Rule 34b-1 deems to be materially
misleading any investment company sales literature that includes
any information purporting to show the investment performance of
the fund unless the sales literature also includes standardized
performance data.
US Code:
15 USC 80a-33(b) Name of Law: Investment Company Act of
1940
On June 16, 2010, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to rule
34b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that, if adopted,
would require a target date retirement fund that includes the
target date in its name to disclose the funds asset allocation at
the target date immediately adjacent to the first use of the funds
name in marketing materials. The Commission also proposed
amendments to rule 34b-1 that, if adopted, would require marketing
materials for target date retirement funds to include a table,
chart, or graph depicting the funds asset allocation over time,
together with a statement that would highlight the funds final
asset allocation. In addition, the Commission proposed to amend
rule 34b-1 to require a statement in marketing materials to the
effect that a target date retirement fund should not be selected
based solely on age or retirement date, is not a guaranteed
investment, and the stated asset allocations may be subject to
change. The amendments are intended to provide enhanced information
to investors concerning target date retirement funds and reduce the
potential for investors to be confused or misled regarding these
and other investment companies. We estimate a net decrease of 3,349
burden hours per year for rule 34b-1 from the previous submission
under the PRA. This change is due to a decrease in the estimated
number of responses from 13,001 to 11,544 (resulting in a decrease
of 3,511 burden hours based on the previous estimate of 2.41 hours
per response), offset slightly by the impact of the increase in the
hour burden per response from approximately 2.41 hours per response
to approximately 2.424 hours per response as a result of the
proposed amendments (resulting in an increase of approximately 162
burden hours).
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No
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Kieran Brown 202
942-0721
No
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