Additional Resources on Lost Property Issues and State Escheatment Laws
This page contains background information and other resources from ICI to help shareholders understand the issues around lost property.
The Growing Impact of State Escheatment Laws
In this short video, ICI Associate General Counsel Tami Salmon discusses how states are increasingly using abandoned property laws to take a fund shareholder’s assets, and what people need to know to respond effectively.
Read the full transcript of this video.
Additional Resources
Video
Focus on Funds: Funds Step Up Fight Against Elder Abuse and Fraud
June 19, 2020—As the global coronavirus pandemic has made some fund investors more vulnerable to...
Comment Letter
ICI Statement to ERISA Advisory Council on Permissive Transfers of Uncashed Checks from ERISA Plans ...
Video
Focus on Funds: Funds Have New Tools to Combat Elder Abuse and Fraud
Focus on Funds Funds Have New Tools to Combat Elder Abuse and Fraud When it comes to fraud and...
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Focus on Funds: Protecting Against an Unpleasant Surprise to Your Fund Savings
Focus on Funds Protecting Against an Unpleasant Surprise to Your Fund Savings Many investors are...
States Are Abusing Abandoned-Property Funds to Plug Budget Shortfalls
Imagine finding out that your investment account has been turned over to your state because it was...
Focus on Funds: Fund Investors Should Be Alert to "Abandoned Property" Risk
Focus on Funds Fund Investors Should Be Alert to “Abandoned Property” Risk Pennsylvania and other...
Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Wants Your Retirement Account
Pennsylvania Wants Your Retirement Account By Tamara K. Salmon (As published in the Pittsburg Post...