Securities and Exchange Commission – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On December 13, 2013, applicant made liquidating distributions to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of $8,750 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by the applicant's investment adviser. Filing Dates: The application was filed on December 20, 2018, and amended on March 26, 2019. Applicant's Address: 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is revising its regulations with respect to the method by which hearing officers of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (``Board'' or ``PCAOB'') are appointed and removed from office. Specifically, the Commission is adopting a rule expressly requiring that the appointment or removal of a PCAOB hearing officer be subject to Commission approval.

We are adopting amendments to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K, and related rules and forms, in a manner that reduces the costs and burdens on registrants while continuing to provide all material information to investors. The amendments are also intended to improve the readability and navigability of disclosure documents and discourage repetition and disclosure of immaterial information. To provide for a consistent set of rules to govern incorporating information by reference and hyperlinking, we are also adopting parallel amendments to several rules and forms applicable to investment companies and investment advisers, including amendments that would require certain investment company filings to be submitted in HyperText Markup Language format.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') adopted revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (``EDGAR'') Filer Manual (``EDGAR Filer Manual'' or ``Filer Manual'') and related rules. The EDGAR system is scheduled to be upgraded on March 11, 2019.