WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks by William Birdthistle, director of the division of investment management, at the ICI Investment Management conference:

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I appreciate the ICI's invitation and I hope - if you decide ever to renew it - that I'll be able to join you all in person someday.

Please allow me, if I may, to make clear that my comments today are my own and do not necessarily re . . .

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