{"abstract":"Summary of the Application: Applicants request an order that would permit certain registered open-end management investment companies that operate as \"funds of funds\" to acquire shares of certain registered open-end management investment companies, registered closed-end management investment companies, \"business development companies,\" as defined by section 2(a)(48) of the 1940 Act (\"business development companies\"), and registered unit investment trusts that are within or outside the same group of investment companies as the acquiring investment companies. Applicants: BNY Mellon Funds Trust (\"BNY Mellon Funds\"); Dreyfus BNY Mellon Funds, Inc. (\"Dreyfus BNY Mellon Funds\"); Dreyfus Premier Investment Funds, Inc. (\"Premier Investment Funds\"); Strategic Funds, Inc. (\"Strategic Funds\") (each an \"Investment Company,\" and collectively, the \"Investment Companies\"); The Dreyfus Corporation (\"Adviser\"); and MBSC Securities Corporation (the \"Distributor\").","action":"Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the \"1940 Act\") for exemptions from sections 12(d)(1)(A), (B), and (C) of the 1940 Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the 1940 Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the 1940 Act.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/09/15/2014-21888.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"79 FR 55022","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Filing Dates: The application was filed on November 19, 2013, and amended on April 10, 2014 and August 8, 2014.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Investment Company Act Release No. 31245","812-14240"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2014-21888","effective_on":null,"end_page":55026,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2014/09/15/2014-21888.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/15/2014-21888/bny-mellon-funds-trust-et-al-notice-of-application","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2014-21888?publication_date=2014-09-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2014-09-15/2014-21888/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":63,"last_updated":"2026-07-27 04:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-09-15/pdf/2014-21888.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-21888.pdf?1410526017","publication_date":"2014-09-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/09/15/2014-21888.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2014-10-05T06:00:20Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":55022,"subtype":null,"title":"BNY Mellon Funds Trust, et al.; Notice of Application","toc_doc":"BNY Mellon Funds Trust, et al.","toc_subject":"Applications:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":79}