ICI President and CEO Eric Pan and Hester Peirce, Commissioner at the SEC held a virtual fireside chat for ICI’s 2026 Innovate Conference in Houston, Texas. Among a range of topics, the pair discussed the emergence of AI in the asset management industry and money market funds.
ICI President and CEO Eric Pan today released a statement regarding the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority updated requirements governing how broker-dealers deliver investor disclosures and other communications. Once effective, the updates will allow member firms to make electronic delivery their default delivery method.
Asset management is operating in a period of change shaped by new technologies, evolving market practices, and shifting regulatory priorities. Many of the questions facing firms today are not about whether change is coming, but how it should be implemented within existing legal and operational frameworks. ICI Innovate is designed for that conversation.
ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan announced today that ICI will offer its employees a $1,000 matching contribution to the newly-established Trump Accounts to mirror the federal investment program set up in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This legislation aims to refine FSOC’s authority, ensuring more targeted and expert-driven regulation while protecting nonbank financial companies from undue regulatory burdens.
ICI issued a statement applauding Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins for today’s proposal to modernize the definition of a ‘small entity.’
ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan today issued a statement in response to the Japanese government’s proposed enhancements to the Nippon Individual Savings Account program, announced as part of the Liberal Democratic Party’s fiscal year 2026 tax reform package.
December 19, 2025
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