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The SEC's revisions to the EDGAR Filer Manual and related rules were published in the Federal Register. The revisions reflect updates to the EDGAR system. The revisions add new submission form types N-CR and N-CR/A for the Current Report of Money Market Fund Material Events. Additionally, they update submission form types ABS-15G and ABS-15G/A for asset-backed securities reporting based on Rule 15Ga-2. Although the EDGAR system is scheduled to be upgraded to support this new functionality on June 15, 2015, the effective date of the revisions is June 29, 2015. See: 80 FR 36913 .

The SEC approved two rulemaking proposals at its open meeting about the modernization of investment company and investment adviser reporting. The proposals pertained to the reporting and disclosure of information. Investment Adviser Act Rule Changes, Including to Form ADV The following aspects of the changes are most relevant to investment advisers: (i) The changes would require an investment adviser to provide additional general information about its business, such as the physical locations where its employees are based, how the firm's CCO is compensated, how the firm uses Web sites and

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight ("DMO") issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides additional time for parties to comply with certain reporting requirements of the ownership and control final rule ("OCR Final Rule") under CFTC Rules Part 17, Part 18 and Part 20. Specifically, DMO granted relief from the requirement to file trader identification and reporting forms electronically, and to provide certain additional information required by the OCR Final Rule. DMO stated that it issued the no-action relief to provide market participants additional time to build and test systems for

The SEC Division of Investment Management issued guidance relating to the enhanced mutual fund disclosure amendments that were adopted in 2009. After finding that mutual fund prospectuses were too long and contained too much complex language, in 2009, the SEC amended Form N-1A , the registration form used by mutual funds, and Securities Act Rule 498 ("Summary Prospectuses for Open-End Management Investment Companies"). The amended Rule 498 provided a new option for satisfying prospectus delivery obligations with respect to mutual fund securities. According to the guidance, the amendments

The SEC adopted revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") Filer Manual and related rules to reflect updates to the EDGAR system. The revisions primarily introduce new submission form types MA, MA-A, MA/A, MA-I, MA-I/A, and MA-W to support the registration of municipal advisors. Additionally, various other forms were updated. The system was updated on March 3, 2014. See: Text of Final Rule .