On October 31, 2024, the SEC censured a major wirehouse for selling mutual funds to customers when lower-priced exchange-traded fund (ETF) “clones” of those funds were available. The SEC found that when recommending the...more
The Secure Act of 2022, in order to facilitate the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as investment options under variable contracts, directs the Treasury Department to amend the governing look-through rules under applicable...more