What is the ICI Confidential File?

The official name is the ICI Monthly Confidential Sales Report.

Fund complexes participating in the ICI's Monthly Confidential Sales Report have agreed to share individual class asset, flow and sales data with other participants. All participants agree to respect the confidentiality of the report, and the data in the report may not be used or distributed outside the participating complexes in any way. Monthly reports and files are delivered directly to participants by the ICI through its members' web site.

For more information, contact:
Lee Butler
Investment Company Institute
lbutler@ici.org
202 326 5931 

How do I enable the ICI Confidential data in Simfund 4.0 - I have it in 3.0?

Access to the ICI Confidential files in Simfund is now controlled through the Installation Key provided with each Simfund update. The first time Simfund MF 4.0 is installed with an ICI Confidential Key the Installer will attempt to copy and configure your existing Simfund 3.0 ICI Confidential files for use in Simfund 4.0.

How do I get the ICI Confidential Data into Simfund?

The process is the same as for Simfund 3.0. The participating company must download the data directly from the ICI. Simfund provides an import utility that brings the data into Simfund so it can be analyzed with the other data in Simfund. Strategic Insight does not have access to the ICI Confidential Data.

The import utility is called, "Utility.exe" and can be found in the following diretory:
C:\Program Files\Strategic Insight\Simfund\Application

Do I have to do something on each users' computer to turn it on?

In Simfund 4.0 access is granted centrally to all users in the account. There is no longer a manual configuration process for each user.

Can I run/have access to both Simfund 4.0 and Simfund 3.0 with ICI Confidential file data?

Your company can maintain and run the ICI Confidential data in both Simfund 3.0 and Simfund 4.0 through the October 22 nd release with September 2005 data. To view the data in both systems you must run the import process twice once for Simfund 3.0 and once for Simfund 4.0.

Who do I speak with at the ICI about participating in the ICI Confidential File?

Call Lee Butler from the ICI at 202-326-5931 to learn more about the ICI Confidential File.

How do I get ICI Confidential data if my company participates?

Call Lee Butler from the ICI at 202-326-5931 to learn how to download the data files from the ICI Website. Then contact Strategic Insight for support in Loading the files into Simfund. Once confirmed by the ICI that a company participates in the ICI Confidential file our systems will grant you an updated Installation Key. You will then need to re-install the latest regular database update to enable access to the module.