On June 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a new rule and set of form amendments related to the approval process for certain exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that operate as open-ended funds (Proposal). Among other things, the Proposal calls for the creation of a new rule 6c-11 of the Investment Company Act of… Continue Reading
The Division of Investment Management (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission took an unprecedented action on Wednesday in issuing a preliminary denial to two exemptive relief applications under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for the operation of a non-transparent active exchange-traded fund (ETF). The exemptive relief applications, filed by Precidian Investments (Precidian) for… Continue Reading
