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requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39
U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3010, and 39
CFR part 3020, subpart B. For request(s)
that the Postal Service states concern
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deadline(s) for each request appear in
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April 30, 2019.3 On June 13, 2019,
pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,4
the Commission designated a longer
period within which to approve the
proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether to
approve or disapprove the proposed
rule change.5 The Commission received
one comment letter in support of the
proposed rule change.6 This order
approves the proposed rule change.
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
II. Description of the Proposal
Currently, a transaction in a U.S.
Treasury Security executed on a
business day up to 5:00 p.m. E.T. must
be reported on the same day during
TRACE System Hours.7 For a
transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security
executed on a business day after 5:00
p.m. E.T., a member must report the
trade no later than the next business day
(T+1) during TRACE System Hours,
and, if reported on T+1, the member
must designate the trade ‘‘as/of’’ and
include the date of execution.8
According to FINRA, institutional
investors often hedge a primary market
transaction that meets the definition of
‘‘List or Fixed Offering Price
Transaction’’ or ‘‘Takedown
Transaction’’ (i.e., a ‘‘P1’’ transaction)
with a U.S. Treasury Security.9 In such
cases, hedges in U.S. Treasury
Securities and the P1 transactions are
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Stacy L. Ruble,
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Order Approving
Proposed Rule Change To Allow
Additional Time for Reporting to
TRACE of Transactions in U.S.
Treasury Securities Executed To
Hedge a Primary Market Transaction
June 21, 2019.
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I. Introduction
On April 16, 2019, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(‘‘FINRA’’) 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 amend FINRA
Rule 6730 to provide additional time for
reporting to TRACE of transactions in
U.S. Treasury Securities executed to
hedge a primary market transaction. The
proposed rule change was published for
comment in the Federal Register on
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 85713
(April 24, 2019), 84 FR 18329 (April 30, 2019)
(‘‘Notice’’).
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 86101
(June 13, 2019), 84 FR 28601 (June 19, 2019)
(designating July 29, 2019, as the date by which the
Commission shall approve the proposed rule
change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or
institute proceedings to determine whether to
approve or disapprove the proposed rule change).
6 See Letter from Robert Toomey, Managing
Director and Associate General Counsel, SIFMA, to
Robert W. Errett, Deputy Security, Commission,
dated May 21, 2019 (‘‘SIFMA Letter’’).
7 See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(A)(i). FINRA Rule
6710(t) defines ‘‘TRACE System Hours’’ to mean
‘‘the hours the TRACE system is open, which are
8:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time through 6:29:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on a business day, unless otherwise
announced by FINRA.’’
8 See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(A)(ii).
9 FINRA Rule 6710(q) and (r) define ‘‘List or Fixed
Offering Price Transactions’’ and ‘‘Takedown
Transactions,’’ which are identified with the ‘‘P1’’
modifier, generally as primary market sale
transactions on the first day of trading of a security:
(i) By a sole underwriter, syndicate manager,
syndicate member or selling group member at the
published or stated list or fixed offering price (or,
for Takedown Transactions, at a discount from the
published or stated list or fixed offering price) or
(ii) in the case of primary market sale transactions
effected pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144A, by
an initial purchaser, syndicate manager, syndicate
member or selling group member at the published
or stated fixed offering price (or, for Takedown
Transactions, at a discount from the published or
stated fixed offering price).
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executed in close time proximity
because the desired hedge position in
the U.S. Treasury Security cannot be
determined until the underwriters
complete pricing of P1 issue and make
allocations to customers.10 Once pricing
is complete for the new issue, any
associated hedging trades in U.S.
Treasury Securities must be entered and
reported to TRACE.11 Under current
FINRA Rule 6730, a trade report for a
transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security
executed by 5:00 p.m. ET is due on
trade date (by the close of TRACE
System Hours), whereas a P1 trade
report is due on T+1 (by the close of
TRACE System Hours).12
FINRA understands that this
difference in TRACE reporting
timeframes for the hedging transactions
in U.S. Treasury Securities and the
related P1 transaction can present
operational challenges for members,
particularly where pricing of the debt
new issue occurs prior to, but near, 5:00
p.m. E.T.13 In response to these
concerns, FINRA has proposed to align
the TRACE reporting timeframe for any
hedging transactions in U.S. Treasury
Securities associated with a P1
transaction with the deadline for
reporting the related P1 transaction.
Specifically, FINRA has proposed to
amend FINRA Rule 6730 to provide that
a transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security
executed to hedge a P1 transaction must
be reported no later than the next
business day (T+1) during TRACE
System Hours and, if reported on T+1,
designated ‘‘as/of’’ and include the date
of execution.14 FINRA also proposed
that a member must append a new trade
modifier when reporting to TRACE any
transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security
that is executed to hedge a P1
transaction.15
FINRA has stated that it will
announce the effective date of the rule
change in a Regulatory Notice to be
published no later than 90 days
following a Commission approval, and
the effective date will be no later than
270 days following publication of that
Regulatory Notice.16
III. Discussion and Commission
Findings
After careful consideration, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
requirements of the Act and the rules
10 See
Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
id.
12 See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(2) and (4).
13 See Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
14 See proposed FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(B).
15 See proposed FINRA Rule 6730(d)(4)(G)(iii).
16 See Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
11 See
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and regulations thereunder applicable to
a national securities association.17 In
particular, the Commission finds that
the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,18
which requires, among other things, that
FINRA rules be designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade, and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest.
The Commission believes that aligning
the reporting deadline for U.S. Treasury
Security hedge transactions with the
deadline for the associated P1
transaction is reasonably designed to
minimize compliance burdens on
FINRA members who report to TRACE
without adversely impacting regulatory
surveillance. In addition, because P1
transactions and transactions in U.S.
Treasury Securities are not subject to
public dissemination, the rule change
would not negatively impact market
transparency. The new requirement to
flag any transaction in a U.S. Treasury
Security used to hedge a P1 transaction
is reasonably designed to enhance the
TRACE audit trail, consistent with the
protection of investors and the public
interest. The Commission notes that the
one comment letter received on the
proposal was supportive.19
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(5) of the
Act,20 the Commission consulted with
and considered the views of the
Treasury Department in determining to
approve the proposed rule change. The
Treasury Department indicated its
support for the proposal.21 Pursuant to
Section 19(b)(6) of the Act,22 the
Commission has considered the
sufficiency and appropriateness of
existing laws and rules applicable to
government securities brokers,
government securities dealers, and their
17 In approving this proposal, 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. 78o–3(b)(6).
19 See SIFMA Letter, supra note 6 (opining that
the proposal would ‘‘ease the operational burden on
member firms, provide a better characterization of
the transaction for market surveillance purposes
through the linkage that will be reported, and result
in fewer late Treasury transaction filings to the
TRACE system’’).
20 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(5) (providing that the
Commission ‘‘shall consult with and consider the
views of the Secretary of the Treasury prior to
approving a proposed rule filed by a registered
securities association that primarily concerns
conduct related to transactions in government
securities, except where the Commission
determines that an emergency exists requiring
expeditious or summary action and publishes its
reasons therefor’’).
21 Email from Treasury Department staff to
Michael Gaw, Assistant Director, Division of
Trading and Markets, Commission (June 17, 2019).
22 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(6).
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associated persons in approving the
proposal. As discussed above, by
aligning the TRACE reporting timeframe
for transactions in U.S. Treasury
Securities executed to hedge a P1
transaction with the deadline for
reporting the related P1 transaction, and
adopting a new modifier to identify
such transactions, the proposed rule
change is reasonably designed to
minimize burdens on FINRA members
who must report to TRACE without
adversely impacting regulatory
surveillance or market transparency.
IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,23 that the
proposed rule change (SR–FINRA–
2019–014) is approved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.24
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Extend a Pilot
Program
June 21, 2019.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on June 14,
2019, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II,
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend its
rules to extend a pilot program to quote
and to trade certain options classes in
penny increments (‘‘Penny Pilot
Program’’ or ‘‘Penny Pilot’’).
23 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.
24 17
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The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://ise.cchwallstreet.com/, at the
principal office of the Exchange, and at
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
Under the Penny Pilot Program, the
minimum price variation for all
participating options classes, except for
the Nasdaq–100 Index Tracking Stock
(‘‘QQQQ’’), the SPDR S&P 500 Exchange
Traded Fund (‘‘SPY’’) and the iShares
Russell 2000 Index Fund (‘‘IWM’’), is
$0.01 for all quotations in options series
that are quoted at less than $3 per
contract and $0.05 for all quotations in
options series that are quoted at $3 per
contract or greater. QQQQ, SPY and
IWM are quoted in $0.01 increments for
all options series. The Penny Pilot
Program is currently scheduled to
expire on June 30, 2019.3 The Exchange
proposes to extend the Penny Pilot
Program through December 31, 2019.4
This filing does not propose any
substantive changes to the Penny Pilot
Program: All classes currently
participating will remain the same and
all minimum increments will remain
unchanged. The Exchange believes the
benefits to public customers and other
market participants who will be able to
express their true prices to buy and sell
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 84958
(December 26, 2018), 84 FR 875 (January 31, 2019)
(SR–ISE–2018–101).
4 See Supplementary Material .01 to Options 3,
Section 3. The Exchange is concurrently filing to
relocate its Rulebook into its new Rulebook shell.
As such, the ISE rule reference to Supplementary
Material .01 to Options 3, Section 3 (Supplementary
Material .01 to Rule 710 in the original Rulebook)
corresponds to its new location in the shell
structure. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
86138 (June 18, 2019) (ISE–2019–17).
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[Release No. 34-86178; File No. SR-FINRA-2019-014]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Allow
Additional Time for Reporting to TRACE of Transactions in U.S. Treasury
Securities Executed To Hedge a Primary Market Transaction
June 21, 2019.
I. Introduction
On April 16, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
Inc. (``FINRA'') 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 amend FINRA Rule 6730 to provide additional
time for reporting to TRACE of transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities
executed to hedge a primary market transaction. The proposed rule
change was published for comment in the Federal Register on April 30,
2019.\3\ On June 13, 2019, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\4\
the Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the
proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed
rule change.\5\ The Commission received one comment letter in support
of the proposed rule change.\6\ This order approves the proposed rule
change.
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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. 85713 (April 24,
2019), 84 FR 18329 (April 30, 2019) (``Notice'').
\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
\5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 86101 (June 13,
2019), 84 FR 28601 (June 19, 2019) (designating July 29, 2019, as
the date by which the Commission shall approve the proposed rule
change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove the
proposed rule change).
\6\ See Letter from Robert Toomey, Managing Director and
Associate General Counsel, SIFMA, to Robert W. Errett, Deputy
Security, Commission, dated May 21, 2019 (``SIFMA Letter'').
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II. Description of the Proposal
Currently, a transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security executed on a
business day up to 5:00 p.m. E.T. must be reported on the same day
during TRACE System Hours.\7\ For a transaction in a U.S. Treasury
Security executed on a business day after 5:00 p.m. E.T., a member must
report the trade no later than the next business day (T+1) during TRACE
System Hours, and, if reported on T+1, the member must designate the
trade ``as/of'' and include the date of execution.\8\
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\7\ See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(A)(i). FINRA Rule 6710(t) defines
``TRACE System Hours'' to mean ``the hours the TRACE system is open,
which are 8:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time through 6:29:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day, unless otherwise announced by FINRA.''
\8\ See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(A)(ii).
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According to FINRA, institutional investors often hedge a primary
market transaction that meets the definition of ``List or Fixed
Offering Price Transaction'' or ``Takedown Transaction'' (i.e., a
``P1'' transaction) with a U.S. Treasury Security.\9\ In such cases,
hedges in U.S. Treasury Securities and the P1 transactions are executed
in close time proximity because the desired hedge position in the U.S.
Treasury Security cannot be determined until the underwriters complete
pricing of P1 issue and make allocations to customers.\10\ Once pricing
is complete for the new issue, any associated hedging trades in U.S.
Treasury Securities must be entered and reported to TRACE.\11\ Under
current FINRA Rule 6730, a trade report for a transaction in a U.S.
Treasury Security executed by 5:00 p.m. ET is due on trade date (by the
close of TRACE System Hours), whereas a P1 trade report is due on T+1
(by the close of TRACE System Hours).\12\
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\9\ FINRA Rule 6710(q) and (r) define ``List or Fixed Offering
Price Transactions'' and ``Takedown Transactions,'' which are
identified with the ``P1'' modifier, generally as primary market
sale transactions on the first day of trading of a security: (i) By
a sole underwriter, syndicate manager, syndicate member or selling
group member at the published or stated list or fixed offering price
(or, for Takedown Transactions, at a discount from the published or
stated list or fixed offering price) or (ii) in the case of primary
market sale transactions effected pursuant to Securities Act Rule
144A, by an initial purchaser, syndicate manager, syndicate member
or selling group member at the published or stated fixed offering
price (or, for Takedown Transactions, at a discount from the
published or stated fixed offering price).
\10\ See Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
\11\ See id.
\12\ See FINRA Rule 6730(a)(2) and (4).
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FINRA understands that this difference in TRACE reporting
timeframes for the hedging transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities and
the related P1 transaction can present operational challenges for
members, particularly where pricing of the debt new issue occurs prior
to, but near, 5:00 p.m. E.T.\13\ In response to these concerns, FINRA
has proposed to align the TRACE reporting timeframe for any hedging
transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities associated with a P1
transaction with the deadline for reporting the related P1 transaction.
Specifically, FINRA has proposed to amend FINRA Rule 6730 to provide
that a transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security executed to hedge a P1
transaction must be reported no later than the next business day (T+1)
during TRACE System Hours and, if reported on T+1, designated ``as/of''
and include the date of execution.\14\ FINRA also proposed that a
member must append a new trade modifier when reporting to TRACE any
transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security that is executed to hedge a P1
transaction.\15\
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\13\ See Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
\14\ See proposed FINRA Rule 6730(a)(4)(B).
\15\ See proposed FINRA Rule 6730(d)(4)(G)(iii).
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FINRA has stated that it will announce the effective date of the
rule change in a Regulatory Notice to be published no later than 90
days following a Commission approval, and the effective date will be no
later than 270 days following publication of that Regulatory
Notice.\16\
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\16\ See Notice, 84 FR at 18330.
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III. Discussion and Commission Findings
After careful consideration, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the
rules
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and regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities
association.\17\ In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,\18\ which
requires, among other things, that FINRA rules be designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, and, in general, to protect investors
and the public interest. The Commission believes that aligning the
reporting deadline for U.S. Treasury Security hedge transactions with
the deadline for the associated P1 transaction is reasonably designed
to minimize compliance burdens on FINRA members who report to TRACE
without adversely impacting regulatory surveillance. In addition,
because P1 transactions and transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities
are not subject to public dissemination, the rule change would not
negatively impact market transparency. The new requirement to flag any
transaction in a U.S. Treasury Security used to hedge a P1 transaction
is reasonably designed to enhance the TRACE audit trail, consistent
with the protection of investors and the public interest. The
Commission notes that the one comment letter received on the proposal
was supportive.\19\
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\17\ In approving this proposal, 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. 78o-3(b)(6).
\19\ See SIFMA Letter, supra note 6 (opining that the proposal
would ``ease the operational burden on member firms, provide a
better characterization of the transaction for market surveillance
purposes through the linkage that will be reported, and result in
fewer late Treasury transaction filings to the TRACE system'').
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Pursuant to Section 19(b)(5) of the Act,\20\ the Commission
consulted with and considered the views of the Treasury Department in
determining to approve the proposed rule change. The Treasury
Department indicated its support for the proposal.\21\ Pursuant to
Section 19(b)(6) of the Act,\22\ the Commission has considered the
sufficiency and appropriateness of existing laws and rules applicable
to government securities brokers, government securities dealers, and
their associated persons in approving the proposal. As discussed above,
by aligning the TRACE reporting timeframe for transactions in U.S.
Treasury Securities executed to hedge a P1 transaction with the
deadline for reporting the related P1 transaction, and adopting a new
modifier to identify such transactions, the proposed rule change is
reasonably designed to minimize burdens on FINRA members who must
report to TRACE without adversely impacting regulatory surveillance or
market transparency.
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\20\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(5) (providing that the Commission ``shall
consult with and consider the views of the Secretary of the Treasury
prior to approving a proposed rule filed by a registered securities
association that primarily concerns conduct related to transactions
in government securities, except where the Commission determines
that an emergency exists requiring expeditious or summary action and
publishes its reasons therefor'').
\21\ Email from Treasury Department staff to Michael Gaw,
Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, Commission
(June 17, 2019).
\22\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(6).
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IV. Conclusion
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\23\ that the proposed rule change (SR-FINRA-2019-014) is approved.
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\23\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\24\
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\24\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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