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Larry Heptig Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Larry Heptig
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I should not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged!!!!

What I am talking about is a list of investments that may be at risk, such as ;

Target Date Funds
Non-Traditional Index Funds (Smart Beta + ESG)
Emerging Market Funds
High Yield Bond Funds
Closed-end Funds
Commodity Funds
Cryptocurrency Funds
Unconstrained Bond Funds
Floating-rate/Leveraged Loan Funds
Leveraged/Inverse Products
Interval Funds
Global Real Estate Funds
ETNs
Variable Annuities
Defined Outcome ETFs
Volatility-Linked Funds
Currency Funds
Funds using cryptocurrency futures
Non-traded REITs
Business Development Companies
Opportunistic and Tactical, Multi-Strategy Funds
Funds using derivatives for hedging or leverage
Principal Protected Notes
Structured Notes
Asset-Backed Securities
Funds Selling Short
Start-up Company (IPO) Funds
Funds Investing in Unlisted Securities
Distressed Debt Funds
Absolute Return Funds
Finds of Hedge Funds
Reverse Convertible Notes
Market-linked CDs
Range Accrual Notes
Insurance-Linked Securities

I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before I can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds.

I am fully capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks.
I do not need these proposed measures imposed on me

Some other reasons that I think these restrictions on my
right to invest should not be put in place include

Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my
investment strategies.
Some of the ways I use leverage and inverse funds, include that they help me protect (hedge) my investments and to seek enhanced returns, and I use them as a limited part of my overall portfolio