In Focus

  • Week InAdvance: January 24, 2022

    • Monday, January 24, 2022

    Mon Jan 24 Europe PMIs show economic impact of omicron. | Tue Jan 25 IMF launches World Economic Outlook. | Wed Jan 26 SEC considers proposing rule amendments. FOMC rate decision and Fed chair news conference. | Thu Jan 27 U.S. GDP. More Covid restrictions to be lifted in England.

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  • Week InReview: January 21, 2022

    • Friday, January 21, 2022

    Superimmunity.   Photo: Getty Images/iStockPhoto   FORGET ABOUT herd immunity. The Omicron wave will leave most people with potent and durable protection against Covid.   Covid-19 vaccines and prior infection don’t provide lasting protection against infection and transmission, especially with the Omicron variant. That makes it impossible for enough of the population to become immune to stop the virus from spreading.   But don’t despair. Omicron will give much of the population what some scientists call “superimmunity” — stronger protection against new variants and even future coronaviruses. Normal life will be possible even as the virus continues to spread and mutate. Superimmunity won’t necessarily stop people from being infected or transmitting the virus. But most people who get infected, even with a more virulent variant, will experience mild or no symptoms.   Herd immunity is over — Long live superimmunity — The Wall Street Journal (opinion)

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  • Week InAdvance: January 17, 2022

    • Monday, January 17, 2022

    Mon Jan 17 U.S. equity and bond markets closed for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. | Tue Jan 18 European Parliament picks new president. | Wed Jan 19 Americans can order free at-home Covid-19 tests. | Thu Jan 20 OECD-Asian corporate governance roundtable.

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The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is an organization of the oldest, largest, and most trusted federally registered investment advisers in the United States. All our members have a fiduciary duty to put their clients' interests first. Put simply, it's not our money. Our members' clients include companies and labor unions, public and private pension plans, mutual funds and 401Ks, and individuals and families who depend on our firms to help them provide for their retirements, to have funds available to educate their family members, to meet other obligations, and to support their financial aspirations. Collectively , the Association's members manage investments for more than 80,000 ERISA pension plans, 401Ks, and mutual funds on behalf of more than 100 million American workers and retirees.

Our financial markets connect companies to investors and borrowers to lenders to help corporations create jobs, cities and states build needed roads, bridges, and schools, families finance homes and cars, and pension plans at all levels meet their obligations. These markets allow thousands of organizations and millions of individuals to invest in America, sharing in the success of our nation's businesses and maintaining a stake in the strength of cities, counties, states, and our country.

Our financial markets can only fulfill their highest purposes when they are open, transparent, and provide a level playing field for all market participants, and when they are supported by prudent regulation and strong investor protections. All the Association's efforts are toward these ideals.