[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 34290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09184]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 35175; 812-15524]


Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, et al.

April 24, 2024.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of an application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:  Applicants request an order pursuant to 
Section 6(c) of the Act exempting them from the provisions of Sections 
2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the Act and Rule 22c-1 under the 
Act to the extent necessary to permit Applicants, under specified 
circumstances, to recapture certain bonus credits applied to purchase 
payments with respect to certain deferred annuity contracts issued by 
Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company.

APPLICANTS:  Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, Separate Account 
EQ of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, and Directed Services 
LLC.

FILING DATES:  The application was filed on November 20, 2023, and 
amended on March 6, 2024.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on May 20, 
2024, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, 
in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the 
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: J. 
Neil McMurdie, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, or Lisa 
Reid Ragen, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment 
Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' amended 
application, dated March 6, 2024, which may be obtained via the 
Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field 
on the SEC's EDGAR system.
    The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You may also call the 
SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-09184 Filed 4-29-24; 8:45 am]
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