Focus on Funds Content

Focus on Funds 2019 Fund Investment Trends The latest data show money market funds and bond funds are drawing strong investor interest, while equity funds are experiencing outflows. In the October 25, 2019, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Senior Director of Industry and Financial...

Focus on Funds Funds Take Fresh Approaches to Investor Communication Investor communications are becoming more visual, fast-paced, and mobile-friendly. Frank Cooper, chief marketing officer for BlackRock, explains how funds can use these communications to help investors connect their...

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...

September 13, 2019—Asset managers are adopting skills from the high-tech field of data science.

September 6, 2019—The average American worker sees value in workplace retirement plans such as 401(k)s.

August 30, 2019—ICI research sheds light on American mutual fund–owning households.

Focus on Funds Learn the Latest 401(k) Trends With National 401(k) Day a couple of weeks away, ICI Senior Director of Retirement and Investor Research Sarah Holden highlights findings from an analysis of 401(k) plans by ICI and BrightScope. In the August 23, 2019, edition of Focus on...

Focus on Funds New Technology and New Trends Are Driving Fund Industry Change In the August 9, 2019, edition of Focus on Funds, Sarah Ketterer, CEO and cofounder of Causeway Capital Management, shares how asset managers are adapting quickly to changing technology and new investor...

ICI has released new research on how funds manage proxy voting. In the August 2, 2019, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Chief Economist Sean Collins breaks down key findings from the report.

Focus on Funds Fund Compliance Is an Increasingly Collective, Complicated Responsibility Fund compliance has become a multifaceted concern that affects many different departments within fund complexes. In the July 26, 2019, edition of Focus on Funds, ICI Associate General Counsel Tami...