Subject: Comments for S7-08-20
From: JD Smith
Affiliation:

Jul. 15, 2020

SEC rules committee,

I strongly oppose the changes presented that would drastically reduce fund position disclosures, and feel this would lead to reduced transparency and overall a reduction in public trust and accountability, possibly leading to decreasing market participation.  Numerous safeguards would be lost by this proposed reduction in transparency masking the positions of many medium to large sized funds and leading to an overall lack of accountability.

J Douglas Smith