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- ICI Comment Letters
- ICI Comment Letter to CFTC and SEC on Portfolio Margining (pdf)
Dec 7, 2020
- ICI Comment Letter on SEC Proposed Exemptive Order on Portfolio Margining (pdf)
Dec 7, 2020
- ICI Applauds SEC’s Final Derivatives Rule
Oct 28, 2020
- ICI Viewpoints: For Funds’ Use of Derivatives, a Promising New Regulatory Framework (pdf)
Apr 22, 2020
- IDC Comment Letter on Derivatives Proposal (pdf)
Apr 20, 2020
- Comment Letter on SEC Proposed Derivatives Rule 18f-4 (pdf)
Apr 20, 2020
- ICI Joins Letter to CFTC and US Prudential Regulators Advocating for Broader Use of MMFs as Collateral for Uncleared Derivatives (pdf)
Aug 1, 2019
- ICI Global Comment Letter on SFC Proposed Derivatives Amendments in the Code on Unit Trusts and Mutual Funds (pdf)
Aug 27, 2018
- ICI Submits Comment Letter on SEC's Proposed Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks (pdf)
May 23, 2018
- ICI Global Comment Letter on European Commission Proposal to Amend Derivatives Rules (pdf)
Jul 18, 2017
- Focus on Funds: Today’s Funds Need Modern Portfolio Management Rules
May 19, 2017
- Focus on Funds: ICI Outlines Measures to Enhance Economic Growth
May 12, 2017
- ICI Submits Comment Letter on Proposed CFTC Capital Rules for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (pdf)
Mar 29, 2017
- ICI Global with Other Trades Request that European Regulators Delay the March 1 Variation Margin Compliance Date for Uncleared Derivatives (pdf)
Feb 7, 2017
- ICI Submits Comment Letter Requesting a Delay to the March 1 Variation Margin Compliance Date (pdf)
Jan 30, 2017
- ICI Files Comment Letter with FDIC on Proposal on Stays in Qualified Financial Contracts of Certain FDIC-Regulated Banks (pdf)
Dec 9, 2016
- ICI Global Comment Letter to ESMA on the Trading Obligation for Derivatives (pdf)
Nov 21, 2016
- ICI Files Comment Letter with OCC on Proposal Regarding Stays in Qualified Financial Contracts of Certain OCC-Regulated Banks (pdf)
Oct 18, 2016
- ICI Files Second Supplemental Comment Letter on SEC's Derivatives Proposal (pdf)
Sep 28, 2016
- ICI Files Supplemental Comment Letter on SEC Derivatives Proposal (pdf)
Jul 28, 2016
- IDC Supplemental Comment Letter on Liquidity Risk Management and Funds' Use of Derivatives Proposals (pdf)
Jun 22, 2016
- ICI Submits Comment Letter in Response to Swap Data Repository Rulebook
May 31, 2016
- Focus on Funds: SEC Has Ambitious Agenda for Funds
May 26, 2016
- Focus on Funds: SEC Derivatives Proposal Could Pack a Punch for Funds
Apr 1, 2016
- ICI Supports Derivatives Risk Management Program for Funds
Mar 28, 2016
- ICI Comment Letter to SEC on Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies (pdf)
Mar 28, 2016
- Derivatives—Please Don’t Let Them Be MisunderstoodFeb 22, 2016
- ICI Submits Comment Letter on FINRA Proposal to Require Margin for TBA Transactions (pdf)
Nov 9, 2015
- ICI Files Comment Letter with CFTC Regarding the Made Available to Trade Process
Aug 17, 2015
- ICI Global Responds to European Commission Consultation on EMIR Implementation Review (pdf)
Aug 12, 2015
- Comment Letter to SEC Requesting Re-Proposal of Margin Rules for Security-Based Swap Dealers (pdf)
May 11, 2015
- ICI Files Comment Letter on CFTC Proposal to Amend Recordkeeping Requirements for DCM and SEF Members (pdf)
Jan 13, 2015
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letters to Prudential Regulators and CFTC on Proposed Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps (pdf)
Nov 24, 2014
- ICI Comment Letter on Protection of Collateral for Cleared Security-Based Swaps under SEC's Proposed Standards for "Covered Clearing Agencies" (pdf)
May 21, 2014
- ICI Comment Letter on FINRA's Proposed Margin Requirements for TBA Transactions (pdf)
Mar 27, 2014
- ICI Submits Comment Letter on CFTC's Aggregation Proposal (pdf)
Feb 10, 2014
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letter on Use of Customer Margin for Recovery of Clearinghouses (pdf)
Oct 10, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Submit Comment Letter on EU Clearing Obligation (pdf)
Sep 10, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Submit Letter on SEC Proposed Rules on Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Activities (pdf)
Aug 21, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global File Further Comment Letter with CFTC On Proposed Cross-Border Guidance (pdf)
Jul 5, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letter to Basel Committee and IOSCO in Response to Near-Final Proposal on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives (pdf)
Mar 14, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letter to the Monetary Authority of Singapore in Response to Consultation Paper on Draft Regulations for Trade Repositories and Clearing Facilities (pdf)
Feb 14, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letter on CFTC's Further Proposed Interpretive Guidance on the Cross-Border Application of Certain Swaps Provisions (pdf)
Feb 6, 2013
- ICI Letter on SEC's Proposal on Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants (pdf)
Feb 4, 2013
- ICI Letter on CFTC's Proposal to Enhance Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations (pdf)
Jan 14, 2013
- ICI and ICI Global Comment Letter on Wheatley Review of LIBOR (pdf)
Sep 7, 2012
- ICI Comment Letter Requesting Exemption from Position Limits for Diversified Funds (pdf)
Jan 11, 2011
- ICI Comment Letter on Treasury Determination Regarding Status of FX Swaps and Forwards as "Swaps" (pdf)
Nov 30, 2010
- ICI Comment Letter on SEC and CFTC Proposals to Mitigate Conflicts of Interest at Swap Entities (pdf)
Nov 17, 2010
- ICI Letter On NFA Petition To Narrow CFTC Rule 4.5 Exclusion For REGISTERED Investment Companies (pdf)
Oct 18, 2010
- ICI Comments on Definitions Related to Regulation of Swaps (pdf)
Sep 22, 2010
- ICI Comment Letter on CFTC's Concept Release on Whether to Eliminate the Bona Fide Hedge Exemption for Swap Dealers
Jun 16, 2009
- Investors Benefit from Fair, Liquid Commodities Market, ICI Tells Hill, July 2008
Jul 15, 2008
- Submission to Senate Republican Capital Markets Task Force, February 2008
Feb 28, 2008

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