This blog was updated 2/17/21 Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its modernization plan, significantly altering the framework for derivatives used by registered investment companies (including mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds and business development companies)...
Read MoreTo address the myriad of regulations over the investment industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides a variety of guidance and reference materials to industry stakeholders. As a part of that effort, since November 1994, the Chief Accountant’s Office within the SEC...
Read MoreThe SEC announced today it has adopted the long awaited Rule 6c-11, which will eliminate the need for certain exchange traded funds (ETFs) to obtain the lengthy and expensive exemptive relief that, until now, has been necessary to operate under U.S. securities laws. This game changing move...
Read MoreActively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) have historically been required to provide portfolio transparency on a daily basis — showing all of their cards, so to speak, and leaving their investment strategies vulnerable for the taking. While many ETFs have filed exemptive relief with the...
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