Securities and Exchange Commission February 3, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act''), for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act, and under section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption from rule 12d1- 2(a) under the Act. Summary of the Application: Applicants request an order that would (a) permit certain series of registered open-end management investment companies to acquire shares of other registered open-end management investment companies and unit investment trusts (``UITs'') that are within or outside the same ``group of investment companies,'' as defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the acquiring company and (b) permit certain series of registered open-end management investment companies relying on rule 12d1-2 under the Act to invest in certain financial instruments. Applicants: The Ohio National Life Insurance Company (``ONLIC''), Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation (``ONLAC''), National Security Life and Annuity Company (``National Security,'' and collectively with ONLIC and ONLAC, the ``Insurance Companies'') (including any insurance company controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Insurance Companies), Ohio National Investments, Inc. (the ``Adviser''), and Ohio National Fund, Inc. (the ``Fund'') (collectively, ``Applicants'').