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March 26, 2009 Ms. Elizabeth M. Murphy Secretary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549-1090 Re: Re-Proposed Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (File No. S7-04-09) Dear Ms. Murphy: The Investment Company...

January 15, 2009 By Electronic Delivery James H. Freis, Jr. Jamal El-Hindi Director Associate Director for Regulatory Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Policy and Programs U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue U.S. Department...

Pay Attention to Risk Management, Treasury’s Ryan Tells Conference The government’s efforts to stabilize the ailing financial markets will not succeed without substantial help from the finance industry, Anthony Ryan, Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, told...

Opening Address ICI Equity, Fixed-Income & Derivatives Markets Conference Of Black Swans and Money Funds Paul Schott Stevens President & CEO Investment Company Institute October 6, 2008 Grand Hyatt, New York, NY Good morning. I’m Paul Stevens, president and CEO of the Investment...

ICI: Allow U.S.  Access to Markets Washington, DC, September 8, 2008 - In a global economy, allowing foreign broker-dealers greater access to U.S. markets is a sound move, and could result in some cost efficiencies for U.S. companies. In a comment letter to the SEC, ICI expressed...

July 15, 2008 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Building Washington DC 20515 RE: Institutional Investors in the Commodity Markets Dear Madam Speaker: I am writing in response to recent suggestions that large institutional investors that...

June 6, 2008 Via Federal Express and Electronic Mail Shri C.B. Bhave Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI Bhavan Plot No. C4-A, G-Block Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai 400 051 chairman@sebi.gov.in Dear Mr. Bhave, The Investment Company Institute (ICI)1...

April 14, 2008 Via Federal Express and Electronic Mail Shri C.B. Bhave Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI Bhavan Plot No. C4-A, G-Block Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai 400 051 chairman@sebi.gov.in Dear Mr. Bhave, We are writing to share the significant...

Statement of the Investment Company Institute On the Review of the U.S. Financial Markets and Global Markets Competitiveness Submitted to the Senate Republican Capital Markets Task Force U.S. Senate February 25, 2008 Table of Contents Introduction Background Summary of Recommendations...

2007 Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivatives Markets Conference Paul Schott Stevens President & CEO Investment Company Institute October 12, 2007 New York, NY Good morning. I’m Paul Stevens, President and CEO of the Investment Company Institute, and I’m pleased to welcome you to this...