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Improve Cross-Border European Asset Management—with This One Weird Trick?

In the 2010s, a digital media trend emerged promoting so-called life hacks: simple actions that claimed to deliver dramatic results. These were often accompanied by clickbait headlines promising transformation with “one weird trick” (use this one simple hack to pay off your mortgage in five years!) While sometimes grounded in logic, the claims were usually greatly overblown to attract attention.

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Top 3 New Features of the Redesigned ICI.org

For the past few months, our team has been hard at work developing a redesigned website with an improved user journey. Explore our favorite new features!

The biggest upgrade for the new ICI.org is our member dashboard. This personalized hub, dubbed “My ICI,” provides direct access to committee pages, meetings, and resources, as well as memos, white...

ICI’s mission is to strengthen the foundation of the asset management industry for the ultimate benefit of the long-term individual investor. But to achieve this mission, we need policies and...

With an 85-year history advocating for individual investors and the asset management industry, ICI has a lot of resources. Our old site made it quite difficult to actually find what you needed. But no...

While the redesigned website launched in early October, it will continue to evolve to be an even stronger resource for the asset management industry and policymakers. We will continue to make...

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Reviving the EU Securitisation Market: It's Time to Listen to Investors

Securitisation should be one of Europe’s most powerful financial tools. The benefits are clear: liquidity creation, risk transfer, capital relief, funding diversification, tailored risk-return profiles, and deeper, more efficient markets. And yet, securitisation remains regretfully underused in the EU—constrained by regulatory choices that continue to suffocate a market with enormous untapped potential.

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Three Key Themes from ICI’s Inaugural ETF Conference

More than 700 ETF professionals gathered in Nashville last week for ICI’s inaugural ETF Conference, a four-day program dedicated to the opportunities and challenges shaping one of the fastest-growing segments of the fund industry. The event brought together leaders from across the ETF...

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Cross Border Capital Flows: Swings and Roundabouts

The European Commission’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) is an ambitious initiative with the potential to transform Europe’s financial landscape by building a deep and resilient culture of investing. By placing households at its core, the SIU rightly recognises that meaningful...

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American Investors Agree: Let’s Make E-Delivery the Default

Americans manage nearly every part of their financial lives online. Yet when it comes to their mutual fund and ETF accounts, the law still requires most investors opt in if they want to receive financial documents electronically. That outdated approach drives up costs and, according...

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Implementing the Executive Order on Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors

President Trump recently issued an executive order (EO) directing the U.S. Secretary of Labor to review fiduciary guidance on private market investments in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans governed by ERISA. The EO also instructs the SEC to explore ways to expand access to...

August 14, 2025
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