Sunshine Act Meeting; Additional Item, 1396-1397 [2016-32048]

Download as PDF 1396 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 3 / Thursday, January 5, 2017 / Notices mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES SEC Chair White’s statement during the SEC’s 2013 Roundtable on Fixed Income Markets, the Report makes recommendations that include (1) improving pre- and post-trade transparency; (2) promoting the use of transparent and open trading venues, and (3) requiring dealers to seek ‘‘best execution’’ for customers and to provide customers with relevant pricing information in connection with their transactions.7 Achieving these recommendations and applying them to both the municipal and corporate bond markets would, in the Exchange’s view, assist in lowering the systemic risk that is anticipated to increase as interest rates rise and the closed network of bond trading comes under pressure as retirement and pension managers seek to adjust their positions. B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Burden on Competition In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,8 the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change would not impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Debt securities typically trade in a decentralized over-the-counter (‘‘OTC’’) dealer market that is less liquid and transparent than the equities markets. The Exchange believes that the proposed change would increase competition with these OTC venues by reducing the cost of being approved as and operating as an Exchange member organization that solely trades bonds at the Exchange, which the Exchange believes will enhance market quality through the additional display of liquidity and increased execution opportunities in Exchange-traded bonds at the Exchange. The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants can readily favor competing venues that are not transparent. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider adjusting its fees and rebates to remain competitive with other exchanges as well as with alternative trading systems and other venues that are not required to comply with the statutory standards applicable to exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own fees and credits in response, and because market participants may readily adjust their 2012-09-19/sec-s-gallagher-says-retail-bondinvestors-fighting-headwinds-.html. 7 See Opening remarks of Chairman Mary Jo White at SEC Roundtable on Fixed Income Markets. https://www.sec.gov/News/Speech/Detail/Speech/ 1365171515300. 8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8). VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:06 Jan 04, 2017 Jkt 241001 order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to which fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition is extremely limited. As a result of all of these considerations, the Exchange does not believe that the proposed change will impair the ability of member organizations or competing order execution venues to maintain their competitive standing in the financial markets. C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the proposed rule change. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 9 of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 10 thereunder, because it establishes a due, fee, or other charge imposed by the Exchange. At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 11 of the Act to determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or disapproved. IV. Solicitation of Comments Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: Electronic Comments • Use the Commission’s Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– NYSE–2016–89 on the subject line. 9 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSE–2016–89. 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 the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NYSE–2016–89, and should be submitted on or before January 26, 2017. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.12 Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–31945 Filed 1–4–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting; Additional Item FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: To Be Published. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF THE MEETING: Friday, January 6, 2017. The following matters will also be considered during the 2:30 p.m. Closed Meeting scheduled CHANGES IN THE MEETING: 10 17 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12 17 E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 05JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 3 / Thursday, January 5, 2017 / Notices for Friday, January 6, 2017: Settlement of injunctive actions. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, please contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551– 5400. Dated: December 30, 2016. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–32048 Filed 1–3–17; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Investment Company Act Release No IC– 32406; 812–14622] DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc., et al.; Notice of Application December 29, 2016. Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’). ACTION: Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f–2 under the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements in rule 20a–1 under the Act, Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Sections 6– 07(2)(a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S–X (‘‘Disclosure Requirements’’). The requested exemption would permit an investment adviser to hire and replace certain wholly-owned sub-advisers without shareholder approval and grant relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to the whollyowned sub-advisers. AGENCY: DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. (‘‘DFAIDG’’), Dimensional Investment Group Inc. (‘‘DIG’’) (each of DFAIDG and DIG is organized as a Maryland corporation and registered under the Act as an openend management investment company), Dimensional Emerging Markets Value Fund (‘‘DEM’’), The DFA Investment Trust Company (‘‘DFAITC’’) (each of DEM and DFAITC is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and registered under the Act as an open-end management investment company) (DFAITC, DFAIDG, DEM, and DIG, each a ‘‘Trust, ’’ and together, the ‘‘Trusts’’) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the ‘‘Initial Adviser’’ collectively with the Trusts, the ‘‘Applicants’’). FILING DATES: The application was filed March 4, 2016, and amended on August 11, 2016. mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES APPLICANTS: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:06 Jan 04, 2017 Jkt 241001 HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the application will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission’s Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on January 23, 2017, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the Commission’s Secretary. ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. Applicants: 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Loko, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551–6883, or Holly Hunter-Ceci, Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel’s Office). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the application. The complete application may be obtained via the Commission’s Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant using the Company name box, at https:// www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551–8090. Summary of the Application 1. The Adviser will serve as the investment adviser to the Subadvised Series pursuant to an investment management agreement with the relevant Trust (each an ‘‘Investment Management Agreement’’ and collectively, the ‘‘Investment Management Agreements’’).1 The Adviser will provide the Subadvised Series with continuous investment management of the assets of each 1 Applicants request relief with respect to any existing and any future series of the Trusts and any other future registered open-end management company or series thereof that: (a) Is advised by the Initial Adviser or its successor or by a person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Initial Adviser or its successor (each, also an ‘‘Adviser’’); (b) uses the multimanagers structure described in the application; and (c) complies with the terms and conditions of the application (each a ‘‘Subadvised Series’’). For purposes of the requested order, ‘‘successor’’ is limited to an entity that results from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of business organization. PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1397 Subadvised Series subject to the supervision of each Trust’s board of trustees (‘‘Board’’). The Investment Management Agreements permit the Adviser, subject to the approval of the Board, to delegate to one or more wholly-owned sub-advisers (each, a ‘‘Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser’’ and collectively, the ‘‘Wholly-Owned SubAdvisers’’) the responsibility to provide the day-to-day portfolio investment management of each Subadvised Series, subject to the supervision and direction of the Adviser. The primary responsibility for managing the Subadvised Series will remain vested in the Adviser. The Adviser will hire, evaluate, allocate assets to and oversee the Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers, including determining whether a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser should be terminated, at all times subject to the authority of the Board. 2. Applicants request an exemption to permit the Adviser, subject to Board approval, to hire certain Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers pursuant to Sub-Advisory Agreements and materially amend existing Sub-Advisory Agreements without obtaining the shareholder approval required under section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f–2 under the Act.2 Applicants also seek an exemption from the Disclosure Requirements to permit a Subadvised Series to disclose (as both a dollar amount and a percentage of the Subadvised Series’ net assets) the aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and any Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser (collectively, ‘‘Aggregate Fee Disclosure’’). 3. Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will be subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Application. Such terms and conditions provide for, among other safeguards, appropriate disclosure to Subadvised Series shareholders and notification about sub-advisory changes and enhanced Board oversight to protect the interests of the Subadvised Series’ shareholders. 4. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or transaction or any class or classes of persons, securities, or transactions from any provisions of the Act, or any rule thereunder, if such relief is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act. Applicants 2 The requested relief will not extend to any SubAdviser that is an affiliated person, as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act, of a Fund or the Adviser, other than by reason of serving as a sub-adviser to one or more of the Funds (‘‘Affiliated SubAdviser’’). E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM 05JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1396-1397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32048]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting; Additional Item

FEDERAL REGISTER Citation of Previous Announcement:  To Be Published.

Previously Announced Time and Date of the Meeting:  Friday, January 6, 
2017.

Changes in the Meeting:  The following matters will also be considered 
during the 2:30 p.m. Closed Meeting scheduled

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for Friday, January 6, 2017: Settlement of injunctive actions.

Contact Person for More Information:  For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, 
please contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

    Dated: December 30, 2016.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-32048 Filed 1-3-17; 11:15 am]
 BILLING CODE 8011-01-P

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