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of investors and the public interest. The
Exchange has asked the Commission to
waive the 30-day operative delay. The
Commission believes that waiver of the
operative delay is consistent with the
protection of investors and the public
interest because the Exchange’s
proposed rule change is substantially
similar to a provision to another selfregulatory organization’s rules,17 and
the Exchange’s proposal does not raise
any new or novel issues. Accordingly,
the Commission hereby waives the 30day operative delay requirement and
designates the proposed rule change as
operative upon filing.18
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
IEX–2017–38 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–IEX–2017–38. 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
17 See
NYSE Arca Rule 7.4–E.
purposes only of waiving the 30-day
operative delay, the Commission has also
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See
15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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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
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received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
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to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–IEX–2017–38, and should
be submitted on or before November 27,
2017.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.19
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule
Change, as Modified by Amendments
No. 1 and 2, To List and Trade Shares
of the Calvert Ultra-Short Duration
Income NextSharesTM Under Nasdaq
Rule 5745
October 31, 2017.
I. Introduction
On August 30, 2017, The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
list and trade common shares (‘‘Shares’’)
19 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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of the Calvert Ultra-Short Duration
Income NextSharesTM (‘‘Fund’’) under
Nasdaq Rule 5745. The proposed rule
change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on September 18,
2017.3 On September 15, 2017, the
Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the
proposed rule change.4 On October 27,
2017, the Exchange filed Amendment
No. 2 to the proposed rule change.5 The
Commission received no comments on
the proposed rule change. This order
grants approval of the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendments
No. 1 and 2.
II. Exchange’s Description of the
Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to list and
trade the Shares of the Fund under
Nasdaq Rule 5745, which governs the
listing and trading of Exchange-Traded
Managed Fund Shares, as defined in
Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(1). The Fund is a
series of the Calvert Management Series
(‘‘Trust’’). The Exchange represents that
the Trust is registered with the
Commission as an open-end investment
company and that it has filed a
registration statement on Form N–1A
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81591
(September 13, 2017), 82 FR 43611 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change
is a partial amendment in which the Exchange
clarifies that: (i) In the event that (a) the Adviser
registers as a broker-dealer or becomes newly
affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new
adviser or a sub-adviser to the Fund is a registered
broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with a brokerdealer, it will not just implement but also maintain
a fire wall with respect to its relevant personnel
and/or such broker-dealer affiliate, if applicable;
and (ii) the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’), on behalf of the
Exchange, will communicate as needed with, and
may obtain information from, other markets and
entities that are members of the Intermarket
Surveillance Group (‘‘ISG’’) regarding trading in the
Shares, and in exchange-traded securities and
instruments held by the Fund (to the extent those
exchange-traded securities and instruments are
known through the publication of the Composition
File and periodic public disclosures of the Fund’s
portfolio holdings), and the Exchange may obtain
such trading information from markets and other
entities that are members of ISG or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive
surveillance sharing agreement. Amendment No. 1
is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/srnasdaq-2017-091/nasdaq2017091-2447435161078.pdf. Because Amendment No. 1 to the
proposed rule change does not materially alter the
substance of the proposed rule change or raise
unique or novel regulatory issues, Amendment No.
1 is not subject to notice and comment.
5 Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change
is a partial amendment in which the Exchange
clarifies that the name of the Fund will be Calvert
Ultra-Short Duration Income NextShares.
Amendment No. 2 is available at: https://
www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-091/
nasdaq2017091-2656932-161387.pdf. Because
Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change does
not materially alter the substance of the proposed
rule change or raise unique or novel regulatory
issues, Amendment No. 2 is not subject to notice
and comment.
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(‘‘Registration Statement’’) with the
Commission with respect to the Fund.6
Calvert Research and Management
(‘‘Adviser’’), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Eaton Vance Management, will be the
Adviser to the Fund.7
Foreside Fund Services, LLC will be
the principal underwriter and
distributor of the Fund’s Shares. State
Street Bank and Trust Company will act
as the accounting agent, custodian, and
transfer agent to the Fund. ICE Data
Services will be the intraday indicative
value (‘‘IIV’’) calculator to the Fund.
The Exchange has made the following
representations and statements in
describing the Fund.8 According to the
Exchange, the Fund will be actively
managed and will pursue the principal
investment strategies described below.9
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A. Principal Investment Strategies
The investment objective of the Fund
is to seek to maximize income, to the
extent consistent with preservation of
capital, through investment in bonds
and income-producing securities. The
Fund will seek to achieve its investment
objective by investing, under normal
circumstances, at least 80% of its net
assets (including borrowings for
investment purposes) in a portfolio of
floating-rate debt securities (e.g.,
corporate floating-rate securities) and
debt securities with durations of less
than or equal to one year. The Fund will
6 See Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the
Registration Statement on Form N–1A for CMS
Trust dated July 20, 2017 (File Nos. 002–69565 and
811–03101).
7 According to the Exchange, the Commission has
issued an order granting Eaton Vance Management,
Eaton Vance ETMF Trust, Eaton Vance ETMF Trust
II and certain affiliates exemptive relief under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘1940 Act’’). See
Investment Company Act Release No. 31361
(December 2, 2014) (File No. 812–14139) (‘‘Order’’).
The Exchange states that the Adviser is a whollyowned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management and
may rely on this exemptive order with respect to
the Fund. In compliance with Nasdaq Rule
5745(b)(5), which applies to Shares based on an
international or global portfolio, the application for
the Order states that the Fund will comply with the
federal securities laws in accepting securities for
deposits and satisfying redemptions with securities,
including that the securities accepted for deposits
and the securities used to satisfy redemption
requests are sold in transactions that would be
exempt from registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
8 The Commission notes that additional
information regarding the Trust, the Fund, and the
Shares, including investment strategies, risks,
creation and redemption procedures, calculation of
net asset value (‘‘NAV’’), fees, distributions, and
taxes, among other things, can be found in the
Notice, Amendments No. 1 and 2, and the
Registration Statement, as applicable. See supra
notes 3–6, respectively, and accompanying text.
9 According to the Exchange, additional
information regarding the Fund will be available on
a free public Web site for the Fund
(www.calvert.com and/or www.nextshares.com) and
in the Registration Statement for the Fund.
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typically invest at least 65% of its net
assets in investment grade, U.S. dollardenominated debt securities, as assessed
at the time of purchase. The Fund will
invest principally in bonds issued by
U.S. corporations, the U.S. Government
or its agencies, and U.S. Governmentsponsored enterprises such as the
Federal National Mortgage Association
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation. The Fund may also invest
up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
debt securities.
B. Portfolio Disclosure and Composition
File
Consistent with the disclosure
requirements that apply to traditional
open-end investment companies, a
complete list of the Fund’s current
portfolio positions will be made
available at least once each calendar
quarter, with a reporting lag of not more
than 60 days. The Fund may provide
more frequent disclosures of portfolio
positions at its discretion.
As defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(3),
the ‘‘Composition File’’ is the specified
portfolio of securities and/or cash that
the Fund will accept as a deposit in
issuing a creation unit of Shares, and
the specified portfolio of securities and/
or cash that the Fund will deliver in a
redemption of a creation unit of Shares.
The Composition File will be
disseminated through the National
Securities Clearing Corporation once
each business day before the open of
trading in Shares on that day and also
will be made available to the public
each day on a free Web site.10 Because
the Fund seeks to preserve the
confidentiality of its current portfolio
trading program, the Fund’s
Composition File generally will not be
a pro rata reflection of the Fund’s
investment positions. Each security
included in the Composition File will
be a current holding of the Fund, but the
Composition File generally will not
include all of the securities in the
Fund’s portfolio or match the
weightings of the included securities in
the portfolio. Securities that the Adviser
is in the process of acquiring for the
Fund generally will not be represented
in the Fund’s Composition File until the
purchase has been completed. Similarly,
securities that are held in the Fund’s
portfolio but are in the process of being
sold may not be removed from its
Composition File until the sale is
substantially completed. When creating
and redeeming Shares in-kind, the Fund
will use cash amounts to supplement
10 The Exchange represents that the free public
Web site containing the Composition File will be
at www.calvert.com and/or www.nextshares.com.
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the in-kind transactions to the extent
necessary to ensure that creation units
are purchased and redeemed at NAV.
The Composition File also may consist
entirely of cash, in which case it will
not include any of the securities in the
Fund’s portfolio.11
C. Intraday Indicative Value
An estimated value of an individual
Share, defined in Nasdaq Rule
5745(c)(2) as the IIV, will be calculated
and disseminated at intervals of not
more than 15 minutes throughout the
Regular Market Session 12 when Shares
trade on the Exchange. The Exchange
will obtain a representation from the
issuer of the Shares that the IIV will be
calculated on an intraday basis and
provided to Nasdaq for dissemination
via the Nasdaq Global Index Service.
The IIV will be based on current
information regarding the value of the
securities and other assets held by the
Fund.13 The purpose of the IIV is to
enable investors to estimate the nextdetermined NAV so they can determine
the number of Shares to buy or sell if
they want to transact in an approximate
dollar amount.14
D. NAV-Based Trading
Because Shares will be listed and
traded on the Exchange, Shares will be
available for purchase and sale on an
intraday basis. Shares will be purchased
and sold in the secondary market at
prices directly linked to the Fund’s
next-determined NAV using a trading
protocol called ‘‘NAV-Based Trading.’’
All bids, offers, and execution prices of
Shares will be expressed as a premium/
discount (which may be zero) to the
11 In determining whether the Fund will issue or
redeem creation units entirely on a cash basis, the
key consideration will be the benefit that would
accrue to the Fund and its investors.
12 See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the
three trading sessions on the Exchange: (1) PreMarket Session from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Eastern
Time (‘‘E.T.’’); (2) Regular Market Session from 9:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. E.T.; and (3) PostMarket Session from 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. to 8:00
p.m. E.T.
13 The IIV disseminated throughout each trading
day would be based on the same portfolio as used
to calculate that day’s NAV. The Fund will reflect
purchases and sales of portfolio positions in its
NAV the next business day after trades are
executed.
14 In NAV-Based Trading (as referenced herein),
prices of executed trades are not determined until
the reference NAV is calculated, so buyers and
sellers of Shares during the trading day will not
know the final value of their purchases and sales
until the end of the trading day. The Exchange
represents that the Registration Statement, Web site,
and any advertising or marketing materials will
include prominent disclosure of this fact. The
Exchange states that although the IIV may provide
useful estimates of the value of intraday trades, they
cannot be used to calculate with precision the
dollar value of the Shares to be bought or sold.
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Fund’s next-determined NAV (e.g.,
NAV¥$0.01, NAV + $0.01).15 The
Fund’s NAV will be determined each
business day, normally as of 4:00 p.m.
E.T. Trade executions will be binding at
the time orders are matched on Nasdaq’s
facilities, with the transaction prices
contingent upon the determination of
NAV. Nasdaq represents that all Shares
listed on the Exchange will have a
unique identifier associated with their
ticker symbol, which will indicate that
the Shares are traded using NAV-Based
Trading.
According to the Exchange, member
firms will utilize certain existing order
types and interfaces to transmit Share
bids and offers to Nasdaq, which will
process Share trades like trades in
shares of other listed securities.16 In the
systems used to transmit and process
transactions in Shares, the Fund’s nextdetermined NAV will be represented by
a proxy price (e.g., 100.00) and a
premium/discount of a stated amount to
the next-determined NAV to be
represented by the same increment/
decrement from the proxy price used to
denote NAV (e.g., NAV¥$0.01 would
be represented as 99.99; NAV + $0.01 as
100.01).
To avoid potential investor confusion,
Nasdaq represents that it will work with
member firms and providers of market
data services to seek to ensure that
representations of intraday bids, offers,
and execution prices of Shares that are
made available to the investing public
follow the ‘‘NAV¥$0.01/NAV + $0.01’’
(or similar) display format. Specifically,
the Exchange will use the NASDAQ
Basic and NASDAQ Last Sale data feeds
to disseminate intraday price and quote
data for Shares in real time in the
‘‘NAV¥$0.01/NAV + $0.01’’ (or similar)
display format. Member firms may use
the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last
Sale data feeds to source intraday Share
prices for presentation to the investing
public in the ‘‘NAV¥$0.01/NAV +
$0.01’’ (or similar) display format.
15 According to the Exchange, the premium or
discount to NAV at which Share prices are quoted
and transactions are executed will vary depending
on market factors, including the balance of supply
and demand for Shares among investors,
transaction fees, and other costs in connection with
creating and redeeming creation units of Shares, the
cost and availability of borrowing Shares,
competition among market makers, the Share
inventory positions and inventory strategies of
market makers, the profitability requirements and
business objectives of market makers, and the
volume of Share trading.
16 According to the Exchange, all orders to buy or
sell Shares that are not executed on the day the
order is submitted will be automatically cancelled
as of the close of trading on that day. Prior to the
commencement of trading in the Fund, the
Exchange will inform its members in an
Information Circular of the effect of this
characteristic on existing order types.
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Alternatively, member firms may
source intraday Share prices in proxy
price format from the Consolidated Tape
and other Nasdaq data feeds (e.g.,
Nasdaq TotalView and Nasdaq Level 2)
and use a simple algorithm to convert
prices into the ‘‘NAV¥$0.01/NAV +
$0.01’’ (or similar) display format. Prior
to the commencement of trading in the
Fund, the Exchange will inform its
members in an Information Circular of
the identities of the specific Nasdaq data
feeds from which intraday Share prices
in proxy price format may be obtained.
III. Discussion and Commission
Findings
After careful review, the Commission
finds that the Exchange’s proposal to list
and trade the Shares is consistent with
the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.17 In particular, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,18 which requires,
among other things, that the Exchange’s
rules be designed to prevent fraudulent
and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in
facilitating transactions in securities, to
remove impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest.
The Shares will be subject to Nasdaq
Rule 5745, which sets forth the initial
and continued listing criteria applicable
to Exchange-Traded Managed Fund
Shares. A minimum of 50,000 Shares
and no less than two creation units of
the Fund will be outstanding at the
commencement of trading on the
Exchange.
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. Every order to trade Shares of
the Fund is subject to the proxy price
protection threshold of plus/minus
$1.00, which determines the lower and
upper thresholds for the life of the order
and provides that the order will be
cancelled at any point if it exceeds
$101.00 or falls below $99.00.19 With
certain exceptions, each order also must
contain the applicable order attributes,
including routing instructions and time17 In approving this proposed rule change, the
Commission has considered the proposed rule’s
impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
18 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
19 See Nasdaq Rule 5745(h).
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in-force information, as described in
Nasdaq Rule 4703.20
Nasdaq also represents that trading in
the Shares will be subject to the existing
trading surveillances, administered by
both Nasdaq and FINRA on behalf of the
Exchange, which are designed to detect
violations of Exchange rules and
applicable federal securities laws.21 The
Exchange represents that these
surveillance procedures are adequate to
properly monitor trading of Shares on
the Exchange and to deter and detect
violations of Exchange rules and
applicable federal securities laws.
FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will
communicate as needed with, and may
obtain information from, other markets
and entities that are members of the ISG
regarding trading in the Shares and in
exchange-traded securities and
instruments held by the Fund (to the
extent those exchange-traded securities
and instruments are known through the
publication of the Composition File and
periodic public disclosures of the
Fund’s portfolio holdings). In addition,
the Exchange may obtain information
regarding trading in the Shares, and in
exchange-traded securities and
instruments held by the Fund (to the
extent those exchange-traded securities
and instruments are known through the
publication of the Composition File and
periodic public disclosures of the
Fund’s portfolio holdings), from markets
and other entities that are members of
ISG 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 Fund reported to FINRA’s Trade
Reporting and Compliance Engine.
Prior to the commencement of trading
in the Fund, 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
will discuss the following: (a) The
procedures for purchases and
redemptions of Shares in creation units
(and that Shares are not individually
redeemable); (b) Nasdaq Rule 2111A,
which imposes suitability obligations on
Nasdaq members with respect to
recommending transactions in the
Shares to customers; (c) how
information regarding the IIV and
Composition File is disseminated; (d)
the requirement that members deliver a
20 See
Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(6).
Exchange states that FINRA provides
surveillance of trading on the Exchange pursuant to
a regulatory services agreement and that the
Exchange is responsible for FINRA’s performance
under this regulatory services agreement.
21 The
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prospectus to investors purchasing
Shares prior to or concurrently with the
confirmation of a transaction; and (e)
information regarding NAV-Based
Trading protocols.
The Information Circular also will
identify the specific Nasdaq data feeds
from which intraday Share prices in
proxy price format may be obtained. As
noted above, all orders to buy or sell
Shares that are not executed on the day
the order is submitted will be
automatically cancelled as of the close
of trading on that day, and the
Information Circular will discuss the
effect of this characteristic on existing
order types. In addition, Nasdaq intends
to provide its members with a detailed
explanation of NAV-Based Trading
through a Trading Alert issued prior to
the commencement of trading in Shares
on the Exchange.
Nasdaq states that the Adviser is not
a registered broker-dealer; however, it is
affiliated with a broker-dealer and has
implemented and will maintain a fire
wall with respect to its affiliated brokerdealer regarding access to information
concerning the composition of, and/or
changes to, the Fund’s portfolio.22 In
addition, personnel who make decisions
on the 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.
The Reporting Authority 23 will
implement and maintain, or ensure that
the Composition File will be subject to,
procedures designed to prevent the use
and dissemination of material nonpublic information regarding the Fund’s
22 See Amendment No. 1, supra note 4. The
Exchange further represents that an investment
adviser to an open-end fund is required to be
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 (‘‘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.
23 See Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(4).
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portfolio positions and changes in the
positions. In the event that (a) the
Adviser registers as a broker-dealer or
becomes newly affiliated with a brokerdealer, or (b) any new adviser or subadviser to the Fund is a registered
broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with
a broker-dealer, it will implement and
maintain a fire wall with respect to its
relevant personnel and/or such brokerdealer affiliate, as the case may be,
regarding access to information
concerning the composition of, and/or
changes to, the Fund’s portfolio, and
will be subject to procedures designed
to prevent the use and dissemination of
material non-public information
regarding the portfolio.
The Commission finds that the
proposal to list and trade the Shares on
the Exchange is consistent with Section
11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,24 which sets
forth Congress’ finding that it is in the
public interest and appropriate for the
protection of investors and the
maintenance of fair and orderly markets
to assure the availability to brokers,
dealers, and investors of information
with respect to quotations for, and
transactions in, securities. Information
regarding NAV-based trading prices,
best bids and offers for Shares, and
volume of Shares traded will be
continuously available on a real-time
basis throughout each trading day on
brokers’ computer screens and other
electronic services. All bids and offers
for Shares and all Share trade
executions will be reported intraday in
real time by the Exchange to the
Consolidated Tape 25 and separately
disseminated to member firms and
market data services through the
Exchange data feeds.
The Commission notes that once a
Fund’s daily NAV has been calculated
and disseminated, Nasdaq will price
each Share trade entered into during the
day at the Fund’s NAV plus/minus the
trade’s executed premium/discount.
Using the final trade price, each
executed Share trade will then be
disseminated to member firms and
market data services via a File Transfer
Protocol (‘‘FTP’’) file 26 that will be
24 15
U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
to systems limitations, the Consolidated
Tape will report intraday execution prices and
quotes for Shares using a proxy price format.
Nasdaq has represented that it will separately report
real-time execution prices and quotes to member
firms and providers of market data services in the
‘‘NAV¥$0.01/NAV + $0.01’’ (or similar) display
format, and will otherwise seek to ensure that
representations of intraday bids, offers and
execution prices for Shares that are made available
to the investing public follow the same display
format.
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created for exchange-traded managed
funds and will be confirmed to the
member firms participating in the trade
to supplement the previously provided
information with final pricing.
The Exchange will obtain a
representation from the issuer of the
Shares that the NAV per Share will be
calculated daily (on each business day
that the New York Stock Exchange is
open for trading) and provided to
Nasdaq via the Mutual Fund Quotation
Service (‘‘MFQS’’) by the fund
accounting agent. As soon as the NAV
is entered into the MFQS, Nasdaq will
disseminate the NAV to market
participants and market data vendors
via the Mutual Fund Dissemination
Service so that all firms will receive the
NAV per share at the same time.
The Exchange further represents that
it may consider all relevant factors in
exercising its discretion to halt or
suspend trading in the Shares. The
Exchange will halt trading in the Shares
under the conditions specified in
Nasdaq Rule 4120 and in Nasdaq Rule
5745(d)(2)(C). Additionally, the
Exchange may cease trading the Shares
if other unusual conditions or
circumstances exist that, in the opinion
of the Exchange, make further dealings
on the Exchange detrimental to the
maintenance of a fair and orderly
market. To manage the risk of a nonregulatory Share trading halt, Nasdaq
has in place back-up processes and
procedures to ensure orderly trading.
Prior to the commencement of market
trading in the Shares, the Fund will be
required to establish and maintain a
public Web site through which its
current prospectus may be
downloaded.27 The Web site will
include additional information
concerning the Fund updated on a daily
basis, including the prior business day’s
NAV, and the following trading
information for that business day
expressed as premiums/discounts to
NAV: (a) Intraday high, low, average,
and closing prices of Shares in
Exchange trading; (b) the midpoint of
the highest bid and lowest offer prices
as of the close of Exchange trading,
expressed as a premium/discount to
NAV (‘‘Closing Bid/Ask Midpoint’’);
and (c) the spread between highest bid
and lowest offer prices as of the close of
Exchange trading (‘‘Closing Bid/Ask
Spread.’’). The Web site will also
contain charts showing the frequency
distribution and range of values of
the Internet. Nasdaq will arrange for the daily
dissemination of an FTP file with executed Share
trades to member firms and market data services.
27 The Exchange represents that the Web site
containing this information will be
www.calvert.com.
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trading prices, Closing Bid/Ask
Midpoints, and Closing Bid/Ask
Spreads over time.
The Exchange represents that all
statements and representations made in
the filing regarding: (a) The description
of the portfolio or reference assets, (b)
limitations on portfolio holdings or
reference assets, (c) dissemination and
availability of the reference asset or IIV,
or (d) the applicability of Exchange
listing rules shall constitute continued
listing requirements for listing the
Shares on the Exchange. The issuer has
represented to the Exchange that it will
advise the Exchange of any failure by
the Fund 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.28 If the Fund is not in
compliance with the applicable listing
requirements, the Exchange will
commence delisting procedures for the
Fund under the Nasdaq 5800 Series.
This approval order is based on all of
the Exchange’s representations,
including those set forth above, in the
Notice, and Amendments No. 1 and 2,29
and the Exchange’s description of the
Fund. In particular, the Commission
notes that, although the Shares will be
available for purchase and sale on an
intraday basis, the Shares will be
purchased and sold at prices directly
linked to the Fund’s next-determined
NAV. Further, the Commission notes
that the Fund and the Shares must
comply with the requirements of
Nasdaq Rule 5745 and the conditions
set forth in this proposed rule change to
be listed and traded on the Exchange on
an initial and continuing basis.
For the foregoing reasons, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by
Amendments No. 1 and 2, is consistent
with Section 6(b)(5) 30 and Section
11A(a)(1)(C)(iii)of the Act,31 and the
rules and regulations thereunder
applicable to a national securities
exchange.
28 The Commission notes that certain other
proposals for the listing and trading of Managed
Fund Shares include a representation that the
exchange will ‘‘surveil’’ for compliance with the
continued listing requirements. See, e.g., Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 78005 (Jun. 7, 2016), 81
FR 38247 (Jun. 13, 2016) (SR–BATS–2015–100). In
the context of this representation, it is the
Commission’s view that ‘‘monitor’’ and ‘‘surveil’’
both mean ongoing oversight of a fund’s compliance
with the continued listing requirements. Therefore,
the Commission does not view ‘‘monitor’’ as a more
or less stringent obligation than ‘‘surveil’’ with
respect to the continued listing requirements.
29 See supra notes 4 and 5.
30 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
31 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,32 that the
proposed rule change (SR–NASDAQ–
2017–091), as modified by Amendments
No. 1 and 2, be, and it hereby is,
approved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.33
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–81992; File No. SR–
BatsEDGX–2017–43]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule
20.6, Nullification and Adjustment of
Options Transactions Including
Obvious Errors
October 31, 2017.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on October
25, 2017, Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘EDGX’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) (formerly
known as Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.)
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
Exchange has designated this proposal
as a ‘‘non-controversial’’ proposed rule
change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)
of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)
thereunder,4 which renders it effective
upon filing with the Commission. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange filed a proposal to
amend Rule 20.6, entitled ‘‘Nullification
and Adjustment of Options Transactions
including Obvious Errors.’’ Rule 20.6
relates to the adjustment and
nullification of transactions that occur
32 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
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on the Exchange’s equity options
platform (‘‘EDGX Options’’).
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
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.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
Background
The Exchange proposes to amend
Exchange Rule 20.6 to add
Interpretation and Policy .04 (the
‘‘Proposed Rule’’). This filing is based
on a proposal recently submitted by
Cboe Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Cboe Options’’)
and approved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’).5
In 2015, the U.S. options exchanges
adopted a new, harmonized rule related
to the adjustment and nullification of
erroneous options transactions,
including a specific provision related to
coordination in connection with largescale events involving erroneous
options transactions.6 The Exchange
launched an options exchange later that
year, with the newly harmonized rule as
part of the original rule set.7 The
Exchange believes that the changes the
options exchanges implemented with
the new, harmonized rule have led to
increased transparency and finality with
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release 80040
(February 14, 2017), 82 FR 11248 (February 21,
2017) (Order Approving SR–CBOE–2016–088).
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 74556
(March 20, 2015), 80 FR 16031 (March 26, 2015)
(SR–BATS–2014–067); see also Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 73884 (December 18, 2014), 79 FR
77557 (December 24, 2014) (the ‘‘Initial Filing’’);
81084 (July 6, 2017), 82 FR 32216 (July 12, 2017)
(SR–BatsBZX–2017–35) (adopting subsequent
harmonized provisions relating to the calculation of
Theoretical Price).
7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75650
(August 7, 2015), 80 FR 48600 (August 13, 2015)
(SR–EDGX–2015–18).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-81987; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2017-091]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments
No. 1 and 2, To List and Trade Shares of the Calvert Ultra-Short
Duration Income NextSharesTM Under Nasdaq Rule 5745
October 31, 2017.
I. Introduction
On August 30, 2017, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change to list and trade common shares (``Shares'') of
the Calvert Ultra-Short Duration Income NextSharesTM
(``Fund'') under Nasdaq Rule 5745. The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal Register on September 18, 2017.\3\
On September 15, 2017, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the
proposed rule change.\4\ On October 27, 2017, the Exchange filed
Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change.\5\ The Commission received
no comments on the proposed rule change. This order grants approval of
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81591 (September 13,
2017), 82 FR 43611 (``Notice'').
\4\ Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change is a partial
amendment in which the Exchange clarifies that: (i) In the event
that (a) the Adviser registers as a broker-dealer or becomes newly
affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or a sub-
adviser to the Fund is a registered broker-dealer or becomes
affiliated with a broker-dealer, it will not just implement but also
maintain a fire wall with respect to its relevant personnel and/or
such broker-dealer affiliate, if applicable; and (ii) the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), on behalf of the
Exchange, will communicate as needed with, and may obtain
information from, other markets and entities that are members of the
Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG'') regarding trading in the
Shares, and in exchange-traded securities and instruments held by
the Fund (to the extent those exchange-traded securities and
instruments are known through the publication of the Composition
File and periodic public disclosures of the Fund's portfolio
holdings), and the Exchange may obtain such trading information from
markets and other entities that are members of ISG or with which the
Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement. Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-091/nasdaq2017091-2447435-161078.pdf.
Because Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change does not
materially alter the substance of the proposed rule change or raise
unique or novel regulatory issues, Amendment No. 1 is not subject to
notice and comment.
\5\ Amendment No. 2 to the proposed rule change is a partial
amendment in which the Exchange clarifies that the name of the Fund
will be Calvert Ultra-Short Duration Income NextShares. Amendment
No. 2 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2017-091/nasdaq2017091-2656932-161387.pdf. Because Amendment No. 2 to the
proposed rule change does not materially alter the substance of the
proposed rule change or raise unique or novel regulatory issues,
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II. Exchange's Description of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to list and trade the Shares of the Fund
under Nasdaq Rule 5745, which governs the listing and trading of
Exchange-Traded Managed Fund Shares, as defined in Nasdaq Rule
5745(c)(1). The Fund is a series of the Calvert Management Series
(``Trust''). The Exchange represents that the Trust is registered with
the Commission as an open-end investment company and that it has filed
a registration statement on Form N-1A
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(``Registration Statement'') with the Commission with respect to the
Fund.\6\ Calvert Research and Management (``Adviser''), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management, will be the Adviser to the
Fund.\7\
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\6\ See Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A for CMS Trust dated July 20, 2017 (File Nos.
002-69565 and 811-03101).
\7\ According to the Exchange, the Commission has issued an
order granting Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance ETMF Trust, Eaton
Vance ETMF Trust II and certain affiliates exemptive relief under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``1940 Act''). See Investment
Company Act Release No. 31361 (December 2, 2014) (File No. 812-
14139) (``Order''). The Exchange states that the Adviser is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management and may rely on
this exemptive order with respect to the Fund. In compliance with
Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(5), which applies to Shares based on an
international or global portfolio, the application for the Order
states that the Fund will comply with the federal securities laws in
accepting securities for deposits and satisfying redemptions with
securities, including that the securities accepted for deposits and
the securities used to satisfy redemption requests are sold in
transactions that would be exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Foreside Fund Services, LLC will be the principal underwriter and
distributor of the Fund's Shares. State Street Bank and Trust Company
will act as the accounting agent, custodian, and transfer agent to the
Fund. ICE Data Services will be the intraday indicative value (``IIV'')
calculator to the Fund.
The Exchange has made the following representations and statements
in describing the Fund.\8\ According to the Exchange, the Fund will be
actively managed and will pursue the principal investment strategies
described below.\9\
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\8\ The Commission notes that additional information regarding
the Trust, the Fund, and the Shares, including investment
strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures, calculation
of net asset value (``NAV''), fees, distributions, and taxes, among
other things, can be found in the Notice, Amendments No. 1 and 2,
and the Registration Statement, as applicable. See supra notes 3-6,
respectively, and accompanying text.
\9\ According to the Exchange, additional information regarding
the Fund will be available on a free public Web site for the Fund
(www.calvert.com and/or www.nextshares.com) and in the Registration
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A. Principal Investment Strategies
The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to maximize income,
to the extent consistent with preservation of capital, through
investment in bonds and income-producing securities. The Fund will seek
to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal
circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for
investment purposes) in a portfolio of floating-rate debt securities
(e.g., corporate floating-rate securities) and debt securities with
durations of less than or equal to one year. The Fund will typically
invest at least 65% of its net assets in investment grade, U.S. dollar-
denominated debt securities, as assessed at the time of purchase. The
Fund will invest principally in bonds issued by U.S. corporations, the
U.S. Government or its agencies, and U.S. Government-sponsored
enterprises such as the Federal National Mortgage Association and the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. The Fund may also invest up to
25% of its net assets in foreign debt securities.
B. Portfolio Disclosure and Composition File
Consistent with the disclosure requirements that apply to
traditional open-end investment companies, a complete list of the
Fund's current portfolio positions will be made available at least once
each calendar quarter, with a reporting lag of not more than 60 days.
The Fund may provide more frequent disclosures of portfolio positions
at its discretion.
As defined in Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(3), the ``Composition File'' is
the specified portfolio of securities and/or cash that the Fund will
accept as a deposit in issuing a creation unit of Shares, and the
specified portfolio of securities and/or cash that the Fund will
deliver in a redemption of a creation unit of Shares. The Composition
File will be disseminated through the National Securities Clearing
Corporation once each business day before the open of trading in Shares
on that day and also will be made available to the public each day on a
free Web site.\10\ Because the Fund seeks to preserve the
confidentiality of its current portfolio trading program, the Fund's
Composition File generally will not be a pro rata reflection of the
Fund's investment positions. Each security included in the Composition
File will be a current holding of the Fund, but the Composition File
generally will not include all of the securities in the Fund's
portfolio or match the weightings of the included securities in the
portfolio. Securities that the Adviser is in the process of acquiring
for the Fund generally will not be represented in the Fund's
Composition File until the purchase has been completed. Similarly,
securities that are held in the Fund's portfolio but are in the process
of being sold may not be removed from its Composition File until the
sale is substantially completed. When creating and redeeming Shares in-
kind, the Fund will use cash amounts to supplement the in-kind
transactions to the extent necessary to ensure that creation units are
purchased and redeemed at NAV. The Composition File also may consist
entirely of cash, in which case it will not include any of the
securities in the Fund's portfolio.\11\
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\10\ The Exchange represents that the free public Web site
containing the Composition File will be at www.calvert.com and/or
www.nextshares.com.
\11\ In determining whether the Fund will issue or redeem
creation units entirely on a cash basis, the key consideration will
be the benefit that would accrue to the Fund and its investors.
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C. Intraday Indicative Value
An estimated value of an individual Share, defined in Nasdaq Rule
5745(c)(2) as the IIV, will be calculated and disseminated at intervals
of not more than 15 minutes throughout the Regular Market Session \12\
when Shares trade on the Exchange. The Exchange will obtain a
representation from the issuer of the Shares that the IIV will be
calculated on an intraday basis and provided to Nasdaq for
dissemination via the Nasdaq Global Index Service. The IIV will be
based on current information regarding the value of the securities and
other assets held by the Fund.\13\ The purpose of the IIV is to enable
investors to estimate the next-determined NAV so they can determine the
number of Shares to buy or sell if they want to transact in an
approximate dollar amount.\14\
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\12\ See Nasdaq Rule 4120(b)(4) (describing the three trading
sessions on the Exchange: (1) Pre-Market Session from 4:00 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (``E.T.''); (2) Regular Market Session from
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. E.T.; and (3) Post-Market
Session from 4:00 p.m. or 4:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. E.T.
\13\ The IIV disseminated throughout each trading day would be
based on the same portfolio as used to calculate that day's NAV. The
Fund will reflect purchases and sales of portfolio positions in its
NAV the next business day after trades are executed.
\14\ In NAV-Based Trading (as referenced herein), prices of
executed trades are not determined until the reference NAV is
calculated, so buyers and sellers of Shares during the trading day
will not know the final value of their purchases and sales until the
end of the trading day. The Exchange represents that the
Registration Statement, Web site, and any advertising or marketing
materials will include prominent disclosure of this fact. The
Exchange states that although the IIV may provide useful estimates
of the value of intraday trades, they cannot be used to calculate
with precision the dollar value of the Shares to be bought or sold.
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D. NAV-Based Trading
Because Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange, Shares
will be available for purchase and sale on an intraday basis. Shares
will be purchased and sold in the secondary market at prices directly
linked to the Fund's next-determined NAV using a trading protocol
called ``NAV-Based Trading.'' All bids, offers, and execution prices of
Shares will be expressed as a premium/discount (which may be zero) to
the
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Fund's next-determined NAV (e.g., NAV-$0.01, NAV + $0.01).\15\ The
Fund's NAV will be determined each business day, normally as of 4:00
p.m. E.T. Trade executions will be binding at the time orders are
matched on Nasdaq's facilities, with the transaction prices contingent
upon the determination of NAV. Nasdaq represents that all Shares listed
on the Exchange will have a unique identifier associated with their
ticker symbol, which will indicate that the Shares are traded using
NAV-Based Trading.
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\15\ According to the Exchange, the premium or discount to NAV
at which Share prices are quoted and transactions are executed will
vary depending on market factors, including the balance of supply
and demand for Shares among investors, transaction fees, and other
costs in connection with creating and redeeming creation units of
Shares, the cost and availability of borrowing Shares, competition
among market makers, the Share inventory positions and inventory
strategies of market makers, the profitability requirements and
business objectives of market makers, and the volume of Share
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According to the Exchange, member firms will utilize certain
existing order types and interfaces to transmit Share bids and offers
to Nasdaq, which will process Share trades like trades in shares of
other listed securities.\16\ In the systems used to transmit and
process transactions in Shares, the Fund's next-determined NAV will be
represented by a proxy price (e.g., 100.00) and a premium/discount of a
stated amount to the next-determined NAV to be represented by the same
increment/decrement from the proxy price used to denote NAV (e.g., NAV-
$0.01 would be represented as 99.99; NAV + $0.01 as 100.01).
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\16\ According to the Exchange, all orders to buy or sell Shares
that are not executed on the day the order is submitted will be
automatically cancelled as of the close of trading on that day.
Prior to the commencement of trading in the Fund, the Exchange will
inform its members in an Information Circular of the effect of this
characteristic on existing order types.
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To avoid potential investor confusion, Nasdaq represents that it
will work with member firms and providers of market data services to
seek to ensure that representations of intraday bids, offers, and
execution prices of Shares that are made available to the investing
public follow the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV + $0.01'' (or similar) display
format. Specifically, the Exchange will use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ
Last Sale data feeds to disseminate intraday price and quote data for
Shares in real time in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV + $0.01'' (or similar)
display format. Member firms may use the NASDAQ Basic and NASDAQ Last
Sale data feeds to source intraday Share prices for presentation to the
investing public in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV + $0.01'' (or similar) display
format.
Alternatively, member firms may source intraday Share prices in
proxy price format from the Consolidated Tape and other Nasdaq data
feeds (e.g., Nasdaq TotalView and Nasdaq Level 2) and use a simple
algorithm to convert prices into the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV + $0.01'' (or
similar) display format. Prior to the commencement of trading in the
Fund, the Exchange will inform its members in an Information Circular
of the identities of the specific Nasdaq data feeds from which intraday
Share prices in proxy price format may be obtained.
III. Discussion and Commission Findings
After careful review, the Commission finds that the Exchange's
proposal to list and trade the Shares is consistent with the Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.\17\ In particular, the Commission finds that the
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\18\
which requires, among other things, that the Exchange's rules be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation
and coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in
securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a
free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest.
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\17\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
\18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Shares will be subject to Nasdaq Rule 5745, which sets forth
the initial and continued listing criteria applicable to Exchange-
Traded Managed Fund Shares. A minimum of 50,000 Shares and no less than
two creation units of the Fund will be outstanding at the commencement
of trading on the Exchange.
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. Every order to trade Shares of the Fund
is subject to the proxy price protection threshold of plus/minus $1.00,
which determines the lower and upper thresholds for the life of the
order and provides that the order will be cancelled at any point if it
exceeds $101.00 or falls below $99.00.\19\ With certain exceptions,
each order also must contain the applicable order attributes, including
routing instructions and time-in-force information, as described in
Nasdaq Rule 4703.\20\
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\19\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(h).
\20\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(b)(6).
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Nasdaq also represents that trading in the Shares will be subject
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by both Nasdaq and
FINRA on behalf of the Exchange, which are designed to detect
violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities
laws.\21\ The Exchange represents that these surveillance procedures
are adequate to properly monitor trading of Shares on the Exchange and
to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal
securities laws. FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as
needed with, and may obtain information from, other markets and
entities that are members of the ISG regarding trading in the Shares
and in exchange-traded securities and instruments held by the Fund (to
the extent those exchange-traded securities and instruments are known
through the publication of the Composition File and periodic public
disclosures of the Fund's portfolio holdings). In addition, the
Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in the Shares, and in
exchange-traded securities and instruments held by the Fund (to the
extent those exchange-traded securities and instruments are known
through the publication of the Composition File and periodic public
disclosures of the Fund's portfolio holdings), from markets and other
entities that are members of ISG 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 Fund
reported to FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine.
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\21\ The Exchange states that FINRA provides surveillance of
trading on the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement
and that the Exchange is responsible for FINRA's performance under
this regulatory services agreement.
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Prior to the commencement of trading in the Fund, 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 will discuss the following: (a)
The procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in creation
units (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); (b) Nasdaq
Rule 2111A, which imposes suitability obligations on Nasdaq members
with respect to recommending transactions in the Shares to customers;
(c) how information regarding the IIV and Composition File is
disseminated; (d) the requirement that members deliver a
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prospectus to investors purchasing Shares prior to or concurrently with
the confirmation of a transaction; and (e) information regarding NAV-
Based Trading protocols.
The Information Circular also will identify the specific Nasdaq
data feeds from which intraday Share prices in proxy price format may
be obtained. As noted above, all orders to buy or sell Shares that are
not executed on the day the order is submitted will be automatically
cancelled as of the close of trading on that day, and the Information
Circular will discuss the effect of this characteristic on existing
order types. In addition, Nasdaq intends to provide its members with a
detailed explanation of NAV-Based Trading through a Trading Alert
issued prior to the commencement of trading in Shares on the Exchange.
Nasdaq states that the Adviser is not a registered broker-dealer;
however, it is affiliated with a broker-dealer and has implemented and
will maintain a fire wall with respect to its affiliated broker-dealer
regarding access to information concerning the composition of, and/or
changes to, the Fund's portfolio.\22\ In addition, personnel who make
decisions on the 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. The
Reporting Authority \23\ will implement and maintain, or ensure that
the Composition File will be subject to, procedures designed to prevent
the use and dissemination of material non-public information regarding
the Fund's portfolio positions and changes in the positions. In the
event that (a) the Adviser registers as a broker-dealer or becomes
newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-
adviser to the Fund is a registered broker-dealer or becomes affiliated
with a broker-dealer, it will implement and maintain a fire wall with
respect to its relevant personnel and/or such broker-dealer affiliate,
as the case may be, regarding access to information concerning the
composition of, and/or changes to, the Fund's portfolio, and will be
subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of
material non-public information regarding the portfolio.
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\22\ See Amendment No. 1, supra note 4. The Exchange further
represents that an investment adviser to an open-end fund is
required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(``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.
\23\ See Nasdaq Rule 5745(c)(4).
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The Commission finds that the proposal to list and trade the Shares
on the Exchange is consistent with Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the
Act,\24\ which sets forth Congress' finding that it is in the public
interest and appropriate for the protection of investors and the
maintenance of fair and orderly markets to assure the availability to
brokers, dealers, and investors of information with respect to
quotations for, and transactions in, securities. Information regarding
NAV-based trading prices, best bids and offers for Shares, and volume
of Shares traded will be continuously available on a real-time basis
throughout each trading day on brokers' computer screens and other
electronic services. All bids and offers for Shares and all Share trade
executions will be reported intraday in real time by the Exchange to
the Consolidated Tape \25\ and separately disseminated to member firms
and market data services through the Exchange data feeds.
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\24\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
\25\ Due to systems limitations, the Consolidated Tape will
report intraday execution prices and quotes for Shares using a proxy
price format. Nasdaq has represented that it will separately report
real-time execution prices and quotes to member firms and providers
of market data services in the ``NAV-$0.01/NAV + $0.01'' (or
similar) display format, and will otherwise seek to ensure that
representations of intraday bids, offers and execution prices for
Shares that are made available to the investing public follow the
same display format.
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The Commission notes that once a Fund's daily NAV has been
calculated and disseminated, Nasdaq will price each Share trade entered
into during the day at the Fund's NAV plus/minus the trade's executed
premium/discount. Using the final trade price, each executed Share
trade will then be disseminated to member firms and market data
services via a File Transfer Protocol (``FTP'') file \26\ that will be
created for exchange-traded managed funds and will be confirmed to the
member firms participating in the trade to supplement the previously
provided information with final pricing.
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\26\ According to Nasdaq, FTP is a standard network protocol
used to transfer computer files on the Internet. Nasdaq will arrange
for the daily dissemination of an FTP file with executed Share
trades to member firms and market data services.
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The Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the
Shares that the NAV per Share will be calculated daily (on each
business day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading) and
provided to Nasdaq via the Mutual Fund Quotation Service (``MFQS'') by
the fund accounting agent. As soon as the NAV is entered into the MFQS,
Nasdaq will disseminate the NAV to market participants and market data
vendors via the Mutual Fund Dissemination Service so that all firms
will receive the NAV per share at the same time.
The Exchange further represents that it may consider all relevant
factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend trading in the
Shares. The Exchange will halt trading in the Shares under the
conditions specified in Nasdaq Rule 4120 and in Nasdaq Rule
5745(d)(2)(C). Additionally, the Exchange may cease trading the Shares
if other unusual conditions or circumstances exist that, in the opinion
of the Exchange, make further dealings on the Exchange detrimental to
the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. To manage the risk of a
non-regulatory Share trading halt, Nasdaq has in place back-up
processes and procedures to ensure orderly trading. Prior to the
commencement of market trading in the Shares, the Fund will be required
to establish and maintain a public Web site through which its current
prospectus may be downloaded.\27\ The Web site will include additional
information concerning the Fund updated on a daily basis, including the
prior business day's NAV, and the following trading information for
that business day expressed as premiums/discounts to NAV: (a) Intraday
high, low, average, and closing prices of Shares in Exchange trading;
(b) the midpoint of the highest bid and lowest offer prices as of the
close of Exchange trading, expressed as a premium/discount to NAV
(``Closing Bid/Ask Midpoint''); and (c) the spread between highest bid
and lowest offer prices as of the close of Exchange trading (``Closing
Bid/Ask Spread.''). The Web site will also contain charts showing the
frequency distribution and range of values of
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trading prices, Closing Bid/Ask Midpoints, and Closing Bid/Ask Spreads
over time.
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\27\ The Exchange represents that the Web site containing this
information will be www.calvert.com.
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The Exchange represents that all statements and representations
made in the filing regarding: (a) The description of the portfolio or
reference assets, (b) limitations on portfolio holdings or reference
assets, (c) dissemination and availability of the reference asset or
IIV, or (d) the applicability of Exchange listing rules shall
constitute continued listing requirements for listing the Shares on the
Exchange. The issuer has represented to the Exchange that it will
advise the Exchange of any failure by the Fund 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.\28\ If the Fund is not in
compliance with the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will
commence delisting procedures for the Fund under the Nasdaq 5800
Series.
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\28\ The Commission notes that certain other proposals for the
listing and trading of Managed Fund Shares include a representation
that the exchange will ``surveil'' for compliance with the continued
listing requirements. See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No.
78005 (Jun. 7, 2016), 81 FR 38247 (Jun. 13, 2016) (SR-BATS-2015-
100). In the context of this representation, it is the Commission's
view that ``monitor'' and ``surveil'' both mean ongoing oversight of
a fund's compliance with the continued listing requirements.
Therefore, the Commission does not view ``monitor'' as a more or
less stringent obligation than ``surveil'' with respect to the
continued listing requirements.
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This approval order is based on all of the Exchange's
representations, including those set forth above, in the Notice, and
Amendments No. 1 and 2,\29\ and the Exchange's description of the Fund.
In particular, the Commission notes that, although the Shares will be
available for purchase and sale on an intraday basis, the Shares will
be purchased and sold at prices directly linked to the Fund's next-
determined NAV. Further, the Commission notes that the Fund and the
Shares must comply with the requirements of Nasdaq Rule 5745 and the
conditions set forth in this proposed rule change to be listed and
traded on the Exchange on an initial and continuing basis.
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\29\ See supra notes 4 and 5.
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For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change, as modified by Amendments No. 1 and 2, is consistent with
Section 6(b)(5) \30\ and Section 11A(a)(1)(C)(iii)of the Act,\31\ and
the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.
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\30\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
\31\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\32\ that the proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2017-091), as
modified by Amendments No. 1 and 2, be, and it hereby is, approved.
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\32\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\33\
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\33\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-24047 Filed 11-3-17; 8:45 am]
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