
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35101-35105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12770]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-77904; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2016-17]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
of Amendment No. 3 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a 
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 3, to List and Trade 
of Shares of the JPMorgan Diversified Alternative ETF Under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600

May 25, 2016.

I. Introduction

    On February 5, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'' or 
``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule 
change to list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the JPMorgan 
Diversified Alternative ETF (``Fund'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.600. The Commission published notice of the proposed rule change in 
the Federal Register on February 25, 2016.\3\ On April 4, 2016, the 
Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change, which 
replaced the original filing in its entirety. Also on April 4, 2016, 
the Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the 
proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule 
change.\4\ On May 9, 2016, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to the 
proposed rule change, which replaced Amendment No. 1 and the original 
filing in their entirety. On May 20, 2016, the Exchange filed Amendment 
No. 3 to the proposed rule change, which replaced Amendment No. 2 and 
the original filing in their entirety.\5\ The Commission received no 
comments on the proposed rule change. The Commission is publishing this 
notice to solicit comment on Amendment No. 3 to the proposed rule 
change from interested persons, and is approving the proposed rule 
change, as modified by Amendment No. 3, on an accelerated basis.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77179 (February 19, 
2016), 81 FR 9521 (``Notice'').
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77512 (April 4, 
2016), 81 FR 20718 (April 8, 2016). The Commission determined that 
it was appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take 
action on the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to 
consider the proposed rule change. Accordingly, the Commission 
designated May 25, 2016 as the date by which it should approve, 
disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove the proposed rule change.
    \5\ In Amendment No. 3, the Exchange modified the original 
proposed rule change by, among other things: (1) Changing certain 
permitted investments of the Fund; (2) representing that the Fund 
would not invest in inverse exchange-traded funds (``ETFs''); (3) 
describing where pricing information could be found for U.S. 
government mortgage backed securities; (4) representing that not 
more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund in the aggregate 
invested in equity securities (other than non-exchange-traded 
investment company securities) shall consist of equity securities 
whose principal market is not a member of the Intermarket 
Surveillance Group (``ISG'') or is a market with which the Exchange 
does not have a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement; and 
(5) representing that all statements and representations made in the 
filing regarding (a) the description of the portfolio, (b) 
limitations on portfolio holdings or reference assets, or (c) the 
applicability of Exchange rules and surveillance procedures shall 
constitute continued listing requirements for listing the Shares on 
the Exchange; (6) representing that, under normal market conditions, 
the Fund will invest at least 75% of its corporate debt securities 
in issuances that have at least $100,000,000 par amount outstanding 
in developed countries or at least $200,000,000 par amount 
outstanding in emerging market countries; and (7) modifying certain 
surveillance representations. All of the amendments to the proposed 
rule change, including Amendment No. 3, are available at: http://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2016-17/nysearca201617.shtml.
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II. The Exchange's Description of the Proposal 6
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    \6\ The Commission notes that additional information regarding 
the Fund, the Trust (as defined below), and the Shares, including 
investment strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures, 
fees, portfolio holdings, disclosure policies, calculation of net 
asset value (``NAV''), distributions, and taxes, among other things, 
can be found in Amendment No. 3 and the Registration Statement, as 
applicable. See Amendment No. 3, supra note 5, and Registration 
Statement, infra note 7.
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    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600, which governs the listing and trading of Managed 
Fund Shares on the Exchange. The Shares will be offered by the J.P. 
Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (``Trust''), a statutory trust 
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered with 
the Commission as an open-end management investment company.\7\ J.P. 
Morgan Investment Management Inc. (``Adviser'') will be the investment 
advisor to the Fund.\8\ The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of 
JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., which is a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a bank holding company. JPMorgan 
Funds Management, Inc. will serve as the administrator 
(``Administrator''). SEI

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Investments Distribution Co. will serve as the distributor of the 
Shares.
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    \7\ The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On December 14, 
2015, the Trust filed with the Commission a registration statement 
on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a) 
(``Securities Act'') and the 1940 Act relating to the Fund (File 
Nos. 333-192733 and 811-22917) (``Registration Statement''). The 
Trust filed an Application for an Order under Section 6(c) of the 
1940 Act for exemptions from various provisions of the 1940 Act and 
rules thereunder (File No. 812-13761), initially filed March 10, 
2010, and most recently amended on December 23, 2015 (``Exemptive 
Application''). The Exemptive Application was published for notice 
in IC Release No. 31956 on January 14, 2016. The Shares will not be 
listed on the Exchange until an order (``Exemptive Order'') under 
the 1940 Act has been issued by the Commission with respect to the 
Exemptive Application. Investments made by the Fund will comply with 
the conditions set forth in the Exemptive Order.
    \8\ The Adviser is not a registered broker-dealer but is 
affiliated with a broker-dealer. The Adviser has implemented and 
will maintain a firewall with respect to its broker-dealer affiliate 
regarding access to information concerning the composition and/or 
changes to a portfolio and will be subject to procedures designed to 
prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information 
regarding such portfolio. In the event (a) the Adviser becomes 
registered as a broker-dealer or newly affiliated with a broker-
dealer or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser is a broker-dealer or 
becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will implement a fire 
wall with respect to its personnel or such broker-dealer regarding 
access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to 
the portfolio, and will be subject to procedures designed to prevent 
the use and dissemination of material non-public information 
regarding such portfolio.
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    According to the Exchange, the Fund will seek to provide long term, 
total return. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by 
allocating assets across several different investment strategies, 
including traditional and alternative investment strategies, such as 
those utilized by certain hedge funds.

A. The Fund's Principal Investments \9\
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    \9\ The Fund's permitted assets may be denominated in U.S. 
dollars, major reserve currencies, and currencies of other countries 
in which the Fund may invest.
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    According to the Exchange, under normal market conditions, the Fund 
will invest principally (i.e., more than 50% of the Fund's assets) in 
the securities and financial instruments described below, which may be 
represented by derivatives, as discussed below.
    The Fund may invest in exchange-listed common stocks, preferred 
stocks, warrants and rights of U.S. and foreign corporations, 
(including emerging market securities); and U.S. and non-U.S. real 
estate investment trusts (``REITs'').\10\
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    \10\ Not more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund in the 
aggregate invested in equity securities (other than non-exchange-
traded investment company securities) shall consist of equity 
securities whose principal market is not a member of the ISG or is a 
market with which the Exchange does not have a comprehensive 
surveillance sharing agreement.
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    The Fund may invest in exchange-listed and over-the-counter 
(``OTC'') Depositary Receipts.\11\
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    \11\ Depositary Receipts include American Depositary Receipts 
(``ADRs''), Global Depositary Receipts, and European Depositary 
Receipts. No more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund will be 
invested in ADRs that are not exchange-listed. See Amendment No. 3, 
supra note 5, at 10, n.21.
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    The Fund may hold cash and the following cash equivalents: shares 
of money market funds; bank obligations, commercial paper, repurchase 
agreements, and short-term funding agreements.
    The Fund may invest in corporate debt.\12\
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    \12\ Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at 
least 75% of its corporate debt securities in issuances that have at 
least $100,000,000 par amount outstanding in developed countries or 
at least $200,000,000 par amount outstanding in emerging market 
countries. See id. at 11, n.22. The debt securities in which the 
Fund may invest may include both investment grade and high yield 
debt securities.
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    The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts on currencies and 
fixed income securities, and futures contracts on indexes of 
securities.\13\
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    \13\ Not more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund in the 
aggregate invested in futures contracts or exchange-traded options 
shall consist of futures contracts or exchange-traded options whose 
principal market is not a member of ISG or is a market with which 
the Exchange does not have a comprehensive surveillance sharing 
agreement.
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    The Fund may invest in OTC and exchange-traded call and put options 
on equities, fixed income securities and currencies or options on 
indexes of equities, fixed income securities and currencies.\14\
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    \14\ See note 13, supra.
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    In addition to money market funds referenced above, the Fund may 
invest in shares of non-exchange-traded investment company securities 
to the extent permitted by Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act and the 
rules thereunder and/or any applicable exemption or exemptive order 
under the 1940 Act with respect to such investments. The Fund may also 
invest in ETFs.\15\
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    \15\ All ETF shares will be listed and traded in the U.S. on 
national securities exchanges. The Fund will not invest in inverse, 
leveraged or inverse leveraged (e.g., -1X, 2X, -2X, 3X or -3X) ETFs.
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    The Fund may invest in swaps as follows: credit default swaps, 
interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and total return swaps on equity 
securities, equity indexes, fixed income securities, and fixed income 
futures.
    The Fund may invest in forward currency transactions--consisting 
of: non-deliverable forwards, foreign forward currency contracts--and 
spot currency transactions.
    The Fund may invest in U.S. Government obligations, which may 
include direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, including Treasury 
bills, notes and bonds, all of which are backed as to principal and 
interest payments by the full faith and credit of the United States, 
and separately traded principal and interest component parts of such 
obligations that are transferable through the Federal book-entry system 
known as Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of 
Securities and Coupons Under Book Entry Safekeeping.
    The Fund may invest in U.S. government-sponsored mortgage-backed 
securities.

B. The Fund's Other Investments

    While the Fund, under normal market conditions, will invest at 
least fifty percent of its assets in the securities and financial 
instruments described above, the Fund may invest its remaining assets 
in other assets and financial instruments, as described below.
    The Fund will gain exposure to commodity markets indirectly by 
investing up to 15% of its total assets in the Subsidiary, which also 
will be advised by the Adviser. The Subsidiary will only invest in 
commodity futures contracts\16\ and will also hold any necessary cash 
or cash equivalents as collateral. The Fund will not invest in 
commodity futures contracts directly.
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    \16\ See note 13, supra.
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    The Fund may invest in U.S. and non-U.S. convertible securities, 
which are bonds that can convert to common stock. The Fund may invest 
in inflation-linked debt securities, which include fixed and floating 
rate debt securities of varying maturities issued by the U.S. 
government and foreign governments.
    The Fund may invest in obligations of supranational agencies, which 
are chartered to promote economic development and are supported by 
various governments and governmental agencies.
    The Fund may invest in reverse repurchase agreements.
    The Fund may invest in sovereign obligations, which are investments 
in debt obligations issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign 
government or its agencies, authorities or political subdivisions.
    The Fund may invest in U.S. Government agency securities (excluding 
U.S. government sponsored mortgage-backed securities, referenced 
above), which are securities issued or guaranteed by agencies and 
instrumentalities of the U.S. government. These include all types of 
securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, and the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, including funding notes, subordinated benchmark 
notes, collateralized mortgage obligations, and real estate mortgage 
investment conduits.
    The Fund may invest no more than 5% of its assets in equity and 
debt securities that are restricted securities (Rule 144A securities), 
excluding Rule 144A securities deemed illiquid by the Adviser.\17\
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    \17\ Those illiquid Rule 144A securities are subject to a 
separate limit described below.
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    Under normal market conditions, the Fund may invest no more than 5% 
of its assets in OTC common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants, rights 
and contingent value rights (``CVRs'') of U.S. and foreign corporations 
(including emerging market securities).

C. The Fund's Investment Restrictions

    The Fund may hold up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net 
assets in illiquid assets (calculated at the time of investment), 
including Rule 144A securities deemed illiquid by the Adviser, 
consistent with Commission guidance. The Fund will monitor its 
portfolio liquidity on an ongoing basis to determine whether, in light 
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circumstances, an adequate level of liquidity is being maintained, and 
will consider taking appropriate steps in order to maintain adequate 
liquidity if, through a change in values, net assets, or other 
circumstances, more than 15% of the Fund's net assets are held in 
illiquid assets. Illiquid assets include securities subject to 
contractual or other restrictions on resale and other instruments that 
lack readily available markets as determined in accordance with 
Commission staff guidance.
    The Fund's investments, including derivatives, will be consistent 
with the Fund's investment objective and will not be used to enhance 
leverage (although certain derivatives may result in leverage). That 
is, while the Fund will be permitted to borrow as permitted under the 
1940 Act, the Fund's (and the Subsidiary's) investments will not be 
used to seek performance that is the multiple or inverse multiple 
(i.e., 2Xs and 3Xs) of the Fund's primary broad-based securities 
benchmark index (as defined in Form N-1A).

III. Discussion and Commission Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the Exchange's 
proposal to list and trade the Shares is consistent with the Exchange 
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national 
securities exchange.\18\ In particular, the Commission finds that the 
proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 3, is consistent 
with Section 6(b)(5) of the Exchange Act,\19\ which requires, among 
other things, that the Exchange's rules be designed to prevent 
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and 
equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the 
mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, 
in general, to protect investors and the public interest. The 
Commission also finds that the proposal to list and trade the Shares on 
the Exchange is consistent with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the 
Exchange Act,\20\ which sets forth the finding of Congress that it is 
in the public interest and appropriate for the protection of investors 
and the maintenance of fair and orderly markets to assure the 
availability to brokers, dealers, and investors of information with 
respect to quotations for and transactions in securities.
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    \18\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has 
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, 
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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    Quotation and last-sale information for the Shares and for 
portfolio holdings of the Fund that are U.S. exchange listed, including 
common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants, rights, ETFs, REITs, and 
U.S. exchange-traded ADRs will be available via the Consolidated Tape 
Association (``CTA'') high speed line. Quotation and last-sale 
information for such U.S. exchange-listed securities, as well as 
futures will be available from the exchange on which they are listed. 
Quotation and last-sale information for exchange-listed options cleared 
via the Options Clearing Corporation will be available via the Options 
Price Reporting Authority. Quotation and last-sale information for non-
U.S. equity securities will be available from the exchanges on which 
they trade and from major market data vendors, as applicable. Price 
information for OTC common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants, rights 
and CVRs will be available from one or more major market data vendors 
or from broker-dealers. Quotation information for OTC options, cash 
equivalents, swaps, inflation-linked debt instruments, U.S. government 
sponsored mortgage-backed securities, obligations of supranational 
agencies, money market funds, non-exchange-listed investment company 
securities (other than money market funds), Rule 144A securities, U.S. 
Government obligations, U.S. Government agency obligations, sovereign 
obligations, corporate debt, inflation-linked debt securities, and 
reverse repurchase agreements may be obtained from brokers and dealers 
who make markets in such securities or through nationally recognized 
pricing services through subscription agreements. The U.S. dollar value 
of foreign securities, instruments and currencies can be derived by 
using foreign currency exchange rate quotations obtained from 
nationally recognized pricing services. Forwards and spot currency 
price information will be available from major market data vendors.
    In addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE 
Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be widely disseminated by one or 
more major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the 
Core Trading Session. On each business day, before commencement of 
trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, the Fund 
will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio, as defined in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2), that will form the basis for the 
Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.\21\
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    \21\ On a daily basis, the Fund will disclose on its Web site 
the following information regarding each portfolio holding, as 
applicable to the type of holding: ticker symbol, CUSIP number or 
other identifier, if any; a description of the holding (including 
the type of holding, such as type of swap); the identity of the 
security, commodity, index or other asset or instrument underlying 
the holding, if any; for options, the option strike price; quantity 
held (as measured by, for example, par value, notional value or 
number of shares, contracts or units); maturity date, if any; coupon 
rate, if any; effective date, if any; market value of the holding; 
and the percentage weighting of the holding in the Fund's portfolio. 
The Web site information will be publicly available at no charge. 
The Fund's disclosure of derivative positions in the Disclosed 
Portfolio will include information that market participants can use 
to value these positions intraday.
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    The NAV for the Shares will be calculated after 4:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time each trading day. The Administrator, through the National 
Securities Clearing Corporation, will make available on each business 
day, immediately prior to the opening of business on the Exchange 
(currently 9:30 a.m. Eastern time), the list of the names and the 
required number of shares of each deposit instrument to be included in 
the current portfolio deposit (based on information at the end of the 
previous business day), as well as information regarding the cash 
amount for the Fund. The Web site for the Fund will include a form of 
the prospectus for the Fund and additional data relating to NAV and 
other applicable quantitative information.
    The Commission believes that the proposal to list and trade the 
Shares is reasonably designed to promote fair disclosure of information 
that may be necessary to price the Shares appropriately and to prevent 
trading when a reasonable degree of transparency cannot be assured. The 
Commission notes that the Exchange will obtain a representation from 
the issuer of the Shares that the NAV per Share will be calculated 
daily and that the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made 
available to all market participants at the same time.\22\ Trading in 
Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit-breaker parameters in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached. Trading also may be 
halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of 
the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable.\23\ Trading in 
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will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets 
forth circumstances under which trading in the Shares may be halted. 
The Exchange represents that it has a general policy prohibiting the 
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees. The 
Adviser is not registered as a broker-dealer but is affiliated with a 
broker-dealer and has implemented and will maintain a fire wall with 
respect to such broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information 
concerning the composition and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be 
subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of 
material non-public information regarding the portfolio.\24\ Further, 
the Commission notes that the Reporting Authority that provides the 
Disclosed Portfolio of the Fund must implement and maintain, or be 
subject to, procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of 
material, non-public information regarding the actual components of the 
portfolio.\25\
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    \22\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(1)(B).
    \23\ These may include: (1) The extent to which trading is not 
occurring in the securities or the financial instruments 
constituting the Disclosed Portfolio of the Fund; or (2) whether 
other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the 
maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present.
    \24\ See supra note 8.
    \25\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(B)(ii).
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    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
Equity Trading Permit Holders (``ETP Holders'') in an Information 
Bulletin (``Bulletin'') of the special characteristics and risks 
associated with trading the Shares. The Exchange represents that 
trading in the Shares will be subject to the existing trading 
surveillances administered by the Exchange, as well as cross-market 
surveillances administered by FINRA on behalf of the Exchange, which 
are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable 
federal securities laws.\26\ The Exchange represents that these 
procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading of the 
Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect violations of 
Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws.
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    \26\ FINRA conducts cross-market surveillances on behalf of the 
Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The Exchange 
is responsible for FINRA's performance under this regulatory 
services agreement. See Amendment No. 3, supra note 5, at 24, n.38.
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    The Exchange represents that it deems the Shares to be equity 
securities, thus rendering trading in the Shares subject to the 
Exchange's existing rules governing the trading of equity securities. 
The Fund and the Shares must comply with the requirements of NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600 to be initially and continuously listed and traded 
on the Exchange. In support of this proposal, the Exchange has also 
made the following representations:
    (1) The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions 
in the Shares during all trading sessions.
    (2) The Exchange has represented that all statements and 
representations made in this filing regarding (a) the description of 
the portfolio, (b) limitations on portfolio holdings or reference 
assets, or (c) the applicability of Exchange rules and surveillance 
procedures shall constitute continued listing requirements for listing 
the Shares on the Exchange. The issuer has represented to the Exchange 
that it will advise the Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply 
with the continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its 
obligations under Section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will 
monitor for compliance with the continued listing requirements.\27\ If 
the Fund is not in compliance with the applicable listing requirements, 
the Exchange will commence delisting procedures under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 5.5(m).\28\
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    \27\ The Commission notes that certain other proposals for the 
listing and trading of managed fund shares include a representation 
that the exchange will ``surveil'' for compliance with the continued 
listing requirements. See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
77499 (April 1, 2016), 81 FR 20428, 20432 (April 7, 2016). In the 
context of this representation, it is the Commission's view that 
``monitor'' and ``surveil'' both mean ongoing oversight of the 
Fund's compliance with the continued listing requirements. 
Therefore, the Commission does not view ``monitor'' as a more or 
less stringent obligation than ``surveil'' with respect to the 
continued listing requirements.
    \28\ See Amendment No. 3, supra note 5, at 25.
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    (3) The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or both, will 
communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares, certain 
exchange-listed equity securities, certain futures, and certain 
exchange-traded options with other markets and other entities that are 
members of the ISG, and the Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the 
Exchange, or both, may obtain trading information regarding trading 
such securities and financial instruments from such markets and other 
entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding 
trading in such securities and financial instruments from markets and 
other entities that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has 
in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. FINRA, on 
behalf of the Exchange, is able to access, as needed, trade information 
for certain fixed income securities held by the Fund reported to 
FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine.\29\
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    \29\ See id. at 24-25.
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    (4) Prior to the commencement of trading of the Shares, the 
Exchange will inform its ETP Holders in a Bulletin of the special 
characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. The 
Bulletin will discuss the following: (a) The procedures for purchases 
and redemptions of Shares in Creation Units (and that Shares are not 
individually redeemable); (b) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which 
imposes a duty of due diligence on its ETP Holders to learn the 
essential facts relating to every customer prior to trading the Shares; 
(c) the risks involved in trading the Shares during the Opening and 
Late Trading Sessions when an updated PIV will not be calculated or 
publicly disseminated; (d) how information regarding the PIV and the 
Disclosed Portfolio is disseminated; (e) the requirement that ETP 
Holders deliver a prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued 
Shares prior to or concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction; 
and (f) trading information.
    (5) For initial and continued listing, the Fund will be in 
compliance with Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act,\30\ as provided by 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3.
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    \30\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.
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    (6) A minimum of 100,000 Shares for the Fund will be outstanding at 
the commencement of trading on the Exchange.
    (7) The Fund will not invest in inverse, leveraged or inverse 
leveraged (e.g., -1X, 2X, -2X, 3X or -3X) ETFs.
    (8) No more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund will be invested 
in ADRs that are not exchange-listed
    (9) Not more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund in the 
aggregate invested in equity securities (other than non-exchange-traded 
investment company securities) shall consist of equity securities whose 
principal market is not a member of the ISG or is a market with which 
the Exchange does not have a comprehensive surveillance sharing 
agreement.
    (10) Not more than 10% of the net assets of the Fund in the 
aggregate invested in futures contracts or exchange-traded options 
shall consist of futures contracts or exchange-traded options whose 
principal market is not a member of ISG or is a market with which the 
Exchange does not have a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
    (11) Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 
75% of its corporate debt securities in issuances that have at least 
$100,000,000 par amount outstanding in developed countries or at least 
$200,000,000 par amount outstanding in emerging market countries.
    (12) The Fund may invest no more than 5% of its assets in equity 
and debt securities that are restricted securities

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(Rule 144A securities), excluding Rule 144A securities deemed illiquid 
by the Adviser. The Fund may hold up to an aggregate amount of 15% of 
its net assets in illiquid assets (calculated at the time of 
investment), including Rule 144A securities deemed illiquid by the 
Adviser, consistent with Commission guidance.

This approval order is based on all of the Exchange's representations, 
including those set forth above and in Amendment No. 3.

IV. Solicitation of Comments on Amendment No. 3

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether Amendment No. 3 
to the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be 
submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-17 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-17. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-17 and should 
be submitted on or before June 22, 2016.

V. Accelerated Approval of the Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 
Amendment No. 3

    The Commission finds good cause to approve the proposed rule 
change, as modified by Amendment No. 3, prior to the thirtieth day 
after the date of publication of Amendment No. 3 in the Federal 
Register. Amendment No. 3 supplements the information provided in the 
original proposed rule change by, among other things, clarifying 
surveillances related to trading in the Shares and providing certain 
representations that should help make the fund's portfolio less 
susceptible to manipulation. This information assisted the Commission 
in evaluating the susceptibility of the Shares to manipulation and the 
Exchange's ability to detect and investigate possible manipulative 
activity. Accordingly, the Commission finds good cause for approving 
the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 3, on an 
accelerated basis, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act.\31\
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    \31\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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VI. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Exchange Act,\32\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2016-17), 
as modified by Amendment No. 3 thereto, be, and it hereby is, approved 
on an accelerated basis.
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    \32\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\33\
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    \33\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12770 Filed 5-31-16; 8:45 am]
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