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Similar but not identical: Regulation experts discuss seg funds and client focused reforms

By Kate McCaffery | Dec. 23, 2020, 10:13 a.m.

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In the coming year, insurance regulators are going to be taking a closer look at whether client focused reforms being implemented in the securities industry, should be applied to segregated funds, as well.

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