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MoneyVoices: ICI's Stevens Backs Rival 401(k) Fee Bill by Paul Schott Stevens (as published in the MoneyVoices column in Ignites on July 9, 2009) The Investment Company Institute and its mutual fund members have been advocating better 401(k) disclosure for more than 30 years. The...

Opinion: Group of Thirty Money Market Proposals Will Harm Investors, Economy by Michael S. Scofield, Chairman of Independent Directors Council (IDC); Robert W. Uek, Past Chairman of IDC; James H. Bodurtha, Past Chairman of IDC and IDC’s predecessor organization, the Director Services...

MoneyVoices: ICI’s Stevens Lists Needed Reforms by Paul Schott Stevens (as published in the Money Voices column in Ignites on January 16, 2009) With long experience as a regulator, President-elect Obama’s pick for Securities and Exchange Commission chair, Mary Schapiro, understands...

Details on Treasury’s Guarantee Program A Message from Paul Schott Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute Washington, DC, September 30, 2008 - Yesterday, ICI welcomed the Treasury Department's announcement regarding details on the guarantee program for money market...

A Report on Extraordinary Market Conditions and ICI’s Response A Message from Paul Schott Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute Washington, DC, September 22, 2008 - These are extraordinary times for financial markets around the world, and the impact on our industry...

Setting a New Standard at the SEC By Paul Schott Stevens (as published in InvestmentNews, August 8, 2005) The controversial manner in which the Securities and Exchange Commission readopted its mutual fund governance requirements should not obscure the fact that the decision of the U.S...

Honest Funds by Paul Schott Stevens (as published in the Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2004) Over the past year, since the announcement of Eliot Spitzer's settlement with Canary Capital Partners, mutual funds have been the subject of intensive and federal and state investigations...

Mutual Integrity, Mutual Trust by Paul G. Haaga (as published in The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2003) It is not news that mutual funds experienced remarkable growth over the last 20 years. More than 60% of middle-American households now own fund investments. In a 1999 Pew...

(As published in USA Today, September 9, 2003) Investors Are Our Priority by Matthew P. Fink Serving investors above all other interests is mutual funds’ first and only commandment. It’s the reason 95 million Americans became mutual fund investors. If the allegations described by New...

Plan Meets People's Needs by Matthew P. Fink The Bush administration's landmark proposals bring common sense to the complications facing Americans trying to save for their futures. Over the past 25 years, the federal government has taken several important steps to encourage long-term...