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2018 ICI Conference Sessions - Heard in the Hall

March 29, 2018

Firm News

Stradley Attorneys Share Their Thoughts on 2018 ICI Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference Sessions

Please click on the short videos below to hear about each day’s important takeaways.

Day One

Bruce G. Leto

Dalia Blass – Keynote Remarks

Matthew R. DiClemente

Paradigm Shift: Product and
Distribution Trends Shaping Today's
Asset Management Industry

Ruth S. Epstein

What is the Future of UCITS
Post-Brexit?

Amy C. Fitzsimmons

ESG Program Implementation:
What You Need to Know

Christopher J. Zimmerman

Evaluating Fund Disclosure in the
Era of Twitter and Big Data

Prufesh R. Modhera

Hester M. Pierce,
SEC Commissioner –
Keynote Address

Lisa A. Duda

Board Update:
A Roundtable Discussion

Alison M. Fuller

Traders Never Sleep:
Issues to Consider in Managing
Global Trading Desks

Michael W. Mundt

What's Brewing with ETFs?

Day Two

Keith R. Dutill

Mutual Fund Civil Litigation:
Year in Review

Gregory D. DiMeglio

Moving from "Broken Windows" to Protecting the Main Street Investor: OCIE and Enforcement Revamp

Christopher C. Scarpa

Tax Act of 2017: Implications for the Fund Industry and Fund Investors

Ruth S. Epstein

Blockchain, Robotics, and AI,
Oh My! Considerations for
Legal and Compliance

Michael P. O'Hare

New Antitrust Frontier:
Considerations When Funds
Hold Stock in Competing Firms

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