Managing Director Dan Waters lays out what to...

Enough Already: Is Post-Crisis Financial Reform Going Too Far? Luncheon Keynote American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Paul Schott Stevens President and CEO Investment Company Institute October 19, 2016 Tokyo As prepared for delivery. Thank you for that warm welcome, and thank you all...

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UCITS Fund Distribution Reforms Would Benefit Investors and Markets Simplified Rules Would Reduce Investment Barriers, Improve the Flow of Capital London, 4 October 2016—ICI Global urged the European Commission to reform cross-border fund distribution rules to promote greater...

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