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[36138] September 09, 2025 TO: ICI Members Investment Company Directors Alternative Closed-End Fund Working Group AML Compliance Working Group Chief Compliance Officer Committee Chief Risk Officer Committee Closed-End Investment Company Committee Compliance Advisory Committee Crypto...

ICI has submitted a comment letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, Agencies) on a joint proposal to modify the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (eSLR)...

In April, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a request for information on deregulation. The RFI seeks comment on "regulations that are unnecessary, unlawful, unduly burdensome, or unsound" and specifically asks commenters to identify rules to rescind.

Today, ICI sent a letter to SEC Chairman Atkins, outlining the key issues on which we believe the SEC and its staff should take prompt action. All but one of these items come out of our 1940 Act modernization work. While we stand behind all 19 recommendations made in our paper, we...

Last week, ICI sent a letter (linked below) to SEC Chair Gensler, requesting that the SEC (i) suspend the compliance dates for certain recent regulatory actions, (ii) halt work on not-yet-finalized rulemaking, and (iii) extend soon-to-expire relief that would have a significant impact...

For the thirteenth year in a row, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations has published its examination priorities for the coming year. While the Division has historically published these exam priorities near the beginning of the calendar year, this is the...

As part of the SEC's Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management, Chair Gensler delivered a keynote address titled, "Jack Bogle, Haystacks, and Putting the Interest of the Clients First." His remarks covered a number of subject areas, including the growth of investment products...

Linked below is the comment letter that ICI filed today with the SEC, which expresses serious concerns with how the SEC's proposed amendments to the liquidity rule would affect mutual funds and ETFs investing in bank loans. This letter elaborates on points made about bank loan funds...

For the twelfth year in a row, the SEC office responsible for conducting inspections of registrants, the Division of Examinations, has published its examination priorities for the coming year. While the Division has commonly published its examination priorities near the beginning of...

At ICI's 2023 Leadership Summit, SEC Chair Gensler delivered remarks which focused on fund dilution and liquidity and how it relates to financial stability, outstanding SEC rule proposals related to money market funds and liquidity risk management, hard close, and swing pricing, and...