Securities and Exchange Commission

Sunshine Act Meetings.

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 3:30 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be held in Auditorium LL-002 at the Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.

STATUS: This meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. (ET) and will be open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors will be subject to security checks. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The subject matters of the Open Meeting will be the Commission’s consideration of:

• whether to propose new and amended rules and forms to require registered investment advisers and registered broker-dealers to provide a brief relationship summary to retail investors.
• whether to propose a rule to establish a standard of conduct for broker-dealers and natural persons who are associated persons of a broker-dealer when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer.
• whether to propose a Commission interpretation of the standard of conduct for investment advisers.

At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information, please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

Dated: April 11, 2018