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ICI Welcomes IOSCO’S Call to Focus on Products and Activities in Asset Management
By Paul Schott Stevens
June 17, 2015
ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens today issued the following statement in response to the communiqué released today by the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO):
“We strongly commend the IOSCO Board for its conclusion that ongoing international regulatory efforts to address systemic risk should focus on activities and products in the asset management sector, and that this should take precedence over development of methodologies for designation of entities as systemically important.
“As we have said repeatedly, asset management is a diverse enterprise, and effective risk mitigation in this area requires consideration of activities that are sector-wide. IOSCO and its member securities regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, have the requisite experience and expertise to lead this effort.
“We look forward to assisting in IOSCO’s review as it examines regulated funds and their advisers. We are confident that such a review will demonstrate that designation of funds or their managers is unnecessary.”
Paul Schott Stevens is president and CEO of ICI.
TOPICS: Financial StabilityFund RegulationICI GlobalInternationalMutual Fund
How SIFI Designation Could Undermine Fund Governance: Parsing the Fed’s Proposal for GE Capital
By Paul Schott Stevens
June 16, 2015
Fund boards and independent directors have a long history of serving shareholder interests, yet today they face an alarming prospect that could threaten their ability to continue doing so.
TOPICS: Federal ReserveFinancial StabilityFund GovernanceFund RegulationMutual FundShareholderTreasury
Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in an Increasingly Connected World
By Todd Bernhardt
June 12, 2015
It’s increasingly obvious that we live in a world where cyber threats are evolving quickly and will remain persistent. But though such risks can never be eliminated, they can be managed, said panelists at ICI’s Operations and Technology Conference, held in conjunction with the Institute’s General Membership Meeting May 6–8 in Washington, DC.
TOPICS: CybersecurityEventsFund GovernanceGMMOperations and Technology
Facing the Future: A Conversation with Former Chairmen
By Candice Gullett
June 11, 2015
On the second day of ICI’s annual General Membership Meeting (GMM), held May 6–8 in Washington, DC, three former ICI chairmen sat down with current ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens to share the lessons they learned over the course of their careers, as well as during their years of service as volunteer leaders at ICI.
TOPICS: EventsGMMMutual Fund
Navigating Regulatory Developments and Meeting Investors’ Needs in a Global Industry
By Jeanne C. Arnold
June 9, 2015
There is a great opportunity for capital markets to develop all over the world, presenting a huge opportunity for the mutual fund industry, according to David Wright, secretary general of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
TOPICS: EventsFinancial StabilityGMMInternational
The IMF on Asset Management: Sorting the Retail and Institutional Investor “Herds”
By Sean Collins
June 4, 2015
Part of a series of ICI Viewpoints about problems in the IMF’s analysis of the asset management industry.
In this ICI Viewpoints series, we’re examining the wide range of data errors, inconsistencies, results that don’t bear statistical scrutiny, and misinterpretations in the International Monetary Fund’s April 2015 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR)—specifically, the chapter on “The Asset Management Industry and Financial Stability.” These problems undercut the IMF’s conclusion that “Even simple investment funds such as mutual funds can pose financial stability risks.”
TOPICS: Bond FundBondsEuropeFinancial StabilityFund RegulationGovernment AffairsICI GlobalInternationalMutual FundPolicy Research
How Millennials Are Shaping the Evolution of Investment Advice
By Christina Kilroy
June 2, 2015
The future of investment advice—as embodied in the youngest cohort of working Americans, known as the Millennial Generation—was the focus of a panel of financial services industry leaders at ICI’s 57th General Membership Meeting. The approximately 75 million 18- to 34-year-olds that make up the group have now overtaken Generation X (ages 35 to 50) as the largest generational group in the workforce, according to Pew Research Center.
TOPICS: Equity InvestingEventsGMMInvestment EducationMutual Fund
The IMF on Asset Management: Which Herd to Follow?
By Sean Collins
June 1, 2015
Part of a series of ICI Viewpoints about problems in the IMF’s analysis of the asset management industry.
In April 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its most recent Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), which included a chapter titled, “The Asset Management Industry and Financial Stability.”
We have heard suggestions from more than one observer that the IMF’s GFSR Chapter on asset management provides a wealth of charts, tables, and data to support regulators’ case that regulated funds or asset managers could pose systemic risks.
TOPICS: Bond FundBondsEuropeFinancial StabilityFund RegulationGovernment AffairsICI GlobalInternationalMutual FundPolicy Research
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