SEC Issues Final Rule on Registered Index-Linked Annuities

The SEC has released a final rule that amends “the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts, Form N-4, to require issuers of [registered indexed-linked annuities (RILAs)] to register offerings on that form as well.” The amendments are intended “to help investors make informed decisions” by modernizing and enhancing “the registration and disclosure framework for RILAs.”

For more information, see the press release and fact sheet — as well as the statements by SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda — on the SEC’s Web site.