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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.9
Robert W. Errett,
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–75540; File No. SR–
NYSEArca–2015–50]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of
Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting
Accelerated Approval of a Proposed
Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1, To List and Trade
Shares of the Cambria Sovereign High
Yield Bond ETF and the Cambria Value
and Momentum ETF Under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600
July 28, 2015.
I. Introduction
On June 19, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc.
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
change to list and trade shares
(‘‘Shares’’) of the Cambria Sovereign
High Yield Bond ETF and the Cambria
Value and Momentum ETF (each a
‘‘Fund,’’ and collectively ‘‘Funds’’)
under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600.
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on July 2, 2015.3 On July 1,
2015, the Exchange filed Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change.4 The
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CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75311
(June 26, 2015), 80 FR 38253 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange deletes
references to investments that the Funds will not
be utilizing and clarifies that U.S. exchange-listed
and traded ADRs are included as ‘‘Other
Investments’’ only with respect to the Cambria
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Commission received no comments on
the proposed rule change. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on Amendment No. 1
from interested persons, and is
approving the proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, on an
accelerated basis.
II. The Exchange’s Description of the
Proposed Rule Change 5
The Exchange proposes to list and
trade the Shares under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600, which governs the
listing and trading of Managed Fund
Shares. The Shares will be offered by
the Cambria ETF Trust (‘‘Trust’’), a
Delaware statutory trust which is
registered with the Commission as an
open-end management investment
company.6 Cambria Investment
Management, L.P. (‘‘Cambria’’ or the
‘‘Adviser’’) will serve as the investment
adviser of the Funds. SEI Investments
Distribution Co. will be the principal
underwriter and distributor of the
Funds’ Shares. SEI Investments Global
Funds Services (‘‘SEI GFS’’) will serve
as the accountant and administrator of
the Funds. Brown Brothers Harriman &
Co. will serve as the custodian and
transfer agent of the Funds’ assets.
Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond
ETF
The Exchange states that, under
normal market conditions,7 at least 80%
of the value of the Fund’s net assets
(plus borrowings for investment
Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF. Amendment No.
1 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/srnysearca-2015-50/nysearca201550.shtml.
5 The Commission notes that additional
information regarding the Trust, the Fund, its
investments, and the Shares, including investment
strategies, risks, creation and redemption
procedures, fees, portfolio holdings disclosure
policies, calculation of net asset value (‘‘NAV’’),
distributions, and taxes, among other things, can be
found in the Notice and the Registration Statement,
as applicable. See Notice, supra note 3, and
Registration Statement, infra note 6.
6 The Exchange states that the Trust will be
registered under the 1940 Act. According to the
Exchange, on August 27, 2014, the Trust filed an
amendment to the Trust’s registration statement on
Form N–1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
‘‘1933 Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 77a), and under the 1940
Act relating to the Funds (File Nos. 333–180879 and
811–22704) (the ‘‘Registration Statement’’). The
Exchange states that the Commission has issued an
order granting certain exemptive relief to the Trust
under the 1940 Act. See Investment Company Act
Release No. 30340 (File No. 812–13959) (January 4,
2013).
7 The term ‘‘under normal market conditions’’
includes, but is not limited to, the absence of
extreme volatility or trading halts in the equity
markets or the financial markets generally;
operational issues causing dissemination of
inaccurate market information; or force majeure
type events such as systems failure, natural or manmade disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of
terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar
intervening circumstance.
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purposes) will be invested in sovereign
and quasi-sovereign high yield bonds
(commonly known as ‘‘junk bonds’’).
For the purposes of this policy,
sovereign and quasi-sovereign high
yield bonds include exchange-traded
funds (‘‘ETFs’’) 8 and exchange-traded
notes (‘‘ETNs’’) 9 that invest in or have
exposure to such bonds. The Fund will
invest in emerging and developed
countries, including countries located in
the G–20 and other countries. Sovereign
bonds include debt securities issued by
a national government, instrumentality
or political sub-division. Quasisovereign bonds include debt securities
issued by a supra-national government
or a state-owned enterprise or agency.
The sovereign and quasi-sovereign
bonds that the Fund will invest in may
be denominated in local and foreign
currencies. The Fund may invest in
securities of any duration or maturity.
The Exchange states that the Fund may
invest up to 20% of its net assets in
money market instruments or other high
quality debt securities, cash or cash
equivalents, or ETFs and ETNs that
invest in, or provide exposure to, such
instruments or securities.
Cambria Value and Momentum ETF
The Exchange states that, under
normal market conditions, at least 80%
of the value of the Fund’s net assets will
be invested in U.S. exchange-listed
equity securities that are undervalued
according to various valuation metrics.
In attempting to avoid overvalued and
downtrending markets, the Fund may
use U.S. exchange-traded stock index
futures or options thereon, or take short
positions in ETFs to attempt to hedge
the long equity portfolio during times
when Cambria believes that the U.S.
equity market is overvalued from a
valuation standpoint, or Cambria’s
models identify unfavorable trends and
momentum in the U.S. equity market.
The Fund may hedge up to 100% of the
value of the Fund’s long portfolio using
these strategies. During certain periods,
including to collateralize the Fund’s
investments in futures contracts, the
Fund may invest up to 20% of the value
8 For purposes of this filing, the term ‘‘ETFs’’
includes 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); and Managed Fund Shares (as
described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600). All
ETFs will be listed and traded in the U.S. on a
national securities exchange. While the Funds may
invest in inverse ETFs, the Funds will not invest
in leveraged (e.g., 2X, –2X, 3X or –3X) ETFs.
9 For purposes of this filing, the term ‘‘ETNs’’
includes Index-Linked Securities (as described in
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(6)). All ETNs will
be listed and traded in the U.S. on a national
securities exchange. The Funds will not invest in
leveraged (e.g., 2X, –2X, 3X or –3X) ETNs.
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of its net assets in U.S. dollar and nonU.S. dollar denominated money market
instruments or other high quality debt
securities, or ETFs that invest in these
instruments. The Fund may invest in
securities of companies in any industry,
and will limit the maximum allocation
to any particular sector.
Other Investments
According to the Exchange, while
each Fund, under normal market
conditions, will invest at least 80% of
the value of its net assets (plus
borrowings for investment purposes) in
the securities and other assets described
above, each Fund may invest its
remaining assets in the securities and
financial instruments described below.
A Fund may invest a portion of its
assets in cash or cash items pending
other investments or to maintain liquid
assets required in connection with some
of a Fund’s investments. A Fund may
invest in corporate debt securities. A
Fund may invest in commercial paper,
master notes and other short-term
corporate instruments that are
denominated in U.S. dollars. A Fund
may invest in the following types of
debt securities in addition to those
described above as principal
investments: Securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies, instrumentalities, and political
subdivisions; securities issued or
guaranteed by foreign governments,
their authorities, agencies,
instrumentalities and political
subdivisions; securities issued or
guaranteed by supra-national agencies;
corporate debt securities; time deposits;
notes; inflation-indexed securities; and
repurchase agreements; indexed bonds;
and zero coupon securities.10 The
Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond
ETF may gain exposure to foreign
securities by purchasing U.S. exchangelisted and traded American Depositary
Receipts (‘‘ADRs’’) and each of the
Funds may gain exposure to foreign
securities by purchasing exchangetraded European Depositary Receipts
(‘‘EDRs’’) and Global Depositary
Receipts (‘‘GDRs’’, together with ADRs
and EDRs, ‘‘Depositary Receipts’’).11
The Cambria Sovereign High Yield
Bond ETF may enter into forward
foreign currency contracts.
III. Discussion and Commission’s
Findings
After careful review, the Commission
finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with the requirements of
Section 6 of the Act 12 and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a
national securities exchange.13 In
particular, the Commission finds that
the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,14 which
requires, among other things, that the
Exchange’s rules be designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest. The Commission notes
that the Funds and the Shares must
comply with the requirements of NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.600 for the Shares
to be listed and traded on the Exchange.
The Commission finds that the
proposal to list and trade the Shares on
the Exchange is consistent with Section
11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,15 which sets
forth Congress’s finding that it is in the
public interest and appropriate for the
protection of investors and the
maintenance of fair and orderly markets
to assure the availability to brokers,
dealers, and investors of information
with respect to quotations for, and
transactions in, securities. According to
the Exchange, quotation and last-sale
information for the Shares and equity
portfolio holdings of the Funds that are
U.S. exchange listed, including common
stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, ETNs,
Depositary Receipts, and real estate
investment trusts (‘‘REITs’’), will be
available via the Consolidated Tape
Association high-speed line. In
addition, the Intraday Indicative Value
(‘‘IIV’’), which is the Portfolio Indicative
Value as defined in NYSE Arca Equities
Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be widely
disseminated at least every 15 seconds
during the Core Trading Session by one
or more major market data vendors.16
12 15
U.S.C. 78f.
approving this proposed rule change, the
Commission notes that it has considered the
proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
14 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
15 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
16 According to the Exchange, the IIV does not
necessarily reflect the precise composition of the
current portfolio of securities held by a Fund at a
particular point in time. The IIV should not be
viewed as a ‘‘real-time’’ update of the NAV of a
Fund because the approximate value may not be
calculated in the same manner as the NAV. The
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13 In
10 The debt and other fixed income securities in
which a Fund may invest include fixed and floating
rate securities of any maturity.
11 See Amendment No. 1, supra note 4. The
Exchange states that not more than 10% of the net
assets of a Fund in the aggregate invested in
exchange-traded equity securities shall consist of
equity securities whose principal market is not a
member of the Intermarket Surveillance Group
(‘‘ISG’’) or party to a comprehensive surveillance
sharing agreement (‘‘CSSA’’) with the Exchange.
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On each business day, before
commencement of trading in Shares in
the Core Trading Session (as defined in
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34(a)(2)),
each 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 such Fund’s
calculation of NAV at the end of the
business day.17 The NAV of each Fund
will be calculated each business day by
SEI GFS as of the close of regular
trading on the NYSE, generally 4:00
p.m., Eastern Time on each day that the
NYSE is open. A basket composition
file, which will include the security
names and share quantities required to
be delivered in exchange for each
Fund’s shares, together with estimates
and actual cash components, will be
publicly disseminated daily prior to the
opening of the New York Stock
Exchange via the National Securities
Clearing Corporation. Information
regarding market price and trading
volume of the Shares 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. The Web site for the
Funds will include a form of the
prospectus for the Funds and additional
data relating to NAV and other
applicable quantitative information.
The Commission further believes that
the proposal to list and trade the Shares
is reasonably designed to promote fair
disclosure of information that may be
necessary to price the Shares
appropriately and to prevent trading
when a reasonable degree of
transparency cannot be assured. The
Commission notes that the Exchange
will obtain a representation from the
issuer of the Shares that the NAV per
Share will be calculated daily and that
the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio
quotations for certain investments may not be
updated during U.S. trading hours if such holdings
do not trade in the U.S., except such quotations
may be updated to reflect currency fluctuations.
17 On a daily basis, the Funds will disclose on
their Web site the following information for each
Fund regarding their portfolio holdings, as
applicable to the type of holding: ticker symbol,
CUSIP number or other identifier, if any; a
description of the holding (including the type of
holding, such as the type of swap); the identity of
the security, commodity, index or other asset or
instrument underlying the holding, if any; for
options, the option strike price; quantity held (as
measured by, for example, par value, notional value
or number of shares, contracts or units); maturity
date, if any; coupon rate, if any; effective date, if
any; market value of the holding; and the
percentage weighting of the holding in a Fund’s
portfolio. The Web site information will be publicly
available at no charge.
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will be made available to all market
participants at the same time.18 In
addition, 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 a
Fund may be halted. The Exchange may
halt trading in the Shares if trading is
not occurring in the securities and/or
the financial instruments constituting
the Disclosed Portfolio of a Fund, or if
other unusual conditions or
circumstances detrimental to the
maintenance of a fair and orderly
market are present.19 Further, the
Commission notes that the Reporting
Authority that provides the Disclosed
Portfolio of each Fund must implement
and maintain, or be subject to,
procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material, nonpublic information regarding the actual
components of the portfolio.20 The
Commission notes that the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority
(‘‘FINRA’’), on behalf of the Exchange,21
will communicate as needed regarding
trading in the Shares and any
underlying common stocks, preferred
stocks, Depositary Receipts, REITs,
ETFs, ETNs, futures and options on
futures with other markets and other
entities that are members of the
Intermarket Surveillance Group. FINRA,
on behalf of the Exchange, may obtain
trading information regarding trading in
the Shares, ETFs, ETNs, futures and
options on futures from such markets
and other entities. In addition, the
Exchange may obtain information
regarding trading in the Shares,
common stocks, preferred stocks,
Depositary Receipts, REITs, ETFs, ETNs,
futures and options on futures from
markets and other entities that are
members of ISG or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement. The
Exchange states that it has a general
policy prohibiting the distribution of
material, non-public information by its
18 See
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(1)(B).
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(C)
(providing additional considerations for the
suspension of trading in or removal from listing of
Managed Fund Shares on the Exchange). 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 each Fund.
Trading in Shares of a 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.
20 See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(B)(ii).
21 The Exchange states that, while FINRA surveils
trading on the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory
services agreement, the Exchange is responsible for
FINRA’s performance under this regulatory services
agreement.
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employees. The Exchange also states
that the Adviser is not registered as a
broker-dealer or affiliated with a brokerdealer. In the event (a) the Adviser or
any sub-adviser becomes registered as a
broker-dealer or newly affiliated with a
broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or
sub-adviser is a registered broker-dealer
or becomes affiliated with a brokerdealer, the Exchange states that the
Adviser will implement a fire wall with
respect to its relevant personnel or
broker-dealer affiliate regarding access
to information concerning the
composition and/or changes to the
portfolio, and will be subject to
procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material nonpublic information regarding such
portfolio.
The Exchange represents that the
Shares are deemed to be equity
securities, thus rendering trading in the
Shares subject to the Exchange’s
existing rules governing the trading of
equity securities.
In support of this proposal, the
Exchange has made additional
representations, including:
(1) The Shares of each Fund will
conform to the initial and continued
listing criteria under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600.
(2) The Exchange has appropriate
rules to facilitate transactions in the
Shares during all trading sessions.
(3) Trading in the Shares will be
subject to the existing trading
surveillances, administered by FINRA
on behalf of the Exchange, which are
designed to detect violations of
Exchange rules and applicable federal
securities laws and 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 federal
securities laws applicable to trading on
the Exchange.
(4) Prior to the commencement of
trading, the Exchange will inform its
Equity Trading Permit Holders in an
Information Bulletin of the special
characteristics and risks associated with
trading the Shares. Specifically, the
Information Bulletin will discuss the
following: (a) the procedures for
purchases and redemptions of Shares in
Creation Unit aggregations (and that
Shares are not individually redeemable);
(b) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a),
which imposes a duty of due diligence
on its Equity Trading Permit Holders to
learn the essential facts relating to every
customer prior to trading the Shares; (c)
the risks involved in trading the Shares
during the Opening and Late Trading
Sessions when an updated Portfolio
Indicative Value will not be calculated
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or publicly disseminated; (d) how
information regarding the Portfolio
Indicative Value and the Disclosed
Portfolio is disseminated; (e) the
requirement that Equity Trading Permit
Holders deliver a prospectus to
investors purchasing newly issued
Shares prior to or concurrently with the
confirmation of a transaction; and (f)
trading information.
(5) For initial and/or continued
listing, the Funds will be in compliance
with Rule 10A–3 under the Act,22 as
provided by NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.3.
(6) A minimum of 100,000 Shares of
each Fund will be outstanding at the
commencement of trading on the
Exchange.
(7) Not more than 10% of the net
assets of a Fund in the aggregate
invested in exchange-traded equity
securities shall consist of equity
securities whose principal market is not
a member of the ISG or party to a CSSA
with the Exchange.
This approval order is based on all of
the Exchange’s representations.
For the foregoing reasons, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment
No. 1, is consistent with Section 6(b)(5)
of the Act 23 and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a
national securities exchange.
IV. Solicitation of Comments on
Amendment No. 1
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning whether
Amendment No. 1 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-2015–50 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEArca-2015–50. 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
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Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change;
the Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–
NYSEArca-2015–50 and should be
submitted on or before August 25, 2015.
V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed
Rule Change as Modified by
Amendment No. 1
The Commission finds good cause to
approve the proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, prior to
the thirtieth day after the date of
publication of notice in the Federal
Register. Amendment No. 1
supplements the proposed rule change
by deleting references to investments
that the Funds will not be utilizing and
clarifies that U.S. Exchange-listed and
traded ADRs are included as ‘‘Other
Investments’’ only with respect to the
Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond
ETF. The Commission believes that this
additional information provides clarity
about the Funds’ permitted investments.
Accordingly, the Commission finds
good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)
of the Act,24 to approve the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment
No. 1, on an accelerated basis.
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VI. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,25 that the
proposed rule change (SR–NYSEArca2015–50), as modified by Amendment
No. 1, be, and it hereby is, approved on
an accelerated basis.
24 15
25 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.26
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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make fully informed employment
decisions, and to deter possible
wrongdoers from seeking employment
in the securities industry. Partners,
directors, officers, and employees of
exchanges, brokers, dealers, transfer
agents, and clearing agencies are
included.
The Commission staff estimates that
approximately 4,500 respondents will
submit an aggregate total 300,700 new
fingerprint cards each year or
approximately 67 fingerprint cards per
year per registrant. The staff estimates
that the average number of hours
necessary to complete a fingerprint card
is one-half hour. Thus, the total
estimated annual burden is 150,350
hours for all respondents (300,700 times
one-half hour). The average internal
labor cost of compliance per hour is
approximately $283. Therefore, the total
estimated annual internal labor cost of
compliance for all respondents is
$42,549,050 (150,350 times $283).
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Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this
publication.
The Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the PRA that does not display
a valid OMB control number. Please
direct your written comments to:
Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE., Washington
DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: July 28, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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Extension:
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Notice is hereby given that pursuant
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-75540; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2015-50]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing
of Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To List and Trade
Shares of the Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF and the Cambria
Value and Momentum ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600
July 28, 2015.
I. Introduction
On June 19, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE Arca'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''),
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to
list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the Cambria Sovereign High Yield
Bond ETF and the Cambria Value and Momentum ETF (each a ``Fund,'' and
collectively ``Funds'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register
on July 2, 2015.\3\ On July 1, 2015, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1
to the proposed rule change.\4\ The Commission received no comments on
the proposed rule change. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on Amendment No. 1 from interested persons, and is
approving the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, on
an accelerated basis.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75311 (June 26,
2015), 80 FR 38253 (``Notice'').
\4\ In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange deletes references to
investments that the Funds will not be utilizing and clarifies that
U.S. exchange-listed and traded ADRs are included as ``Other
Investments'' only with respect to the Cambria Sovereign High Yield
Bond ETF. Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2015-50/nysearca201550.shtml.
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\5\ The Commission notes that additional information regarding
the Trust, the Fund, its investments, and the Shares, including
investment strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures,
fees, portfolio holdings disclosure policies, calculation of net
asset value (``NAV''), distributions, and taxes, among other things,
can be found in the Notice and the Registration Statement, as
applicable. See Notice, supra note 3, and Registration Statement,
infra note 6.
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The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares under NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 8.600, which governs the listing and trading of Managed
Fund Shares. The Shares will be offered by the Cambria ETF Trust
(``Trust''), a Delaware statutory trust which is registered with the
Commission as an open-end management investment company.\6\ Cambria
Investment Management, L.P. (``Cambria'' or the ``Adviser'') will serve
as the investment adviser of the Funds. SEI Investments Distribution
Co. will be the principal underwriter and distributor of the Funds'
Shares. SEI Investments Global Funds Services (``SEI GFS'') will serve
as the accountant and administrator of the Funds. Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co. will serve as the custodian and transfer agent of the
Funds' assets.
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\6\ The Exchange states that the Trust will be registered under
the 1940 Act. According to the Exchange, on August 27, 2014, the
Trust filed an amendment to the Trust's registration statement on
Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the ``1933 Act'') (15
U.S.C. 77a), and under the 1940 Act relating to the Funds (File Nos.
333-180879 and 811-22704) (the ``Registration Statement''). The
Exchange states that the Commission has issued an order granting
certain exemptive relief to the Trust under the 1940 Act. See
Investment Company Act Release No. 30340 (File No. 812-13959)
(January 4, 2013).
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Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF
The Exchange states that, under normal market conditions,\7\ at
least 80% of the value of the Fund's net assets (plus borrowings for
investment purposes) will be invested in sovereign and quasi-sovereign
high yield bonds (commonly known as ``junk bonds''). For the purposes
of this policy, sovereign and quasi-sovereign high yield bonds include
exchange-traded funds (``ETFs'') \8\ and exchange-traded notes
(``ETNs'') \9\ that invest in or have exposure to such bonds. The Fund
will invest in emerging and developed countries, including countries
located in the G-20 and other countries. Sovereign bonds include debt
securities issued by a national government, instrumentality or
political sub-division. Quasi-sovereign bonds include debt securities
issued by a supra-national government or a state-owned enterprise or
agency. The sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds that the Fund will
invest in may be denominated in local and foreign currencies. The Fund
may invest in securities of any duration or maturity. The Exchange
states that the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in money
market instruments or other high quality debt securities, cash or cash
equivalents, or ETFs and ETNs that invest in, or provide exposure to,
such instruments or securities.
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\7\ The term ``under normal market conditions'' includes, but is
not limited to, the absence of extreme volatility or trading halts
in the equity markets or the financial markets generally;
operational issues causing dissemination of inaccurate market
information; or force majeure type events such as systems failure,
natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of
terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar intervening
circumstance.
\8\ For purposes of this filing, the term ``ETFs'' includes
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); and Managed Fund Shares (as described in NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.600). All ETFs will be listed and traded in the
U.S. on a national securities exchange. While the Funds may invest
in inverse ETFs, the Funds will not invest in leveraged (e.g., 2X, -
2X, 3X or -3X) ETFs.
\9\ For purposes of this filing, the term ``ETNs'' includes
Index-Linked Securities (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
5.2(j)(6)). All ETNs will be listed and traded in the U.S. on a
national securities exchange. The Funds will not invest in leveraged
(e.g., 2X, -2X, 3X or -3X) ETNs.
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Cambria Value and Momentum ETF
The Exchange states that, under normal market conditions, at least
80% of the value of the Fund's net assets will be invested in U.S.
exchange-listed equity securities that are undervalued according to
various valuation metrics.
In attempting to avoid overvalued and downtrending markets, the
Fund may use U.S. exchange-traded stock index futures or options
thereon, or take short positions in ETFs to attempt to hedge the long
equity portfolio during times when Cambria believes that the U.S.
equity market is overvalued from a valuation standpoint, or Cambria's
models identify unfavorable trends and momentum in the U.S. equity
market. The Fund may hedge up to 100% of the value of the Fund's long
portfolio using these strategies. During certain periods, including to
collateralize the Fund's investments in futures contracts, the Fund may
invest up to 20% of the value
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of its net assets in U.S. dollar and non-U.S. dollar denominated money
market instruments or other high quality debt securities, or ETFs that
invest in these instruments. The Fund may invest in securities of
companies in any industry, and will limit the maximum allocation to any
particular sector.
Other Investments
According to the Exchange, while each Fund, under normal market
conditions, will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets
(plus borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities and other
assets described above, each Fund may invest its remaining assets in
the securities and financial instruments described below.
A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash or cash items
pending other investments or to maintain liquid assets required in
connection with some of a Fund's investments. A Fund may invest in
corporate debt securities. A Fund may invest in commercial paper,
master notes and other short-term corporate instruments that are
denominated in U.S. dollars. A Fund may invest in the following types
of debt securities in addition to those described above as principal
investments: Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government,
its agencies, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions; securities
issued or guaranteed by foreign governments, their authorities,
agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions; securities
issued or guaranteed by supra-national agencies; corporate debt
securities; time deposits; notes; inflation-indexed securities; and
repurchase agreements; indexed bonds; and zero coupon securities.\10\
The Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF may gain exposure to foreign
securities by purchasing U.S. exchange-listed and traded American
Depositary Receipts (``ADRs'') and each of the Funds may gain exposure
to foreign securities by purchasing exchange-traded European Depositary
Receipts (``EDRs'') and Global Depositary Receipts (``GDRs'', together
with ADRs and EDRs, ``Depositary Receipts'').\11\ The Cambria Sovereign
High Yield Bond ETF may enter into forward foreign currency contracts.
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\10\ The debt and other fixed income securities in which a Fund
may invest include fixed and floating rate securities of any
maturity.
\11\ See Amendment No. 1, supra note 4. The Exchange states that
not more than 10% of the net assets of a Fund in the aggregate
invested in exchange-traded equity securities shall consist of
equity securities whose principal market is not a member of the
Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') or party to a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement (``CSSA'') with the Exchange. See
Notice, supra note 3, 80 FR at 38255.
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III. Discussion and Commission's Findings
After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule
change is consistent with the requirements of Section 6 of the Act \12\
and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.\13\ In particular, the Commission finds that the
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\14\
which requires, among other things, that the Exchange's rules be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public
interest. The Commission notes that the Funds and the Shares must
comply with the requirements of NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 for the
Shares to be listed and traded on the Exchange.
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\12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
\13\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission
notes that it has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
\14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Commission finds that the proposal to list and trade the Shares
on the Exchange is consistent with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the
Act,\15\ which sets forth Congress's finding that it is in the public
interest and appropriate for the protection of investors and the
maintenance of fair and orderly markets to assure the availability to
brokers, dealers, and investors of information with respect to
quotations for, and transactions in, securities. According to the
Exchange, quotation and last-sale information for the Shares and equity
portfolio holdings of the Funds that are U.S. exchange listed,
including common stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, ETNs, Depositary
Receipts, and real estate investment trusts (``REITs''), will be
available via the Consolidated Tape Association high-speed line. In
addition, the Intraday Indicative Value (``IIV''), which is the
Portfolio Indicative Value as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
8.600(c)(3), will be widely disseminated at least every 15 seconds
during the Core Trading Session by one or more major market data
vendors.\16\ On each business day, before commencement of trading in
Shares in the Core Trading Session (as defined in NYSE Arca Equities
Rule 7.34(a)(2)), each 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 such Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the
business day.\17\ The NAV of each Fund will be calculated each business
day by SEI GFS as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE,
generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time on each day that the NYSE is open. A
basket composition file, which will include the security names and
share quantities required to be delivered in exchange for each Fund's
shares, together with estimates and actual cash components, will be
publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of the New York Stock
Exchange via the National Securities Clearing Corporation. Information
regarding market price and trading volume of the Shares 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. The Web site for the Funds will include a form
of the prospectus for the Funds and additional data relating to NAV and
other applicable quantitative information.
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\15\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
\16\ According to the Exchange, the IIV does not necessarily
reflect the precise composition of the current portfolio of
securities held by a Fund at a particular point in time. The IIV
should not be viewed as a ``real-time'' update of the NAV of a Fund
because the approximate value may not be calculated in the same
manner as the NAV. The quotations for certain investments may not be
updated during U.S. trading hours if such holdings do not trade in
the U.S., except such quotations may be updated to reflect currency
fluctuations.
\17\ On a daily basis, the Funds will disclose on their Web site
the following information for each Fund regarding their portfolio
holdings, as applicable to the type of holding: ticker symbol, CUSIP
number or other identifier, if any; a description of the holding
(including the type of holding, such as the type of swap); the
identity of the security, commodity, index or other asset or
instrument underlying the holding, if any; for options, the option
strike price; quantity held (as measured by, for example, par value,
notional value or number of shares, contracts or units); maturity
date, if any; coupon rate, if any; effective date, if any; market
value of the holding; and the percentage weighting of the holding in
a Fund's portfolio. The Web site information will be publicly
available at no charge.
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The Commission further believes that the proposal to list and trade
the Shares is reasonably designed to promote fair disclosure of
information that may be necessary to price the Shares appropriately and
to prevent trading when a reasonable degree of transparency cannot be
assured. The Commission notes that the Exchange will obtain a
representation from the issuer of the Shares that the NAV per Share
will be calculated daily and that the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio
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will be made available to all market participants at the same time.\18\
In addition, 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 a Fund may be halted. The Exchange may halt trading in
the Shares if trading is not occurring in the securities and/or the
financial instruments constituting the Disclosed Portfolio of a Fund,
or if other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the
maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present.\19\ Further, the
Commission notes that the Reporting Authority that provides the
Disclosed Portfolio of each Fund must implement and maintain, or be
subject to, procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of
material, non-public information regarding the actual components of the
portfolio.\20\ The Commission notes that the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (``FINRA''), on behalf of the Exchange,\21\ will
communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares and any
underlying common stocks, preferred stocks, Depositary Receipts, REITs,
ETFs, ETNs, futures and options on futures with other markets and other
entities that are members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group. FINRA,
on behalf of the Exchange, may obtain trading information regarding
trading in the Shares, ETFs, ETNs, futures and options on futures from
such markets and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain
information regarding trading in the Shares, common stocks, preferred
stocks, Depositary Receipts, REITs, ETFs, ETNs, futures and options on
futures from markets and other entities that are members of ISG or with
which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement. The Exchange states that it has a general policy prohibiting
the distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
The Exchange also states that the Adviser is not registered as a
broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer. In the event (a) the
Adviser or any sub-adviser becomes registered as a broker-dealer or
newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-
adviser is a registered broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with a
broker-dealer, the Exchange states that the Adviser will implement a
fire wall with respect to its relevant personnel or broker-dealer
affiliate regarding access to information concerning the composition
and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be subject to procedures
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public
information regarding such portfolio.
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\18\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(1)(B).
\19\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(C) (providing
additional considerations for the suspension of trading in or
removal from listing of Managed Fund Shares on the Exchange). 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 each Fund. Trading in Shares of a 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.
\20\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(B)(ii).
\21\ The Exchange states that, while FINRA surveils trading on
the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement, the
Exchange is responsible for FINRA's performance under this
regulatory services agreement.
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The Exchange represents that the Shares are deemed to be equity
securities, thus rendering trading in the Shares subject to the
Exchange's existing rules governing the trading of equity securities.
In support of this proposal, the Exchange has made additional
representations, including:
(1) The Shares of each Fund will conform to the initial and
continued listing criteria under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600.
(2) The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions
in the Shares during all trading sessions.
(3) Trading in the Shares will be subject to the existing trading
surveillances, administered by FINRA on behalf of the Exchange, which
are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable
federal securities laws and 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 federal securities
laws applicable to trading on the Exchange.
(4) Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform
its Equity Trading Permit Holders in an Information Bulletin of the
special characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares.
Specifically, the Information Bulletin will discuss the following: (a)
the procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit
aggregations (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); (b)
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which imposes a duty of due diligence
on its Equity Trading Permit Holders to learn the essential facts
relating to every customer prior to trading the Shares; (c) the risks
involved in trading the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading
Sessions when an updated Portfolio Indicative Value will not be
calculated or publicly disseminated; (d) how information regarding the
Portfolio Indicative Value and the Disclosed Portfolio is disseminated;
(e) the requirement that Equity Trading Permit Holders deliver a
prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or
concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction; and (f) trading
information.
(5) For initial and/or continued listing, the Funds will be in
compliance with Rule 10A-3 under the Act,\22\ as provided by NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 5.3.
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\22\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.
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(6) A minimum of 100,000 Shares of each Fund will be outstanding at
the commencement of trading on the Exchange.
(7) Not more than 10% of the net assets of a Fund in the aggregate
invested in exchange-traded equity securities shall consist of equity
securities whose principal market is not a member of the ISG or party
to a CSSA with the Exchange.
This approval order is based on all of the Exchange's representations.
For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, is consistent with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act \23\ and the rules and regulations thereunder
applicable to a national securities exchange.
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\23\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments on Amendment No. 1
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning whether Amendment No. 1 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-2015-50 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-50. 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
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Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with
respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission,
and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change
between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be
withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit
personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit
only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-50 and should
be submitted on or before August 25, 2015.
V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change as Modified by
Amendment No. 1
The Commission finds good cause to approve the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, prior to the thirtieth day
after the date of publication of notice in the Federal Register.
Amendment No. 1 supplements the proposed rule change by deleting
references to investments that the Funds will not be utilizing and
clarifies that U.S. Exchange-listed and traded ADRs are included as
``Other Investments'' only with respect to the Cambria Sovereign High
Yield Bond ETF. The Commission believes that this additional
information provides clarity about the Funds' permitted investments.
Accordingly, the Commission finds good cause, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Act,\24\ to approve the proposed rule change, as
modified by Amendment No. 1, on an accelerated basis.
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\24\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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VI. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\25\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NYSEArca-2015-50), as
modified by Amendment No. 1, be, and it hereby is, approved on an
accelerated basis.
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\25\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\26\
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\26\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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