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BTRAC fund members identified in early 2020 that improved transparency from the bank, trust, custody, and retirement channel is needed to better manage responsibilities for fund investors. Industry operation trends—including 1) centralizing operations through omnibus environments...

The asset management industry faces an escalating battle against cybercriminals employing increasingly sophisticated tactics. From state-sponsored attacks to ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms enabling low-skilled criminal infiltrations, the threat landscape is more complex than...

Beginning in 2021, there has been a steadily increasing trend of mutual funds converting to ETFs. Some key differentiators between mutual funds and ETFs are how investors purchase and sell shares, and how the funds themselves purchase and sell portfolio holdings. ETFs are attractive...

Through a series of white papers, the ICI Broker/Dealer Advisory Committee’s (BDAC) Interval Funds Task Force (Task Force) has educated stakeholders about the unique operating needs and requirements of interval funds. While most interval funds are continuously offered, the fund may...

The US capital markets are the largest, deepest, and most liquid in the world. They power economic growth and prosperity due to the efforts of both the public and private sectors. American businesses fuel the markets through innovation and competition, supporting employment and...

A number of central banks in the European Union (EU) are calling for the development of a new layer of regulatory macroprudential tools to address risks in non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI). These central banks argue that macroprudential tools could supplement existing...