As a means of combating abusive short-term trading of mutural fund shares, Rule 22c-2 provides that if a fund redeems its share within seven days, its board must consider whether to impose a fee of up to two percent of the value of shares redeemed shortly after their purchase. The rule also requires such a fund to enter into agreements with is intermediaries that provide fund manage- ment the ability to identify investors whose trading violates fund restrictions on short-term trading. To reduce the costs of compliane with the rule, and to adress certain technical issues these amendments to Rule 22c-2 would (i) limit the types of .....
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