On April 22, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued an Interpretive Letter to ALPS Distributors, Inc. setting forth guidance regarding the use of pre-inception index performance (“PIP”) data for exchange-traded products (“ETPs”) in institutional communications.


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