Investment Company Institute

With Paul Atkins' hearing to be the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman set for Thursday, March 27, he should bear in mind that America’s retirement system, particularly its voluntary component, is successful due in large part to access to investment options like mutual funds and ETFs, which make it easier for individuals to save and invest for the future. Read more: https://bit.ly/429Jbbc

Miss this year’s Investment Management Conference or want to relive the experience? Check out the key moments and highlights from the conference in a new ICI viewpoints blog: https://bit.ly/4iYi0H2?

ICI staff were proud to participate in the annual ScopeItOut walk to raise money and awareness for colorectal cancer, our 11th year participating! Thank you to Jillian Pollack for organizing, everyone who joined us for the 5K walk around the National Mall, and to our colleagues that donated to this important cause.

Defined contribution plans help American workers save and think more seriously think about their financial futures. Learn more retirement facts at helpusretire.org. #HelpUSRetire?

MARCH 27: The Senate Banking Committee holds a confirmation hearing for Paul Atkins as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission?Chairman. Atkins' leadership will be vital to ensuring the strength, fairness, and integrity of our financial markets. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bPVE8e?

And wrapping up the 2025 Investment Management Conference, our panel on navigating the relationships between funds and their service providers, and potential scenarios that could result in conflicts of interest. Thanks to former Chief of Staff and Director, Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Andrew Donohue, Carla Teodoro, Sidley Austin LLP, Peter Germain, Federated Hermes, and ICI's Shannon Salinas for closing us out!

Day 3 of the 2025 Investment Management Conference kicked off with a panel discussing recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission exam and enforcement developments featuring Cindy Eson and Sarah Nilson from the SEC, Carlo di Florio, ACA Group, Adam Aderton, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, and moderator Francine Rosenberger, Transamerica.

We are grateful to Jane Heinrichs, Federated Hermes, Paulami Kar, Northern Trust, Andrew Massey, K&L Gates, James Sonne, PGIM, and moderator, ICI’s Tracey Wingate, for discussing international developments shaping asset management in 2025 and beyond.

Our Investment Management Conference concurrent session covered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s record on market structure reforms, featuring Ari Burstein, Imperative Execution Inc., Aaron Friedman, Citadel Securities, Nhan Nguyen, BlackRock, Ignacio Sandoval, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and moderator, ICI’s Kimberly R. Thomasson.

“We did have an industry wide operations call last week where we went into a little bit more detail on some of the operational considerations…the next step is for us to put forward a framework or a strategy to help industry start to work through some of these considerations,” shared ICI’s Suzanne Cullinane on ICI’s work on ETF share classes. Our panelists for our concurrent session, You Stay Classy, San Diego: A discussion on ETF Share Classes are kind of a big deal. Thanks to Shelly Antoniewicz & Suzanne Cullinane, ICI, Stephanie H., Dimensional Fund Advisors, Brian P. Murphy, Stradley Ronon, and moderator ICI’s Josh Weinberg for a great discussion on this trending topic!