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Investment Company Institute

Trade association PAC FEC C00105981

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$756K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $8.9M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Investment Company Institute reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 14 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 56 bills, this period

51 more, 24 named in only one filing · Show all 56

From the filings

“H.R. 1807- Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2023 (Huizenga). General concerns regarding the volume, interconnectedness, and length of comment periods of SEC proposals. SEC mandatory swing pricing, hard close, and liquidity risk management proposal. SEC money market fund proposal.”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“Department of Labor QPAM proposal. Department of Labor rule on ESG investing and proxy voting.”
Q3 2026 filing · Retirement

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC
  • LaborDOL
  • Treasury
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Investment Company Institute, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 166 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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