The SEC has proposed a rule that threatens mutual funds and will harm middle-class families trying to build financial security.
The proposal requires mutual funds to impose a “hard close” cut-off time on when investors can buy and sell their funds, meaning that millions of American investors will not get the best price for their trades.
It also creates operational challenges for mutual funds that could risk depriving Americans of access to funds and investment strategies they rely on to reach financial goals such as retirement, buying a home, or paying for college.
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Mandatory Swing Pricing is Not a Panacea (pdf)
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ICI Comment Letter on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing
ICI submitted a comment letter to the SEC's on their proposal for liquidity, swing pricing, hard...
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What They Are Saying: SEC’s “Swing Pricing” Proposal is “Harmful” (pdf)
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ICI: Mandatory Swing Pricing Would Harm Millions of American Investors
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ICI Statement on Final SEC Liquidity and Data Reporting Rules
ICI Statement on Final SEC Liquidity and Data Reporting Rules Washington, DC, October 13, 2016—...
ICI Supports Establishing Formal Liquidity Risk Management Programs for Funds
ICI Supports Establishing Formal Liquidity Risk Management Programs for Funds Comments Seek...
ICI Statement on SEC Action on Liquidity Risk Management Programs for Mutual Funds
ICI Statement on SEC Action on Liquidity Risk Management Programs for Mutual Funds Washington, DC...
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Quick Take: ICI Response to SEC’s Liquidity Management Proposal
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Focus on Funds: SEC Liquidity Proposal: Good Goals, Unintended Consequences
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Liquidity Risk Management Must Be Done Right
The following ICI Viewpoints is a lightly edited version of a letter that ICI President and CEO Paul...
How the SEC’s Six-Bucket Approach Could Provide a False Picture of Liquidity
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The SEC’s Liquidity Proposal: Good Goals, Unintended Consequences
On January 13, I filed a letter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in response...