SEC Company Response from NORTHERN FUNDS (CIK 0000916620) — Jan 21, 2020
NORTHERN FUNDS (CIK 0000916620)
Date: Jan. 21, 2020 · CIK: 0000916620 · Accession: 0001193125-20-011193
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP NORTHERN FUNDS 50 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 January 21, 2020 VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION John Grzeskiewicz Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Northern Funds Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 (File Nos. 33-73404 and 811-08236) Dear Mr. Grzeskiewicz: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, Northern Funds (the “Trust”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) be accelerated so that the Post-Effective Amendment may be declared effective on January 22, 2020 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Post-Effective Amendment was filed to make a change to the principal investment strategy of the U.S. Government Select Money Market Fund. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Should questions arise in conjunction with this request, or if there is any way we can be of assistance in expediting the processing of this request, please call Veena Jain, Esq. at (312) 569-1167. Very truly yours, NORTHERN FUNDS By: /s/ Jose J. Del Real Jose J. Del Real, Esq. Secretary NORTHERN FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC Three Canal Plaza Suite 100 Portland, Maine 04101 January 21, 2020 VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION John Grzeskiewicz Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Northern Funds Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 (File Nos. 33-73404 and 811-08236) Dear Mr. Grzeskiewicz: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, Northern Funds Distributors, LLC, principal underwriter to Northern Funds (the “Trust”), hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) be accelerated so that the Post-Effective Amendment may be declared effective on January 22, 2020 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Post-Effective Amendment was filed to make a change to the principal investment strategy of the U.S. Government Select Money Market Fund. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Should questions arise in conjunction with this request, or if there is any way we can be of assistance in expediting the processing of this request, please call Veena Jain, Esq. at (312) 560-1167. Very truly yours, NORTHERN FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC By: /s/ Nanette K. Chern Nanette K. Chern Vice President