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December 20, 2000 Mr. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: NASD Notice of Filing of Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 to Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Creation of a Corporate Bond Trade Reporting and...

November 30, 2000 Mr. Ernesto A. LanzaAssociate General Counsel Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board 1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Re: Notice and Draft Interpretive Guidance on Dealer Responsibilities in Connection with Both Electronic and Traditional...

December 5, 2000 Mr. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549-0609 Re: Order Display Facility (Amendment No. 8 to File No. SR-NASD-99-53) Dear Mr. Katz: The Investment Company Institute 1 appreciates the opportunity to...

November 17, 2000 Mr. Ernesto A. Lanza Associate General Counsel Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board 1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Re: Electronic Submission of Disclosure Documents and Forms to the MSRB’s MSIL ® System Dear Mr. Lanza: The Investment...

October 24, 2000 The Honorable Arthur Levitt Chairman U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549-0609 Re: Limit Order Transparency Working Group Dear Chairman Levitt: As you know, at your request, members of the Investment Company Institute’s...

October 30, 2000 CC: MSP:RU (REG-116495-99) Courier’s Desk Internal Revenue Service 1111Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20224 Re: Proposed Plan Loan Regulations Ladies and Gentlemen: The Investment Company Institute 1 is writing to comment on the proposed regulations on plan...

September 22, 2000 Mr. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Stop 6-9 Washington, DC 20549 Re: Disclosure of Order Routing and Execution Practices (File No. S7-16-00) Dear Mr. Katz: The Investment Company Institute 1 appreciates the...

July 12, 2000 Paul F. Roye Director, Division of Investment Management U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Mail Stop 5-6 450 5th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 Re: Web-Based Investment Portfolios Dear Mr. Roye: We are submitting for the staff’s consideration a memorandum on the...

By Federal Express September 15, 2000 Mr. Len Farber General Director, Legislation Tax Legislation Division Department of Finance Canada 17th Floor, East Tower, 140 O’Connor Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5 RE: Legislative Proposals on Taxation of Foreign Investment Entities Dear Mr...

September 11, 2000 Gloria Blue Executive Secretary Trade Policy Staff Committee Office of the United States Trade Representative Room 122 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 Dear Ms. Blue: I am writing on behalf of the Investment Company Institute 1 in response to USTR’s request...