Investment Company Governance Technical Amendments

Why this matters

This is a final rule that makes technical corrections to 17 CFR 270.0-1(a)(7) governing investment company board composition and governance. The SEC is removing the 75% disinterested director requirement and the disinterested chairman requirement following a 2006 federal court vacatur (Chamber of Commerce v. SEC). The amendments revert fund governance standards to those in effect before September 2004. While this is a binding regulatory action affecting registered investment companies and business development companies, it imposes no new obligations—it merely codifies the effect of an existing court order. The SEC invoked good cause to waive notice-and-comment procedures because the amendments are purely technical and reflect judicial action already in effect since 2006. Significance is moderate because it clarifies regulatory status for a defined set of firms but does not introduce novel requirements.

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