Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Listing and Trading of the Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF and Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF, 20401-20406 [2011-8725]
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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 website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
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NYSEArca-2011–15 and should be
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.12
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed
Rule Change Relating to the Listing
and Trading of the Guggenheim
Enhanced Core Bond ETF and
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF
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April 7, 2011.
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 March 24,
2011, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’ or
‘‘NYSE Arca’’) 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 Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
12 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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 Exchange proposes to list and
trade the following under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600: Guggenheim
Enhanced Core Bond ETF and
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF. The text of the proposed rule
change is available at the Exchange, the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
and https://www.nyse.com.
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
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of,
and basis for, the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
on the proposed rule change. The text
of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
of the most significant parts of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to list and
trade the following Managed Fund
Shares 3 (‘‘Shares’’) under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600: Guggenheim
Enhanced Core Bond ETF and
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF (each a ‘‘Fund,’’ and,
collectively, ‘‘Funds’’).4 The Shares will
3 A Managed Fund Share is a security that
represents an interest in an investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) (‘‘1940 Act’’) organized as an
open-end investment company or similar entity that
invests in a portfolio of securities selected by its
investment adviser consistent with its investment
objectives and policies. In contrast, an open-end
investment company that issues Investment
Company Units, listed and traded on the Exchange
under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), seeks to
provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance of a
specific foreign or domestic stock index, fixed
income securities index, or combination thereof.
4 The Commission previously approved listing
and trading on the Exchange of the following
actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May
8, 2008), 73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR–
NYSEArca–2008–31) (order approving Exchange
listing and trading of twelve actively-managed
funds of the WisdomTree Trust); 61365 (January 15,
2010), 75 FR 4124 (January 26, 2010) (SR–
NYSEArca–2009–114) (order approving listing and
trading of Grail McDonnell Fixed Income ETFs);
and 60981 (November 10, 2009), 74 FR 59594
(November 18, 2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–79)
(order approving listing of five fixed income funds
of the PIMCO ETF Trust).
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be offered by the Claymore ExchangeTraded 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.5
The investment adviser for the Funds
is Claymore Advisors, LLC (‘‘Investment
Adviser’’). The Bank of New York
Mellon is the custodian and transfer
agent for the Funds. Claymore
Securities, Inc. is the distributor for the
Funds.
Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600
provides that, if the investment adviser
to the Investment Company issuing
Managed Fund Shares is affiliated with
a broker-dealer, such investment adviser
shall erect a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the
investment adviser and the brokerdealer with respect to access to
information concerning the composition
and/or changes to such Investment
Company portfolio.6 In addition,
Commentary .06 further requires that
personnel who make decisions on the
open-end fund’s portfolio composition
must be subject to procedures designed
to prevent the use and dissemination of
material nonpublic information
regarding the open-end fund’s portfolio.
The Investment Adviser is affiliated
with a broker-dealer and has
represented that it has implemented a
fire wall with respect to its broker5 The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On
July 26, 2010, the Trust filed with the Commission
Form N–1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15
U.S.C. 77a) (‘‘Securities Act’’) relating to the Funds
(File Nos. 333–134551 and 811–21906)
(‘‘Registration Statement’’). The description of the
operation of the Trust and the Funds herein is
based on the Registration Statement.
6 An investment adviser to an open-end fund is
required to be registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (‘‘Advisers Act’’). As a result,
the investment adviser is subject to the provisions
of Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers Act relating to
codes of ethics. This Rule requires investment
advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the
fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as
well as compliance with other applicable securities
laws. Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent
the communication and misuse of non-public
information by an investment adviser must be
consistent with Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers
Act. The Exchange represents that the Investment
Adviser and related personnel, are subject to
Advisers Act Rule 204A–1. In addition, Rule
206(4)–7 under the Advisers Act makes it unlawful
for an investment adviser to provide investment
advice to clients unless such investment adviser has
(i) Adopted and implemented written policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent
violation, by the investment adviser and its
supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the
Commission rules adopted thereunder; (ii)
implemented, at a minimum, an annual review
regarding the adequacy of the policies and
procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (i)
above and the effectiveness of their
implementation; and (iii) designated an individual
(who is a supervised person) responsible for
administering the policies and procedures adopted
under subparagraph (i) above.
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dealer affiliate regarding access to
information concerning the composition
and/or changes to the portfolio. In the
event (a) the Investment Adviser
becomes newly affiliated with a brokerdealer, or (b) any new adviser or subadviser becomes affiliated with a brokerdealer, they will implement a fire wall
with respect to such broker-dealer
regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or
changes to the portfolio.
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Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF
According to the Registration
Statement, the investment objective of
the Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond
ETF is to seek total return, comprised of
income and capital appreciation. The
Fund will use a quantitative strategy to
seek total returns, comprised of income
and capital appreciation, and riskadjusted returns in excess of the
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond
Index (‘‘Benchmark’’) while maintaining
a low risk profile versus the Benchmark.
The Fund’s quantitative strategy
attempts to identify relative mispricing
among the instruments of a given asset
class and estimate future returns which
may arise from the correction of these
mispricing levels. The quantitative
portfolio construction process then
attempts to maximize expected returns
due to issue-specific mispricing while
controlling for interest rate and credit
spread (i.e., differences in yield between
different debt instruments arising from
differences in credit risk) risks. The
average duration of the Fund’s debt
holdings is expected to be generally
similar to the average duration of the
Benchmark components.
The Fund primarily will invest in
U.S. dollar-denominated investment
grade debt securities, rated Baa or
higher by Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. (‘‘Moody’s’’), or equivalently rated
by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group
(‘‘S&P’’) or Fitch Investor Services
(‘‘Fitch’’) or, if unrated, determined by
the Investment Adviser to be of
comparable quality.7 The Fund may
invest, without limitation, in U.S.
dollar-denominated debt securities of
foreign issuers. The Fund may also
invest in debt securities denominated in
foreign currencies. The Investment
7 The Investment Adviser’s analysis is comprised
of multiple elements including collateral and
counterparty risk, structural analysis, quantitative
analysis, and relative value/market value at risk
analysis. Evaluation is also applied to collateral,
historical market data, and proprietary statistical
models to evaluate specific transactions. This
analysis is applied against the macroeconomic
outlook, geopolitical issues as well as
considerations that more directly affect the
company’s industry to determine an internally
assigned credit rating.
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Adviser may attempt to reduce foreign
currency exchange rate risk by entering
into contracts with banks, brokers, or
dealers to purchase or sell securities or
foreign currencies at a future date
(‘‘forward contracts’’). The Fund may
invest no more than 10% in high yield
securities (‘‘junk bonds’’), which are debt
securities that are rated below
investment grade by nationally
recognized statistical rating
organizations, or are unrated securities
that the Investment Adviser believes are
of comparable quality.
The Fund may invest in a wide range
of fixed income instruments selected
from, but not limited to, the following
sectors: U.S. Treasury securities,
corporate bonds, emerging market debt,
and non-dollar denominated sovereign
and corporate debt.8 The Fund may
invest up to 10% of its assets in
mortgage-backed securities (‘‘MBS’’) or
in other asset-backed securities.9 This
limitation does not apply to securities
issued or guaranteed by federal agencies
and/or U.S. government sponsored
instrumentalities, such as the
Government National Mortgage
Administration (‘‘GNMA’’), the Federal
Housing Administration (‘‘FHA’’), the
Federal National Mortgage Association
(‘‘FNMA’’), and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation (‘‘FHLMC’’).
According to the Registration
Statement, the Fund may obtain
8 The Fund will invest only in securities that the
Investment Adviser deems to be sufficiently liquid.
While corporate bonds and emerging market debt
generally must have $200 million or more par
amount outstanding and significant par value
traded to be considered as an eligible investment,
at least 80% of issues of corporate bonds or
corporate debt held by the Fund must have $200
million or more par amount outstanding. The
strategy follows an active quantitative investment
process that seeks excess returns to the Benchmark.
The strategy selects securities using a rigorous
portfolio construction approach to tightly control
independent risk exposures such as fixed income
sector weights, sector specific yield curves, credit
spreads, prepayment risks, and others. Within those
risk constraints, the strategy utilizes relative value
estimates to select individual securities that can
provide risk adjusted outperformance relative to the
Benchmark.
9 The Fund may invest in MBS or other assetbacked securities issued or guaranteed by private
issuers. The MBS in which the Fund may invest
may also include residential mortgage-backed
securities (‘‘RMBS’’), collateralized mortgage
obligations (‘‘CMOs’’), and commercial mortgagebacked securities (‘‘CMBS’’). The asset-backed
securities in which the Fund may invest include
collateralized debt obligations (‘‘CDOs’’). CDOs
include collateralized bond obligations (‘‘CBOs’’),
collateralized loan obligations (‘‘CLOs’’) and other
similarly structured securities. A CBO is a trust
which is backed by a diversified pool of high risk,
below investment grade fixed income securities. A
CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of
loans, which may include, among others, domestic
and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured
loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including
loans that may be rated below investment grade or
equivalent unrated loans.
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exposure to the securities in which it
normally invests by engaging in various
investment techniques, including, but
not limited to, forward purchase
agreements, mortgage dollar roll, and
‘‘TBA’’ mortgage trading.10 The Fund
also may invest directly in exchangetraded funds (‘‘ETFs’’) and other
investment companies that provide
exposure to fixed income securities
similar to those securities in which the
Fund may invest in directly.
The Fund will normally invest at least
80% of its net assets in fixed income
securities.
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF
According to the Registration
Statement, the investment objective of
the Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF is to seek maximum current
income, consistent with preservation of
capital and daily liquidity. The Fund
uses a low duration strategy to seek to
outperform the 1–3 month Treasury Bill
Index in addition to providing returns
in excess of those available in U.S.
Treasury bills, government repurchase
agreements, and money market funds,
while providing preservation of capital
and daily liquidity. The Fund is not a
money market fund and thus does not
seek to maintain a stable net asset value
of $1.00 per Share.
The Fund expects, under normal
circumstances,11 to hold a diversified
portfolio of fixed income instruments of
varying maturities, but that have an
average duration of less than 1 year. The
Fund primarily will invest in U.S.
dollar-denominated investment grade
debt securities, rated Baa or higher by
Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P
or Fitch or, if unrated, determined by
the Investment Adviser to be of
comparable quality.12 The Fund may
invest, without limitation, in U.S.
dollar-denominated debt securities of
foreign issuers. The Fund may also
invest in debt securities denominated in
10 A mortgage dollar roll involves the sale of a
MBS by one of the Funds and its agreement to
repurchase the instrument (or one which is
substantially similar) at a specified time and price.
A TBA transaction is a method of trading MBS. In
a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller agree upon
general trade parameters such as agency, settlement
date, par amount, and price. The actual pools
delivered generally are determined two days prior
to the settlement date.
11 The term ‘‘under normal market circumstances’’
includes, but is not limited to, the absence of
extreme volatility or trading halts in the fixed
income markets or the financial markets generally;
operational issues causing dissemination of
inaccurate market information; or force majeure
type events such as systems failure, natural or manmade disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of
terrorism, riot or labor disruption, or any similar
intervening circumstance.
12 See note 7, supra.
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foreign currencies. The Investment
Adviser may attempt to reduce foreign
currency exchange rate risk by entering
into contracts with banks, brokers, or
dealers to purchase or sell securities or
forward contracts. The Fund may invest
no more than 10% in junk bonds. The
Fund may also invest in municipal
securities.
The Fund may invest a substantial
portion of its assets in short-term
instruments such as commercial
paper 13 and/or repurchase
agreements.14 The Fund may also invest
in a wide range of fixed income
instruments selected from, but not
limited to, the following sectors: U.S.
Treasury securities, corporate bonds,
emerging market debt, and non-dollar
denominated sovereign and corporate
debt.15 The Fund may invest up to 10%
of its assets in MBS or in other assetbacked securities.16 This limitation does
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13 Commercial
paper consists of short-term,
promissory notes issued by banks, corporations and
other entities to finance short-term credit needs.
These securities generally are discounted but
sometimes may be interest bearing. As of year end
2010, $1.058 trillion commercial paper was
outstanding, and, as of February 28, 2011, $1.123
trillion commercial paper was outstanding. The
daily average commercial paper market issuance in
2010 was $84.343 billion, with 65% having a
maturity of 1–4 days, 8% having a maturity of 5–
9 days, 4% having a maturity of 10–20 days, 11%
having a maturity of 21–40 days, 4% having a
maturity of 41–80 days, and 8% having a maturity
of 81 days or more. As of March 16, 2011, the daily
average commercial paper market issuance was
$78.780 billion, with 58% having a maturity of 1–
4 days, 9% having a maturity of 5–9 days, 5%
having a maturity of 10–20 days, 12% having a
maturity of 21–40 days, 5% having a maturity of
41–80 days, and 11% having a maturity of 81days
or more. (Source: Federal Reserve).
14 The Fund may invest a substantial portion of
its assets in short-term instruments such as
repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are
fixed-income securities in the form of agreements
backed by collateral. These agreements, which may
be viewed as a type of secured lending by the Fund,
typically involve the acquisition by the Fund of
securities from the selling institution (such as a
bank or a broker-dealer), coupled with the
agreement that the selling institution will
repurchase the underlying securities at a specified
price and at a fixed time in the future (or on
demand). The underlying securities which serve as
collateral for the repurchase agreements entered
into by the Fund may include U.S. government
securities, corporate obligations, and convertible
securities, and are marked-to-market daily in order
to maintain full collateralization (typically purchase
price plus accrued interest).
15 The Fund will invest only in securities that the
Investment Adviser deems to be sufficiently liquid.
While corporate bonds and emerging market debt
generally must have $200 million or more par
amount outstanding and significant par value
traded to be considered as an eligible investment,
at least 80% of issues of corporate bonds or
corporate debt held by the Fund must have $200
million or more par amount outstanding.
16 The Fund may invest in MBS or other assetbacked securities issued or guaranteed by private
issuers. The MBS in which the Fund may invest
may also include RMBS, CMOs and CMBS. The
asset-backed securities in which the Fund may
invest include CDOs.
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not apply to securities issued or
guaranteed by federal agencies and/or
U.S. government sponsored
instrumentalities, such as the GNMA,
FHA, FNMA, and FHLMC.
According to the Registration
Statement, the Fund may obtain
exposure to the securities in which it
normally invests by engaging in various
investment techniques, including, but
not limited to, forward purchase
agreements, mortgage dollar roll, and
‘‘TBA’’ mortgage trading. The Fund also
may invest directly in ETFs and other
investment companies that provide
exposure to fixed income securities
similar to those securities in which the
Fund may invest in directly.
The Fund will normally invest at least
80% of its net assets in fixed income
securities.
Other Investments
Each Fund may invest up to an
aggregate amount of 15% of its net
assets in: (1) Illiquid securities; and (2)
Rule 144A securities. Illiquid securities
include securities subject to contractual
or other restrictions on resale and other
instruments that lack readily available
markets. With respect to investment in
illiquid securities, if changes in the
values of a Fund’s securities cause the
Fund’s holdings of illiquid securities to
exceed the 15% limitation (as if liquid
securities have become illiquid), the
Fund will take such actions as it deems
appropriate and practicable to attempt
to reduce its holdings of illiquid
securities.
The Funds may invest in Rule 144A
securities. Rule 144A securities are
securities which, while privately
placed, are eligible for purchase and
resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act. According to the
Registration Statement, this rule permits
certain qualified institutional buyers,
such as the Funds, to trade in privately
placed securities even though such
securities are not registered under the
Securities Act.
The Funds’ portfolio holdings will be
disclosed on their Web site (https://
www.guggenheimfunds.com) daily after
the close of trading on the Exchange and
prior to the opening of trading on the
Exchange the following day.
The Funds are considered nondiversified under the 1940 Act and can
invest a greater portion of assets in
securities of individual issuers than a
diversified fund. The Funds intend to
maintain the level of diversification
necessary to qualify as a regulated
investment company (‘‘RIC’’) under
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Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.17
The Shares will conform to the initial
and continued listing criteria under
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The
Exchange represents that, for initial
and/or continued listing, the Funds will
be in compliance with Rule 10A–3
under the Exchange Act,18 as provided
by NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A
minimum of 100,000 Shares of each
Fund will be outstanding at the
commencement of trading on the
Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a
representation from the issuer of the
Shares that the net asset value (‘‘NAV’’)
will be calculated daily, and the NAV
and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made
available to all market participants at
the same time.
The Funds will not invest in non-U.S.
equity securities. In addition, the Funds
will not invest in options contracts,
futures contracts, or swap agreements.
Creations and Redemptions of Shares
Investors may create or redeem in
Creation Unit size of 100,000 Shares or
aggregations thereof (‘‘Creation Unit
Aggregation’’) through an Authorized
Participant, as described in the
Registration Statement. In order to
purchase Creation Units of a Fund, an
investor must generally deposit a
designated portfolio of securities
(‘‘Deposit Securities’’) and/or an amount
in cash in lieu of some or all of the
Deposit Securities per each Creation
Unit Aggregation constituting a
substantial replication, or
representation, of the securities
included in the Fund’s portfolio as
selected by the Investment Adviser
(‘‘Fund Securities’’) and generally make
a cash payment referred to as the ‘‘Cash
Component.’’ The list of the names and
the amounts of the Deposit Securities
will be made available by the Funds’
custodian through the facilities of the
17 26 U.S.C. 851. As a RIC, each Fund will not be
subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of
its taxable investment income and capital gains that
it distributes to its shareholders. To qualify for
treatment as a RIC, a company must annually
distribute at least 90% of its net investment
company taxable income (which includes
dividends, interest, and net short-term capital
gains) and meet several other requirements relating
to the nature of its income and the diversification
of its assets. If a Fund fails to qualify for any taxable
year as a RIC, all of its taxable income will be
subject to tax at regular corporate income tax rates
without any deduction for distributions to
shareholders, and such distributions generally will
be taxable to shareholders as ordinary dividends to
the extent of a Fund’s current and accumulated
earnings and profits. In addition, in order to
requalify for taxation as a RIC, a Fund may be
required to recognize unrealized gains, pay
substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions.
18 17 CFR 240.10A–3.
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National Securities Clearing Corporation
(‘‘NSCC’’) immediately prior to the
opening of business each day of the
NYSE Arca. The Cash Component
represents the difference between the
NAV of a Creation Unit and the market
value of the Deposit Securities.
Shares may be redeemed only in
Creation Unit size at their NAV on a day
the NYSE Arca is open for business. The
Funds’ custodian will make available
immediately prior to the opening of
business each day of the NYSE Arca,
through the facilities of NSCC, the list
of the names and the amounts of the
Funds’ portfolio securities that will be
applicable that day to redemption
requests in proper form (‘‘Fund
Securities’’). Fund Securities received
on redemption may not be identical to
Deposit Securities which are applicable
to purchases of Creation Units.
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Availability of Information
The Funds’ Web site, which will be
publicly available prior to the public
offering of Shares, will include a form
of the Prospectus for the Funds that may
be downloaded. The Funds’ website
will include additional quantitative
information updated on a daily basis,
including, for the Funds, (1) daily
trading volume, the prior business day’s
reported closing price, NAV and midpoint of the bid/ask spread at the time
of calculation of such NAV (‘‘Bid/Ask
Price’’),19 and a calculation of the
premium and discount of the Bid/Ask
Price against the NAV, and (2) data in
chart format displaying the frequency
distribution of discounts and premiums
of the daily Bid/Ask Price against the
NAV, within appropriate ranges, for
each of the four previous calendar
quarters. On each business day, before
commencement of trading in Shares in
the Core Trading Session on the
Exchange, the Funds will disclose on
their website the Disclosed Portfolio as
defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for
each Fund’s calculation of NAV at the
end of the business day.20
On a daily basis, the Investment
Adviser will disclose for each portfolio
security or other financial instrument of
the Funds the following information:
19 The Bid/Ask Price of the Funds will be
determined using the highest bid and the lowest
offer on the Exchange as of the time of calculation
of each Fund’s NAV. The records relating to Bid/
Ask Prices will be retained by the Funds and its
service providers.
20 Under accounting procedures followed by the
Funds, trades made on the prior business day (‘‘T’’)
will be booked and reflected in NAV on the current
business day (‘‘T+1’’). Accordingly, the Funds will
be able to disclose at the beginning of the business
day the portfolio that will form the basis for the
NAV calculation at the end of the business day.
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Ticker symbol (if applicable), name of
security or financial instrument, number
of shares or dollar value of financial
instruments held in the portfolio, and
percentage weighting of the security or
financial instrument in the portfolio.
The website information will be
publicly available at no charge. In
addition, price information for the debt
securities held by the Funds will be
available through major market data
vendors.
In addition, a basket composition file,
which includes the security names and
share quantities required to be delivered
in exchange for Fund shares, together
with estimates and actual cash
components, will be publicly
disseminated daily prior to the opening
of the New York Stock Exchange
(‘‘NYSE’’) via NSCC. The basket
represents one Creation Unit of each of
the Funds. The NAV of each of the
Funds will normally be determined as
of the close of the regular trading
session on the NYSE (ordinarily 4 p.m.
Eastern Time) on each business day.
Investors can also obtain the Trust’s
Statement of Additional Information
(‘‘SAI’’), the Funds’ Shareholder Reports,
and Form N–CSR, and Form N–SAR,
filed twice a year. The Trust’s SAI and
Shareholder Reports are available free
upon request from the Trust, and those
documents and the Form N–CSR and
Form N–SAR may be viewed on-screen
or downloaded from the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding market price and
trading volume of the Shares is and will
be continually available on a real-time
basis throughout the day on brokers’
computer screens and other electronic
services. Information regarding the
previous day’s closing price and trading
volume information will be published
daily in the financial section of
newspapers. Quotation and last-sale
information for the Shares will be
available via the Consolidated Tape
Association (‘‘CTA’’) high-speed line. In
addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value,
as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.600(c)(3), will be disseminated by one
or more major market data vendors at
least every 15 seconds during the Core
Trading Session. The dissemination of
the Portfolio Indicative Value, together
with the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow
investors to determine the value of the
underlying portfolio of each Fund on a
daily basis and to provide a close
estimate of that value throughout the
trading day.
Additional information regarding the
Trust and the Shares, including
investment strategies, risks, creation and
redemption procedures, fees, portfolio
holdings disclosure policies,
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distributions, and taxes is included in
the Registration Statement.
Trading Halts
With respect to trading halts, the
Exchange may consider all relevant
factors in exercising its discretion to
halt or suspend trading in the Shares of
the Funds.21 Trading in Shares of the
Funds 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. These may
include: (1) The extent to which trading
is not occurring in the securities and/or
the financial instruments comprising
the Disclosed Portfolio of the Funds; or
(2) whether other unusual conditions or
circumstances detrimental to the
maintenance of a fair and orderly
market are present. Trading in the
Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets
forth circumstances under which Shares
of the Funds may be halted.
Trading Rules
The Exchange 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. Shares will trade on
the NYSE Arca Marketplace from 4 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in accordance
with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34
(Opening, Core, and Late Trading
Sessions). The Exchange has
appropriate rules to facilitate
transactions in the Shares during all
trading sessions. As provided in NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03,
the minimum price variation (‘‘MPV’’)
for quoting and entry of orders in equity
securities traded on the NYSE Arca
Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception
of securities that are priced less than
$1.00 for which the MPV for order entry
is $0.0001.
Surveillance
The Exchange intends to utilize its
existing surveillance procedures
applicable to derivative products (which
include Managed Fund Shares) to
monitor trading in the Shares. 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.
The Exchange’s current trading
surveillance focuses on detecting
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securities trading outside their normal
patterns. When such situations are
detected, surveillance analysis follows
and investigations are opened, where
appropriate, to review the behavior of
all relevant parties for all relevant
trading violations.
The Exchange may obtain information
via the Intermarket Surveillance Group
(‘‘ISG’’) from other exchanges that are
members of ISG or with which the
Exchange has entered into a
surveillance sharing agreement.22
In addition, the Exchange also has a
general policy prohibiting the
distribution of material, non-public
information by its employees.
Information Bulletin
Prior to the commencement of
trading, the Exchange will inform its
Equity Trading Permit (‘‘ETP’’) Holders
in an Information Bulletin (‘‘Bulletin’’)
of the special characteristics and risks
associated with trading the Shares.
Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss
the following: (1) The procedures for
purchases and redemptions of Shares in
Creation Unit Aggregations (and that
Shares are not individually redeemable);
(2) 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; (3) the risks involved
in trading the Shares during the
Opening and Late Trading Sessions
when an updated Portfolio Indicative
Value will not be calculated or publicly
disseminated; (4) how information
regarding the Portfolio Indicative Value
is disseminated; (5) 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 (6)
trading information.
In addition, the Bulletin will
reference that the Funds are subject to
various fees and expenses described in
the Registration Statement. The Bulletin
will discuss any exemptive, no-action,
and interpretive relief granted by the
Commission from any rules under the
Exchange Act. The Bulletin will also
disclose that the NAV for the Shares
will be calculated after 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time each trading day.
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2. Statutory Basis
The basis under the Exchange Act for
this proposed rule change is the
22 For
a list of the current members of ISG, see
https://www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that
not all components of the Disclosed Portfolio for the
Funds may trade on markets that are members of
ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a
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requirement under Section 6(b)(5) 23
that an exchange have rules that are
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, in general, to protect
investors and the public interest. The
Exchange believes that the proposed
rule change will facilitate the listing and
trading of an additional type of activelymanaged exchange-traded product that
will enhance competition among market
participants, to the benefit of investors
and the marketplace. The Funds
primarily will invest in U.S. dollardenominated investment grade debt
securities, rated Baa or higher by
Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P
or Fitch or, if unrated, determined by
the Investment Adviser to be of
comparable quality. At least 80% of
issues of corporate bonds or corporate
debt held by each Fund must have $200
million or more par amount
outstanding. The Funds will not invest
in non-U.S. equity securities.
In addition, the Funds will not invest
in options contracts, futures contracts,
or swap agreements. The Funds’
portfolio holdings will be disclosed on
their website daily after the close of
trading on the Exchange and prior to the
opening of trading on the Exchange the
following day. The Portfolio Indicative
Value, as defined in NYSE Arca Equities
Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be disseminated
by one or more major market data
vendors at least every 15 seconds during
the Core Trading Session. Information
regarding market price and trading
volume of the Shares is and will be
continually available on a real-time
basis throughout the day on brokers’
computer screens and other electronic
services, and quotation and last-sale
information will be available via the
CTA high-speed line. Trading in Shares
of the Funds will be halted if the circuit
breaker parameters in NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached or
because of market conditions or for
reasons that, in the view of the
Exchange, make trading in the Shares
inadvisable. Trading in the Shares will
be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth
circumstances under which Shares of
the Funds may be halted. The Exchange
will obtain a representation from the
issuer of the Shares that the NAV will
be calculated daily, and the NAV and
the Disclosed Portfolio will be made
available to all market participants at
the same time.
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In addition, the Exchange has in place
surveillance procedures that are
adequate to properly monitor trading in
the Shares. Prior to the commencement
of trading, the Exchange will inform its
ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin
of the special characteristics and risks
associated with trading the Shares.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed rule change will impose
any burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to 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 (i)
as the Commission may designate up to
90 days of such date 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
shall:
(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 rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–11 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.
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All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–11. 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 the filing will
also 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 No. SR–NYSEArca–
2011–11 and should be submitted on or
before May 3, 2011.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.24
Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–64200; File No. SR–CBOE–
2011–036]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change to CBSX Rule 52.6
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April 6, 2011.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on April 1,
2011, the Chicago Board Options
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
Exchange, Incorporated (the ‘‘Exchange’’
or ‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
priced quote on another exchange will
route to such other exchange if so
instructed. Consistent with this change,
other CBSX rules are being modified to
eliminate references to the CBSX flash
process in Rule 52.6 and the CBSX
Trade Flash and Cancel Order type is
being eliminated.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The purpose of the filing is to
eliminate the ‘‘flash’’ component of
CBOE Stock Exchange (‘‘CBSX’’) Rule
52.6 (Processing of Round-lot Orders).
The text of the proposed rule change is
available on the Exchange’s Web site
(https://www.cboe.org/legal), at the
Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, and
at the Commission.
The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’) 4 and the rules and regulations
thereunder and, in particular, the
requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.5
Specifically, the Exchange believes the
proposed rule change is consistent with
the Section 6(b)(5) 6 requirements that
the rules of an exchange be designed to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts, to remove
impediments to and to perfect the
mechanism for a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest. Since the flash process
was an enhanced functionality offered
by the Exchange not required under the
Act, the Exchange would like to remove
references to it from its rules.
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
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of
and basis for the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
on the proposed rule change. The text
of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below,
of the most significant parts of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the filing is to
eliminate the ‘‘flash’’ component of
CBOE Stock Exchange (‘‘CBSX’’) Rule
52.6 (Processing of Round-lot Orders)
and to modify other CBSX rules in
connection with that change. Pursuant
to Rule 52.6, when a market or
marketable limit order cannot be
executed or displayed on CBSX because
of a better displayed price on another
exchange (as precluded by the
Commission Rules 611 (Order
Protection Rule) and 610 (Access to
Quotations)),3 CBSX flashes the order to
CBSX Traders at the NBBO price in an
effort to execute the order on CBSX
before it is routed to another exchange.
CBSX now seeks to eliminate this flash
functionality. Market and marketable
limit orders that cannot trade or be
displayed on CBSX because of a better-
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2. Statutory Basis
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
CBOE does not believe that the
proposed rule change will impose any
burden on competition not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to the proposed
rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not: (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days from the date on
which it was filed, or such shorter time
as the Commission may designate, if
consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest, it has
become effective pursuant to Section
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U.S.C. 78f(b).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-64224; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2011-11]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing
of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Listing and Trading of the
Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF and Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short
Bond ETF
April 7, 2011.
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 March 24, 2011, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE Arca'')
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 Exchange. 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).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to list and trade the following under NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.600: Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF and
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF. The text of the proposed rule
change is available at the Exchange, the Commission's Public Reference
Room, and https://www.nyse.com.
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 self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant parts of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to list and trade the following Managed Fund
Shares \3\ (``Shares'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: Guggenheim
Enhanced Core Bond ETF and Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF
(each a ``Fund,'' and, collectively, ``Funds'').\4\ The Shares will be
offered by the Claymore 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.\5\
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\3\ A Managed Fund Share is a security that represents an
interest in an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) (``1940 Act'') organized as an
open-end investment company or similar entity that invests in a
portfolio of securities selected by its investment adviser
consistent with its investment objectives and policies. In contrast,
an open-end investment company that issues Investment Company Units,
listed and traded on the Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.2(j)(3), seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance of a specific foreign
or domestic stock index, fixed income securities index, or
combination thereof.
\4\ The Commission previously approved listing and trading on
the Exchange of the following actively managed funds under Rule
8.600. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May 8, 2008),
73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-31) (order approving
Exchange listing and trading of twelve actively-managed funds of the
WisdomTree Trust); 61365 (January 15, 2010), 75 FR 4124 (January 26,
2010) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-114) (order approving listing and trading of
Grail McDonnell Fixed Income ETFs); and 60981 (November 10, 2009),
74 FR 59594 (November 18, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-79) (order
approving listing of five fixed income funds of the PIMCO ETF
Trust).
\5\ The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On July 26,
2010, the Trust filed with the Commission Form N-1A under the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a) (``Securities Act'') relating
to the Funds (File Nos. 333-134551 and 811-21906) (``Registration
Statement''). The description of the operation of the Trust and the
Funds herein is based on the Registration Statement.
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The investment adviser for the Funds is Claymore Advisors, LLC
(``Investment Adviser''). The Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian
and transfer agent for the Funds. Claymore Securities, Inc. is the
distributor for the Funds.
Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600 provides that, if the investment
adviser to the Investment Company issuing Managed Fund Shares is
affiliated with a broker-dealer, such investment adviser shall erect a
``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer with
respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or
changes to such Investment Company portfolio.\6\ In addition,
Commentary .06 further requires that personnel who make decisions on
the open-end fund's portfolio composition must be subject to procedures
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material nonpublic
information regarding the open-end fund's portfolio. The Investment
Adviser is affiliated with a broker-dealer and has represented that it
has implemented a fire wall with respect to its broker-
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dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the
composition and/or changes to the portfolio. In the event (a) the
Investment Adviser becomes newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or
(b) any new adviser or sub-adviser becomes affiliated with a broker-
dealer, they will implement a fire wall with respect to such broker-
dealer regarding access to information concerning the composition and/
or changes to the portfolio.
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\6\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers
Act''). As a result, the investment adviser is subject to the
provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act relating to codes
of ethics. This Rule requires investment advisers to adopt a code of
ethics that reflects the fiduciary nature of the relationship to
clients as well as compliance with other applicable securities laws.
Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent the communication and
misuse of non-public information by an investment adviser must be
consistent with Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act. The Exchange
represents that the Investment Adviser and related personnel, are
subject to Advisers Act Rule 204A-1. In addition, Rule 206(4)-7
under the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser
to provide investment advice to clients unless such investment
adviser has (i) Adopted and implemented written policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation, by the
investment adviser and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act
and the Commission rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a
minimum, an annual review regarding the adequacy of the policies and
procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the
effectiveness of their implementation; and (iii) designated an
individual (who is a supervised person) responsible for
administering the policies and procedures adopted under subparagraph
(i) above.
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Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF
According to the Registration Statement, the investment objective
of the Guggenheim Enhanced Core Bond ETF is to seek total return,
comprised of income and capital appreciation. The Fund will use a
quantitative strategy to seek total returns, comprised of income and
capital appreciation, and risk-adjusted returns in excess of the
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (``Benchmark'') while
maintaining a low risk profile versus the Benchmark. The Fund's
quantitative strategy attempts to identify relative mispricing among
the instruments of a given asset class and estimate future returns
which may arise from the correction of these mispricing levels. The
quantitative portfolio construction process then attempts to maximize
expected returns due to issue-specific mispricing while controlling for
interest rate and credit spread (i.e., differences in yield between
different debt instruments arising from differences in credit risk)
risks. The average duration of the Fund's debt holdings is expected to
be generally similar to the average duration of the Benchmark
components.
The Fund primarily will invest in U.S. dollar-denominated
investment grade debt securities, rated Baa or higher by Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. (``Moody's''), or equivalently rated by
Standard & Poor's Rating Group (``S&P'') or Fitch Investor Services
(``Fitch'') or, if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be
of comparable quality.\7\ The Fund may invest, without limitation, in
U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. The Fund
may also invest in debt securities denominated in foreign currencies.
The Investment Adviser may attempt to reduce foreign currency exchange
rate risk by entering into contracts with banks, brokers, or dealers to
purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies at a future date
(``forward contracts''). The Fund may invest no more than 10% in high
yield securities (``junk bonds''), which are debt securities that are
rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations, or are unrated securities that the Investment
Adviser believes are of comparable quality.
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\7\ The Investment Adviser's analysis is comprised of multiple
elements including collateral and counterparty risk, structural
analysis, quantitative analysis, and relative value/market value at
risk analysis. Evaluation is also applied to collateral, historical
market data, and proprietary statistical models to evaluate specific
transactions. This analysis is applied against the macroeconomic
outlook, geopolitical issues as well as considerations that more
directly affect the company's industry to determine an internally
assigned credit rating.
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The Fund may invest in a wide range of fixed income instruments
selected from, but not limited to, the following sectors: U.S. Treasury
securities, corporate bonds, emerging market debt, and non-dollar
denominated sovereign and corporate debt.\8\ The Fund may invest up to
10% of its assets in mortgage-backed securities (``MBS'') or in other
asset-backed securities.\9\ This limitation does not apply to
securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies and/or U.S.
government sponsored instrumentalities, such as the Government National
Mortgage Administration (``GNMA''), the Federal Housing Administration
(``FHA''), the Federal National Mortgage Association (``FNMA''), and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (``FHLMC'').
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\8\ The Fund will invest only in securities that the Investment
Adviser deems to be sufficiently liquid. While corporate bonds and
emerging market debt generally must have $200 million or more par
amount outstanding and significant par value traded to be considered
as an eligible investment, at least 80% of issues of corporate bonds
or corporate debt held by the Fund must have $200 million or more
par amount outstanding. The strategy follows an active quantitative
investment process that seeks excess returns to the Benchmark. The
strategy selects securities using a rigorous portfolio construction
approach to tightly control independent risk exposures such as fixed
income sector weights, sector specific yield curves, credit spreads,
prepayment risks, and others. Within those risk constraints, the
strategy utilizes relative value estimates to select individual
securities that can provide risk adjusted outperformance relative to
the Benchmark.
\9\ The Fund may invest in MBS or other asset-backed securities
issued or guaranteed by private issuers. The MBS in which the Fund
may invest may also include residential mortgage-backed securities
(``RMBS''), collateralized mortgage obligations (``CMOs''), and
commercial mortgage-backed securities (``CMBS''). The asset-backed
securities in which the Fund may invest include collateralized debt
obligations (``CDOs''). CDOs include collateralized bond obligations
(``CBOs''), collateralized loan obligations (``CLOs'') and other
similarly structured securities. A CBO is a trust which is backed by
a diversified pool of high risk, below investment grade fixed income
securities. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of
loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior
secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate
loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or
equivalent unrated loans.
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According to the Registration Statement, the Fund may obtain
exposure to the securities in which it normally invests by engaging in
various investment techniques, including, but not limited to, forward
purchase agreements, mortgage dollar roll, and ``TBA'' mortgage
trading.\10\ The Fund also may invest directly in exchange-traded funds
(``ETFs'') and other investment companies that provide exposure to
fixed income securities similar to those securities in which the Fund
may invest in directly.
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\10\ A mortgage dollar roll involves the sale of a MBS by one of
the Funds and its agreement to repurchase the instrument (or one
which is substantially similar) at a specified time and price. A TBA
transaction is a method of trading MBS. In a TBA transaction, the
buyer and seller agree upon general trade parameters such as agency,
settlement date, par amount, and price. The actual pools delivered
generally are determined two days prior to the settlement date.
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The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in
fixed income securities.
Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF
According to the Registration Statement, the investment objective
of the Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF is to seek maximum
current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily
liquidity. The Fund uses a low duration strategy to seek to outperform
the 1-3 month Treasury Bill Index in addition to providing returns in
excess of those available in U.S. Treasury bills, government repurchase
agreements, and money market funds, while providing preservation of
capital and daily liquidity. The Fund is not a money market fund and
thus does not seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per
Share.
The Fund expects, under normal circumstances,\11\ to hold a
diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying
maturities, but that have an average duration of less than 1 year. The
Fund primarily will invest in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade
debt securities, rated Baa or higher by Moody's, or equivalently rated
by S&P or Fitch or, if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to
be of comparable quality.\12\ The Fund may invest, without limitation,
in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. The Fund
may also invest in debt securities denominated in
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foreign currencies. The Investment Adviser may attempt to reduce
foreign currency exchange rate risk by entering into contracts with
banks, brokers, or dealers to purchase or sell securities or forward
contracts. The Fund may invest no more than 10% in junk bonds. The Fund
may also invest in municipal securities.
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\11\ The term ``under normal market circumstances'' includes,
but is not limited to, the absence of extreme volatility or trading
halts in the fixed income markets or the financial markets
generally; operational issues causing dissemination of inaccurate
market information; or force majeure type events such as systems
failure, natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict,
act of terrorism, riot or labor disruption, or any similar
intervening circumstance.
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The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in short-
term instruments such as commercial paper \13\ and/or repurchase
agreements.\14\ The Fund may also invest in a wide range of fixed
income instruments selected from, but not limited to, the following
sectors: U.S. Treasury securities, corporate bonds, emerging market
debt, and non-dollar denominated sovereign and corporate debt.\15\ The
Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in MBS or in other asset-backed
securities.\16\ This limitation does not apply to securities issued or
guaranteed by federal agencies and/or U.S. government sponsored
instrumentalities, such as the GNMA, FHA, FNMA, and FHLMC.
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\13\ Commercial paper consists of short-term, promissory notes
issued by banks, corporations and other entities to finance short-
term credit needs. These securities generally are discounted but
sometimes may be interest bearing. As of year end 2010, $1.058
trillion commercial paper was outstanding, and, as of February 28,
2011, $1.123 trillion commercial paper was outstanding. The daily
average commercial paper market issuance in 2010 was $84.343
billion, with 65% having a maturity of 1-4 days, 8% having a
maturity of 5-9 days, 4% having a maturity of 10-20 days, 11% having
a maturity of 21-40 days, 4% having a maturity of 41-80 days, and 8%
having a maturity of 81 days or more. As of March 16, 2011, the
daily average commercial paper market issuance was $78.780 billion,
with 58% having a maturity of 1-4 days, 9% having a maturity of 5-9
days, 5% having a maturity of 10-20 days, 12% having a maturity of
21-40 days, 5% having a maturity of 41-80 days, and 11% having a
maturity of 81days or more. (Source: Federal Reserve).
\14\ The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in
short-term instruments such as repurchase agreements. Repurchase
agreements are fixed-income securities in the form of agreements
backed by collateral. These agreements, which may be viewed as a
type of secured lending by the Fund, typically involve the
acquisition by the Fund of securities from the selling institution
(such as a bank or a broker-dealer), coupled with the agreement that
the selling institution will repurchase the underlying securities at
a specified price and at a fixed time in the future (or on demand).
The underlying securities which serve as collateral for the
repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund may include U.S.
government securities, corporate obligations, and convertible
securities, and are marked-to-market daily in order to maintain full
collateralization (typically purchase price plus accrued interest).
\15\ The Fund will invest only in securities that the Investment
Adviser deems to be sufficiently liquid. While corporate bonds and
emerging market debt generally must have $200 million or more par
amount outstanding and significant par value traded to be considered
as an eligible investment, at least 80% of issues of corporate bonds
or corporate debt held by the Fund must have $200 million or more
par amount outstanding.
\16\ The Fund may invest in MBS or other asset-backed securities
issued or guaranteed by private issuers. The MBS in which the Fund
may invest may also include RMBS, CMOs and CMBS. The asset-backed
securities in which the Fund may invest include CDOs.
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According to the Registration Statement, the Fund may obtain
exposure to the securities in which it normally invests by engaging in
various investment techniques, including, but not limited to, forward
purchase agreements, mortgage dollar roll, and ``TBA'' mortgage
trading. The Fund also may invest directly in ETFs and other investment
companies that provide exposure to fixed income securities similar to
those securities in which the Fund may invest in directly.
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in
fixed income securities.
Other Investments
Each Fund may invest up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net
assets in: (1) Illiquid securities; and (2) Rule 144A securities.
Illiquid securities include securities subject to contractual or other
restrictions on resale and other instruments that lack readily
available markets. With respect to investment in illiquid securities,
if changes in the values of a Fund's securities cause the Fund's
holdings of illiquid securities to exceed the 15% limitation (as if
liquid securities have become illiquid), the Fund will take such
actions as it deems appropriate and practicable to attempt to reduce
its holdings of illiquid securities.
The Funds may invest in Rule 144A securities. Rule 144A securities
are securities which, while privately placed, are eligible for purchase
and resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. According to
the Registration Statement, this rule permits certain qualified
institutional buyers, such as the Funds, to trade in privately placed
securities even though such securities are not registered under the
Securities Act.
The Funds' portfolio holdings will be disclosed on their Web site
(https://www.guggenheimfunds.com) daily after the close of trading on
the Exchange and prior to the opening of trading on the Exchange the
following day.
The Funds are considered non-diversified under the 1940 Act and can
invest a greater portion of assets in securities of individual issuers
than a diversified fund. The Funds intend to maintain the level of
diversification necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company
(``RIC'') under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.\17\
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\17\ 26 U.S.C. 851. As a RIC, each Fund will not be subject to
U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its taxable investment
income and capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders. To
qualify for treatment as a RIC, a company must annually distribute
at least 90% of its net investment company taxable income (which
includes dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains) and
meet several other requirements relating to the nature of its income
and the diversification of its assets. If a Fund fails to qualify
for any taxable year as a RIC, all of its taxable income will be
subject to tax at regular corporate income tax rates without any
deduction for distributions to shareholders, and such distributions
generally will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary dividends to
the extent of a Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits.
In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, a Fund may
be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and
interest, and make certain distributions.
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The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing
criteria under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The Exchange represents
that, for initial and/or continued listing, the Funds will be in
compliance with Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act,\18\ as provided by
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares of each Fund
will be outstanding at the commencement of trading on the Exchange. The
Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the Shares
that the net asset value (``NAV'') will be calculated daily, and the
NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market
participants at the same time.
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The Funds will not invest in non-U.S. equity securities. In
addition, the Funds will not invest in options contracts, futures
contracts, or swap agreements.
Creations and Redemptions of Shares
Investors may create or redeem in Creation Unit size of 100,000
Shares or aggregations thereof (``Creation Unit Aggregation'') through
an Authorized Participant, as described in the Registration Statement.
In order to purchase Creation Units of a Fund, an investor must
generally deposit a designated portfolio of securities (``Deposit
Securities'') and/or an amount in cash in lieu of some or all of the
Deposit Securities per each Creation Unit Aggregation constituting a
substantial replication, or representation, of the securities included
in the Fund's portfolio as selected by the Investment Adviser (``Fund
Securities'') and generally make a cash payment referred to as the
``Cash Component.'' The list of the names and the amounts of the
Deposit Securities will be made available by the Funds' custodian
through the facilities of the
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National Securities Clearing Corporation (``NSCC'') immediately prior
to the opening of business each day of the NYSE Arca. The Cash
Component represents the difference between the NAV of a Creation Unit
and the market value of the Deposit Securities.
Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Unit size at their NAV on a
day the NYSE Arca is open for business. The Funds' custodian will make
available immediately prior to the opening of business each day of the
NYSE Arca, through the facilities of NSCC, the list of the names and
the amounts of the Funds' portfolio securities that will be applicable
that day to redemption requests in proper form (``Fund Securities'').
Fund Securities received on redemption may not be identical to Deposit
Securities which are applicable to purchases of Creation Units.
Availability of Information
The Funds' Web site, which will be publicly available prior to the
public offering of Shares, will include a form of the Prospectus for
the Funds that may be downloaded. The Funds' website will include
additional quantitative information updated on a daily basis,
including, for the Funds, (1) daily trading volume, the prior business
day's reported closing price, NAV and mid-point of the bid/ask spread
at the time of calculation of such NAV (``Bid/Ask Price''),\19\ and a
calculation of the premium and discount of the Bid/Ask Price against
the NAV, and (2) data in chart format displaying the frequency
distribution of discounts and premiums of the daily Bid/Ask Price
against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four
previous calendar quarters. On each business day, before commencement
of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, the
Funds will disclose on their website the Disclosed Portfolio as defined
in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for
each Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.\20\
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\19\ The Bid/Ask Price of the Funds will be determined using the
highest bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as of the time of
calculation of each Fund's NAV. The records relating to Bid/Ask
Prices will be retained by the Funds and its service providers.
\20\ Under accounting procedures followed by the Funds, trades
made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and reflected
in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Accordingly, the Funds
will be able to disclose at the beginning of the business day the
portfolio that will form the basis for the NAV calculation at the
end of the business day.
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On a daily basis, the Investment Adviser will disclose for each
portfolio security or other financial instrument of the Funds the
following information: Ticker symbol (if applicable), name of security
or financial instrument, number of shares or dollar value of financial
instruments held in the portfolio, and percentage weighting of the
security or financial instrument in the portfolio. The website
information will be publicly available at no charge. In addition, price
information for the debt securities held by the Funds will be available
through major market data vendors.
In addition, a basket composition file, which includes the security
names and share quantities required to be delivered in exchange for
Fund shares, together with estimates and actual cash components, will
be publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of the New York
Stock Exchange (``NYSE'') via NSCC. The basket represents one Creation
Unit of each of the Funds. The NAV of each of the Funds will normally
be determined as of the close of the regular trading session on the
NYSE (ordinarily 4 p.m. Eastern Time) on each business day.
Investors can also obtain the Trust's Statement of Additional
Information (``SAI''), the Funds' Shareholder Reports, and Form N-CSR,
and Form N-SAR, filed twice a year. The Trust's SAI and Shareholder
Reports are available free upon request from the Trust, and those
documents and the Form N-CSR and Form N-SAR may be viewed on-screen or
downloaded from the Commission's Web site at https://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding market price and trading volume of the Shares is
and will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout the
day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic services.
Information regarding the previous day's closing price and trading
volume information will be published daily in the financial section of
newspapers. Quotation and last-sale information for the Shares will be
available via the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') high-speed
line. In addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be disseminated by one or more
major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Core
Trading Session. The dissemination of the Portfolio Indicative Value,
together with the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors to
determine the value of the underlying portfolio of each Fund on a daily
basis and to provide a close estimate of that value throughout the
trading day.
Additional information regarding the Trust and the Shares,
including investment strategies, risks, creation and redemption
procedures, fees, portfolio holdings disclosure policies,
distributions, and taxes is included in the Registration Statement.
Trading Halts
With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend
trading in the Shares of the Funds.\21\ Trading in Shares of the Funds
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. These may include: (1) The
extent to which trading is not occurring in the securities and/or the
financial instruments comprising the Disclosed Portfolio of the Funds;
or (2) whether other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to
the maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. Trading in
the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D),
which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of the Funds may be
halted.
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Trading Rules
The Exchange 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. Shares will trade on
the NYSE Arca Marketplace from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in
accordance with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34 (Opening, Core, and Late
Trading Sessions). The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate
transactions in the Shares during all trading sessions. As provided in
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03, the minimum price
variation (``MPV'') for quoting and entry of orders in equity
securities traded on the NYSE Arca Marketplace is $0.01, with the
exception of securities that are priced less than $1.00 for which the
MPV for order entry is $0.0001.
Surveillance
The Exchange intends to utilize its existing surveillance
procedures applicable to derivative products (which include Managed
Fund Shares) to monitor trading in the Shares. 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.
The Exchange's current trading surveillance focuses on detecting
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securities trading outside their normal patterns. When such situations
are detected, surveillance analysis follows and investigations are
opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of all relevant
parties for all relevant trading violations.
The Exchange may obtain information via the Intermarket
Surveillance Group (``ISG'') from other exchanges that are members of
ISG or with which the Exchange has entered into a surveillance sharing
agreement.\22\
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\22\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see https://www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all components of the
Disclosed Portfolio for the Funds may trade on markets that are
members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
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In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
Information Bulletin
Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its
Equity Trading Permit (``ETP'') Holders in an Information Bulletin
(``Bulletin'') of the special characteristics and risks associated with
trading the Shares. Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss the
following: (1) The procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares
in Creation Unit Aggregations (and that Shares are not individually
redeemable); (2) 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; (3) the risks
involved in trading the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading
Sessions when an updated Portfolio Indicative Value will not be
calculated or publicly disseminated; (4) how information regarding the
Portfolio Indicative Value is disseminated; (5) 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 (6) trading information.
In addition, the Bulletin will reference that the Funds are subject
to various fees and expenses described in the Registration Statement.
The Bulletin will discuss any exemptive, no-action, and interpretive
relief granted by the Commission from any rules under the Exchange Act.
The Bulletin will also disclose that the NAV for the Shares will be
calculated after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time each trading day.
2. Statutory Basis
The basis under the Exchange Act for this proposed rule change is
the requirement under Section 6(b)(5) \23\ that an exchange have rules
that are 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, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. The
Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will facilitate the
listing and trading of an additional type of actively-managed exchange-
traded product that will enhance competition among market participants,
to the benefit of investors and the marketplace. The Funds primarily
will invest in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade debt
securities, rated Baa or higher by Moody's, or equivalently rated by
S&P or Fitch or, if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be
of comparable quality. At least 80% of issues of corporate bonds or
corporate debt held by each Fund must have $200 million or more par
amount outstanding. The Funds will not invest in non-U.S. equity
securities.
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In addition, the Funds will not invest in options contracts,
futures contracts, or swap agreements. The Funds' portfolio holdings
will be disclosed on their website daily after the close of trading on
the Exchange and prior to the opening of trading on the Exchange the
following day. The Portfolio Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be disseminated by one or more major
market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Core Trading
Session. Information regarding market price and trading volume of the
Shares is and will be continually available on a real-time basis
throughout the day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic
services, and quotation and last-sale information will be available via
the CTA high-speed line. Trading in Shares of the Funds will be halted
if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 have
been reached or because of market conditions or for reasons that, in
the view of the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable.
Trading in the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of
the Funds may be halted. The Exchange will obtain a representation from
the issuer of the Shares that the NAV will be calculated daily, and the
NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market
participants at the same time.
In addition, the Exchange has in place surveillance procedures that
are adequate to properly monitor trading in the Shares. Prior to the
commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its ETP Holders in an
Information Bulletin of the special characteristics and risks
associated with trading the Shares.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited or received with respect to 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 (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date 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 shall:
(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-NYSEArca-2011-11 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.
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All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2011-11. 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 the filing will also 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 No. SR-
NYSEArca-2011-11 and should be submitted on or before May 3, 2011.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\24\
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\24\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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