ICI's Pan on Battling the SEC Over Mutual Fund Rules and `Vigorous' Debates With Gensler

Also, House Democrats say Republicans' 'ESG month' is anti-free markets

Friday Q and A: Eric Pan, president of the Investment Company Institute, never thought he’d end up spending so much time battling the SEC. But Gary Gensler’s expansive regulatory push hits mutual funds pretty hard. Several of the regulations, the ICI argues, would fundamentally change the low-cost investment products – forcing firms to alter the way the…