On November 30th, the SEC adopted rules and amendments designed to promote research on mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, business development companies, and similar covered investment funds. The SEC enacted these changes in accordance with the mandate in the Fair Access to Investment Research (FAIR) Act of 2017. The new rules will reduce obstacles in providing fund research by harmonizing its treatment with other research on public companies and generally establish a safe harbor for a broker or dealer to publish and/or distribute research reports on investment funds under certain conditions.
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