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charged by other exchanger or is
designed to continue to discourage
potential wash sales.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
The Exchange has not solicited, and
does not intend to solicit, comments on
this proposed rule change. The
Exchange has not received any written
comments from members or other
interested parties.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)
of the Act 25 and paragraph (f) of Rule
19b–4 thereunder.26 At any time within
60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
BatsEDGX–2017–09 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–BatsEDGX–2017–09. 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
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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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–
BatsEDGX–2017–09, and should be
submitted on or before March 14, 2017.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.27
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Brinker Capital Destinations Trust, et
al.; Notice of Application
February 14, 2017.
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, Item 19(a)(3) of
Form N–1A, 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 sub-advisers without
shareholder approval and grant relief
from the Disclosure Requirements as
they relate to fees paid to the subadvisers.
AGENCY:
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Brinker Capital
Destinations Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’), a
Delaware statutory trust registered
under the Act as an open-end
management investment company with
multiple series, and Brinker Capital,
Inc., a Delaware corporation registered
as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(‘‘Brinker’’ or the ‘‘Adviser,’’ and,
collectively with the Trust, the
‘‘Applicants’’).
FILING DATES: The application was filed
December 1, 2016, and amended on
February 1, 2017 and February 10, 2017.
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 March 14, 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: Jason B. Moore, Brinker
Capital Destinations Trust, 1055
Westlakes Drive, Berwyn, PA 19312;
and John J. O’Brien, Esq., Morgan, Lewis
& Bockius LLP, 1701 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer O. Palmer, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551–5786, or Nadya Roytblat,
Assistant Chief Counsel, at (202) 551–
6821 (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.
APPLICANTS:
Summary of the Application
1. The Adviser will serve as the
investment adviser to the Subadvised
Series pursuant to an investment
advisory agreement with the Trust (the
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‘‘Advisory Agreement’’).1 The Adviser
will provide the Subadvised Series with
continuous and comprehensive
investment management services subject
to the supervision of, and policies
established by, each Subadvised Series’
board of trustees (‘‘Board’’). The
Advisory Agreement permits the
Adviser, subject to the approval of the
Board, to delegate to one or more subadvisers (each, a ‘‘Sub-Adviser’’ and
collectively, the ‘‘Sub-Advisers’’) 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 Sub-Advisers,
including determining whether a SubAdviser 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 Sub-Advisers
pursuant to Sub-Advisory Agreements
and materially amend existing SubAdvisory 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): (a) The
aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and
any Affiliated Sub-Adviser; and (b) the
aggregate fees paid to Sub-Advisers
other than Affiliated Sub-Advisers
(collectively, ‘‘Aggregate Fee
Disclosure’’). For any Subadvised Series
that employs an Affiliated Sub-Adviser,
the Subadvised Series will provide
separate disclosure of any fees paid to
the Affiliated Sub-Adviser.
3. Applicants agree that any order
granting the requested relief will be
1 Applicants request relief with respect to any
existing and any future series of the Trust and any
other registered open-end management company or
series thereof that: (a) Is advised by Brinker or its
successor or by a person controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with Brinker or its
successor (each, also an ‘‘Adviser’’); (b) uses the
manager of managers structure described in the
application; and (c) complies with the terms and
conditions of the application (each, a ‘‘Subadvised
Series’’ and collectively, the ‘‘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.
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 Subadvised Series or
the Adviser, other than by reason of serving as a
sub-adviser to one or more of the Subadvised Series
(‘‘Affiliated Sub-Adviser’’).
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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
believe that the requested relief meets
this standard because, as further
explained in the Application, the
Advisory Agreements will remain
subject to shareholder approval, while
the role of the Sub-Advisers is
substantially similar to that of
individual portfolio managers, so that
requiring shareholder approval of SubAdvisory Agreements would impose
unnecessary delays and expenses on the
Subadvised Series. Applicants believe
that the requested relief from the
Disclosure Requirements meets this
standard because it will improve the
Adviser’s ability to negotiate fees paid
to the Sub-Advisers that are more
advantageous for the Subadvised Series.
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on January
31, 2017, Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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 parts of such
statements.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats
BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of
a Proposed Rule Change To List and
Trade Shares of the iShares iBonds
Dec 2024 AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF,
iShares iBonds Dec 2025 AMT-Free
Muni Bond ETF, and iShares iBonds
Dec 2026 AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF of
the iShares U.S. ETF Trust Under Bats
Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
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The Exchange filed a proposed rule
change to list and trade shares of the
iShares iBonds Dec 2024 AMT-Free
Muni Bond ETF, iShares iBonds Dec
2025 AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF, and
iShares iBonds Dec 2026 AMT-Free
Muni Bond ETF (each a ‘‘Fund’’ or,
collectively, the ‘‘Funds’’) of the iShares
U.S. ETF Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’ or the
‘‘Issuer’’) under Bats Rule 14.11(i)
(‘‘Managed Fund Shares’’). The shares of
the Funds are referred to herein as the
‘‘Shares.’’
The text of the proposed rule change
is available at the Exchange’s Web site
at www.bats.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
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 under Bats Rule
14.11(i), which governs the listing and
trading of Managed Fund Shares on the
Exchange.3 The Funds will be actively
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 The Commission approved Bats Rule 14.11(i) in
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65225 (August
30, 2011), 76 FR 55148 (September 6, 2011) (SR–
BATS–2011–018).
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Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
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[Investment Company Act Release No. 32479; File No. 812-14718]
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust, et al.; Notice of Application
February 14, 2017.
AGENCY: 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, Item 19(a)(3) of
Form N-1A, 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 sub-advisers without shareholder approval and grant
relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to
the sub-advisers.
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Applicants: Brinker Capital Destinations Trust (the ``Trust''), a
Delaware statutory trust registered under the Act as an open-end
management investment company with multiple series, and Brinker
Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation registered as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Brinker'' or the
``Adviser,'' and, collectively with the Trust, the ``Applicants'').
Filing Dates: The application was filed December 1, 2016, and amended
on February 1, 2017 and February 10, 2017.
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 March 14, 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: Jason B. Moore,
Brinker Capital Destinations Trust, 1055 Westlakes Drive, Berwyn, PA
19312; and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1701
Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer O. Palmer, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551-5786, or Nadya Roytblat, Assistant Chief Counsel, at (202)
551-6821 (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 advisory agreement with the
Trust (the
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``Advisory Agreement'').\1\ The Adviser will provide the Subadvised
Series with continuous and comprehensive investment management services
subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, each
Subadvised Series' board of trustees (``Board''). The Advisory
Agreement permits the Adviser, subject to the approval of the Board, to
delegate to one or more sub-advisers (each, a ``Sub-Adviser'' and
collectively, the ``Sub-Advisers'') 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 Sub-Advisers, including determining whether a Sub-Adviser
should be terminated, at all times subject to the authority of the
Board.
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\1\ Applicants request relief with respect to any existing and
any future series of the Trust and any other registered open-end
management company or series thereof that: (a) Is advised by Brinker
or its successor or by a person controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with Brinker or its successor (each, also an
``Adviser''); (b) uses the manager of managers structure described
in the application; and (c) complies with the terms and conditions
of the application (each, a ``Subadvised Series'' and collectively,
the ``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.
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2. Applicants request an exemption to permit the Adviser, subject
to Board approval, to hire certain 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): (a) The aggregate fees paid to
the Adviser and any Affiliated Sub-Adviser; and (b) the aggregate fees
paid to Sub-Advisers other than Affiliated Sub-Advisers (collectively,
``Aggregate Fee Disclosure''). For any Subadvised Series that employs
an Affiliated Sub-Adviser, the Subadvised Series will provide separate
disclosure of any fees paid to the Affiliated Sub-Adviser.
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\2\ The requested relief will not extend to any sub-adviser that
is an affiliated person, as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act,
of a Subadvised Series or the Adviser, other than by reason of
serving as a sub-adviser to one or more of the Subadvised Series
(``Affiliated Sub-Adviser'').
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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 believe that the requested relief meets this standard
because, as further explained in the Application, the Advisory
Agreements will remain subject to shareholder approval, while the role
of the Sub-Advisers is substantially similar to that of individual
portfolio managers, so that requiring shareholder approval of Sub-
Advisory Agreements would impose unnecessary delays and expenses on the
Subadvised Series. Applicants believe that the requested relief from
the Disclosure Requirements meets this standard because it will improve
the Adviser's ability to negotiate fees paid to the Sub-Advisers that
are more advantageous for the Subadvised Series.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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