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IDC Governing Council Chair Kathleen Barr welcome remarks to the attendees at the 2020 Fund Directors Conference.

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Eighty years ago, on August 23, 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Investment Company Act of 1940, the culmination of the New Deal’s rewrite of American financial regulation. One is hard-pressed to find any financial regulatory legislation as successful as...

IDC Commends SEC’s Fair Valuation Framework and Recommends Modifications to Prescriptive Elements Washington, DC; July 16, 2020—The fair valuation proposal issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides welcome clarity on the oversight role of fund directors, said the...

Fund boards set a high standard for fund oversight by continuing to adopt strong governance practices. A regular survey by ICI and the Independent Directors Council captures the trends. In the February 21, 2020, edition of Focus on Funds, Lisa Hamman, senior associate counsel for the...

In a letter in the Independent Directors Council's 2019 Annual Review, IDC Managing Director Thomas Kim discusses the beginning of his role as head of IDC....

In a letter that was released in ICI’s 2019 Annual Report to Members, IDC Governing Council Chair Dawn M. Vroegop recalls the tenure of Amy B. R. Lancellotta, the long-serving managing director of IDC, who will retire at the end of this month....

Welcoming Remarks 2019 Fund Directors Conference Dawn M. Vroegop Chair, IDC Governing Council Independent Director, Brighthouse Funds and Dreihaus Funds October 22, 2019 Chicago, IL As prepared for delivery. Good morning, and welcome to IDC’s 2019 Fund Directors Conference! Thank you...

Study by IDC and ICI Shows Boards Exceed Regulatory Mandates Washington, DC; October 15, 2019—Fund boards continue to safeguard the interests of shareholders by engaging in and maintaining strong governance practices, the Independent Directors Council (IDC) and Investment Company...

Focus on Funds Fund Boards Respond to Change Fund board directors are taking up the challenges of today’s ever-evolving fund industry. Keith Hartstein, member of the Independent Directors Council’s Governing Council and independent director for PGIM Funds, describes today’s...