At an open meeting today, the SEC proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules to require open-end investment companies to adopt comprehensive liquidity risk management programs. The rules would also allow funds to use "swing pricing" to pass on the cost of large purchases and redemptions to the shareholders that cause those costs.
The SEC also proposed rules that would require funds to categorize the liquidity of each portfolio holding, and to report to the SEC the category assigned to each portfolio security.
Chair Mary Jo White said that the Commission's purpose in adopting the proposals is to enhance management of liquidity risks of registered open-end investment companies, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
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