Four industry groups have filed another petition before the SEC accusing the regulator of using “backdoor regulation” of 12b-1 fees.

“This petition is about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s thirty-year effort to effectively outlaw Rule 12b-1 fees, and the concerted campaign of subregulatory sabotage upon which it embarked when it could not get its way through the proper channels,” the petition says.

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