The SEC Division of Investment Management granted no-action relief to permit certain investment advisory entities created by a merger to continue to rely on pre-merger exemptive orders. The argument was presented that in the event of an internal corporate reorganization where there is no change of control of the ultimate corporate parent involved, the ability to rely on "existing orders" should not depend on the continued existence of a single named entity. The Division of Investment Management staff agreed.
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