As you know, the next meeting of the SEC Rules Committee has been scheduled for Thursday, February 9th. We are pleased to announce that our guest speakers for this meeting will be Dan Gallagher, President, and Ben Brown, Managing Director, of Patomak Global Partners, LLC, who will share their perspectives on what the mutual fund industry might expect during the first 100 days of the Trump administration and beyond. We will also be joined by Marguerite Bateman, of Schiff Hardin, LLP, who will discuss the implications of the recent ruling on attorney-client privilege in the PIMCO section 36(b) case for interactions with fund boards.
The meeting will take place at the Investment Company Institute, 1401 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., in the David Silver Conference Room on the 12th Floor, 12:00 noon – 3:30 pm Eastern time. Lunch will be available at 11:30 am. In addition, participation by videoconference will be available at:
Capital Research & Management333 South Hope Street, 46th Floor, Conference Room 46NW
Los Angeles, CA 90071
9:00 am – 12:30 pm (Pacific) UBS Tower
1 North Wacker Drive, 38th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
11:00 am – 2:30 pm (Central)
Lunch will be served following the meeting in Los Angeles, and during the meeting in Chicago.
Attached is a draft agenda for the meeting. A .pdf version of materials related to the agenda topics will be sent to those who have registered for the meeting and others upon request. If you plan to attend the meeting but have not registered yet, please visit our registration site at www.ici.org/reg/sec. If you are not attending the meeting and would like to receive the materials please contact Helenia Walker at helenia.walker@ici.org or print them directly from the committee web page on the ICI website at https://www.ici.org/committees/sec_rules.
We look forward to seeing you on February 9th.
Darrell Braman
Chairman - SEC Rules Committee
Sarah A. Bessin
Associate General Counsel