Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rule 6184 (Transactions in Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares (“NextShares”)), 20714-20716 [2016-08041]
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Customer Order’’ and the use of such
terms as proposed will help to avoid
confusion by participants on EDGX
Options by aligning the Exchange’s
rules with the rules of other options
exchanges. Thus, the proposed
definitions are similar to existing rules
of other options exchanges and do not
raise any new policy issues. Based on
the foregoing, the Commission believes
that waiving the 30-day operative delay
is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest.18 The
Commission hereby grants the
Exchange’s request and designates the
proposal operative upon filing.
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
BatsEDGX–2016–03 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–BatsEDGX–2016–03. 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
18 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
operative delay, the Commission has also
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
filing will also be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change;
the Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–
BatsEDGX–2016–03 and should be
submitted on or before April 29, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.19
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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19b–4 under the Act,3 which renders
the proposal effective upon receipt of
this filing by the Commission. 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 the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
FINRA is proposing to amend FINRA
Rule 6184 (Transactions in ExchangeTraded Managed Fund Shares
(‘‘NextShares’’)) to provide that the
FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility
(‘‘FINRA/Nasdaq TRF’’) will make
available to market participants a daily
file with the final trade price for each
over-the-counter transaction in
exchange-traded managed fund shares
(‘‘NextShares’’) reported to the FINRA/
Nasdaq TRF for public dissemination
purposes.
Below is the text of the proposed rule
change. Proposed new language is in
italics; proposed deletions are in
brackets.
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6000. QUOTATION AND TRANSACTION
REPORTING FACILITIES
6100. QUOTING AND TRADING IN NMS
STOCKS
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–77505; File No. SR–FINRA–
2016–012]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rule
6184 (Transactions in ExchangeTraded Managed Fund Shares
(‘‘NextShares’’))
April 4, 2016.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on March 29,
2016, Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed
rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been
prepared by FINRA. FINRA has
designated the proposed rule change as
constituting a ‘‘non-controversial’’ rule
change under paragraph (f)(6) of Rule
19 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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6184. Transactions in Exchange-Traded
Managed Fund Shares (‘‘NextShares’’)
(a) through (d) No Change.
. . . Supplementary Material:
.01
No Change.
.02
End of Day Processing
Members that clear transactions in
NextShares directly at NSCC, e.g., via
direct QSR submission, must ensure
that they submit to NSCC all pricing
information, including the IIV-based
price on intraday submissions and the
final NAV-based trade price after market
close, in accordance with NSCC
requirements; such information will not
be provided to NSCC by FINRA.
Following publication of the NAV, the
FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility
will make available to market
participants a daily file with the final
NAV-based trade price for each
transaction in NextShares reported
during the trading day to the FINRA/
Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility for
public dissemination purposes.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission,
FINRA 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. FINRA 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
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1. Purpose
FINRA recently adopted Rule 6184 4
relating to the reporting of over-thecounter (‘‘OTC’’) transactions in
NextShares, which have been approved
by the SEC for listing and trading on the
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’).5
As described more fully in SR–FINRA–
2015–043 and SR–NASDAQ–2014–020,
NextShares will trade in the secondary
market using a new trading protocol
called ‘‘NAV-Based Trading.’’ In NAVBased Trading, all bids, offers and
execution prices will be expressed as a
premium or discount (which may be
zero) to the fund’s next-determined net
asset value per share (‘‘NAV’’), e.g.,
NAV¥$0.01 or NAV+$0.01. A
NextShares Fund’s NAV will be
determined each business day after the
close of trading, and consequently, the
final value of a transaction will not be
known until the end of the trading day.
Because existing order transmission and
processing systems commonly used by
exchanges and firms are generally not
designed to accommodate pricing
arrangements such as NAV-Based
Trading, the prices of NextShares trades
and quotes will be represented intraday
using a ‘‘proxy price’’ format (discussed
more fully in SR–FINRA–2015–043 and
SR–NASDAQ–2014–020). The securities
information processor (‘‘SIP’’) will
publicly disseminate trades in the proxy
price format.
In SR–NASDAQ–2015–036, Nasdaq
stated that after a NextShares Fund’s
NAV is calculated, Nasdaq will price
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76213
(October 21, 2015), 80 FR 65838 (October 27, 2015)
(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness; File
No. SR–FINRA–2015–043). Rule 6184 became
operative on February 26, 2016.
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73562
(November 7, 2014), 79 FR 68309 (November 14,
2014) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and
Order Granting Accelerated Approval of File No.
SR–NASDAQ–2014–020).
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each NextShares trade executed on the
exchange during the day at the Fund’s
NAV plus or minus the trade’s executed
premium or discount.6 Using the final
trade price, each NextShares trade
executed on the exchange will be
disseminated to Nasdaq member firms
and market data services via a File
Transfer Protocol (‘‘FTP’’) file to be
created for NextShares to supplement
the previously provided information to
include final pricing.7
Similarly, Nasdaq, Inc., as the
‘‘Business Member’’ under the limited
liability company agreement with
FINRA establishing the FINRA/Nasdaq
TRF, has determined to make available
to market participants a daily file in FTP
format with the final NAV-adjusted
trade price for each OTC transaction in
NextShares reported during the trading
day to the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for
public dissemination purposes. Nasdaq
has represented to FINRA that the daily
FTP files will be accessible at no cost to
market participants on Nasdaq’s public
Web site. FINRA is proposing to amend
Rule 6184.02 to reflect the proposed
FTP file.
FINRA has filed the proposed rule
change for immediate effectiveness and
proposes that the operative date will be
on or about April 4, 2016, the date that
the systems development work to
support the proposed FTP file is
expected to be completed by the FINRA/
Nasdaq TRF.
2. Statutory Basis
FINRA believes that the proposed rule
change is consistent with the provisions
of Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,8 which
requires, among other things, that
FINRA rules must be designed to
prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest. FINRA believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with
the Act because it will further enhance
market transparency and price
discovery by ensuring that additional
pricing information relating to OTC
transactions in NextShares, i.e., the final
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75499
(July 21, 2015), 80 FR 44406 (July 27, 2015) (Order
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as
Modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2; File No.
SR–NASDAQ–2015–036).
7 As described in SR–NASDAQ–2015–036, FTP is
a standard network protocol used to transfer
computer files on the Internet, and Nasdaq will
arrange for the daily dissemination of an FTP file
with executed NextShares trades to Nasdaq member
firms and market data services. See also Frequently
Asked Questions: NextShares Exchange-Traded
Managed Funds, #35, available at
www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/ETFs/ETMF_
FAQs.pdf.
8 15 U.S.C. 78o–3(b)(6).
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NAV-adjusted trade price on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, is
available to market participants.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
FINRA does not believe that the
proposed rule change will result in any
burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act. The
proposed rule change will enhance the
pricing information relating to OTC
transactions in NextShares available to
market participants. The proposed rule
change will not impose any reporting or
other requirements on member firms,
and as a result, will have no impact on
member firms from a systems
development and reporting perspective.
Member firms that choose to trade
NextShares may incur some costs to
integrate the pricing information that
will be provided pursuant to the
proposed rule change. However, FINRA
anticipates these costs to be minor
because the pricing information will be
accessible at no cost to market
participants on Nasdaq’s public Web
site and also provided through data
vendors, and firms will factor in any
attendant costs when making the
decision to enter into the market for
NextShares.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not: (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days from the date on
which it was filed, or such shorter time
as the Commission may designate, it has
become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 9 and
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b–4
thereunder.10
A proposed rule change filed under
Rule 19b–4(f)(6) normally does not
become operative before 30 days from
the date of the filing. However, pursuant
to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii),11 the
Commission may designate a shorter
time if such action is consistent with the
9 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii).
10 17
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protection of investors and the public
interest.
FINRA has asked the Commission to
waive the 30-day operative delay. The
Commission believes that waiving the
30-day operative delay is consistent
with the protection of investors and the
public interest. Such waiver will allow
the proposed rule change to become
operative on or about April 4, 2016, the
date that Nasdaq has designated (and
represented to FINRA) as the date by
which it will complete the systems
development work to support the
proposed FTP file. This will ensure that
additional pricing information relating
to OTC transactions in NextShares will
be available to market participants
without delay and will supplement the
FTP file that is already available for
trades in NextShares executed on the
Nasdaq exchange. Therefore, the
Commission hereby waives the 30-day
operative delay and designates the
proposed rule change to be operative on
or about April 4, 2016.12
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in
the public interest; (ii) for the protection
of investors; or (iii) otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
FINRA–2016–012 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–FINRA–2016–012. This file
12 For purposes only of waiving the operative
delay for this proposal, the Commission has
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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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
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 such
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
offices of FINRA. 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–FINRA–
2016–012, and should be submitted on
or before April 29, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.13
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–08041 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–77507; File No. SR–MIAX–
2016–08]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami
International Securities Exchange LLC;
Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule
Change To Amend the Exchange’s
Amended and Restated By-Laws
April 4, 2016.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that
on March 29, 2016, Miami International
Securities Exchange LLC (‘‘MIAX’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
13 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change
as described in Items I, II, and III 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 is filing a proposal to
amend the Exchange’s Amended and
Restated By-Laws.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s Web site
at https://www.miaxoptions.com/filter/
wotitle/rule_filing, at MIAX’s principal
office, 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
Exchange 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
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend its
Amended and Restated By-Laws (‘‘ByLaws’’) to eliminate the last sentence of
Article II, Section 2.2(d),3 the last
sentence of Article II, Section 2.2(g)(ii) 4
and the last sentence of Article IV,
Section 4.2(b) 5 as well as the defined
3 Article II, Section 2.2(d) of the By-Laws reads in
relevant part: In the event a Director appointed after
the Effective Date becomes a member of the board
of directors or similar governing body of a Specified
Entity, such individual shall immediately cease to
be a Director of the Company and the resulting
vacancy shall be filled pursuant to the provisions
of Article II, Section 2.2(e).
4 Article II, Section 2.2(g)(ii) of the By-Laws reads
in relevant part: In the event an individual
designated as an Observer becomes a member of the
board of directors or similar governing body of a
Specified Entity after the Effective Date, such
individual shall immediately cease to be an
Observer and the resulting vacancy shall be filled
pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section
2.2(e).
5 Article IV, Section 4.2(b) of the By-Laws reads
in relevant part: In the event a committee member
appointed after the Effective Date becomes a
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-77505; File No. SR-FINRA-2016-012]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rule 6184 (Transactions in
Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares (``NextShares''))
April 4, 2016.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on March 29, 2016, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(``FINRA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC''
or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been prepared by FINRA. FINRA has designated
the proposed rule change as constituting a ``non-controversial'' rule
change under paragraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 under the Act,\3\ which
renders the proposal effective upon receipt of this filing by the
Commission. 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.
\3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
FINRA is proposing to amend FINRA Rule 6184 (Transactions in
Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares (``NextShares'')) to provide that
the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility (``FINRA/Nasdaq TRF'') will
make available to market participants a daily file with the final trade
price for each over-the-counter transaction in exchange-traded managed
fund shares (``NextShares'') reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for
public dissemination purposes.
Below is the text of the proposed rule change. Proposed new
language is in italics; proposed deletions are in brackets.
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6000. QUOTATION AND TRANSACTION REPORTING FACILITIES
6100. QUOTING AND TRADING IN NMS STOCKS
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6184. Transactions in Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares
(``NextShares'')
(a) through (d) No Change.
. . . Supplementary Material:
.01 No Change.
.02 End of Day Processing
Members that clear transactions in NextShares directly at NSCC,
e.g., via direct QSR submission, must ensure that they submit to NSCC
all pricing information, including the IIV-based price on intraday
submissions and the final NAV-based trade price after market close, in
accordance with NSCC requirements; such information will not be
provided to NSCC by FINRA.
Following publication of the NAV, the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting
Facility will make available to market participants a daily file with
the final NAV-based trade price for each transaction in NextShares
reported during the trading day to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting
Facility for public dissemination purposes.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, FINRA 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. FINRA 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
FINRA recently adopted Rule 6184 \4\ relating to the reporting of
over-the-counter (``OTC'') transactions in NextShares, which have been
approved by the SEC for listing and trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC (``Nasdaq'').\5\ As described more fully in SR-FINRA-2015-043 and
SR-NASDAQ-2014-020, NextShares will trade in the secondary market using
a new trading protocol called ``NAV-Based Trading.'' In NAV-Based
Trading, all bids, offers and execution prices will be expressed as a
premium or discount (which may be zero) to the fund's next-determined
net asset value per share (``NAV''), e.g., NAV-$0.01 or NAV+$0.01. A
NextShares Fund's NAV will be determined each business day after the
close of trading, and consequently, the final value of a transaction
will not be known until the end of the trading day. Because existing
order transmission and processing systems commonly used by exchanges
and firms are generally not designed to accommodate pricing
arrangements such as NAV-Based Trading, the prices of NextShares trades
and quotes will be represented intraday using a ``proxy price'' format
(discussed more fully in SR-FINRA-2015-043 and SR-NASDAQ-2014-020). The
securities information processor (``SIP'') will publicly disseminate
trades in the proxy price format.
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\4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76213 (October 21,
2015), 80 FR 65838 (October 27, 2015) (Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness; File No. SR-FINRA-2015-043). Rule 6184
became operative on February 26, 2016.
\5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73562 (November 7,
2014), 79 FR 68309 (November 14, 2014) (Notice of Filing of
Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of File No.
SR-NASDAQ-2014-020).
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In SR-NASDAQ-2015-036, Nasdaq stated that after a NextShares Fund's
NAV is calculated, Nasdaq will price each NextShares trade executed on
the exchange during the day at the Fund's NAV plus or minus the trade's
executed premium or discount.\6\ Using the final trade price, each
NextShares trade executed on the exchange will be disseminated to
Nasdaq member firms and market data services via a File Transfer
Protocol (``FTP'') file to be created for NextShares to supplement the
previously provided information to include final pricing.\7\
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\6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75499 (July 21,
2015), 80 FR 44406 (July 27, 2015) (Order Granting Approval of
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2; File
No. SR-NASDAQ-2015-036).
\7\ As described in SR-NASDAQ-2015-036, FTP is a standard
network protocol used to transfer computer files on the Internet,
and Nasdaq will arrange for the daily dissemination of an FTP file
with executed NextShares trades to Nasdaq member firms and market
data services. See also Frequently Asked Questions: NextShares
Exchange-Traded Managed Funds, #35, available at
www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/ETFs/ETMF_FAQs.pdf.
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Similarly, Nasdaq, Inc., as the ``Business Member'' under the
limited liability company agreement with FINRA establishing the FINRA/
Nasdaq TRF, has determined to make available to market participants a
daily file in FTP format with the final NAV-adjusted trade price for
each OTC transaction in NextShares reported during the trading day to
the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for public dissemination purposes. Nasdaq has
represented to FINRA that the daily FTP files will be accessible at no
cost to market participants on Nasdaq's public Web site. FINRA is
proposing to amend Rule 6184.02 to reflect the proposed FTP file.
FINRA has filed the proposed rule change for immediate
effectiveness and proposes that the operative date will be on or about
April 4, 2016, the date that the systems development work to support
the proposed FTP file is expected to be completed by the FINRA/Nasdaq
TRF.
2. Statutory Basis
FINRA believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the
provisions of Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,\8\ which requires, among
other things, that FINRA rules must be designed to prevent fraudulent
and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade, and, in general, to protect investors and the
public interest. FINRA believes that the proposed rule change is
consistent with the Act because it will further enhance market
transparency and price discovery by ensuring that additional pricing
information relating to OTC transactions in NextShares, i.e., the final
NAV-adjusted trade price on a transaction-by-transaction basis, is
available to market participants.
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\8\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-3(b)(6).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
FINRA does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in
any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed rule change will
enhance the pricing information relating to OTC transactions in
NextShares available to market participants. The proposed rule change
will not impose any reporting or other requirements on member firms,
and as a result, will have no impact on member firms from a systems
development and reporting perspective. Member firms that choose to
trade NextShares may incur some costs to integrate the pricing
information that will be provided pursuant to the proposed rule change.
However, FINRA anticipates these costs to be minor because the pricing
information will be accessible at no cost to market participants on
Nasdaq's public Web site and also provided through data vendors, and
firms will factor in any attendant costs when making the decision to
enter into the market for NextShares.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i)
Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii)
become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or
such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \9\ and
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\10\
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\9\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
\10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally does
not become operative before 30 days from the date of the filing.
However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\11\ the Commission may
designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the
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FINRA has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay.
The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest.
Such waiver will allow the proposed rule change to become operative on
or about April 4, 2016, the date that Nasdaq has designated (and
represented to FINRA) as the date by which it will complete the systems
development work to support the proposed FTP file. This will ensure
that additional pricing information relating to OTC transactions in
NextShares will be available to market participants without delay and
will supplement the FTP file that is already available for trades in
NextShares executed on the Nasdaq exchange. Therefore, the Commission
hereby waives the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed
rule change to be operative on or about April 4, 2016.\12\
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\12\ For purposes only of waiving the operative delay for this
proposal, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact
on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i)
Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the
protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule should be approved or 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-FINRA-2016-012 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-FINRA-2016-012. 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 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 such filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal offices of FINRA. 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-FINRA-2016-012, and should
be submitted on or before April 29, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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\13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-08041 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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