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Newsflash: SEC Grants Requests to Automatically List Rule 6c-11 ETFs

On April 6, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted the request of Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (CBOE) to change BZX Rule 14.11(1).This will accelerate approval of Exchange-Traded Fund shares and series of ETF shares...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report - Third Quarter 2019: U.S. SEC Adopts Final ETF Rule and Issues Related Exchange Act Relief

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more

SEC Adopts Final ETF Rule and Issues Related Exchange Act Relief

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more

SEC Adopts Final ETF Rule and Issues Related Exchange Act Relief

Yesterday (September 26, 2019), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the adoption of Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain...more

SEC Provides No-Action Relief for Index-Based Funds to Exceed Diversification Limits without Obtaining Shareholder Approval

As set forth in the Incoming Letter, during the past year certain constituents of large-capitalization U.S. equity growth broad-based indices (namely, certain technology-related companies) had grown to represent more than 5%...more

SEC Proposes Rule to Allow Most ETFs to Operate without Exemptive Relief

The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to simplify and modernize the regulatory framework governing exchange-traded funds and enhance information to investors about the costs of purchasing ETF shares. If adopted,...more

SEC Issues ETF Rule Proposal

Yesterday (June 28, 2018), at an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Meeting), the SEC unanimously voted to issue a proposed rule and form amendments (Proposal) that would allow certain...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report First Quarter 2017: SEC Approves New Continued Listing Standards for ETFs

Since their U.S. introduction in 1993, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – which have grown to over 1,800 products with holdings of over $2.7 trillion1 – have operated under exemptive relief from many of the Securities and...more

SEC Staff Clarifies Application of 1940 Act Section 22(d) to Brokers Selling Clean Shares of Mutual Funds

In response to a request for interpretative guidance, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff (staff) advised on January 11, 2017 that Section 22(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 does not prevent a broker...more

Mutual Fund Sales by Intermediaries – Fall-Out from DOL Fiduciary Rule and FINRA Enforcement

Mutual fund sales and distribution arrangements are once again under review. It has been reported that fund intermediaries are re-examining their practices relating to sales charges, share class structures and product...more

NYSE Arca and BATS Adopt Generic Listing Standards for Active Exchange-Traded Funds, Which May Expedite Fund Launches

NYSE Arca, Inc. and BATS BZX Exchange, Inc. (each, an Exchange) separately received U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval on July 22, 2016 to adopt generic listing standards for exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...more

NYSE Outage – Fund Valuation and Operations Based on the NYSE Close

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE or Exchange) was forced to suspend trading for almost four hours on July 8, 2015 to resolve a technical problem that resulted from a software upgrade. The Exchange resumed normal trading...more

SEC’s Proposed Modernized Reporting Regime: Effects on ETF Sponsors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 20, 2015 unanimously approved proposed rules, forms and amendments that are intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by investment...more

US SEC Seeks Public Comment on the Listing, Trading and Selling of Exchange-Traded Products

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release (Release) on June 12, 2015 seeking public comment on topics related to the listing and trading of exchange-traded products (ETPs) on national securities exchanges...more

SEC Intends to Grant Exemptive Relief to Permit Exchange-Traded Managed Funds

On November 6, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued notice of its intent to grant Eaton Vance Management (“Eaton Vance”) and related parties exemptive relief from various provisions of the Investment...more

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