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Insurance regulators accelerate segregated fund fee disclosure efforts

By The IJ Staff | June 14, 2021, 3:08 p.m.

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Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators say its members will move “in lockstep” with investment regulators on investment fee transparency.

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