# Custody of Investment Company Assets Outside the United States
> **US Securities and Exchange Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2000-05-03 · Effective 2000-06-12 · 65 FR 25630
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-11000
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Securities and Exchange Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 25630
- **CFR reference:** 17 CFR 270
- **Publication date:** 2000-05-03
- **Effective date:** 2000-06-12
- **Docket:** Release Nos. IC-24424, IS-1221
## Abstract

The Commission is adopting a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Company Act to address the custody of investment company assets outside the United States. The rule and rule amendments establish new standards governing the maintenance of an investment company's assets with a foreign securities depository. These standards are designed to provide a framework under which an investment company can protect its assets while maintaining them with a foreign securities depository.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/05/03/00-11000/custody-of-investment-company-assets-outside-the-united-states)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*