Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, Relating to the Listing and Trading of the Shares of the First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF and the First Trust Municipal CEF Income Opportunity ETF of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, 34407-34414 [2016-12670]
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NYSE Arca Board with respect to
disciplinary matters, the listing and
delisting of securities, regulatory
programs, rulemaking and regulatory
rules, including trading rules.37 The
Commission notes that the proposed
CFR incorporates the salient features of
the current NYSE Arca BAC and NYSE
Arca Equities BAC, including by
incorporating the requirement that the
CFR be comprised of the Public
Directors, the OTP Directors and ETP
Directors.38 As such, the Commission
finds that the Exchange’s proposed
revisions to its appellate procedure for
disciplinary matters and for
determinations to limit or prohibit the
continued listing of an issuer’s
securities on NYSE Arca Equities
ensures sufficient independence of the
appellate function of the Exchange, and
therefore helps to ensure that the
Exchange is organized and has the
capacity to carry out the purposes of the
Act, as required by Section 6(b)(1) of the
Act.39
The Commission also finds that the
composition of the proposed CFR
ensures the fair representation of
members in the administration of the
Exchange’s affairs.40 Proposed NYSE
Arca Rule 3.3(a)(2)(A) provides that the
CFR would be composed of the OTP
Director(s), the ETP Director(s) and the
Public Directors of both NYSE Arca and
NYSE Arca Equities.41 Because NYSE
Arca and NYSE Arca Equities members
would serve on the proposed CFR,
which would be charged with acting in
an advisory capacity to the NYSE Arca
Board with respect to disciplinary
matters, the listing and delisting of
securities, regulatory programs,
rulemaking and regulatory rules,
including trading rules, the Commission
finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with Section 6(b)(3) of the
Act.42
The Exchange also proposes to amend
NYSE Arca Rule 3.3(a)(2)(B) and NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 3.3(a)(1)(A) to permit
the CFR to appoint a CFR Appeals
Panel, consisting of at least three and no
more than five individuals.43 The CFR
would either appoint a CFR Appeals
Panel to conduct reviews of disciplinary
proceedings or elect to conduct review
proceedings on its own.44 According to
the Exchange, a CFR Appeals Panel
appointed to hear an equities matter
37 See
id.
id. at 21616.
39 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
40 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(3).
41 See Notice, supra note 5, at 21616.
42 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(3).
43 See Notice, supra note 5, at 21617.
44 See id.
would be composed of at least one
Public Director and one member or
individual associated with an equities
member organization, and an appeals
panel appointed to hear an options
matter would be composed of at least
one Public Director and one member or
individual associated with an options
member organization.45 The
Commission finds that the Exchange’s
proposal with respect to the proposed
composition and the role of a CFR
Appeals Panel is consistent with
Sections 6(b)(3) and 6(b)(7) of the Act.46
Finally, the Commission finds that it
is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act for the Exchange to make various
technical and conforming revisions to
its Rules.47
IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, that the
proposed rule change (SR–NYSEArca–
2016–11), as modified by the
amendment thereto, is approved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.48
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change, as
Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto,
Relating to the Listing and Trading of
the Shares of the First Trust CEF
Income Opportunity ETF and the First
Trust Municipal CEF Income
Opportunity ETF of First Trust
Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
May 24, 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 May 10,
2016, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 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
38 See
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U.S.C. 78f(b)(3) and 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(7).
47 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
48 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
46 15
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prepared by Nasdaq. On May 20, 2016,
the Exchange submitted Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No.
1 thereto, from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
Nasdaq proposes to list and trade the
shares of the following under Nasdaq
Rule 5735 (‘‘Managed Fund Shares’’): 3
First Trust CEF Income Opportunity
ETF (the ‘‘CEF Income Opportunity
Fund’’) and First Trust Municipal CEF
Income Opportunity ETF (the
‘‘Municipal CEF Income Opportunity
Fund’’). The CEF Income Opportunity
Fund and the Municipal CEF Income
Opportunity Fund are each a ‘‘Fund’’
and collectively, the ‘‘Funds.’’ Each
Fund is a series of First Trust ExchangeTraded Fund VIII (the ‘‘Trust’’). The
shares of each Fund are collectively
referred to herein as the ‘‘Shares.’’
The text of the proposed rule change
is available at https://
nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com/, at Nasdaq’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,
Nasdaq included statements concerning
the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below.
Nasdaq has prepared summaries, set
forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
3 The Commission approved Nasdaq Rule 5735 in
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57962 (June
13, 2008), 73 FR 35175 (June 20, 2008) (SR–
NASDAQ–2008–039). There are already multiple
actively managed funds listed on the Exchange; see,
e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 72506
(July 1, 2014), 79 FR 38631 (July 8, 2014) (SR–
NASDAQ–2014–050) (order approving listing and
trading of First Trust Strategic Income ETF); 69464
(April 26, 2013), 78 FR 25774 (May 2, 2013) (SR–
NASDAQ–2013–036) (order approving listing and
trading of First Trust Senior Loan Fund); and 66489
(February 29, 2012), 77 FR 13379 (March 6, 2012)
(SR–NASDAQ–2012–004) (order approving listing
and trading of WisdomTree Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond Fund). The Exchange believes the
proposed rule change raises no significant issues
not previously addressed in those prior
Commission orders.
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Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
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1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to list and
trade the Shares of each Fund under
Nasdaq Rule 5735, which governs the
listing and trading of Managed Fund
Shares 4 on the Exchange. Each Fund
will be an actively managed exchangetraded fund (‘‘ETF’’). The Shares will be
offered by the Trust, which was
established as a Massachusetts business
trust on February 22, 2016.5 The Trust
is registered with the Commission as an
investment company and has filed a
registration statement on Form N–1A
(‘‘Registration Statement’’) with the
Commission.6 Each Fund will be a
series of the Trust.
First Trust Advisors L.P. will be the
investment adviser (‘‘Adviser’’) to the
Funds. The Funds do not currently
intend to use a sub-adviser. First Trust
Portfolios L.P. (the ‘‘Distributor’’) will
be the principal underwriter and
distributor of each Fund’s Shares. The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
(‘‘BNY’’) will act as the administrator,
accounting agent, custodian and transfer
agent to the Funds.
Paragraph (g) of Rule 5735 provides
that if the investment adviser to the
investment company issuing Managed
Fund Shares is affiliated with a brokerdealer, such investment adviser shall
erect a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the
investment adviser and the brokerdealer with respect to access to
information concerning the composition
and/or changes to such investment
company portfolio.7 In addition,
4 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–1) (the ‘‘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 Index
Fund Shares, listed and traded on the Exchange
under Nasdaq Rule 5705, 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.
5 The Commission has issued an order, upon
which the Trust may rely, granting certain
exemptive relief under the 1940 Act. See
Investment Company Act Release No. 28468
(October 27, 2008) (File No. 812–13477).
6 See Registration Statement on Form N–1A for
the Trust, dated March 14, 2016 (File Nos. 333–
210186 and 811–23147). The descriptions of the
Funds and the Shares contained herein are based,
in part, on information in the Registration
Statement.
7 An investment adviser to an open-end fund is
required to be registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’). As a
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paragraph (g) 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, non-public information
regarding the open-end fund’s portfolio.
Rule 5735(g) is similar to Nasdaq Rule
5705(b)(5)(A)(i); however, paragraph (g)
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. The Adviser is not a brokerdealer, but it is affiliated with the
Distributor, a broker-dealer, and has
implemented and will maintain a fire
wall with respect to its broker-dealer
affiliate regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or
changes to a portfolio.
In addition, personnel who make
decisions on each Fund’s portfolio
composition will be subject to
procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material nonpublic information regarding such
Fund’s portfolio. In the event (a) the
Adviser or any sub-adviser registers as
a broker-dealer, or becomes newly
affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any
new adviser or sub-adviser is a
registered broker-dealer or becomes
affiliated with another broker-dealer, it
will implement and will maintain a fire
wall with respect to its relevant
personnel and/or such broker-dealer
affiliate, as applicable, regarding access
to information concerning the
composition and/or changes to a
portfolio and will be subject to
procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material nonresult, the Adviser and its 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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public information regarding such
portfolio.
Each Fund intends to qualify each
year as a regulated investment company
under Subchapter M of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Funds’ Principal Investment
Strategies
The investment objective of the CEF
Income Opportunity Fund will be to
seek to provide current income with a
secondary emphasis on total return. The
investment objective of the Municipal
CEF Income Opportunity Fund will be
to seek to provide current income.
Under normal market conditions,8 (a)
the CEF Income Opportunity Fund will
seek to achieve its investment objective
by investing at least 80% of its net
assets (including investment
borrowings) in a portfolio of closed-end
funds and (b) the Municipal CEF
Income Opportunity Fund will seek to
achieve its investment objective by
investing at least 80% of its net assets
(including investment borrowings) in a
portfolio of municipal closed-end
funds.9 In selecting the Closed-End
Funds in which each Fund will invest,
the Adviser will utilize a range of
investment approaches and will take
into account various market metrics and
economic factors, as well as market
conditions.
Other Investments for the Funds
Each Fund may invest (in the
aggregate) up to 20% of its net assets in
the following securities and
instruments:
8 The term ‘‘under normal market conditions’’ as
used herein includes, but is not limited to, the
absence of adverse market, economic, political, or
other conditions, including extreme volatility or
trading halts in the securities 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.
On a temporary basis, including for defensive
purposes, during the initial invest-up period and
during periods of high cash inflows or outflows, a
Fund may depart from its principal investment
strategies; for example, it may hold a higher than
normal proportion of its assets in cash. During such
periods, a Fund may not be able to achieve its
investment objective. A Fund may adopt a
defensive strategy when the Adviser believes
securities in which such Fund normally invests
have elevated risks due to political or economic
factors and in other extraordinary circumstances.
9 The closed-end funds in which each Fund
invests (‘‘Closed-End Funds’’) will be registered
under the 1940 Act and listed and traded in the U.S.
on registered exchanges. Each Fund may invest in
the securities of Closed-End Funds (as well as
certain other investment companies) in excess of
the limits imposed under the 1940 Act pursuant to
an exemptive order on which the Trust may rely.
See Investment Company Act Release No. 30377
(February 5, 2013) (File No. 812–13895) (the ‘‘Fund
of Funds Order’’).
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Each Fund may invest in the
following exchange-traded products: (i)
ETFs; 10 and (ii) exchange-traded notes
(‘‘ETNs’’).11
Each Fund may invest in money
market mutual funds that will be
investment companies registered under
the 1940 Act.
Each Fund may invest in short-term
debt instruments (described below) or it
may hold cash. The percentage of each
Fund invested in such instruments or
held in cash will vary and will depend
on several factors, including market
conditions. Each Fund may invest in the
following short-term debt
instruments: 12 (1) Fixed rate and
floating rate U.S. government securities,
including bills, notes and bonds
differing as to maturity and rates of
interest, which are either issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by
U.S. government agencies or
instrumentalities; (2) certificates of
deposit issued against funds deposited
in a bank or savings and loan
association; (3) bankers’ acceptances,
which are short-term credit instruments
used to finance commercial
transactions; (4) repurchase
agreements,13 which involve purchases
of debt securities; (5) bank time
deposits, which are monies kept on
deposit with banks or savings and loan
associations for a stated period of time
at a fixed rate of interest; and (6)
Investment Restrictions
The Funds will not invest in
derivative instruments.
Each Fund may hold up to an
aggregate amount of 15% of its net
assets in illiquid assets (calculated at
the time of investment), deemed illiquid
by the Adviser.15 Each Fund will
monitor its portfolio liquidity on an
ongoing basis to determine whether, in
light of current circumstances, an
adequate level of liquidity is being
maintained, and will consider taking
appropriate steps in order to maintain
adequate liquidity if, through a change
in values, net assets, or other
circumstances, more than 15% of such
Fund’s net assets are held in illiquid
assets. Illiquid assets include securities
subject to contractual or other
restrictions on resale and other
instruments that lack readily available
markets as determined in accordance
with Commission staff guidance.16
The Funds may not invest 25% or
more of the value of their respective
total assets in securities of issuers in any
one industry. This restriction does not
apply to (a) obligations issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government, its
agencies or instrumentalities or (b)
securities of other investment
companies.17
10 An ETF is an investment company registered
under the 1940 Act that holds a portfolio of
securities. Many ETFs are designed to track the
performance of a securities index, including
industry, sector, country and region indexes. ETFs
included in a Fund will be listed and traded in the
U.S. on registered exchanges. Each Fund may invest
in the securities of ETFs in excess of the limits
imposed under the 1940 Act pursuant to exemptive
orders obtained by other ETFs and their sponsors
from the Commission or the Fund of Funds Order.
The ETFs in which the Fund may invest include
Index Fund Shares (as described in Nasdaq Rule
5705), Portfolio Depository Receipts (as described
in Nasdaq Rule 5705), and Managed Fund Shares
(as described in Nasdaq Rule 5735). While the
Funds may invest in inverse ETFs, the Funds will
not invest in leveraged or inverse leveraged (e.g., 2X
or -3X) ETFs.
11 While the Funds may invest in inverse ETNs,
the Funds will not invest in leveraged or inverse
leveraged (e.g., 2X or -3X) ETNs.
12 Short-term debt instruments will be issued by
issuers having a long-term debt rating of at least
BBB-/Baa3 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
(‘‘S&P Ratings’’), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
(‘‘Moody’s’’) or Fitch Ratings (‘‘Fitch’’) and will
have a maturity of one year or less.
13 Each Fund intends to enter into repurchase
agreements only with financial institutions and
dealers believed by the Adviser to present minimal
credit risks in accordance with criteria approved by
the Board of Trustees of the Trust (‘‘Trust Board’’).
The Adviser will review and monitor the
creditworthiness of such institutions. The Adviser
will monitor the value of the collateral at the time
the transaction is entered into and at all times
during the term of the repurchase agreement.
14 Each Fund may only invest in commercial
paper rated A–1 or higher by S&P Ratings, Prime1 or higher by Moody’s or F1 or higher by Fitch.
15 In reaching liquidity decisions, the Adviser
may consider the following factors: The frequency
of trades and quotes for the security or other
instrument; the number of dealers wishing to
purchase or sell the security or other instrument
and the number of other potential purchasers;
dealer undertakings to make a market in the
security or other instrument; and the nature of the
security or other instrument and the nature of the
marketplace in which it trades (e.g., the time
needed to dispose of the security or other
instrument, the method of soliciting offers and the
mechanics of transfer).
16 The Commission has stated that long-standing
Commission guidelines have required open-end
funds to hold no more than 15% of their net assets
in illiquid securities and other illiquid assets. See
Investment Company Act Release No. 28193 (March
11, 2008), 73 FR 14618 (March 18, 2008), footnote
34. See also Investment Company Act Release No.
5847 (October 21, 1969), 35 FR 19989 (December
31, 1970) (Statement Regarding ‘‘Restricted
Securities’’); Investment Company Act Release No.
18612 (March 12, 1992), 57 FR 9828 (March 20,
1992) (Revisions of Guidelines to Form N–1A). 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).
17 See Form N–1A, Item 9. The Commission has
taken the position that a fund is concentrated if it
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Creation and Redemption of Shares
Each Fund will issue and redeem
Shares on a continuous basis at net asset
value (‘‘NAV’’) 18 only in large blocks of
Shares (‘‘Creation Units’’) in
transactions with authorized
participants, generally including brokerdealers and large institutional investors
(‘‘Authorized Participants’’). Creation
Units generally will consist of 50,000
Shares, although this may change from
time to time. Creation Units, however,
are not expected to consist of less than
50,000 Shares. Each Fund will issue and
redeem Creation Units in exchange for
an in-kind portfolio of instruments and/
or cash in lieu of such instruments (the
‘‘Creation Basket’’).19 In addition, if
there is a difference between the NAV
attributable to a Creation Unit and the
market value of the Creation Basket
exchanged for the Creation Unit, the
party conveying instruments (which
may include cash-in-lieu amounts) with
the lower value will pay to the other an
amount in cash equal to the difference
(referred to as the ‘‘Cash Component’’).
Creations and redemptions must be
made by or through an Authorized
Participant that has executed an
agreement that has been agreed to by the
Distributor and BNY with respect to
creations and redemptions of Creation
Units. All standard orders to create
Creation Units must be received by the
transfer agent no later than the closing
time of the regular trading session on
the NYSE (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern
Time) (the ‘‘Closing Time’’) in each case
on the date such order is placed in order
for the creation of Creation Units to be
effected based on the NAV of Shares as
next determined on such date after
receipt of the order in proper form.
Shares may be redeemed only in
Creation Units at their NAV next
determined after receipt not later than
the Closing Time of a redemption
request in proper form by a Fund
through the transfer agent and only on
a business day.
The Funds’ custodian, through the
National Securities Clearing
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).
18 The NAV of each Fund’s Shares generally will
be calculated once daily Monday through Friday as
of the close of regular trading on the New York
Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’), generally 4:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time (the ‘‘NAV Calculation Time’’). NAV
per Share will be calculated by dividing a Fund’s
net assets by the number of Fund Shares
outstanding.
19 It is expected that each Fund will typically
issue and redeem Creation Units on a cash basis;
however, a Fund may, at times, issue and redeem
Creation Units on an in-kind (or partially in-kind)
basis.
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Corporation, will make available on
each business day, prior to the opening
of business of the Exchange, the list of
the names and quantities of the
instruments comprising the Creation
Basket, as well as the estimated Cash
Component (if any), for that day. The
published Creation Basket will apply
until a new Creation Basket is
announced on the following business
day prior to commencement of trading
in the Shares.
Net Asset Value
Each Fund’s NAV will be determined
as of the close of regular trading on the
NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for
trading. If the NYSE closes early on a
valuation day, the NAV will be
determined as of that time. NAV per
Share will be calculated for each Fund
by taking the value of such Fund’s total
assets, including interest or dividends
accrued but not yet collected, less all
liabilities, including accrued expenses
and dividends declared but unpaid, and
dividing such amount by the total
number of Shares outstanding. The
result, rounded to the nearest cent, will
be the NAV per Share. All valuations
will be subject to review by the Trust
Board or its delegate.
The Funds’ investments will be
valued daily. As described more
specifically below, investments traded
on an exchange (i.e., a regulated
market), will generally be valued at
market value prices that represent last
sale or official closing prices. In
addition, as described more specifically
below, non-exchange traded
investments will generally be valued
using prices obtained from third-party
pricing services (each, a ‘‘Pricing
Service’’).20
If, however, valuations for any of the
Funds’ investments cannot be readily
obtained as provided in the preceding
manner, or the Pricing Committee of the
Adviser (the ‘‘Pricing Committee’’) 21
questions the accuracy or reliability of
valuations that are so obtained, such
investments will be valued at fair value,
as determined by the Pricing
Committee, in accordance with
valuation procedures (which may be
revised from time to time) adopted by
the Trust Board (the ‘‘Valuation
Procedures’’), and in accordance with
provisions of the 1940 Act. The Pricing
Committee’s fair value determinations
may require subjective judgments about
20 The Adviser may use various Pricing Services
or discontinue the use of any Pricing Services, as
approved by the Trust Board from time to time.
21 The Pricing Committee will be subject to
procedures designed to prevent the use and
dissemination of material non-public information
regarding each Fund’s portfolio.
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the value of an investment. The fair
valuations attempt to estimate the value
at which an investment could be sold at
the time of pricing, although actual sales
could result in price differences, which
could be material.
Certain securities in which a Fund
may invest will not be listed on any
securities exchange or board of trade.
Such securities will typically be bought
and sold by institutional investors in
individually negotiated private
transactions that function in many
respects like an over-the-counter
secondary market, although typically no
formal market makers will exist. Certain
securities, particularly debt securities,
will have few or no trades, or trade
infrequently, and information regarding
a specific security may not be widely
available or may be incomplete.
Accordingly, determinations of the
value of debt securities may be based on
infrequent and dated information.
Because there is less reliable, objective
data available, elements of judgment
may play a greater role in valuation of
debt securities than for other types of
securities.
The information summarized below is
based on the Valuation Procedures as
currently in effect; however, as noted
above, the Valuation Procedures are
amended from time to time and,
therefore, such information is subject to
change.
The following investments will
typically be valued using information
provided by a Pricing Service: Except as
provided below, short-term U.S.
government securities, commercial
paper, and bankers’ acceptances, all as
set forth under ‘‘Other Investments for
the Funds’’ (collectively, ‘‘Short-Term
Debt Instruments’’). Debt instruments
may be valued at evaluated mean prices,
as provided by Pricing Services. Pricing
Services typically value non-exchangetraded instruments utilizing a range of
market-based inputs and assumptions,
including readily available market
quotations obtained from broker-dealers
making markets in such instruments,
cash flows, and transactions for
comparable instruments. In pricing
certain instruments, the Pricing Services
may consider information about an
instrument’s issuer or market activity
provided by the Adviser.
Short-Term Debt Instruments having a
remaining maturity of 60 days or less
when purchased will typically be
valued at cost adjusted for amortization
of premiums and accretion of discounts,
provided the Pricing Committee has
determined that the use of amortized
cost is an appropriate reflection of value
given market and issuer-specific
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conditions existing at the time of the
determination.
Repurchase agreements will typically
be valued as follows:
Overnight repurchase agreements will
be valued at amortized cost when it
represents the best estimate of value.
Term repurchase agreements (i.e., those
whose maturity exceeds seven days)
will be valued at the average of the bid
quotations obtained daily from at least
two recognized dealers.
Certificates of deposit and bank time
deposits will typically be valued at cost.
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs
that are listed on any exchange other
than the Exchange will typically be
valued at the last sale price on the
exchange on which they are principally
traded on the business day as of which
such value is being determined. ClosedEnd Funds, ETFs and ETNs listed on the
Exchange will typically be valued at the
official closing price on the business
day as of which such value is being
determined. If there has been no sale on
such day, or no official closing price in
the case of securities traded on the
Exchange, such securities will typically
be valued using fair value pricing.
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs
traded on more than one securities
exchange will be valued at the last sale
price or official closing price, as
applicable, on the business day as of
which such value is being determined at
the close of the exchange representing
the principal market for such securities.
Money market mutual funds typically
will be valued at their NAVs as reported
by such funds’ Pricing Services.
Availability of Information
The Funds’ Web site
(www.ftportfolios.com), which will be
publicly available prior to the public
offering of Shares, will include a form
of the prospectus for the Funds that may
be downloaded. The Web site will
include the Shares’ ticker, CUSIP and
exchange information along with
additional quantitative information
updated on a daily basis, including, for
each Fund: (1) Daily trading volume, the
prior business day’s reported NAV and
closing price, mid-point of the bid/ask
spread at the time of calculation of such
NAV (the ‘‘Bid/Ask Price’’),22 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
22 The Bid/Ask Price of each Fund will be
determined using the mid-point 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 each
Fund and its service providers.
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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 Regular Market
Session 23 on the Exchange, each Fund
will disclose on its Web site the
identities and quantities of the portfolio
of securities and other assets (the
‘‘Disclosed Portfolio’’ as defined in
Nasdaq Rule 5735(c)(2)) held by the
Fund that will form the basis for the
Fund’s calculation of NAV at the end of
the business day.24
On a daily basis, each Fund will
disclose on its Web site the following
information regarding each portfolio
holding, 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); quantity held (as measured by,
for example, par value or number of
shares or units); maturity date, if any;
coupon rate, if any; effective date, if
any; market value of the holding; and
percentage weighting of the holding in
the Fund’s portfolio. The Web site
information will be publicly available at
no charge.
In addition, for each Fund, an
estimated value, defined in Rule
5735(c)(3) as the ‘‘Intraday Indicative
Value,’’ that reflects an estimated
intraday value of the Fund’s Disclosed
Portfolio, will be disseminated.
Moreover, the Intraday Indicative Value,
available on the NASDAQ OMX
Information LLC proprietary index data
service,25 will be based upon the current
value for the components of the
Disclosed Portfolio and will be updated
and widely disseminated by one or
more major market data vendors and
broadly displayed at least every 15
seconds during the Regular Market
Session. Premiums and discounts
between the Intraday Indicative Value
23 See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the
three trading sessions on the Exchange: (1) PreMarket Session from 4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Eastern
Time; (2) Regular Market Session from 9:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. or 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time; and (3) PostMarket Session from 4 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time).
24 Under accounting procedures to be followed by
the Funds, trades made on the prior business day
(‘‘T’’) will be booked and reflected in NAV on the
current business day (‘‘T+1’’). Accordingly, a 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.
25 Currently, the NASDAQ OMX Global Index
Data Service (‘‘GIDS’’) is the Nasdaq global index
data feed service, offering real-time updates, daily
summary messages, and access to widely followed
indexes and Intraday Indicative Values for ETFs.
GIDS provides investment professionals with the
daily information needed to track or trade Nasdaq
indexes, listed ETFs, or third-party partner indexes
and ETFs.
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and the market price may occur. This
should not be viewed as a ‘‘real time’’
update of the NAV per Share of a Fund,
which is calculated only once a day.
The dissemination of the Intraday
Indicative Value, together with the
Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors
to determine the value of the underlying
portfolio of a Fund on a daily basis and
will provide a close estimate of that
value throughout the trading day.
Investors will also be able to obtain
each Fund’s Statement of Additional
Information (‘‘SAI’’), annual and semiannual reports (together, ‘‘Shareholder
Reports’’), and Form N–CSR and Form
N–SAR, filed twice a year. Each Fund’s
SAI and Shareholder Reports will be
available free upon request from such
Fund, 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 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 Nasdaq proprietary
quote and trade services, as well as in
accordance with the Unlisted Trading
Privileges and the Consolidated Tape
Association (‘‘CTA’’) plans for the
Shares. Quotation and last sale
information for the Closed-End Funds,
ETFs and ETNs will be available from
the exchanges on which they are traded
as well as in accordance with any
applicable CTA plans.
Pricing information for Short-Term
Debt Instruments, repurchase
agreements, bank time deposits and
certificates of deposit will be available
from major broker-dealer firms and/or
major market data vendors and/or
Pricing Services. Pricing information for
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs will
be available from the applicable listing
exchange (as indicated above) and from
major market data vendors.
Money market mutual funds are
typically priced once each business day
and their prices will be available
through the applicable fund’s Web site
or from major market data vendors.
Initial and Continued Listing
The Shares will be subject to Rule
5735, which sets forth the initial and
continued listing criteria applicable to
Managed Fund Shares. The Exchange
represents that, for initial and continued
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listing, each Fund must be in
compliance with Rule 10A–3 26 under
the Act. 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.
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
a Fund. Nasdaq will halt trading in the
Shares under the conditions specified in
Nasdaq Rules 4120 and 4121, including
the trading pauses under Nasdaq Rules
4120(a)(11) and (12).
Trading 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 other assets constituting the
Disclosed Portfolio of a 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 also will be subject to Rule
5735(d)(2)(D), which sets forth
circumstances under which Shares of a
Fund may be halted.
Trading Rules
Nasdaq deems the Shares to be equity
securities, thus rendering trading in the
Shares subject to Nasdaq’s existing rules
governing the trading of equity
securities. Nasdaq will allow trading in
the Shares from 4:00 a.m. until 8:00
p.m., Eastern Time. The Exchange has
appropriate rules to facilitate
transactions in the Shares during all
trading sessions. As provided in Nasdaq
Rule 5735(b)(3), the minimum price
variation for quoting and entry of orders
in Managed Fund Shares traded on the
Exchange is $0.01.
Surveillance
The Exchange represents that trading
in the Shares will be subject to the
existing trading surveillances,
administered by both Nasdaq and also
the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) on behalf of the
Exchange, which are designed to detect
violations of Exchange rules and
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applicable federal securities laws.27 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 surveillances referred to above
generally focus on detecting securities
trading outside their normal patterns,
which could be indicative of
manipulative or other violative activity.
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.
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange,
will communicate as needed regarding
trading in the Shares and the ClosedEnd Funds, ETFs and ETNs held by the
Funds with other markets and other
entities that are members of the
Intermarket Surveillance Group
(‘‘ISG’’),28 and FINRA may obtain
trading information regarding trading in
the Shares and such securities held by
the Funds from such markets and other
entities. In addition, the Exchange may
obtain information regarding trading in
the Shares and the Closed-End Funds,
ETFs and ETNs held by the Funds from
markets and other entities that are
members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement.
Moreover, FINRA, on behalf of the
Exchange, will be able to access, as
needed, trade information for certain
fixed income securities held by the
Funds reported to FINRA’s Trade
Reporting and Compliance Engine
(‘‘TRACE’’).
For each Fund, all of such Fund’s net
assets that are invested in Closed-End
Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be invested
in instruments that trade in markets that
are members of ISG or are parties to a
comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement with the Exchange.
In addition, the Exchange also has a
general policy prohibiting the
distribution of material, non-public
information by its employees.
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Information Circular
Prior to the commencement of
trading, the Exchange will inform its
27 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.
28 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 a 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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members in an Information Circular of
the special characteristics and risks
associated with trading the Shares.
Specifically, the Information Circular
for each Fund will discuss the
following: (1) The procedures for
purchases and redemptions of Shares in
Creation Units (and that Shares are not
individually redeemable); (2) Nasdaq
Rule 2111A, which imposes suitability
obligations on Nasdaq members with
respect to recommending transactions in
the Shares to customers; (3) how
information regarding the Intraday
Indicative Value and the Disclosed
Portfolio is disseminated; (4) the risks
involved in trading the Shares during
the Pre-Market and Post-Market
Sessions when an updated Intraday
Indicative Value will not be calculated
or publicly disseminated; (5) the
requirement that members deliver a
prospectus to investors purchasing
newly issued Shares prior to or
concurrently with the confirmation of a
transaction; and (6) trading information.
The Information Circular will also
discuss any exemptive, no-action and
interpretive relief granted by the
Commission from any rules under the
Act.
Additionally, the Information Circular
for each Fund will reference that such
Fund is subject to various fees and
expenses described in the Registration
Statement. The Information Circular for
each Fund will also disclose the trading
hours of the Shares of such Fund and
the applicable NAV Calculation Time
for the Shares. The Information Circular
for each Fund will disclose that
information about the Shares of such
Fund will be publicly available on such
Fund’s Web site.
Continued Listing Representations
All statements and representations
made in this filing regarding (a) the
description of the portfolios, (b)
limitations on portfolio holdings or
reference assets, or (c) the applicability
of Exchange rules and surveillance
procedures shall constitute continued
listing requirements for listing the
Shares on the Exchange.
In addition, the issuer has represented
to the Exchange that it will advise the
Exchange of any failure by the Funds to
comply with the continued listing
requirements, and, pursuant to its
obligations under Section 19(g)(1) of the
Act, the Exchange will monitor for
compliance with the continued listing
requirements. If a Fund is not in
compliance with the applicable listing
requirements, the Exchange will
commence delisting procedures under
the Nasdaq 5800 Series.
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2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposal is
consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act,
in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act, in particular, in that it is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with
persons engaged in facilitating
transactions in securities, and 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
be listed and traded on the Exchange
pursuant to the initial and continued
listing criteria in Nasdaq Rule 5735. The
Exchange represents that trading in the
Shares will be subject to the existing
trading surveillances, administered by
both Nasdaq and also FINRA on behalf
of the Exchange, which are designed to
detect violations of Exchange rules and
applicable federal securities laws.
The Adviser is not a broker-dealer,
but it is affiliated with a broker-dealer,
and is required to implement a ‘‘fire
wall’’ with respect to its broker-dealer
affiliate regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or
changes to each Fund’s portfolio. In
addition, paragraph (g) of Nasdaq Rule
5735 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 non-public information
regarding the open-end fund’s portfolio.
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange,
will communicate as needed regarding
trading in the Shares and the ClosedEnd Funds, ETFs and ETNs held by the
Funds with other markets and other
entities that are members of ISG, and
FINRA may obtain trading information
regarding trading in the Shares and such
securities held by the Funds from such
markets and other entities.
In addition, the Exchange may obtain
information regarding trading in the
Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs
and ETNs held by the Funds from
markets and other entities that are
members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement.
Moreover, FINRA, on behalf of the
Exchange, will be able to access, as
needed, trade information for certain
fixed income securities held by the
Funds reported to FINRA’s TRACE. For
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each Fund, all of such Fund’s net assets
that are invested in Closed-End Funds,
ETFs and ETNs will be invested in
instruments that trade in markets that
are members of ISG or are parties to a
comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement with the Exchange.
The investment objective of the CEF
Income Opportunity Fund will be to
seek to provide current income with a
secondary emphasis on total return. The
investment objective of the Municipal
CEF Income Opportunity Fund will be
to seek to provide current income.
Under normal market conditions, (a) the
CEF Income Opportunity Fund will seek
to achieve its investment objective by
investing at least 80% of its net assets
(including investment borrowings) in a
portfolio of Closed-End Funds and (b)
the Municipal CEF Income Opportunity
Fund will seek to achieve its investment
objective by investing at least 80% of its
net assets (including investment
borrowings) in a portfolio of municipal
Closed-End Funds.
The Funds will not invest in
derivative instruments. Each Fund may
hold up to an aggregate amount of 15%
of its net assets in illiquid assets
(calculated at the time of investment),
deemed illiquid by the Adviser. Each
Fund will monitor its portfolio liquidity
on an ongoing basis to determine
whether, in light of current
circumstances, an adequate level of
liquidity is being maintained, and will
consider taking appropriate steps in
order to maintain adequate liquidity if,
through a change in values, net assets,
or other circumstances, more than 15%
of the Fund’s net assets are held in
illiquid assets. Illiquid assets include
securities subject to contractual or other
restrictions on resale and other
instruments that lack readily available
markets as determined in accordance
with Commission staff guidance.
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 will be publicly available
regarding the Funds and the Shares,
thereby promoting market transparency.
Moreover, the Intraday Indicative Value,
available on the NASDAQ OMX
Information LLC proprietary index data
service, will be widely disseminated by
one or more major market data vendors
and broadly displayed at least every 15
seconds during the Regular Market
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Session. On each business day, before
commencement of trading in Shares in
the Regular Market Session on the
Exchange, each 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.
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, and quotation and last sale
information for the Shares will be
available via Nasdaq proprietary quote
and trade services, as well as in
accordance with the Unlisted Trading
Privileges and the CTA plans for the
Shares. Quotation and last sale
information for the Closed-End Funds,
ETFs and ETNs will be available from
the exchanges on which they are traded
as well as in accordance with any
applicable CTA plans.
Pricing information for Short-Term
Debt Instruments, repurchase
agreements, bank time deposits and
certificates of deposit will be available
from major broker-dealer firms and/or
major market data vendors and/or
Pricing Services. Pricing information for
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs will
be available from the applicable listing
exchange (as indicated above) and from
major market data vendors. Money
market mutual funds are typically
priced once each business day and their
prices will be available through the
applicable fund’s Web site or from
major market data vendors.
Each Fund’s Web site will include a
form of the prospectus for such Fund
and additional data relating to NAV and
other applicable quantitative
information. Trading in Shares of the
Funds will be halted under the
conditions specified in Nasdaq Rules
4120 and 4121 or because of market
conditions or for reasons that, in the
view of the Exchange, make trading in
the Shares inadvisable, and trading in
the Shares will be subject to Nasdaq
Rule 5735(d)(2)(D), which sets forth
circumstances under which Shares of a
Fund may be halted. In addition, as
noted above, investors will have ready
access to information regarding each
Fund’s holdings, the Intraday Indicative
Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and
quotation and last sale information for
the Shares.
Each Fund’s investments will be
valued daily. Investments traded on an
exchange (i.e., a regulated market), will
generally be valued at market value
prices that represent last sale or official
closing prices. Non-exchange traded
investments will generally be valued
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using prices obtained from a Pricing
Service. If, however, valuations for any
of the Funds’ investments cannot be
readily obtained as provided in the
preceding manner, or the Pricing
Committee questions the accuracy or
reliability of valuations that are so
obtained, such investments will be
valued at fair value, as determined by
the Pricing Committee, in accordance
with the Valuation Procedures and in
accordance with provisions of the 1940
Act.
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, FINRA, on behalf of
the Exchange, will communicate as
needed regarding trading in the Shares
and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and
ETNs held by the Funds with other
markets and other entities that are
members of ISG, and FINRA may obtain
trading information regarding trading in
the Shares and such securities held by
the Funds from such markets and other
entities.
In addition, the Exchange may obtain
information regarding trading in the
Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs
and ETNs held by the Funds from
markets and other entities that are
members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement.
Moreover, FINRA, on behalf of the
Exchange, will be able to access, as
needed, trade information for certain
fixed income securities held by the
Funds reported to FINRA’s TRACE.
Furthermore, as noted above,
investors will have ready access to
information regarding the Funds’
holdings, the Intraday Indicative Value,
the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation
and last sale information for the Shares.
For each Fund, all of such Fund’s net
assets that are invested in Closed-End
Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be invested
in instruments that trade in markets that
are members of ISG or are parties to a
comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement with the Exchange.
For the above reasons, Nasdaq
believes the proposed rule change is
consistent with the requirements of
Section 6(b)(5) of the Act.
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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. The
Exchange believes that the proposed
rule change will facilitate the listing and
trading of additional types of actively
managed exchange-traded funds that
will enhance competition among market
participants, to the benefit of investors
and the marketplace.
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
Within 45 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period
up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which
the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove
such proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No.
1, 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–
NASDAQ–2016–071 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–NASDAQ–2016–071. This
file number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
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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 the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of Nasdaq. 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–
NASDAQ–2016–071 and should be
submitted on or before June 21, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.29
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–77892; File No. SR–BX–
2016–027]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
NASDAQ BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Options
Pricing at Chapter XV, Section 2
May 24, 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 May 19,
2016, NASDAQ BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) 3 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
29 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 The Exchange notes that it has legally changed
its name to NASDAQ BX, Inc. with the state of
Delaware and filed Form 1 reflecting the change,
and is in the process of changing its rules to reflect
the new name.
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‘‘Commission’’) the 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 proposes to amend its
Options Pricing at Chapter XV, Section
2, entitled ‘‘BX Options Market—Fees
and Rebates,’’ which governs pricing for
BX members using the BX Options
Market (‘‘BX Options’’). The Exchange
proposes to modify certain fees (per
executed contract) applicable [sic] the
Select Symbol Options Tier Schedule
for certain Penny Pilot 4 Options (each
a ‘‘Select Symbol’’ and together the
‘‘Select Symbols’’).
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s Web site
at https://nasdaqomxbx.cchwallstreet
.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
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
Chapter XV, Section 2, to modify the
fees 5 schedule to adopt a Fee to Add
Liquidity in the Select Symbol Options 6
4 The Penny Pilot was established in June 2012
and extended in 2015. See Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 67256 (June 26, 2012), 77 FR 39277
(July 2, 2012) (SR–BX–2012–030) (order approving
BX option rules and establishing Penny Pilot); and
75326 (June 29, 2015), 80 FR 38481 (July 6, 2015)
(SR–BX–2015–037) (notice of filing and immediate
effectiveness extending the Penny Pilot through
June 30, 2016).
5 Fees are per executed contract. BX Chapter XV,
Section 2(1).
6 Select Symbols represent some of the highest
volume Penny Pilot Options traded on the
Exchange and in the U.S. The following are Select
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34407-34414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-77895; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2016-071]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No.
1 Thereto, Relating to the Listing and Trading of the Shares of the
First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF and the First Trust Municipal
CEF Income Opportunity ETF of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
May 24, 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 May 10, 2016, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or
``Exchange'') 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 Nasdaq. On May
20, 2016, the Exchange submitted Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule
change. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on
the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1 thereto, from
interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
Nasdaq proposes to list and trade the shares of the following under
Nasdaq Rule 5735 (``Managed Fund Shares''): \3\ First Trust CEF Income
Opportunity ETF (the ``CEF Income Opportunity Fund'') and First Trust
Municipal CEF Income Opportunity ETF (the ``Municipal CEF Income
Opportunity Fund''). The CEF Income Opportunity Fund and the Municipal
CEF Income Opportunity Fund are each a ``Fund'' and collectively, the
``Funds.'' Each Fund is a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
VIII (the ``Trust''). The shares of each Fund are collectively referred
to herein as the ``Shares.''
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\3\ The Commission approved Nasdaq Rule 5735 in Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 57962 (June 13, 2008), 73 FR 35175 (June
20, 2008) (SR-NASDAQ-2008-039). There are already multiple actively
managed funds listed on the Exchange; see, e.g., Securities Exchange
Act Release Nos. 72506 (July 1, 2014), 79 FR 38631 (July 8, 2014)
(SR-NASDAQ-2014-050) (order approving listing and trading of First
Trust Strategic Income ETF); 69464 (April 26, 2013), 78 FR 25774
(May 2, 2013) (SR-NASDAQ-2013-036) (order approving listing and
trading of First Trust Senior Loan Fund); and 66489 (February 29,
2012), 77 FR 13379 (March 6, 2012) (SR-NASDAQ-2012-004) (order
approving listing and trading of WisdomTree Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond Fund). The Exchange believes the proposed rule change
raises no significant issues not previously addressed in those prior
Commission orders.
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The text of the proposed rule change is available at https://nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com/, at Nasdaq'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, Nasdaq included statements
concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. Nasdaq has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A,
B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares of each Fund
under Nasdaq Rule 5735, which governs the listing and trading of
Managed Fund Shares \4\ on the Exchange. Each Fund will be an actively
managed exchange-traded fund (``ETF''). The Shares will be offered by
the Trust, which was established as a Massachusetts business trust on
February 22, 2016.\5\ The Trust is registered with the Commission as an
investment company and has filed a registration statement on Form N-1A
(``Registration Statement'') with the Commission.\6\ Each Fund will be
a series of the Trust.
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\4\ 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-1) (the ``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 Index Fund Shares, listed
and traded on the Exchange under Nasdaq Rule 5705, 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.
\5\ The Commission has issued an order, upon which the Trust may
rely, granting certain exemptive relief under the 1940 Act. See
Investment Company Act Release No. 28468 (October 27, 2008) (File
No. 812-13477).
\6\ See Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the Trust, dated
March 14, 2016 (File Nos. 333-210186 and 811-23147). The
descriptions of the Funds and the Shares contained herein are based,
in part, on information in the Registration Statement.
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First Trust Advisors L.P. will be the investment adviser
(``Adviser'') to the Funds. The Funds do not currently intend to use a
sub-adviser. First Trust Portfolios L.P. (the ``Distributor'') will be
the principal underwriter and distributor of each Fund's Shares. The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (``BNY'') will act as the
administrator, accounting agent, custodian and transfer agent to the
Funds.
Paragraph (g) of Rule 5735 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.\7\ In addition, paragraph
(g) 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, non-public information
regarding the open-end fund's portfolio.
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\7\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers
Act''). As a result, the Adviser and its 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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Rule 5735(g) is similar to Nasdaq Rule 5705(b)(5)(A)(i); however,
paragraph (g) 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. The Adviser is not a
broker-dealer, but it is affiliated with the Distributor, a broker-
dealer, and has implemented and will maintain a fire wall with respect
to its broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or changes to a portfolio.
In addition, personnel who make decisions on each Fund's portfolio
composition will be subject to procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material non-public information regarding such
Fund's portfolio. In the event (a) the Adviser or any sub-adviser
registers as a broker-dealer, or becomes newly affiliated with a
broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser is a registered
broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with another broker-dealer, it will
implement and will maintain a fire wall with respect to its relevant
personnel and/or such broker-dealer affiliate, as applicable, regarding
access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to a
portfolio and will be subject to procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material non-public information regarding such
portfolio.
Each Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
The Funds' Principal Investment Strategies
The investment objective of the CEF Income Opportunity Fund will be
to seek to provide current income with a secondary emphasis on total
return. The investment objective of the Municipal CEF Income
Opportunity Fund will be to seek to provide current income. Under
normal market conditions,\8\ (a) the CEF Income Opportunity Fund will
seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of
its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of
closed-end funds and (b) the Municipal CEF Income Opportunity Fund will
seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of
its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of
municipal closed-end funds.\9\ In selecting the Closed-End Funds in
which each Fund will invest, the Adviser will utilize a range of
investment approaches and will take into account various market metrics
and economic factors, as well as market conditions.
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\8\ The term ``under normal market conditions'' as used herein
includes, but is not limited to, the absence of adverse market,
economic, political, or other conditions, including extreme
volatility or trading halts in the securities 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. On a temporary
basis, including for defensive purposes, during the initial invest-
up period and during periods of high cash inflows or outflows, a
Fund may depart from its principal investment strategies; for
example, it may hold a higher than normal proportion of its assets
in cash. During such periods, a Fund may not be able to achieve its
investment objective. A Fund may adopt a defensive strategy when the
Adviser believes securities in which such Fund normally invests have
elevated risks due to political or economic factors and in other
extraordinary circumstances.
\9\ The closed-end funds in which each Fund invests (``Closed-
End Funds'') will be registered under the 1940 Act and listed and
traded in the U.S. on registered exchanges. Each Fund may invest in
the securities of Closed-End Funds (as well as certain other
investment companies) in excess of the limits imposed under the 1940
Act pursuant to an exemptive order on which the Trust may rely. See
Investment Company Act Release No. 30377 (February 5, 2013) (File
No. 812-13895) (the ``Fund of Funds Order'').
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Other Investments for the Funds
Each Fund may invest (in the aggregate) up to 20% of its net assets
in the following securities and instruments:
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Each Fund may invest in the following exchange-traded products: (i)
ETFs; \10\ and (ii) exchange-traded notes (``ETNs'').\11\
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\10\ An ETF is an investment company registered under the 1940
Act that holds a portfolio of securities. Many ETFs are designed to
track the performance of a securities index, including industry,
sector, country and region indexes. ETFs included in a Fund will be
listed and traded in the U.S. on registered exchanges. Each Fund may
invest in the securities of ETFs in excess of the limits imposed
under the 1940 Act pursuant to exemptive orders obtained by other
ETFs and their sponsors from the Commission or the Fund of Funds
Order. The ETFs in which the Fund may invest include Index Fund
Shares (as described in Nasdaq Rule 5705), Portfolio Depository
Receipts (as described in Nasdaq Rule 5705), and Managed Fund Shares
(as described in Nasdaq Rule 5735). While the Funds may invest in
inverse ETFs, the Funds will not invest in leveraged or inverse
leveraged (e.g., 2X or -3X) ETFs.
\11\ While the Funds may invest in inverse ETNs, the Funds will
not invest in leveraged or inverse leveraged (e.g., 2X or -3X) ETNs.
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Each Fund may invest in money market mutual funds that will be
investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.
Each Fund may invest in short-term debt instruments (described
below) or it may hold cash. The percentage of each Fund invested in
such instruments or held in cash will vary and will depend on several
factors, including market conditions. Each Fund may invest in the
following short-term debt instruments: \12\ (1) Fixed rate and floating
rate U.S. government securities, including bills, notes and bonds
differing as to maturity and rates of interest, which are either issued
or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by U.S. government agencies or
instrumentalities; (2) certificates of deposit issued against funds
deposited in a bank or savings and loan association; (3) bankers'
acceptances, which are short-term credit instruments used to finance
commercial transactions; (4) repurchase agreements,\13\ which involve
purchases of debt securities; (5) bank time deposits, which are monies
kept on deposit with banks or savings and loan associations for a
stated period of time at a fixed rate of interest; and (6) commercial
paper, which is short-term unsecured promissory notes.\14\
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\12\ Short-term debt instruments will be issued by issuers
having a long-term debt rating of at least BBB-/Baa3 by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. (``S&P Ratings''), Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
(``Moody's'') or Fitch Ratings (``Fitch'') and will have a maturity
of one year or less.
\13\ Each Fund intends to enter into repurchase agreements only
with financial institutions and dealers believed by the Adviser to
present minimal credit risks in accordance with criteria approved by
the Board of Trustees of the Trust (``Trust Board''). The Adviser
will review and monitor the creditworthiness of such institutions.
The Adviser will monitor the value of the collateral at the time the
transaction is entered into and at all times during the term of the
repurchase agreement.
\14\ Each Fund may only invest in commercial paper rated A-1 or
higher by S&P Ratings, Prime-1 or higher by Moody's or F1 or higher
by Fitch.
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Investment Restrictions
The Funds will not invest in derivative instruments.
Each Fund may hold up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net
assets in illiquid assets (calculated at the time of investment),
deemed illiquid by the Adviser.\15\ Each Fund will monitor its
portfolio liquidity on an ongoing basis to determine whether, in light
of current circumstances, an adequate level of liquidity is being
maintained, and will consider taking appropriate steps in order to
maintain adequate liquidity if, through a change in values, net assets,
or other circumstances, more than 15% of such Fund's net assets are
held in illiquid assets. Illiquid assets include securities subject to
contractual or other restrictions on resale and other instruments that
lack readily available markets as determined in accordance with
Commission staff guidance.\16\
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\15\ In reaching liquidity decisions, the Adviser may consider
the following factors: The frequency of trades and quotes for the
security or other instrument; the number of dealers wishing to
purchase or sell the security or other instrument and the number of
other potential purchasers; dealer undertakings to make a market in
the security or other instrument; and the nature of the security or
other instrument and the nature of the marketplace in which it
trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the security or other
instrument, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of
transfer).
\16\ The Commission has stated that long-standing Commission
guidelines have required open-end funds to hold no more than 15% of
their net assets in illiquid securities and other illiquid assets.
See Investment Company Act Release No. 28193 (March 11, 2008), 73 FR
14618 (March 18, 2008), footnote 34. See also Investment Company Act
Release No. 5847 (October 21, 1969), 35 FR 19989 (December 31, 1970)
(Statement Regarding ``Restricted Securities''); Investment Company
Act Release No. 18612 (March 12, 1992), 57 FR 9828 (March 20, 1992)
(Revisions of Guidelines to Form N-1A). 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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The Funds may not invest 25% or more of the value of their
respective total assets in securities of issuers in any one industry.
This restriction does not apply to (a) obligations issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities or (b)
securities of other investment companies.\17\
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\17\ 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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Creation and Redemption of Shares
Each Fund will issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis at net
asset value (``NAV'') \18\ only in large blocks of Shares (``Creation
Units'') in transactions with authorized participants, generally
including broker-dealers and large institutional investors
(``Authorized Participants''). Creation Units generally will consist of
50,000 Shares, although this may change from time to time. Creation
Units, however, are not expected to consist of less than 50,000 Shares.
Each Fund will issue and redeem Creation Units in exchange for an in-
kind portfolio of instruments and/or cash in lieu of such instruments
(the ``Creation Basket'').\19\ In addition, if there is a difference
between the NAV attributable to a Creation Unit and the market value of
the Creation Basket exchanged for the Creation Unit, the party
conveying instruments (which may include cash-in-lieu amounts) with the
lower value will pay to the other an amount in cash equal to the
difference (referred to as the ``Cash Component'').
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\18\ The NAV of each Fund's Shares generally will be calculated
once daily Monday through Friday as of the close of regular trading
on the New York Stock Exchange (``NYSE''), generally 4:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time (the ``NAV Calculation Time''). NAV per Share will be
calculated by dividing a Fund's net assets by the number of Fund
Shares outstanding.
\19\ It is expected that each Fund will typically issue and
redeem Creation Units on a cash basis; however, a Fund may, at
times, issue and redeem Creation Units on an in-kind (or partially
in-kind) basis.
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Creations and redemptions must be made by or through an Authorized
Participant that has executed an agreement that has been agreed to by
the Distributor and BNY with respect to creations and redemptions of
Creation Units. All standard orders to create Creation Units must be
received by the transfer agent no later than the closing time of the
regular trading session on the NYSE (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern
Time) (the ``Closing Time'') in each case on the date such order is
placed in order for the creation of Creation Units to be effected based
on the NAV of Shares as next determined on such date after receipt of
the order in proper form. Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units
at their NAV next determined after receipt not later than the Closing
Time of a redemption request in proper form by a Fund through the
transfer agent and only on a business day.
The Funds' custodian, through the National Securities Clearing
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Corporation, will make available on each business day, prior to the
opening of business of the Exchange, the list of the names and
quantities of the instruments comprising the Creation Basket, as well
as the estimated Cash Component (if any), for that day. The published
Creation Basket will apply until a new Creation Basket is announced on
the following business day prior to commencement of trading in the
Shares.
Net Asset Value
Each Fund's NAV will be determined as of the close of regular
trading on the NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for trading. If the
NYSE closes early on a valuation day, the NAV will be determined as of
that time. NAV per Share will be calculated for each Fund by taking the
value of such Fund's total assets, including interest or dividends
accrued but not yet collected, less all liabilities, including accrued
expenses and dividends declared but unpaid, and dividing such amount by
the total number of Shares outstanding. The result, rounded to the
nearest cent, will be the NAV per Share. All valuations will be subject
to review by the Trust Board or its delegate.
The Funds' investments will be valued daily. As described more
specifically below, investments traded on an exchange (i.e., a
regulated market), will generally be valued at market value prices that
represent last sale or official closing prices. In addition, as
described more specifically below, non-exchange traded investments will
generally be valued using prices obtained from third-party pricing
services (each, a ``Pricing Service'').\20\
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\20\ The Adviser may use various Pricing Services or discontinue
the use of any Pricing Services, as approved by the Trust Board from
time to time.
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If, however, valuations for any of the Funds' investments cannot be
readily obtained as provided in the preceding manner, or the Pricing
Committee of the Adviser (the ``Pricing Committee'') \21\ questions the
accuracy or reliability of valuations that are so obtained, such
investments will be valued at fair value, as determined by the Pricing
Committee, in accordance with valuation procedures (which may be
revised from time to time) adopted by the Trust Board (the ``Valuation
Procedures''), and in accordance with provisions of the 1940 Act. The
Pricing Committee's fair value determinations may require subjective
judgments about the value of an investment. The fair valuations attempt
to estimate the value at which an investment could be sold at the time
of pricing, although actual sales could result in price differences,
which could be material.
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\21\ The Pricing Committee will be subject to procedures
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public
information regarding each Fund's portfolio.
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Certain securities in which a Fund may invest will not be listed on
any securities exchange or board of trade. Such securities will
typically be bought and sold by institutional investors in individually
negotiated private transactions that function in many respects like an
over-the-counter secondary market, although typically no formal market
makers will exist. Certain securities, particularly debt securities,
will have few or no trades, or trade infrequently, and information
regarding a specific security may not be widely available or may be
incomplete. Accordingly, determinations of the value of debt securities
may be based on infrequent and dated information. Because there is less
reliable, objective data available, elements of judgment may play a
greater role in valuation of debt securities than for other types of
securities.
The information summarized below is based on the Valuation
Procedures as currently in effect; however, as noted above, the
Valuation Procedures are amended from time to time and, therefore, such
information is subject to change.
The following investments will typically be valued using
information provided by a Pricing Service: Except as provided below,
short-term U.S. government securities, commercial paper, and bankers'
acceptances, all as set forth under ``Other Investments for the Funds''
(collectively, ``Short-Term Debt Instruments''). Debt instruments may
be valued at evaluated mean prices, as provided by Pricing Services.
Pricing Services typically value non-exchange-traded instruments
utilizing a range of market-based inputs and assumptions, including
readily available market quotations obtained from broker-dealers making
markets in such instruments, cash flows, and transactions for
comparable instruments. In pricing certain instruments, the Pricing
Services may consider information about an instrument's issuer or
market activity provided by the Adviser.
Short-Term Debt Instruments having a remaining maturity of 60 days
or less when purchased will typically be valued at cost adjusted for
amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, provided the
Pricing Committee has determined that the use of amortized cost is an
appropriate reflection of value given market and issuer-specific
conditions existing at the time of the determination.
Repurchase agreements will typically be valued as follows:
Overnight repurchase agreements will be valued at amortized cost
when it represents the best estimate of value. Term repurchase
agreements (i.e., those whose maturity exceeds seven days) will be
valued at the average of the bid quotations obtained daily from at
least two recognized dealers.
Certificates of deposit and bank time deposits will typically be
valued at cost.
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs that are listed on any exchange
other than the Exchange will typically be valued at the last sale price
on the exchange on which they are principally traded on the business
day as of which such value is being determined. Closed-End Funds, ETFs
and ETNs listed on the Exchange will typically be valued at the
official closing price on the business day as of which such value is
being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, or no official
closing price in the case of securities traded on the Exchange, such
securities will typically be valued using fair value pricing. Closed-
End Funds, ETFs and ETNs traded on more than one securities exchange
will be valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as
applicable, on the business day as of which such value is being
determined at the close of the exchange representing the principal
market for such securities.
Money market mutual funds typically will be valued at their NAVs as
reported by such funds' Pricing Services.
Availability of Information
The Funds' Web site (www.ftportfolios.com), which will be publicly
available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form
of the prospectus for the Funds that may be downloaded. The Web site
will include the Shares' ticker, CUSIP and exchange information along
with additional quantitative information updated on a daily basis,
including, for each Fund: (1) Daily trading volume, the prior business
day's reported NAV and closing price, mid-point of the bid/ask spread
at the time of calculation of such NAV (the ``Bid/Ask Price''),\22\ 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
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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 Regular Market Session \23\ on
the Exchange, each Fund will disclose on its Web site the identities
and quantities of the portfolio of securities and other assets (the
``Disclosed Portfolio'' as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5735(c)(2)) held by
the Fund that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at
the end of the business day.\24\
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\22\ The Bid/Ask Price of each Fund will be determined using the
mid-point 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 each Fund and its service
providers.
\23\ See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the three trading
sessions on the Exchange: (1) Pre-Market Session from 4 a.m. to 9:30
a.m., Eastern Time; (2) Regular Market Session from 9:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. or 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time; and (3) Post-Market Session from 4
p.m. or 4:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern Time).
\24\ Under accounting procedures to be followed by the Funds,
trades made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and
reflected in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Accordingly,
a 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, each Fund will disclose on its Web site the
following information regarding each portfolio holding, 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); quantity held (as measured by, for example, par value or
number of shares or units); maturity date, if any; coupon rate, if any;
effective date, if any; market value of the holding; and percentage
weighting of the holding in the Fund's portfolio. The Web site
information will be publicly available at no charge.
In addition, for each Fund, an estimated value, defined in Rule
5735(c)(3) as the ``Intraday Indicative Value,'' that reflects an
estimated intraday value of the Fund's Disclosed Portfolio, will be
disseminated. Moreover, the Intraday Indicative Value, available on the
NASDAQ OMX Information LLC proprietary index data service,\25\ will be
based upon the current value for the components of the Disclosed
Portfolio and will be updated and widely disseminated by one or more
major market data vendors and broadly displayed at least every 15
seconds during the Regular Market Session. Premiums and discounts
between the Intraday Indicative Value and the market price may occur.
This should not be viewed as a ``real time'' update of the NAV per
Share of a Fund, which is calculated only once a day.
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\25\ Currently, the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data Service
(``GIDS'') is the Nasdaq global index data feed service, offering
real-time updates, daily summary messages, and access to widely
followed indexes and Intraday Indicative Values for ETFs. GIDS
provides investment professionals with the daily information needed
to track or trade Nasdaq indexes, listed ETFs, or third-party
partner indexes and ETFs.
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The dissemination of the Intraday Indicative Value, together with
the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors to determine the value of
the underlying portfolio of a Fund on a daily basis and will provide a
close estimate of that value throughout the trading day.
Investors will also be able to obtain each Fund's Statement of
Additional Information (``SAI''), annual and semi-annual reports
(together, ``Shareholder Reports''), and Form N-CSR and Form N-SAR,
filed twice a year. Each Fund's SAI and Shareholder Reports will be
available free upon request from such Fund, 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
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 Nasdaq proprietary quote and trade
services, as well as in accordance with the Unlisted Trading Privileges
and the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') plans for the Shares.
Quotation and last sale information for the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and
ETNs will be available from the exchanges on which they are traded as
well as in accordance with any applicable CTA plans.
Pricing information for Short-Term Debt Instruments, repurchase
agreements, bank time deposits and certificates of deposit will be
available from major broker-dealer firms and/or major market data
vendors and/or Pricing Services. Pricing information for Closed-End
Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be available from the applicable listing
exchange (as indicated above) and from major market data vendors.
Money market mutual funds are typically priced once each business
day and their prices will be available through the applicable fund's
Web site or from major market data vendors.
Initial and Continued Listing
The Shares will be subject to Rule 5735, which sets forth the
initial and continued listing criteria applicable to Managed Fund
Shares. The Exchange represents that, for initial and continued
listing, each Fund must be in compliance with Rule 10A-3 \26\ under the
Act. 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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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 a Fund. Nasdaq will halt trading in the Shares
under the conditions specified in Nasdaq Rules 4120 and 4121, including
the trading pauses under Nasdaq Rules 4120(a)(11) and (12).
Trading 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 other assets constituting the
Disclosed Portfolio of a 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 also will be subject to Rule
5735(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of a
Fund may be halted.
Trading Rules
Nasdaq deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus rendering
trading in the Shares subject to Nasdaq's existing rules governing the
trading of equity securities. Nasdaq will allow trading in the Shares
from 4:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The Exchange has
appropriate rules to facilitate transactions in the Shares during all
trading sessions. As provided in Nasdaq Rule 5735(b)(3), the minimum
price variation for quoting and entry of orders in Managed Fund Shares
traded on the Exchange is $0.01.
Surveillance
The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by both Nasdaq and
also the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') on behalf
of the Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of Exchange
rules and
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applicable federal securities laws.\27\ 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.
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\27\ FINRA surveils trading on the Exchange pursuant to a
regulatory services agreement. The Exchange is responsible for
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The surveillances referred to above generally focus on detecting
securities trading outside their normal patterns, which could be
indicative of manipulative or other violative activity. 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.
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as needed
regarding trading in the Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs
held by the Funds with other markets and other entities that are
members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG''),\28\ and FINRA
may obtain trading information regarding trading in the Shares and such
securities held by the Funds from such markets and other entities. In
addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in the
Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs held by the Funds from
markets and other entities that are members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the Exchange has in place a
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. Moreover, FINRA, on
behalf of the Exchange, will be able to access, as needed, trade
information for certain fixed income securities held by the Funds
reported to FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (``TRACE'').
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\28\ 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 a 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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For each Fund, all of such Fund's net assets that are invested in
Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be invested in instruments that
trade in markets that are members of ISG or are parties to a
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement with the Exchange.
In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
Information Circular
Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its
members in an Information Circular of the special characteristics and
risks associated with trading the Shares. Specifically, the Information
Circular for each Fund will discuss the following: (1) The procedures
for purchases and redemptions of Shares in Creation Units (and that
Shares are not individually redeemable); (2) Nasdaq Rule 2111A, which
imposes suitability obligations on Nasdaq members with respect to
recommending transactions in the Shares to customers; (3) how
information regarding the Intraday Indicative Value and the Disclosed
Portfolio is disseminated; (4) the risks involved in trading the Shares
during the Pre-Market and Post-Market Sessions when an updated Intraday
Indicative Value will not be calculated or publicly disseminated; (5)
the requirement that members deliver a prospectus to investors
purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or concurrently with the
confirmation of a transaction; and (6) trading information. The
Information Circular will also discuss any exemptive, no-action and
interpretive relief granted by the Commission from any rules under the
Act.
Additionally, the Information Circular for each Fund will reference
that such Fund is subject to various fees and expenses described in the
Registration Statement. The Information Circular for each Fund will
also disclose the trading hours of the Shares of such Fund and the
applicable NAV Calculation Time for the Shares. The Information
Circular for each Fund will disclose that information about the Shares
of such Fund will be publicly available on such Fund's Web site.
Continued Listing Representations
All statements and representations made in this filing regarding
(a) the description of the portfolios, (b) limitations on portfolio
holdings or reference assets, or (c) the applicability of Exchange
rules and surveillance procedures shall constitute continued listing
requirements for listing the Shares on the Exchange.
In addition, the issuer has represented to the Exchange that it
will advise the Exchange of any failure by the Funds to comply with the
continued listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations under
Section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for compliance
with the continued listing requirements. If a Fund is not in compliance
with the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will commence
delisting procedures under the Nasdaq 5800 Series.
2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)
of the Act, in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of the Act, in particular,
in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating
transactions in securities, and 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 be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the
initial and continued listing criteria in Nasdaq Rule 5735. The
Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject to the
existing trading surveillances, administered by both Nasdaq and also
FINRA on behalf of the Exchange, which are designed to detect
violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws.
The Adviser is not a broker-dealer, but it is affiliated with a
broker-dealer, and is required to implement a ``fire wall'' with
respect to its broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information
concerning the composition and/or changes to each Fund's portfolio. In
addition, paragraph (g) of Nasdaq Rule 5735 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 non-public information regarding the
open-end fund's portfolio.
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as needed
regarding trading in the Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs
held by the Funds with other markets and other entities that are
members of ISG, and FINRA may obtain trading information regarding
trading in the Shares and such securities held by the Funds from such
markets and other entities.
In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading
in the Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs held by the Funds
from markets and other entities that are members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the Exchange has in place a
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. Moreover, FINRA, on
behalf of the Exchange, will be able to access, as needed, trade
information for certain fixed income securities held by the Funds
reported to FINRA's TRACE. For
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each Fund, all of such Fund's net assets that are invested in Closed-
End Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be invested in instruments that trade in
markets that are members of ISG or are parties to a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement with the Exchange.
The investment objective of the CEF Income Opportunity Fund will be
to seek to provide current income with a secondary emphasis on total
return. The investment objective of the Municipal CEF Income
Opportunity Fund will be to seek to provide current income. Under
normal market conditions, (a) the CEF Income Opportunity Fund will seek
to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its
net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of Closed-
End Funds and (b) the Municipal CEF Income Opportunity Fund will seek
to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its
net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of
municipal Closed-End Funds.
The Funds will not invest in derivative instruments. Each Fund may
hold up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net assets in illiquid
assets (calculated at the time of investment), deemed illiquid by the
Adviser. Each Fund will monitor its portfolio liquidity on an ongoing
basis to determine whether, in light of current circumstances, an
adequate level of liquidity is being maintained, and will consider
taking appropriate steps in order to maintain adequate liquidity if,
through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, more
than 15% of the Fund's net assets are held in illiquid assets. Illiquid
assets include securities subject to contractual or other restrictions
on resale and other instruments that lack readily available markets as
determined in accordance with Commission staff guidance.
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 will be publicly
available regarding the Funds and the Shares, thereby promoting market
transparency. Moreover, the Intraday Indicative Value, available on the
NASDAQ OMX Information LLC proprietary index data service, will be
widely disseminated by one or more major market data vendors and
broadly displayed at least every 15 seconds during the Regular Market
Session. On each business day, before commencement of trading in Shares
in the Regular Market Session on the Exchange, each 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.
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, and
quotation and last sale information for the Shares will be available
via Nasdaq proprietary quote and trade services, as well as in
accordance with the Unlisted Trading Privileges and the CTA plans for
the Shares. Quotation and last sale information for the Closed-End
Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be available from the exchanges on which they
are traded as well as in accordance with any applicable CTA plans.
Pricing information for Short-Term Debt Instruments, repurchase
agreements, bank time deposits and certificates of deposit will be
available from major broker-dealer firms and/or major market data
vendors and/or Pricing Services. Pricing information for Closed-End
Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be available from the applicable listing
exchange (as indicated above) and from major market data vendors. Money
market mutual funds are typically priced once each business day and
their prices will be available through the applicable fund's Web site
or from major market data vendors.
Each Fund's Web site will include a form of the prospectus for such
Fund and additional data relating to NAV and other applicable
quantitative information. Trading in Shares of the Funds will be halted
under the conditions specified in Nasdaq Rules 4120 and 4121 or because
of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange,
make trading in the Shares inadvisable, and trading in the Shares will
be subject to Nasdaq Rule 5735(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances
under which Shares of a Fund may be halted. In addition, as noted
above, investors will have ready access to information regarding each
Fund's holdings, the Intraday Indicative Value, the Disclosed
Portfolio, and quotation and last sale information for the Shares.
Each Fund's investments will be valued daily. Investments traded on
an exchange (i.e., a regulated market), will generally be valued at
market value prices that represent last sale or official closing
prices. Non-exchange traded investments will generally be valued using
prices obtained from a Pricing Service. If, however, valuations for any
of the Funds' investments cannot be readily obtained as provided in the
preceding manner, or the Pricing Committee questions the accuracy or
reliability of valuations that are so obtained, such investments will
be valued at fair value, as determined by the Pricing Committee, in
accordance with the Valuation Procedures and in accordance with
provisions of the 1940 Act.
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, FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate
as needed regarding trading in the Shares and the Closed-End Funds,
ETFs and ETNs held by the Funds with other markets and other entities
that are members of ISG, and FINRA may obtain trading information
regarding trading in the Shares and such securities held by the Funds
from such markets and other entities.
In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading
in the Shares and the Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs held by the Funds
from markets and other entities that are members of ISG, which includes
securities exchanges, or with which the Exchange has in place a
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. Moreover, FINRA, on
behalf of the Exchange, will be able to access, as needed, trade
information for certain fixed income securities held by the Funds
reported to FINRA's TRACE.
Furthermore, as noted above, investors will have ready access to
information regarding the Funds' holdings, the Intraday Indicative
Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation and last sale information
for the Shares. For each Fund, all of such Fund's net assets that are
invested in Closed-End Funds, ETFs and ETNs will be invested in
instruments that trade in markets that are members of ISG or are
parties to a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement with the
Exchange.
For the above reasons, Nasdaq believes the proposed rule change is
consistent with the requirements of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act.
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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. The Exchange believes that
the proposed rule change will facilitate the listing and trading of
additional types of actively managed exchange-traded funds that will
enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of
investors and the marketplace.
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
Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change, as modified by 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-NASDAQ-2016-071 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-NASDAQ-2016-071. 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 the filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of Nasdaq. 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-NASDAQ-2016-071 and should
be submitted on or before June 21, 2016.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\29\
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\29\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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