Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600, 76457-76463 [2011-31337]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices II. Rule 601(a) proposed Plan amendment 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 on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for Web site viewing and printing at the Office of the Secretary of the Committee, currently located at the CBOE, 400 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60605. 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 S7–24–89 and should be submitted on or December 28, 2011. A. Reporting Requirements Not applicable. B. 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Copies of the submission, all written statements with respect to the proposed Plan amendment that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Federal Register Citation of Previous Announcement: [76 FR 74835, December 1, 2011]. STATUS: PLACE: Open Meeting. 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC. DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MEETING: Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Cancellation of Meeting. The Open Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 10 a.m. has been cancelled. For further information please contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551– 5400. CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Dated: December 2, 2011. Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary. 76457 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–65862; File No. SR– NYSEArca–2011–86] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 December 1, 2011. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’ or ‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that, on November 16, 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. 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 (‘‘Managed Fund Shares’’): The Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF. The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, the Commission’s Public Reference Room, and 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 [FR Doc. 2011–31484 Filed 12–5–11; 11:15 am] 1. Purpose BILLING CODE 8011–01–P The Exchange proposes to list and trade the following Managed Fund 1 15 7 17 PO 00000 CFR 200.30–3(a)(27). Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 2 17 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. 07DEN1 76458 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Shares 3 (‘‘Shares’’) under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: The Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (‘‘Fund’’).4 The Shares will be offered by AdvisorShares 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 to the Fund is AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (‘‘Adviser’’). Accuvest Global Advisers is the Fund’s sub-adviser (‘‘SubAdviser’’) and provides day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Foreside Fund Services, LLC (‘‘Distributor’’) is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Fund’s Shares. 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 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 approved NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 and the listing and trading of certain funds of the PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Funds Trust on the Exchange pursuant to Rule 8.600 in Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57619 (April 4, 2008) 73 FR 19544 (April 10, 2008) (SR–NYSEArca–2008–25). The Commission also has approved listing and trading on the Exchange of a number of actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See, e.g., 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); 60460 (August 7, 2009), 74 FR 41468 (August 17, 2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–55) (order approving listing of Dent Tactical ETF); 63076 (October 12, 2010), 75 FR 63874 (October 18, 2010) (SR–NYSEArca–2010–79) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of Cambria Global Tactical ETF); 63802 (January 31, 2011), 76 FR 6503 (February 4, 2011) (SR–NYSEArca–2010–118) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of the SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income ETF and SiM Dynamic Allocation Growth Income ETF). 5 The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On May 9, 2011, the Trust filed with the Commission Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Form N–1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a), and under the 1940 Act relating to the Fund (File Nos. 333–157876 and 811–22110) (‘‘Registration Statement’’). The description of the operation of the Trust and the Fund herein is based, in part, on the Registration Statement. In addition, the Commission has issued an order granting certain exemptive relief to the Trust under the1940 Act. See Investment Company Act Release No. 29291 (May 28, 2010) (File No. 812–13677) (‘‘Exemptive Order’’). VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 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. Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600 is similar to Commentary .03(a)(i) and (iii) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3); however, Commentary .06 in connection with the establishment of a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer reflects the applicable open-end fund’s portfolio, not an underlying benchmark index, as is the case with index-based funds. Neither the Adviser nor the Sub-Adviser is affiliated with a broker-dealer. In the event (a) The Adviser or the SubAdviser becomes newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will implement a fire wall with respect to such broker-dealer regarding access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding such portfolio. Description of the Fund According to the Registration Statement, the Fund will seek long-term capital appreciation in excess of global equity benchmarks such as the MSCI All 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 Adviser and Sub-Adviser and their related personnel are 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. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Country World Index. The Fund will be a ‘‘fund-of-funds’’ that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in other U.S.-listed exchangetraded products (‘‘Underlying ETPs’’).7 The Sub-Adviser will seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing in Underlying ETPs that provide diversified exposure to select economies around the world. The SubAdviser will rank countries on a monthly basis using its proprietary country ranking model in order to determine their relative attractiveness. The Sub-Adviser then will endeavor to invest in Underlying ETPs that individually or in combination correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the specific countries (or regions) identified as most attractive by the model. The Fund’s portfolio will be invested only in countries with the highest ranking as identified by the Sub-Adviser’s proprietary country ranking process. The Fund intends to invest primarily in the securities of Underlying ETPs consistent with the requirements of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, or any rule, regulation or order of the Commission or interpretation thereof. The Fund will only make such investments in conformity with the requirements of Section 817 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (‘‘Code’’).8 The Fund, through its investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in equity securities, which represent ownership interests in a company or partnership and consist of common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants to acquire common stock, securities convertible into common stock, investments in master limited partnerships and American Depositary Receipts (‘‘ADRs’’), as well as Global Depositary Receipts (‘‘GDRs’’, together with ADRs, ‘‘Depositary Receipts’’).9 The Fund, through its 7 Underlying ETPs include Investment Company Units (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)); Portfolio Depositary Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.100); Trust Issued Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200); Commodity-Based Trust Shares (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201); Currency Trust Shares (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.202); Commodity Index Trust Shares (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.203); Trust Units (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.500); Managed Fund Shares (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600), and closed-end funds. The Underlying ETPs all will be listed and traded in the U.S. on registered exchanges. The Underlying ETPs in which the Fund may invest will primarily be index-based exchangetraded funds that hold substantially all of their assets in securities representing a specific index. 8 26 CFR 1.817–5. 9 ADRs and GDRs are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. Depositary Receipts may be sponsored or unsponsored. These E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in closed-end funds, pooled investment vehicles that are registered under the 1940 Act and whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. national securities exchanges. The Fund, through its investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in shares of real estate investment trusts (‘‘REITs’’), which are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in real estate or real estate related loans. The Sub-Adviser has developed its country ranking model around the premise that in the long run, countryspecific effects are the most important drivers of global equity returns. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Investment Process and Portfolio Construction According to the Registration Statement, through its proprietary country ranking model, the Sub-Adviser ranks countries on a monthly basis in order to determine their relative merit. The Sub-Adviser will use a four step process to create its portfolio allocations: 1. Qualify Countries: In order to determine which countries are to be included in the country ranking model, the Sub-Adviser will apply two consistent criteria. All qualified countries (a) must be part of the MSCI All Country World Index and (b) have a liquid Underlying ETP that tracks the performance of its equity market. 2. Analyze Factor Data: The SubAdviser will collect and analyze monthly factor data on every qualified country in the model. Currently, the Sub-Adviser uses nearly 40 factors that are classified within fundamental (e.g., short-term earnings growth), momentum (e.g., 3 month local price momentum), risk (e.g., change in 30-day standard deviation), and valuation (e.g., earnings growth) factor groups. 3. Rank Countries: Each month the Sub-Adviser will use the weighted individual factor scores for each country in the model to assign each country a relative attractiveness score. This monthly score will be used to rank countries from most attractive to least attractive. 4. Create Portfolio: The Sub-Adviser will create the portfolio based on the underlying attractiveness score of each country in the model. The most certificates are issued by depositary banks and generally trade on an established market in the United States or elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution in the issuer’s home country. The depositary bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 76459 attractive 5–6 countries will receive allocations in the portfolio, and the SubAdviser will purchase single country Underlying ETPs that represent investments in those countries’ equity markets. No single country Underlying ETP may receive more than a 25% allocation at purchase price. The Underlying ETPs in which the Fund will invest will primarily hold substantially all of their assets in securities representing a country (or region) specific index. The Underlying ETPs may invest in complex securities such as equity options, index options, repurchase agreements, foreign currency contracts, swaps, and futures contracts. and bonds that are BBB or higher. The Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies. Under normal market conditions, while the Fund will primarily invest in Underlying ETPs, the Fund may, to a limited extent, invest directly in other investments, as described below. The Fund, or the Underlying ETPs in which it invests, may invest in U.S. government securities. The Fund may invest in exchangetraded notes (‘‘ETNs’’). ETNs are debt obligations of investment banks which are traded on exchanges and the returns of which are linked to the performance Other Investments of market indexes. To respond to adverse market, The Fund, or the Underlying ETPs in economic, political or other which it invests, may invest in U.S. conditions,10 the Fund may invest 100% Treasury zero-coupon bonds. These of its total assets, without limitation, in securities are U.S. Treasury bonds high-quality short-term debt securities which have been stripped of their and money market instruments. The unmatured interest coupons, the Fund may be invested in these coupons themselves, and receipts or instruments for extended periods, certificates representing interests in depending on the Sub-Adviser’s such stripped debt obligations and assessment of market conditions. These coupons. Interest is not paid in cash short-term debt securities and money during the term of these securities, but market instruments include shares of is accrued and paid at maturity. other mutual funds, commercial paper, Diversification. The Fund may not (i) certificates of deposit, bankers’ With respect to 75% of its total assets, acceptances, U.S. Government purchase securities of any issuer (except securities,11 repurchase agreements 12 securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or 10 Adverse market conditions would include large instrumentalities or shares of downturns in the broad market value of two or investment companies) if, as a result, more times current average volatility, where the Sub-Adviser views such downturns as likely to more than 5% of its total assets would continue for an extended period of time. Adverse be invested in the securities of such economic conditions would include significant issuer; or (ii) acquire more than 10% of negative results in factors deemed critical at the the outstanding voting securities of any time by the Sub-Adviser, including significant negative results regarding unemployment, Gross one issuer. For purposes of this policy, Domestic Product, consumer spending or housing the issuer of the underlying security numbers. Adverse political conditions would will be deemed to be the issuer of any include events such as government overthrows or 13 instability, where the Sub-Adviser expects that such respective Depositary Receipt. events may potentially create a negative market or Concentration. The Fund may not economic condition for an extended period of time. invest 25% or more of its total assets in 11 Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. the securities of one or more issuers government or its agencies or instrumentalities conducting their principal business include U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed activities in the same industry or group by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury and which differ only in their interest rates, maturities, of industries. This limitation does not and times of issuance. apply to investments in securities 12 The Fund may enter into repurchase issued or guaranteed by the U.S. agreements with financial institutions, which may Government, its agencies or be deemed to be loans. The Fund follows certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent instrumentalities, or shares of in such agreements. These procedures include investment companies. The Fund will effecting repurchase transactions only with large, not invest 25% or more of its total assets well-capitalized and well-established financial in any investment company that so institutions whose condition will be continually monitored by the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the concentrates. For purposes of this value of the collateral underlying the repurchase policy, the issuer of the underlying agreement will always be at least equal to the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned on the repurchase agreement. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial institution, the Fund will seek to liquidate such collateral. In addition, the Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements without limit as part of the Fund’s investment strategy. Reverse PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 repurchase agreements involve sales by the Fund of portfolio assets concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the same assets at a later date at a fixed price. 13 The diversification standard is set forth in Section 5(b)(1) of the 1940 Act. E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 76460 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices security will be deemed to be the issuer of any respective Depositary Receipt.14 The Fund will seek to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company (‘‘RIC’’) under Subchapter M of the Code.15 The Fund will not purchase illiquid securities, including Rule 144A securities, and loan participation interests.16 Further, in accordance with the Exemptive Order, the Fund will not invest in options, futures or swaps. The Fund’s investments will be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and will not be used to enhance leverage. Except for Underlying ETPs that may hold non-U.S. issues, the Fund will not otherwise invest in non-U.S. issues. Net Asset Value (‘‘NAV’’) srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES The Fund will calculate NAV by: (i) Taking the current market value of its total assets; (ii) subtracting any liabilities; and (iii) dividing that amount by the total number of Shares owned by shareholders. The Fund will calculate NAV once each business day as of the regularly scheduled close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’) (normally, 4 p.m., Eastern Time). 14 See Form N–1A, Item 9. The Commission has taken the position that a fund is concentrated if it invests more than 25% of the value of its total assets in any one industry. See, e.g., Investment Company Act Release No. 9011 (October 30, 1975), 40 FR 54241 (November 21, 1975). 15 26 U.S.C. 851. One of several requirements for RIC qualification is that the Fund must receive at least 90% of the Fund’s gross income each year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income derived with respect to the Fund’s investments in stock, securities, foreign currencies and net income from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership (‘‘90% Test’’). A second requirement for qualification as a RIC is that the Fund must diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Fund’s taxable year: (a) At least 50% of the market value of the Fund’s total assets is represented by cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities, with these other securities limited, in respect to any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets or 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer; and (b) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets are invested in the securities (other than U.S. Government securities or securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar, or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnership (‘‘Asset Test’’). 16 A fund’s portfolio security is illiquid if it cannot be disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the value ascribed to it by the fund. See Investment Company Act Release No. 14983 (March 12, 1986), 51 FR 9773 (March 21, 1986) (adopting amendments to Rule 2a–7 under the 1940 Act); Investment Company Act Release No. 17452 (April 23, 1990), 55 FR 17933 (April 30, 1990) (adopting Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933). VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 In calculating NAV, the Fund generally will value investment portfolios at market price. If market prices are unavailable or the Adviser believes that they are unreliable, or when the value of a security has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, the Fund will price those securities at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Creations and Redemptions Creations and redemptions of Shares will occur in large specified blocks of Shares, referred to as ‘‘Creation Units.’’ According to the Registration Statement, the Shares of the Fund will be ‘‘created’’ at their NAV by authorized participants only in block-size Creation Units of 25,000 Shares or more. An authorized participant enters into an agreement (‘‘Participant Agreement’’) with the Fund’s Distributor or a Depository Trust Company participant that has executed a Participant Agreement with the Distributor, and deposits into the Fund a portfolio of securities closely approximating the holdings of the Fund and a specified amount of cash, together totaling the NAV of the Creation Unit(s), in exchange for 25,000 Shares of the Fund (or multiples thereof). Similarly, Shares can only be redeemed in Creation Units, generally 25,000 Shares or more, principally in-kind for a portfolio of securities held by the Fund and a specified amount of cash together totaling the NAV of the Creation Unit(s). Shares will not be redeemable from the Fund except when aggregated in Creation Units. The prices at which creations and redemptions occur will be based on the next calculation of NAV after an order is received in a form prescribed in the Participant Agreement. 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 Fund will be in compliance with Rule 10A–3 under the Exchange Act,17 as provided by NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares 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 NAV per Share will be calculated daily and that the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market participants at the same time. 17 17 PO 00000 CFR 240.10A–3. Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Availability of Information The Fund’s Web site (www.advisorshares.com), which will be publicly available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form of the prospectus for the Fund that may be downloaded. The Fund’s Web site will include additional quantitative information updated on a daily basis, including, for the Fund, (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’’),18 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 Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for the Fund’s calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.19 On a daily basis, the Adviser will disclose on the Fund’s Web site for each portfolio security or other financial instrument of the Fund 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 Web site information will be publicly available at no charge. 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 NYSE via the National Securities Clearing Corporation. The basket represents one Creation Unit of the Fund. Investors can also obtain the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information 18 The Bid/Ask Price of the Fund will be determined using the midpoint of the highest bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as of the time of calculation of the Fund’s NAV. The records relating to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by the Fund and its service providers. 19 Under accounting procedures followed by the Fund, trades made on the prior business day (‘‘T’’) will be booked and reflected in NAV on the current business day (‘‘T+1’’). Accordingly, the Fund 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. E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (‘‘SAI’’), the Fund’s Shareholder Reports, and its 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 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 for the Shares 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, and, for the Underlying ETPs, will be available from the national securities exchanges on which they are listed. In addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 (c)(3), will be widely disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Core Trading Session.20 The dissemination of the Portfolio Indicative Value, together with the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors to determine the value of the underlying portfolio of the Fund on a daily basis and will 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. All terms relating to the Fund that are referred to, but not defined in, this proposed rule change are defined 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 Fund.21 Trading in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the 20 Currently, it is the Exchange’s understanding that several major market data vendors display and/ or make widely available Portfolio Indicative Values published on CTA or other data feeds. 21 See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12, Commentary .04. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 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 Fund; 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 Fund 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 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 comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.22 All Underlying ETPs are 22 For a list of the current members of ISG, see www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76461 listed on national securities exchanges, all of which are members of ISG. 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 Fund is 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 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 is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the Shares will components of the Disclosed Portfolio for the Fund may trade on markets that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. 23 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 76462 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The Exchange has in place surveillance procedures that are adequate to properly monitor trading in the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws. The Exchange may obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. All Underlying ETPs will be listed on national securities exchanges, all of which are members of ISG, and the listing and trading of such securities is subject to rules of the exchanges on which they are listed and traded, as approved by the Commission. The Fund will not purchase illiquid securities, including Rule 144A securities, and loan participation interests. Further, the Fund will not invest in options, futures or swaps. The Fund’s investments will be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and will not be used to enhance leverage. Except for Underlying ETPs that may hold non-U.S. issues, the Fund will not otherwise invest in non-U.S. issues. The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in that the Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the Shares that the NAV per Share will be calculated daily and that the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market participants at the same time. In addition, a large amount of information is publicly available regarding the Fund and the Shares, thereby promoting market transparency. Quotation and last sale information for the Shares will be available via the CTA high-speed line and, for the Underlying ETPs, will be available from the national securities exchange on which they are listed. In addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value will be widely disseminated at least every 15 seconds during the Core Trading Session by one or more major market data vendors. On each business day, before commencement of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, the Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio that will form the basis for the Fund’s calculation of NAV at the end of the business day. On a daily basis, the Adviser will disclose for each portfolio security or other financial instrument of the Fund the following information: Ticker symbol (if applicable), name of VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 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 Web site for the Fund will include a form of the prospectus for the Fund and additional data relating to NAV and other applicable quantitative information. Moreover, 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. Trading in Shares of the Fund 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 Fund may be halted. In addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to information regarding the Fund’s holdings, the Portfolio Indicative Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation and last sale information for the Shares. The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest in that it will facilitate the listing and trading of additional types of actively-managed exchange-traded products that will enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of investors and the marketplace. As noted above, the Exchange has in place surveillance procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. In addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to information regarding the Fund’s holdings, the Portfolio Indicative Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation and last sale information for 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. PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 will: (A) By order approve or disapprove the 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 email to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–86 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–NYSEArca–2011–86. This file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission’s Internet Web site (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 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2011 / Notices 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 Section, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090, on official business days between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing will also be available for inspection and copying at the NYSE’s principal office and on its Internet Web site at www.nyse.com. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–86 and should be submitted on or before December 28, 2011. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.24 Kevin M. O’Neill, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–31337 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The ISE is proposing to amend its network and gateway fees. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s Web site (https:// www.ise.com), at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. 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 these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The self-regulatory organization 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 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION The purpose of this proposed rule change is to amend the Exchange’s network and gateway fees. [Release No. 34–65861; File No. SR–ISE– 2011–77] Network Fees Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Network and Gateway Fees srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES December 1, 2011. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that, on November 17, 2011, the International Securities Exchange, LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or the ‘‘ISE’’) 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. 24 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 1 15 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:00 Dec 06, 2011 Jkt 226001 76463 at the new data centers. With the unavailability of Dedicated Line Connections, the Exchange also no longer provides the Order Routing Service 5 and proposes to remove this fee from its Schedule of Fees. Additionally, at the new data centers, members are no longer able to connect to the Exchange via third-party managed service providers. The Exchange, therefore, proposes to remove reference to Managed Service Provider from its Schedule of fees also. Finally, in addition to ISE, the new data centers house a number of firms, some of whom are ISE members and others that are not. Non-ISE members at Equinix and Telx include software vendors who have developed a front end application that provides its customers a connection to ISE. These customers are members of ISE and instead of connecting to ISE directly choose to connect to the Exchange through these software vendors. To allow these and other prospective nonISE members to cross-connect their servers to ISE servers, we propose to offer the same connectivity options that we currently offer to ISE members. Gateway Fees Up until the transition to the new data centers, members were able to lease ‘‘gateway’’ equipment, i.e., Routers, Switches and Servers, through ISE in order to establish a connection to the Exchange. As noted on the Exchange’s Schedule of Fees, the cost of leasing this equipment was 4.75% of ISE’s equipment costs. The Exchange also charged a one-time fee of $500 to members who wanted the Exchange to install, move, add, change or remove any such equipment. The Exchange no longer leases any such equipment and proposes to remove these fees from its Schedule of Fees. The Exchange has designated this proposal to be operative on December 1, 2011. The Exchange recently transitioned to new data centers. The Exchange’s primary data center is at Equinix, while Telx serves as the back-up data center. At its old data center, ISE offered a number of connectivity options, including two Dedicated Line Connections and an Ethernet/Managed Service Provider connection with multiple Megabit connection options. At the new data centers, however, the Exchange only offers two Ethernet connection options, a one Gigabit (GB) connection at a cost of $500 per month and a ten GB connection at a cost of $4,000 per month. As a result, the Exchange proposes to remove from its Schedule of Fees the other existing Ethernet/Managed Service Provider Megabit connection options 3 as well as the two Dedicated Line Connection options 4 as these are no longer available 2. Statutory Basis The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,6 in general, and with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,7 in particular, in that it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among Exchange members and other 3 The Ethernet/Managed Service Provider connection costs are identified on the Exchange’s Schedule of Fees as follows: $100 per month for 1— 10 Megabits (MB); $250 per month for 11—100 MBs; $500 per month for 101 MBs—1 Gigabit (GB); and $4,000 per month for 10GBs. 4 The Dedicated Line Connection costs are identified on the Exchange’s Schedule of Fees as follows: for a T–1 and smaller connections, $300 per line per month; for T–3 connections, $1,500 per line per month. 5 The Order Routing Service is identified on the Exchange’s Schedule of Fees as follows: $100 per line per month. 6 15 U.S.C. 78f. 7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-65862; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2011-86]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca Inc.; Notice of Filing
of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade the Accuvest Global
Opportunities ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600

December 1, 2011.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'' or ``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice
is hereby given that, on November 16, 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).
\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 (``Managed Fund Shares''): The Accuvest Global
Opportunities ETF. The text of the proposed rule change is available at
the Exchange, the Commission's Public Reference Room, and 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

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Shares \3\ (``Shares'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: The
Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (``Fund'').\4\ The Shares will be
offered by AdvisorShares 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 to the Fund is AdvisorShares Investments, LLC
(``Adviser''). Accuvest Global Advisers is the Fund's sub-adviser
(``Sub-Adviser'') and provides day-to-day portfolio management of the
Fund. Foreside Fund Services, LLC (``Distributor'') is the principal
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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 approved NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 and
the listing and trading of certain funds of the PowerShares Actively
Managed Exchange-Traded Funds Trust on the Exchange pursuant to Rule
8.600 in Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57619 (April 4, 2008)
73 FR 19544 (April 10, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-25). The Commission
also has approved listing and trading on the Exchange of a number of
actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See, e.g., 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);
60460 (August 7, 2009), 74 FR 41468 (August 17, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-
2009-55) (order approving listing of Dent Tactical ETF); 63076
(October 12, 2010), 75 FR 63874 (October 18, 2010) (SR-NYSEArca-
2010-79) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of Cambria
Global Tactical ETF); 63802 (January 31, 2011), 76 FR 6503 (February
4, 2011) (SR-NYSEArca-2010-118) (order approving Exchange listing
and trading of the SiM Dynamic Allocation Diversified Income ETF and
SiM Dynamic Allocation Growth Income ETF).
\5\ The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On May 9, 2011,
the Trust filed with the Commission Post-Effective Amendment No. 25
to Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a), and
under the 1940 Act relating to the Fund (File Nos. 333-157876 and
811-22110) (``Registration Statement''). The description of the
operation of the Trust and the Fund herein is based, in part, on the
Registration Statement. In addition, the Commission has issued an
order granting certain exemptive relief to the Trust under the1940
Act. See Investment Company Act Release No. 29291 (May 28, 2010)
(File No. 812-13677) (``Exemptive Order'').
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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. Commentary .06 to
Rule 8.600 is similar to Commentary .03(a)(i) and (iii) to NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3); however, Commentary .06 in connection with the
establishment of a ``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the
broker-dealer reflects the applicable open-end fund's portfolio, not an
underlying benchmark index, as is the case with index-based funds.
Neither the Adviser nor the Sub-Adviser is affiliated with a broker-
dealer. In the event (a) The Adviser or the Sub-Adviser becomes newly
affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser
becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will implement a fire wall
with respect to such broker-dealer regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be
subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of
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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 Adviser and Sub-Adviser and their related
personnel are 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. 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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Description of the Fund
According to the Registration Statement, the Fund will seek long-
term capital appreciation in excess of global equity benchmarks such as
the MSCI All Country World Index. The Fund will be a ``fund-of-funds''
that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily
in other U.S.-listed exchange-traded products (``Underlying ETPs'').\7\
The Sub-Adviser will seek to achieve the Fund's investment objective by
investing in Underlying ETPs that provide diversified exposure to
select economies around the world. The Sub-Adviser will rank countries
on a monthly basis using its proprietary country ranking model in order
to determine their relative attractiveness. The Sub-Adviser then will
endeavor to invest in Underlying ETPs that individually or in
combination correspond generally to the price and yield performance of
the specific countries (or regions) identified as most attractive by
the model. The Fund's portfolio will be invested only in countries with
the highest ranking as identified by the Sub-Adviser's proprietary
country ranking process.
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\7\ Underlying ETPs include Investment Company Units (as
described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)); Portfolio
Depositary Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.100);
Trust Issued Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.200); Commodity-Based Trust Shares (as described in NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.201); Currency Trust Shares (as described in NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.202); Commodity Index Trust Shares (as
described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.203); Trust Units (as
described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.500); Managed Fund Shares (as
described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600), and closed-end funds.
The Underlying ETPs all will be listed and traded in the U.S. on
registered exchanges. The Underlying ETPs in which the Fund may
invest will primarily be index-based exchange-traded funds that hold
substantially all of their assets in securities representing a
specific index.
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The Fund intends to invest primarily in the securities of
Underlying ETPs consistent with the requirements of Section 12(d)(1) of
the 1940 Act, or any rule, regulation or order of the Commission or
interpretation thereof. The Fund will only make such investments in
conformity with the requirements of Section 817 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (``Code'').\8\
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The Fund, through its investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in
equity securities, which represent ownership interests in a company or
partnership and consist of common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants to
acquire common stock, securities convertible into common stock,
investments in master limited partnerships and American Depositary
Receipts (``ADRs''), as well as Global Depositary Receipts (``GDRs'',
together with ADRs, ``Depositary Receipts'').\9\ The Fund, through its

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investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in closed-end funds, pooled
investment vehicles that are registered under the 1940 Act and whose
shares are listed and traded on U.S. national securities exchanges. The
Fund, through its investment in Underlying ETPs, may invest in shares
of real estate investment trusts (``REITs''), which are pooled
investment vehicles that invest primarily in real estate or real estate
related loans.
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\9\ ADRs and GDRs are certificates evidencing ownership of
shares of a foreign issuer. Depositary Receipts may be sponsored or
unsponsored. These certificates are issued by depositary banks and
generally trade on an established market in the United States or
elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian
bank or similar financial institution in the issuer's home country.
The depositary bank may not have physical custody of the underlying
securities at all times and may charge fees for various services,
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The Sub-Adviser has developed its country ranking model around the
premise that in the long run, country-specific effects are the most
important drivers of global equity returns.
Investment Process and Portfolio Construction
According to the Registration Statement, through its proprietary
country ranking model, the Sub-Adviser ranks countries on a monthly
basis in order to determine their relative merit.
The Sub-Adviser will use a four step process to create its
portfolio allocations:
1. Qualify Countries: In order to determine which countries are to
be included in the country ranking model, the Sub-Adviser will apply
two consistent criteria. All qualified countries (a) must be part of
the MSCI All Country World Index and (b) have a liquid Underlying ETP
that tracks the performance of its equity market.
2. Analyze Factor Data: The Sub-Adviser will collect and analyze
monthly factor data on every qualified country in the model. Currently,
the Sub-Adviser uses nearly 40 factors that are classified within
fundamental (e.g., short-term earnings growth), momentum (e.g., 3 month
local price momentum), risk (e.g., change in 30-day standard
deviation), and valuation (e.g., earnings growth) factor groups.
3. Rank Countries: Each month the Sub-Adviser will use the weighted
individual factor scores for each country in the model to assign each
country a relative attractiveness score. This monthly score will be
used to rank countries from most attractive to least attractive.
4. Create Portfolio: The Sub-Adviser will create the portfolio
based on the underlying attractiveness score of each country in the
model. The most attractive 5-6 countries will receive allocations in
the portfolio, and the Sub-Adviser will purchase single country
Underlying ETPs that represent investments in those countries' equity
markets. No single country Underlying ETP may receive more than a 25%
allocation at purchase price.
The Underlying ETPs in which the Fund will invest will primarily
hold substantially all of their assets in securities representing a
country (or region) specific index.
The Underlying ETPs may invest in complex securities such as equity
options, index options, repurchase agreements, foreign currency
contracts, swaps, and futures contracts.
Other Investments
To respond to adverse market, economic, political or other
conditions,\10\ the Fund may invest 100% of its total assets, without
limitation, in high-quality short-term debt securities and money market
instruments. The Fund may be invested in these instruments for extended
periods, depending on the Sub-Adviser's assessment of market
conditions. These short-term debt securities and money market
instruments include shares of other mutual funds, commercial paper,
certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, U.S. Government
securities,\11\ repurchase agreements \12\ and bonds that are BBB or
higher. The Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in
such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection
of investments in accordance with its policies.
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\10\ Adverse market conditions would include large downturns in
the broad market value of two or more times current average
volatility, where the Sub-Adviser views such downturns as likely to
continue for an extended period of time. Adverse economic conditions
would include significant negative results in factors deemed
critical at the time by the Sub-Adviser, including significant
negative results regarding unemployment, Gross Domestic Product,
consumer spending or housing numbers. Adverse political conditions
would include events such as government overthrows or instability,
where the Sub-Adviser expects that such events may potentially
create a negative market or economic condition for an extended
period of time.
\11\ Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or
its agencies or instrumentalities include U.S. Treasury securities,
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury
and which differ only in their interest rates, maturities, and times
of issuance.
\12\ The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with
financial institutions, which may be deemed to be loans. The Fund
follows certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent
in such agreements. These procedures include effecting repurchase
transactions only with large, well-capitalized and well-established
financial institutions whose condition will be continually monitored
by the Sub-Adviser. In addition, the value of the collateral
underlying the repurchase agreement will always be at least equal to
the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned on the
repurchase agreement. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a
selling financial institution, the Fund will seek to liquidate such
collateral. In addition, the Fund may enter into reverse repurchase
agreements without limit as part of the Fund's investment strategy.
Reverse repurchase agreements involve sales by the Fund of portfolio
assets concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the
same assets at a later date at a fixed price.
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Under normal market conditions, while the Fund will primarily
invest in Underlying ETPs, the Fund may, to a limited extent, invest
directly in other investments, as described below.
The Fund, or the Underlying ETPs in which it invests, may invest in
U.S. government securities.
The Fund may invest in exchange-traded notes (``ETNs''). ETNs are
debt obligations of investment banks which are traded on exchanges and
the returns of which are linked to the performance of market indexes.
The Fund, or the Underlying ETPs in which it invests, may invest in
U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds. These securities are U.S. Treasury
bonds which have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons, the
coupons themselves, and receipts or certificates representing interests
in such stripped debt obligations and coupons. Interest is not paid in
cash during the term of these securities, but is accrued and paid at
maturity.
Diversification. The Fund may not (i) With respect to 75% of its
total assets, purchase securities of any issuer (except securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities or shares of investment companies) if, as a result,
more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in the securities of
such issuer; or (ii) acquire more than 10% of the outstanding voting
securities of any one issuer. For purposes of this policy, the issuer
of the underlying security will be deemed to be the issuer of any
respective Depositary Receipt.\13\
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\13\ The diversification standard is set forth in Section
5(b)(1) of the 1940 Act.
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Concentration. The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its total
assets in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their
principal business activities in the same industry or group of
industries. This limitation does not apply to investments in securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, or shares of investment companies. The Fund will not
invest 25% or more of its total assets in any investment company that
so concentrates. For purposes of this policy, the issuer of the
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security will be deemed to be the issuer of any respective Depositary
Receipt.\14\
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\14\ See Form N-1A, Item 9. The Commission has taken the
position that a fund is concentrated if it invests more than 25% of
the value of its total assets in any one industry. See, e.g.,
Investment Company Act Release No. 9011 (October 30, 1975), 40 FR
54241 (November 21, 1975).
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The Fund will seek to qualify for treatment as a regulated
investment company (``RIC'') under Subchapter M of the Code.\15\
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\15\ 26 U.S.C. 851. One of several requirements for RIC
qualification is that the Fund must receive at least 90% of the
Fund's gross income each year from dividends, interest, payments
with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other
disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other
income derived with respect to the Fund's investments in stock,
securities, foreign currencies and net income from an interest in a
qualified publicly traded partnership (``90% Test''). A second
requirement for qualification as a RIC is that the Fund must
diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter of
the Fund's taxable year: (a) At least 50% of the market value of the
Fund's total assets is represented by cash and cash items, U.S.
Government securities, securities of other RICs, and other
securities, with these other securities limited, in respect to any
one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the
Fund's total assets or 10% of the outstanding voting securities of
such issuer; and (b) not more than 25% of the value of its total
assets are invested in the securities (other than U.S. Government
securities or securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or two or
more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the
same, similar, or related trades or businesses, or the securities of
one or more qualified publicly traded partnership (``Asset Test'').
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The Fund will not purchase illiquid securities, including Rule 144A
securities, and loan participation interests.\16\ Further, in
accordance with the Exemptive Order, the Fund will not invest in
options, futures or swaps. The Fund's investments will be consistent
with the Fund's investment objective and will not be used to enhance
leverage.
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\16\ A fund's portfolio security is illiquid if it cannot be
disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at
approximately the value ascribed to it by the fund. See Investment
Company Act Release No. 14983 (March 12, 1986), 51 FR 9773 (March
21, 1986) (adopting amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act);
Investment Company Act Release No. 17452 (April 23, 1990), 55 FR
17933 (April 30, 1990) (adopting Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933).
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Except for Underlying ETPs that may hold non-U.S. issues, the Fund
will not otherwise invest in non-U.S. issues.
Net Asset Value (``NAV'')
The Fund will calculate NAV by: (i) Taking the current market value
of its total assets; (ii) subtracting any liabilities; and (iii)
dividing that amount by the total number of Shares owned by
shareholders. The Fund will calculate NAV once each business day as of
the regularly scheduled close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(``NYSE'') (normally, 4 p.m., Eastern Time).
In calculating NAV, the Fund generally will value investment
portfolios at market price. If market prices are unavailable or the
Adviser believes that they are unreliable, or when the value of a
security has been materially affected by events occurring after the
relevant market closes, the Fund will price those securities at fair
value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund's
Board of Trustees.
Creations and Redemptions
Creations and redemptions of Shares will occur in large specified
blocks of Shares, referred to as ``Creation Units.'' According to the
Registration Statement, the Shares of the Fund will be ``created'' at
their NAV by authorized participants only in block-size Creation Units
of 25,000 Shares or more. An authorized participant enters into an
agreement (``Participant Agreement'') with the Fund's Distributor or a
Depository Trust Company participant that has executed a Participant
Agreement with the Distributor, and deposits into the Fund a portfolio
of securities closely approximating the holdings of the Fund and a
specified amount of cash, together totaling the NAV of the Creation
Unit(s), in exchange for 25,000 Shares of the Fund (or multiples
thereof). Similarly, Shares can only be redeemed in Creation Units,
generally 25,000 Shares or more, principally in-kind for a portfolio of
securities held by the Fund and a specified amount of cash together
totaling the NAV of the Creation Unit(s). Shares will not be redeemable
from the Fund except when aggregated in Creation Units. The prices at
which creations and redemptions occur will be based on the next
calculation of NAV after an order is received in a form prescribed in
the Participant Agreement.
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 Fund will be in
compliance with Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act,\17\ as provided by
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares 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 NAV per Share will be calculated daily and that the NAV and
the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market
participants at the same time.
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\17\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.
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Availability of Information
The Fund's Web site (www.advisorshares.com), which will be publicly
available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form
of the prospectus for the Fund that may be downloaded. The Fund's Web
site will include additional quantitative information updated on a
daily basis, including, for the Fund, (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''),\18\ 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
Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio as defined
in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for the
Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.\19\
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\18\ The Bid/Ask Price of the Fund will be determined using the
midpoint of the highest bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as
of the time of calculation of the Fund's NAV. The records relating
to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by the Fund and its service
providers.
\19\ Under accounting procedures followed by the Fund, trades
made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and reflected
in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Accordingly, the Fund
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 Adviser will disclose on the Fund's Web site
for each portfolio security or other financial instrument of the Fund
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 Web site
information will be publicly available at no charge.
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 NYSE via the
National Securities Clearing Corporation. The basket represents one
Creation Unit of the Fund.
Investors can also obtain the Trust's Statement of Additional
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(``SAI''), the Fund's Shareholder Reports, and its 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 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 for the
Shares 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, and,
for the Underlying ETPs, will be available from the national securities
exchanges on which they are listed. In addition, the Portfolio
Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 (c)(3),
will be widely disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at
least every 15 seconds during the Core Trading Session.\20\ The
dissemination of the Portfolio Indicative Value, together with the
Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors to determine the value of the
underlying portfolio of the Fund on a daily basis and will provide a
close estimate of that value throughout the trading day.
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\20\ Currently, it is the Exchange's understanding that several
major market data vendors display and/or make widely available
Portfolio Indicative Values published on CTA or other data feeds.
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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. All terms relating
to the Fund that are referred to, but not defined in, this proposed
rule change are defined 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 Fund.\21\ Trading in Shares of the Fund
will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Equities
Rule 7.12 have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of
market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange,
make trading in the Shares inadvisable. 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 Fund;
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 Fund may be
halted.
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\21\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12, Commentary .04.
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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
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 comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement.\22\ All Underlying ETPs are listed on
national securities exchanges, all of which are members of ISG.
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\22\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see
www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all components of the
Disclosed Portfolio for the Fund 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 Fund is 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 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.
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\23\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed to
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the
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be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the initial and
continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The
Exchange has in place surveillance procedures that are adequate to
properly monitor trading in the Shares in all trading sessions and to
deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal
securities laws. The Exchange may obtain information via ISG from other
exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has
entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. All
Underlying ETPs will be listed on national securities exchanges, all of
which are members of ISG, and the listing and trading of such
securities is subject to rules of the exchanges on which they are
listed and traded, as approved by the Commission. The Fund will not
purchase illiquid securities, including Rule 144A securities, and loan
participation interests. Further, the Fund will not invest in options,
futures or swaps. The Fund's investments will be consistent with the
Fund's investment objective and will not be used to enhance leverage.
Except for Underlying ETPs that may hold non-U.S. issues, the Fund will
not otherwise invest in non-U.S. issues.
The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable
principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in
that the Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the
Shares that the NAV per Share will be calculated daily and that the NAV
and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market
participants at the same time. In addition, a large amount of
information is publicly available regarding the Fund and the Shares,
thereby promoting market transparency. Quotation and last sale
information for the Shares will be available via the CTA high-speed
line and, for the Underlying ETPs, will be available from the national
securities exchange on which they are listed. In addition, the
Portfolio Indicative Value will be widely disseminated at least every
15 seconds during the Core Trading Session by one or more major market
data vendors. On each business day, before commencement of trading in
Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, the Fund will
disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio that will form the
basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.
On a daily basis, the Adviser will disclose for each portfolio security
or other financial instrument of the Fund 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 Web site for the Fund will
include a form of the prospectus for the Fund and additional data
relating to NAV and other applicable quantitative information.
Moreover, 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. Trading
in Shares of the Fund 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 Fund may be halted. In
addition, as noted above, investors will have ready access to
information regarding the Fund's holdings, the Portfolio Indicative
Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation and last sale information
for the Shares.
The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a
free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the
public interest in that it will facilitate the listing and trading of
additional types of actively-managed exchange-traded products that will
enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of
investors and the marketplace. As noted above, the Exchange has in
place surveillance procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may
obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG
or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement. In addition, as noted above, investors
will have ready access to information regarding the Fund's holdings,
the Portfolio Indicative Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation
and last sale information for 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 will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove the 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 email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2011-86 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-NYSEArca-2011-86. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (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
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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 Section, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090, on
official business days between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing
will also be available for inspection and copying at the NYSE's
principal office and on its Internet Web site at www.nyse.com. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2011-86 and should
be submitted on or before December 28, 2011.
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\24\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\24\
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-31337 Filed 12-6-11; 8:45 am]
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