# 2026-10822: SEC Renews Rule Allowing Fund Affiliate Trades

2026-10822, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-7-Exemption of Certain Purchase or Sale Transactions Between an Investment Company and Certain Affiliated Persons Thereof, is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2026-06-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-10822
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-7-Exemption of Certain Purchase or Sale Transactions Between an Investment Company and Certain Affiliated Persons Thereof
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 32498
- Published: 2026-06-01
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

SEC Renews Rule Allowing Fund Affiliate Trades

## Summary

The SEC is asking to keep Rule 17a-7, which lets investment funds trade securities with their related companies without paying extra fees, as long as fair prices are kept. This rule mainly affects investment companies and their affiliates, helping them save money and avoid unfair deals. The SEC wants to extend the paperwork rules that make sure these trades stay honest and transparent, with no new costs or deadlines added right now.

## Effects PRIA read

- Funds Can Cross-Trade With Affiliates: benefit, medium. Rule 17a-7 lets a registered investment company trade securities with first- or second-tier affiliates that are related solely by a common investment adviser, director, or officer. The exemption permits these cross-trades to avoid brokerage commissions and limits the prices at which such purchases…
- Recordkeeping Burden and Costs: cost, high. Funds relying on rule 17a-7 must have board-adopted procedures, keep a permanent written copy of those procedures, make quarterly board determinations that affiliated transactions complied with the procedures, and keep written records of each determination and every rule 17a-7 transaction for at le…

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## Sources
- [2026-10822 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10822/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request-extension-rule)
- [2026-10822 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10822.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-10822 (as of 2026-06-08).