The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has submitted aletter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) outlining significant cost-savings estimates to support rulemaking that would allow funds to deliver documents to shareholders electronically on a default basis (e-delivery).
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The new estimates ICI shared with the SEC show potential annual savings ranging from $589 million to $797 million per year for funds and their shareholders, with projected cumulative savings of $3 billion to $4 billion over five years, from transitioning toe-delivery. ICI data also found that fund investors overwhelmingly prefer to receive electronic delivery and support e-delivery, with 88% of fund investors agreeing that “as long as people can still request paper at no cost, it's a good idea to make e-delivery the default.”
“ICI's data finds that-even using conservative estimates-American middle-class investors would save several billion dollars by switching to default e-delivery,” said ICI President and CEO Eric Pan. “Not only is e-delivery cost efficient, investors want it. Our survey shows a vast majority of Americans support an e-delivery default. The SEC should follow the cost data and listen to investors to make e-delivery a reality.”
Key points from ICI's letter:
— In addition to the cost savings noted above, a broad, industry-wide transition could save investors staggering amounts of money-much more than the $3 billion to $4 billion in savings over five years that ICI has estimated for funds alone.
— ICI recommends that the permitted means of electronic delivery should be flexible, technology-neutral, and evergreen.
— Investors must have the ability to elect paper delivery, or change their delivery elections, at any time.
— Funds delivering electronic documents should not be held to a higher standard than funds delivering paper documents. Once a fund sends an electronic document or notification, the fund's delivery obligation should be satisfied, consistent with standards for paper delivery.
Read ICI's full letter to the SEC here.
Contact: media@ici.org
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