Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish a Subscription To the Information Collected by the MSRB's Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency (“SHORT”) System, 51864-51866 [2010-20817]
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Detailed descriptions of the Fund, the
Index, procedures for creating and
redeeming Shares, transaction fees and
expenses, dividends, distributions,
taxes, risks, and reports to be distributed
to beneficial owners of the Shares can
be found in the Registration Statement
or on the Web site for the Fund
(https://www.claymore.com), as
applicable.10
III. Discussion and Commission’s
Findings
After careful review, the Commission
finds that the Exchange’s proposal to list
and trade the Shares is consistent with
the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.11 In particular, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,12 in that it is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with
persons engaged in facilitating
transactions in securities, 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.
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)
permits the Exchange to consider
qualifying Units for listing and trading
pursuant to Rule 19b–4(e) under the
Act. Commentary .01(a)(A) of Rule
5.2(j)(3) sets forth the generic listing
requirements applicable to Units based
on U.S. indexes or portfolios.13 These
generic listing standards are designed to
ensure that the securities composing the
indexes and portfolios underlying the
Units are well capitalized and actively
10 See
also Notice, supra, note 3.
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).
12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
13 In addition to the requirements set forth in
Commentaries .01(a)(A)(1) and .01(a)(A)(5)
discussed above, Rule 5.2(j)(3) also provides, among
other things, that (i) the component stocks
(excluding Derivative Securities Products)
representing at least 70% of the weight of the index
or portfolio (excluding such Derivative Securities
Products) must have a minimum monthly trading
volume during each of the last six months of at least
250,000 shares, or minimum notional monthly
trading volume of $25 million, (ii) the most heavily
weighted component stock (excluding Derivative
Securities Products) in an underlying index or
portfolio cannot exceed 30% of the weight of the
index or portfolio, and the five most heavily
weighted component stocks (excluding Derivative
Securities Products) cannot together exceed 65% of
the weight of the index or portfolio, and (iii) the
index or portfolio must include a minimum of 13
stocks. See Commentaries .01(a)(A)(2), .01(a)(A)(3)
and .01(a)(A)(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.2(j)(3).
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traded, and serve to prevent fraudulent
and manipulative acts.14 As discussed
above, the Shares do not qualify for
generic listing under the Exchange’s
rule because the Index does not meet
the criteria set forth in Commentaries
.01(a)(A)(1) and .01(a)(A)(5) of NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) applicable to
Units based on U.S. indexes or
portfolios.15
The Commission believes that the
listing and trading of the Shares is
consistent with the Act. The Shares
currently satisfy all but two of the
generic listing standards under the rule,
and the Commission believes that the
composition of the Index, despite failing
to satisfy the requirements of
Commentaries .01(a)(A)(1) and
.01(a)(A)(5) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.2(j)(3), does not raise any regulatory
concerns. The capitalization criterion of
Commentary .01(a)(A)(1), together with
the liquidity requirement applicable to
the Index components, are designed to
prevent fraudulent or manipulative
acts.16 The Commission believes that
the Index should not be susceptible to
manipulation in light of the
characteristics of the Index components
when viewed as a whole. The generic
listing requirement that all securities in
the Index be NMS Stocks is designed to
ensure that listed Units are not used as
surrogates for trading in unregistered
securities.17 The Commission believes
that the Shares will not serve this
function because non-NMS stocks
account for only approximately 3.7% of
the Index weight.
In addition, the Commission notes
that it has not received any comments
regarding the proposed rule change.
IV. Conclusion
For the forgoing reasons, the
Commission believes that the
Exchange’s proposal to list and trade the
Shares is consistent with the Act. This
order is based on the Exchange’s
representations.
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,18 that the
proposed rule change (SR–NYSEArca–
2010–64) be, and it hereby is, approved.
14 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 44551
(July 12, 2001), 66 FR 37716 (July 19, 2001) (SR–
PCX–2001–14).
15 See notes 6 and 7, supra.
16 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 44551,
supra note 14, 66 FR at 37719.
17 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55621
(April 12, 2007), 72 FR 19571, 19576 (April 18,
2007) (SR–NYSEArca–2006–86).
18 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.19
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–20819 Filed 8–20–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
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COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–62734; File No. SR–MSRB–
2010–06]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed
Rule Change To Establish a
Subscription To the Information
Collected by the MSRB’s Short-term
Obligation Rate Transparency
(‘‘SHORT’’) System
August 17, 2010.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August
10, 2010, the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board (‘‘MSRB’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been prepared by the MSRB. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The MSRB is filing with the
Commission a proposed rule change to
establish a subscription to the
information collected by the MSRB’s
Short-term Obligation Rate
Transparency (‘‘SHORT’’) System. The
MSRB has requested that the proposed
rule change be made effective on
September 30, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the MSRB’s Web site at
https://www.msrb.org, at the MSRB’s
principal office, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room. If
approved, the rule text for the Shortterm Obligation Rate Transparency
Subscription Service would be available
on the MSRB Web site at https://
www.msrb.org/Rules-andInterpretations.aspx under the heading
Information Facilities.
19 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
MSRB included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
MSRB has prepared summaries, set
forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The SHORT System is a facility of the
MSRB for the collection and
dissemination of information about
securities bearing interest at short-term
rates. Currently, these securities consist
of Auction Rate Securities (‘‘ARS’’) and
Variable Rate Demand Obligations
(‘‘VRDOs’’). The proposed rule change
consists of a proposal to establish a
subscription to the information
collected by the SHORT System. The
data stream subscription would be
provided through a Web service and
would be made available for an annual
fee of $10,000.3
Information disseminated from the
SHORT System also is posted to the
MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market
Access (EMMA) Web portal pursuant to
the EMMA short-term obligation rate
transparency service. Such information
would be made available to subscribers
simultaneously with the availability of
such information to the EMMA Web
portal. The subscription service would
make the information collected by the
SHORT System available to market
participants for re-dissemination and for
use in creating value-added products
and services. Such re-dissemination and
third-party use would provide market
participants, including investors and the
general public, additional avenues for
obtaining the information collected by
the SHORT System and would make
additional tools available for making
well-informed investment decisions.
Data elements with respect to the
SHORT subscription service that would
be provided through the data stream
would be set forth in the SHORT System
3 The proposed subscription price would cover a
portion of the administrative, technical and
operating costs of the SHORT subscription service
but would not cover all costs of such subscription
service or of the SHORT System. The MSRB has
proposed establishing the subscription price at a
commercially reasonable level.
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Subscriber Manual posted on the MSRB
Web site. The SHORT System
Subscriber Manual would provide a
complete, up-to-date listing of all data
elements made available through the
SHORT subscription service, including
any additions, deletions or
modifications to disseminated data
elements, detailed definitions of each
data element, specific data format
information, and information about
technical data elements to support
transmission and data-integrity
processes between the SHORT System
and subscribers.
Subscriptions would be provided
through computer-to-computer data
streams utilizing XML files for data.
Appropriate schemas and other
technical specifications for accessing
the Web services through which the
data stream will be provided would be
set forth in the SHORT System
Subscriber Manual posted on the MSRB
Web site.
The MSRB would make the SHORT
subscription service available on an
equal and non-discriminatory basis.
Subscribers would be subject to all of
the terms of the subscription agreement
to be entered into between the MSRB
and each subscriber, including
proprietary rights of third parties in
information provided by such third
parties that is made available through
the subscription. The MSRB would not
be responsible for the content of the
information submitted by submitters
that is distributed to subscribers of the
SHORT subscription service.
the information collected by the SHORT
System available to market participants
for re-dissemination and for use in
creating value-added products and
services. Such re-dissemination and
third-party use would provide market
participants, including investors and the
general public, additional avenues for
obtaining the information collected by
the SHORT System and would make
additional tools available for making
well-informed investment decisions.
Broad access to the information
collected by the SHORT System, in
addition to the public access through
the EMMA Web portal, should further
assist in preventing fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices by
improving the opportunity for public
investors to access material information
about Auction Rate Securities and
Variable Rate Demand Obligations.
Furthermore, broader redissemination and third-party use of the
information collected by the SHORT
System should promote a more fair and
efficient municipal securities market in
which transactions are effected on the
basis of material information available
to all parties to such transactions, which
should allow for fairer pricing of
transactions based on a more complete
understanding of the terms of the
securities (including any changes
thereto).
2. Statutory Basis
The MSRB has adopted the proposed
rule change pursuant to Section
15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act,4 which provides
that the MSRB’s rules shall be designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with
persons engaged in regulating, clearing,
settling, processing information with
respect to, and facilitating transactions
in municipal securities, to remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market in
municipal securities, and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest.
The MSRB believes that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the Act.
The SHORT subscription service would
serve as an additional mechanism by
which the MSRB works toward
removing impediments to and helping
to perfect the mechanisms of a free and
open market in municipal securities.
The subscription service would make
The MSRB does not believe the
proposed rule change will impose any
burden on competition not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. The proposed rule
change would make the information
collected by the SHORT System
available to all persons on an equal and
non-discriminatory basis. The
information provided through the
subscription service would be available
to all subscribers simultaneously with
the availability of the information
through the EMMA Web portal. In
addition to making the information
available for free on the EMMA Web
portal to all members of the public, the
MSRB would make the information
collected by the SHORT System
available by subscription on an equal
and non-discriminatory basis without
imposing restrictions on subscribers
from, or imposing additional charges on
subscribers for, re-disseminating such
information or otherwise adding valueadded services and products based on
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Statement on Burden on Competition
U.S.C. 78o–4(b)(2)(C).
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such information on terms determined
by each subscriber.5
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received on the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 45 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period
up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which
the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission will:
A. By order approve or disapprove
such proposed rule change, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–MSRB–2010–06 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–MSRB–2010–06. This file
number should be included on the
subject line if e-mail 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 (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
5 The MSRB notes that subscribers may be subject
to proprietary rights of third parties in information
provided by such third parties that is made
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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
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing
also will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of the
MSRB. 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–MSRB–2010–06 and should
be submitted on or before September 13,
2010.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.6
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–62727; File No. SR–DTC–
2010–09]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Depository Trust Company; Order
Approving Proposed Rule Change To
Revise its Procedures Regarding
Securities Delivered to or From
Participant Accounts Through the
Automated Customer Account
Transfer Service of National Securities
Clearing Corporation
August 16, 2010.
I. Introduction
On June 4, 2010, The Depository Trust
Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) proposed rule change
SR–DTC–2010–09 pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’).1 The proposed rule
change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on July 2, 2010.2
No comment letters were received on
6 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 62384
(June 25, 2010), 75 FR 38581 (July 2, 2010).
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the proposal. This order approves the
proposal.
II. Description
DTC is modifying certain provisions
of its Settlement Services Guide
(‘‘Guide’’) in connection with concurrent
rule changes being made by the National
Securities Clearing Corporation
(‘‘NSCC’’) concerning Automated
Customer Account Transfer Service
(‘‘ACATS’’) transfers processed through
the Continuous Net Settlement (‘‘CNS’’)
system.3
NSCC’s ACATS system enables
members to effect automated transfers of
customer accounts among themselves.4
For ACATS transfers processed through
NSCC’s CNS system,5 long and short
positions are passed against Members’
positions at DTC. Available securities
are delivered from short Members’ DTC
accounts and allocated to long
Members’ DTC accounts by book-entry
transfer.
An NSCC Member to which a
customer’s securities account is to be
transferred through ACATS (‘‘Receiving
Member’’) initiates the transfer process
by submitting a request to NSCC. For
the transfer to be processed, the request
must be accepted by the NSCC Member
from which the customer’s securities are
being transferred (‘‘Delivering Member’’).
After a Delivering Member accepts a
customer account transfer request and
all other preconditions of NSCC’s rules
for processing ACATS transfer are met,
all CNS-eligible securities in the
customer’s account, except securities
that the Receiving Member notifies
NSCC should not be transferred, are
entered into NSCC’s CNS accounting
3 SR–NSCC–2010–05. Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 62385 (June 25, 2010), 75 FR 38579
(July 2, 2010) and 62384 (June 25, 2010), 75 FR
38581 (July 2, 2010).
4 ACATS complements a Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) rule requiring
FINRA members to use automated clearing agency
customer account transfer services and to effect
customer account transfers within specified time
frames.
5 CNS is an ongoing accounting system which
nets today’s Settling Trades with yesterday’s
Closing Positions to produce a net short or long
position for a particular security for a particular
Member. NSCC is the contra party for all positions.
The positions are then passed against the Member’s
Designated Depository positions and available
securities are allocated by book-entry transfer. This
allocation of securities is accomplished through an
evening cycle followed by a day cycle. Positions
which remain open after the evening cycle may be
changed as a result of trades accepted for settlement
that day. CNS allocates deliveries in both the night
and day cycles using an algorithm based on priority
groups in descending order, age of position within
a priority group, and random numbers within age
groups.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-62734; File No. SR-MSRB-2010-06]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish a
Subscription To the Information Collected by the MSRB's Short-term
Obligation Rate Transparency (``SHORT'') System
August 17, 2010.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on August 10, 2010, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
(``MSRB'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been prepared by the MSRB. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The MSRB is filing with the Commission a proposed rule change to
establish a subscription to the information collected by the MSRB's
Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency (``SHORT'') System. The MSRB
has requested that the proposed rule change be made effective on
September 30, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the MSRB's Web
site at https://www.msrb.org, at the MSRB's principal office, and at the
Commission's Public Reference Room. If approved, the rule text for the
Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency Subscription Service would be
available on the MSRB Web site at https://www.msrb.org/Rules-and-Interpretations.aspx under the heading Information Facilities.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the MSRB included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The MSRB has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections
A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The SHORT System is a facility of the MSRB for the collection and
dissemination of information about securities bearing interest at
short-term rates. Currently, these securities consist of Auction Rate
Securities (``ARS'') and Variable Rate Demand Obligations (``VRDOs'').
The proposed rule change consists of a proposal to establish a
subscription to the information collected by the SHORT System. The data
stream subscription would be provided through a Web service and would
be made available for an annual fee of $10,000.\3\
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\3\ The proposed subscription price would cover a portion of the
administrative, technical and operating costs of the SHORT
subscription service but would not cover all costs of such
subscription service or of the SHORT System. The MSRB has proposed
establishing the subscription price at a commercially reasonable
level.
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Information disseminated from the SHORT System also is posted to
the MSRB's Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) Web portal
pursuant to the EMMA short-term obligation rate transparency service.
Such information would be made available to subscribers simultaneously
with the availability of such information to the EMMA Web portal. The
subscription service would make the information collected by the SHORT
System available to market participants for re-dissemination and for
use in creating value-added products and services. Such re-
dissemination and third-party use would provide market participants,
including investors and the general public, additional avenues for
obtaining the information collected by the SHORT System and would make
additional tools available for making well-informed investment
decisions.
Data elements with respect to the SHORT subscription service that
would be provided through the data stream would be set forth in the
SHORT System Subscriber Manual posted on the MSRB Web site. The SHORT
System Subscriber Manual would provide a complete, up-to-date listing
of all data elements made available through the SHORT subscription
service, including any additions, deletions or modifications to
disseminated data elements, detailed definitions of each data element,
specific data format information, and information about technical data
elements to support transmission and data-integrity processes between
the SHORT System and subscribers.
Subscriptions would be provided through computer-to-computer data
streams utilizing XML files for data. Appropriate schemas and other
technical specifications for accessing the Web services through which
the data stream will be provided would be set forth in the SHORT System
Subscriber Manual posted on the MSRB Web site.
The MSRB would make the SHORT subscription service available on an
equal and non-discriminatory basis. Subscribers would be subject to all
of the terms of the subscription agreement to be entered into between
the MSRB and each subscriber, including proprietary rights of third
parties in information provided by such third parties that is made
available through the subscription. The MSRB would not be responsible
for the content of the information submitted by submitters that is
distributed to subscribers of the SHORT subscription service.
2. Statutory Basis
The MSRB has adopted the proposed rule change pursuant to Section
15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act,\4\ which provides that the MSRB's rules shall
be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices,
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating,
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and
facilitating transactions in municipal securities, to remove
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market in
municipal securities, and, in general, to protect investors and the
public interest.
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\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-4(b)(2)(C).
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The MSRB believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with
the Act. The SHORT subscription service would serve as an additional
mechanism by which the MSRB works toward removing impediments to and
helping to perfect the mechanisms of a free and open market in
municipal securities. The subscription service would make the
information collected by the SHORT System available to market
participants for re-dissemination and for use in creating value-added
products and services. Such re-dissemination and third-party use would
provide market participants, including investors and the general
public, additional avenues for obtaining the information collected by
the SHORT System and would make additional tools available for making
well-informed investment decisions. Broad access to the information
collected by the SHORT System, in addition to the public access through
the EMMA Web portal, should further assist in preventing fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices by improving the opportunity for public
investors to access material information about Auction Rate Securities
and Variable Rate Demand Obligations.
Furthermore, broader re-dissemination and third-party use of the
information collected by the SHORT System should promote a more fair
and efficient municipal securities market in which transactions are
effected on the basis of material information available to all parties
to such transactions, which should allow for fairer pricing of
transactions based on a more complete understanding of the terms of the
securities (including any changes thereto).
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The MSRB does not believe the proposed rule change will impose any
burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. The proposed rule change would make the
information collected by the SHORT System available to all persons on
an equal and non-discriminatory basis. The information provided through
the subscription service would be available to all subscribers
simultaneously with the availability of the information through the
EMMA Web portal. In addition to making the information available for
free on the EMMA Web portal to all members of the public, the MSRB
would make the information collected by the SHORT System available by
subscription on an equal and non-discriminatory basis without imposing
restrictions on subscribers from, or imposing additional charges on
subscribers for, re-disseminating such information or otherwise adding
value-added services and products based on
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received on the
proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
A. By order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
B. Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether 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 (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number SR-MSRB-2010-06 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-MSRB-2010-06. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail 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 (https://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
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the MSRB. 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-MSRB-2010-06 and should be
submitted on or before September 13, 2010.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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\6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-20817 Filed 8-20-10; 8:45 am]
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