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August 1, 2016
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. — Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 811-00558)
Dear Sir or Madam:
On behalf of The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. (the “Registrant”), attached for filing by means of the EDGAR system is a registration statement on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”). This Form N-14 is being filed in connection with the reorganization of each of the Acquired Funds with and into the corresponding Acquiring Fund, as shown in the chart below, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund.
Acquired Funds* |
| Acquiring Funds** |
Schroder Absolute Return EMD and Currency Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Debt and Currency Fund |
Schroder Broad Tax-Aware Value Bond Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond Fund |
Schroder Emerging Market Equity Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
Schroder Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund |
Schroder Global Multi-Asset Income Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Income Builder Fund |
Schroder Global Strategic Bond Fund |
| Hartford Schroders Global Strategic Bond Fund |
Schroder International Alpha Fund |
| Hartford Schroders International Stock Fund |
Schroder International Multi-Cap Value Fund |
| Hartford Schroders International Multi-Cap Value Fund |
Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund |
| Hartford Schroders US Small Cap Opportunities Fund |
Schroder U.S. Small and Mid Cap Opportunities Fund |
| Hartford Schroders US Small/Mid Cap Opportunities Fund |
* Schroder International Alpha Fund and Schroder U.S. Opportunities Fund are series of Schroder Capital Funds (Delaware), a Delaware statutory trust, and the other eight Acquired Funds are series of Schroder Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust.
** Each of the Acquiring Funds is a series of the Registrant, a Maryland corporation.