About the Investment Company Institute

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) is the national association of U.S. investment companies, including mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, and unit investment trusts. Membership in ICI is available to any SEC-registered investment company (open-end or closed-end), its investment adviser, and its underwriter. ICI’s mutual fund members serve nearly 90 million individual shareholders and manage approximately $8 trillion in investor assets.

Since its founding in 1940, ICI’s mission has embraced three objectives:

• encouraging adherence to high ethical standards by all industry participants,
• advancing the interests of funds, their shareholders, directors, and investment advisers, and
• promoting public understanding of mutual funds and other investment companies.

For More Information

About ICI:
Please see ICI’s website at www.ici.org or ICI’s latest annual report. Media contacts and information about ICI’s senior officers are also available.

About ICI members:
Please see this list of ICI member companies (updated quarterly), which includes toll-free telephone numbers and website addresses.

About the investment company industry:
Please see ICI’s annual Fact Book and periodic statistical updates.

About mutual fund shareholders:
Please see ICI’s research on this subject.

About investing in mutual funds:
Please see ICI’s investor education resources.