Alfred Ayensu-Ghartey
Vice President and
Associate General Counsel
(212) 314-2777
alfred.ayensu-ghartey@equitable.com
September 9, 2026
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: |
Separate Account No. 70 (the “Account”) Registration Statement Nos.: | |||
| 333-178750 and 811-22651 | Retirement Cornerstone Series 12.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 13.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 15.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 15A Retirement Cornerstone Series 15B | |||
| 333-182795 and 811-22651 333-182796 and 811-22651 |
Accumulator Series 11.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 1.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 11.0 | |||
| 333-182903 and 811-22651
333-190033 and 811-22651
|
Accumulator Series 13.0 Accumulator Series 13A Investment Edge Investment Edge 15.0 Retirement Cornerstone Series 15.0 Series E Retirement Cornerstone Series 15A Series E Retirement Cornerstone Series 15B Series E | |||
| 333-220167 and 811-22651 333-220168 and 811-22651 333-229766 and 811-22651 333-229769 and 811-22651 333-248863 and 811-22651 |
Retirement Cornerstone Series 17 Retirement Cornerstone Series 17 Series E Retirement Cornerstone Series 19 Retirement Cornerstone Series 19 Series E Investment Edge 21 | |||
Commissioners:
Equitable Financial, on behalf of Registrant, has sent to contract owners the semi-annual report, for the period ended June 30, 2026, for the following underlying mutual funds (“Funds”) in which Registrant invests:
| • | EQ Advisors Trust – underlying funds: |
1290 VT Convertible Securities
1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond
1290 VT Equity Income
1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value
1290 VT High Yield Bond
1290 VT MicroCap
1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation
1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies
1290 VT Natural Resources
1290 VT Real Estate
1290 VT Small Cap Value
1290 VT SmartBeta Equity ESG
1290 VT Socially Responsible
EQ/400 Managed Volatility
EQ/500 Managed Volatility
EQ/2000 Managed Volatility
EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth
EQ/AB Dynamic Growth
EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth
EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond
EQ/AB Small Cap Growth
EQ/Aggressive Allocation
EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy
EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation
EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value Fund
EQ/American Century Moderate Growth Allocation
EQ/Balanced Strategy
EQ/Capital Group Research
EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG
EQ/ClearBridge Select Equity Managed Volatility
EQ/Common Stock Index
EQ/Conservative Allocation
EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy
EQ/Conservative Strategy
EQ/Core Bond Index
EQ/Core Plus Bond
EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS
EQ/Equity 500 Index
EQ/Fidelity Institutional AM® Large Cap
EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends
EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility
EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility
EQ/Goldman Sachs Growth Allocation
EQ/Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value
EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation
EQ/Growth Strategy
EQ/Intermediate Corporate Bond
EQ/Intermediate Government Bond
EQ/International Core Managed Volatility
EQ/International Equity Index
EQ/International Managed Volatility
EQ/International Value Managed Volatility
EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio
EQ/Invesco Global
EQ/Invesco Global Real Assets
EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation
EQ/Invesco Moderate Growth Allocation
EQ/Janus Enterprise
EQ/JP Morgan Hedged Equity and Premium Income
EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation
EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock
EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio
EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility
EQ/Large Cap Growth Index
EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility
EQ/Large Cap Value Index
EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility
EQ/Lazard Emerging Markets Equity
EQ/Long Term Bond
EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth
EQ/MFS International Growth
EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value
EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth
EQ/MFS Technology
EQ/MFS Utilities Series
EQ/Mid Cap Index
EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility
EQ/Moderate Allocation
EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy
EQ/Moderate-Plus Allocation
EQ/Money Market
EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth
EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return
EQ/PIMCO Real Return
EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG
EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond
EQ/Quality Bond PLUS
EQ/Small Company Index
EQ/T. Rowe Price Health Sciences
EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy
EQ/Value Equity
EQ/Wellington Energy
Equitable Conservative Growth MF/ETF
Equitable Growth MF/ETF Portfolio
Equitable Moderate Growth MF/ETF Portfolio
Multimanager Aggressive Equity
Multimanager Core Bond
Multimanager Technology