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On October 13, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released a survey on index providers directed at asset managers and index providers, focused on examining the nature of the interactions between these two parties. The survey, which contains a set of...

Beyond the well-known indexes that we encounter daily lie more than three million indexes designed to reflect the performance of underlying investments, from broad markets to niche subsegments. Indexes vary widely with regard to their specific objectives, the methodologies on which...

For the 2020 Annual Report to Members, three members of ICI’s leadership sat down to share their thoughts on how the Institute and the fund industry have navigated the COVID-19 crisis.

Paul Schott Stevens, ICI’s longest-serving chief executive, retired at the end of 2020. As he neared the end of his 16 years of service, he sat down with ICI staff to discuss the events of his tenure.

2020 will go down in history as a year that none of us can ever forget. It was a year of turmoil, fear, and reckoning. Yet for the regulated fund industry, it also proved to be a year of resilience, transition, and great hope. Read more from ICI Chairman George C. W. Gatch's letter...

How have exchange-traded funds (ETFs) weathered the intensifying financial market fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic? So far, it looks like ETFs are healthy and robust.

What follows is an abridged version of a letter by ICI Chairman George C. W. Gatch and ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens that was released in ICI&'s 2019 annual report. To read their full letter, please see ICI's 2019 Annual Report to Members....

Below is an abridged version of a letter by ICI Chairman George C. W. Gatch and ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens that was released in ICI’s 2019 annual report. To read their full letter, please see ICI’s 2019 Annual Report to Members.