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SEC permits mutual funds to use a summary prospectus and updates statutory prospectus requirements.
- Source :
- Journal of Investment Compliance (Emerald Group); 2009, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p4-13, 10p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine SEC rule amendments that permit a mutual fund to use a three- or four-page "summary prospectus" to satisfy statutory prospectus delivery obligations and amendments to a fund's statutory prospectus requirements that require key information in a standardized order at the front of the document. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is to explain the SEC's regulatory changes to the basic mutual fund disclosure documents designed to help investors choose among the more than 8,000 mutual funds. Findings - The in vesting public's use of the internet for fund research and fund transactions has made it possible for the SEC to take a "layered" approach to disclosure documents, providing an investor with a short-form document and making available more detailed information on fund web sites. The SEC will likely follow suit with other documents and updated compliance requirements. Originality/value - The paper will assist fund legal counsel and compliance professionals: to comply with the new statutory prospectus requirements: and to determine whether the summary prospectus is an appropriate disclosure document for a particular fund. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MUTUAL fund laws
PROSPECTUS writing
FINANCIAL disclosure laws
LEGAL compliance
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15285812
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Investment Compliance (Emerald Group)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 43706433
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/15285810910971229