ICI Viewpoints Blog

ICI’s ETF Conference, returns to Nashville June 8–10. This year’s conference will bring together the full ETF ecosystem to examine what comes next: how products are built, how they trade, how they reach investors, and how the regulatory framework can continue to support innovation while protecting investors.

Mutual funds and ETFs are essential to how millions of Americans build long-term financial security supporting retirement, education, and other life goals. Yet investors ultimately bear the costs of an outdated fund proxy system that no longer reflects modern ownership or communication practices.

Millions of Americans depend on 401(k) and other DC plans as their primary path to financial security, where investment choices play a critical role in outcomes. Because of this, the rules guiding how fiduciaries select plan investments are highly consequential. The DOL’s proposed rule would create a process-based, asset-neutral safe harbor to guide these investment decisions.

Today’s 401(k) plans offer access to a far broader range of professionally managed investment funds than policymakers envisioned when many of the rules were first developed under the Employee...

The 2026 Leadership Summit and Fund Directors Workshop featured a policy-focused lineup of influential voices from Congress, the White House, the CFTC, and across the industry.

ICI President & CEO Eric J. Pan in a fireside chat with National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett at the 2026 ICI Leadership Summit. President Trump’s National Economic Council Director, Kevin...

The conversation turned to Trump Accounts, the program creating tax-advantaged investment accounts for American children. Hassett described implementation as a top Administration priority and made the...

ICI’s 2026 Leadership Summit, convening April 29 through May 1 in Washington, DC, brings together CEOs, COOs, heads of distribution, chief product and marketing officers, senior strategists and communicators, legal and compliance leaders, and independent directors for three days of discussion on the challenges facing the asset management industry.

Private credit is one of the fastest-growing segments of today’s capital markets. These loans—made by funds and other investors—were once the domain of large institutions, but regulated funds are increasingly making them available to everyday investors. With that growth come important questions about how funds determine what these assets are worth.

Millions of Americans are filing their taxes today feeling like they're being punished for doing the right thing: saving and investing for the long term. That was the message at a Tax Day event hosted by the Investment Company Institute.

Securitisation has become a revealing test of Europe’s capital markets ambitions. Both the EU and the UK are revisiting their securitisation frameworks in the name of growth, competitiveness, and better‑functioning markets. That focus is well placed: a healthy securitisation market is a critical mechanism for freeing up bank balance sheets, supporting lending, and mobilising long‑term capital.