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Mutual Fund Minute

Investment Companies as Commodity Pools – What Are the Compliance Pitfalls?

May 10, 2023
Listen here as Jay Baris and Nathan Howell, partners in Sidley’s Investment Funds group, unravel the regulatory mysteries of how mutual funds, ETFs, and registered closed-end funds can invest in commodity futures contracts, subject to the jurisdiction by both the SEC and the CFTC.

Mutual Fund Minute: Investment Companies as Commodity Pools – What Are the Compliance Pitfalls? from Sidley Austin LLP on Vimeo.

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Baris, Jay G.
Senior Counsel
Howell, Nathan A.
パートナー

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