Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Settlement Guide To Implement a New Algorithm for Transactions Processed in the Night Cycle, 39025-39028 [2019-16939]
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(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,2 a
proposed rule change to list and trade
shares of the American Century Focused
Dynamic Growth ETF and American
Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF
under proposed Rule 14.11(k) (Managed
Portfolio Shares). The proposed rule
change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on June 25, 2019.3
The Commission has received no
comment letters on the proposed rule
change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides
that, within 45 days of the publication
of notice of the filing of a proposed rule
change, or within such longer period up
to 90 days as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or as to which the
self-regulatory organization consents,
the Commission shall either approve the
proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule change should be
disapproved. The 45th day after
publication of the notice for this
proposed rule change is August 9, 2019.
The Commission is extending this 45day time period.
The Commission finds that it is
appropriate to designate a longer period
within which to take action on the
proposed rule change so that it has
sufficient time to consider the proposed
rule change. Accordingly, the
Commission, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Act,5 designates
September 23, 2019, as the date by
which the Commission shall either
approve or disapprove, or institute
proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove, the proposed rule change
(File Number SR–CboeBZX–2019–057).
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.6
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 86155
(June 19, 2019), 84 FR 29912.
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
5 Id.
6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).
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COMMISSION
II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
Proposed Rule Change
[Release No. 34–86554; File No. SR–DTC–
2019–005]
In its filing with the Commission, the
clearing agency 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
clearing agency has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B,
and C below, of the most significant
aspects of such statements.
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Depository Trust Company; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change To
Amend the Settlement Guide To
Implement a New Algorithm for
Transactions Processed in the Night
Cycle
August 2, 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 July 22,
2019, The Depository Trust Company
(‘‘DTC’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
the proposed rule change as described
in Items I, II and III below, which Items
have been prepared by the clearing
agency. The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Terms of Substance of the Proposed
Rule Change
The proposed rule change 3 of DTC
consists of amendments to the
Procedures 4 set forth in the Settlement
Guide 5 to implement a new processing
algorithm for book-entry Deliveries 6
and Payment Orders 7 processed in the
DTC night cycle (‘‘Night Cycle’’), as
described in greater detail below.
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined
in the Rules, By-Laws and Organization Certificate
of DTC (‘‘Rules’’), available at www.dtcc.com/∼/
media/Files/Downloads/legal/rules/dtc_rules.pdf,
and the DTC Settlement Service Guide (‘‘Settlement
Guide’’), available at https://www.dtcc.com/∼/
media/Files/Downloads/legal/service-guides/
Settlement.pdf.
4 Pursuant to the Rules, the term ‘‘Procedures’’
means the Procedures, service guides, and
regulations of DTC adopted pursuant to Rule 27, as
amended from time to time. See Rule 1, Section 1,
supra note 3. Pursuant to Rule 27, each Participant
and DTC is bound by the Procedures and any
amendment thereto in the same manner as it is
bound by the Rules. See Rule 27, supra note 3.
5 Supra note 3.
6 Pursuant to Rule 1, the term ‘‘Delivery’’ as used
with respect to a Security held in the form of a
Security Entitlement on the books of DTC, means
debiting the Security from an Account of the
Deliverer and crediting the Security to an Account
of the Receiver. Supra note 3.
7 Pursuant to the Settlement Guide, ‘‘Payment
Order’’ means a transaction in which a Participant
charges another Participant for changes in value for
outstanding stock loans or option contract
premiums. See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at
5.
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(A) Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of this proposed rule
change is to amend the Settlement
Guide to implement a new processing
algorithm for Deliveries and Payment
Orders processed in the Night Cycle.
(i) Background
Pursuant to the proposed rule change,
DTC is proposing to make
enhancements to its processing of
transactions in the Night Cycle (‘‘Night
Cycle Reengineering’’), as more fully
described below. Night Cycle
Reengineering is designed to maximize
transaction throughput by optimizing
available positions and controlling the
order in which transactions are
attempted for settlement within existing
Night Cycle timeframes. The
reengineered Night Cycle would
introduce a new, advanced settlement
processing algorithm capable of
evaluating each Participant’s transaction
obligations, available positions,
transaction priorities and risk
management controls, including Net
Debit Cap and Collateral Monitor,8 to
identify the transaction processing order
that maximizes Night Cycle settlement
rates. DTC believes that the proposed
rule change would facilitate more
efficient processing of Deliveries and
Payment Orders in the Night Cycle and
increase the percentage of transactions
that have been processed for settlement
8 In managing its credit risk, DTC uses the
Collateral Monitor and Net Debit Cap. These two
controls work together to protect the DTC
settlement system in the event of Participant
default. The Collateral Monitor requires net debit
settlement obligations, as they accrue intraday, to
be fully collateralized; the Net Debit Cap limits the
amount of any Participant’s net debit settlement
obligation to an amount that can be satisfied with
DTC liquidity resources (the Participants Fund and
the committed line of credit from a consortium of
lenders). See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 64–
67.
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prior to the start of regular daytime
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DTC Transaction Processing
When a Deliver Order 9 or Payment
Order has been submitted to DTC for
processing, the transaction must be
approved by the Receiver through the
Receiver Authorized Delivery function
(‘‘RAD’’), before it will be staged for
DTC settlement processing in
accordance with the Rules and the
Settlement Guide.10 After a Receiver
approves a Delivery or Payment Order
using RAD, DTC checks risk controls,
including the Net Debit Cap and
Collateral Monitor of the Participants to
the transaction.11 DTC also checks
whether or not the Participant that
would make the Delivery has a
sufficient position in the subject
Securities available in the Participant’s
Account.12 If a transaction satisfies DTC
risk controls, namely the Net Debit Cap
and Collateral Monitor, and the
Delivering Participant has sufficient
position in the applicable Securities,
then the transaction will be processed
by DTC and will become complete if the
Receiver satisfies its end-of-day funds
settlement obligation.13 If a transaction
is not processed, i.e., because DTC risk
controls are not met, or if the Deliverer
has insufficient position in the
applicable Securities, this would result
in an Exception such that the
transaction will pend in DTC’s system
and recycle until the condition causing
the pend is satisfied.14
An incomplete transaction recycles in
DTC’s system until the end of the day,
and if it remains incomplete at the end
of the day it will not be processed, will
9 Pursuant to the Settlement Guide, ‘‘Deliver
Order’’ is the term used to define a book-entry
movement of shares of a particular Security
between two DTC Participants. See Settlement
Guide, supra note 3, at 4. DTC acts in accordance
with duly authorized instructions from a
Participant to effect transfers by a Participant of its
Deposited Securities to another Participant or
Participants. See Rule 6, supra note 3. Any
Participant making a Delivery Versus Payment of
Securities through the facilities of DTC shall
provide DTC with an instruction specifying the
amount of the payment therefor in accordance with
the Procedures. After receipt of such instruction,
DTC is authorized to, and shall (subject to the right
of DTC to cease to act for a Participant pursuant to
the Rules and the Procedures), credit the Account
of the Deliverer with the amount specified and
debit the Account of the Receiver with the same
amount. See Rule 9(A), Section 1, supra note 3.
10 RAD allows Participants to review and either
approve or reject incoming Deliveries before they
are processed. See Settlement Guide, supra note 3,
at 53. RAD limits a Participant’s exposure from
misdirected or erroneously entered transactions.
See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 5.
11 See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 64–68.
12 See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 55.
13 See Rules 9(A) and 9(B), supra note 3.
14 See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 55.
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be removed from processing and will
not settle.15 If the Participants to the
transaction wish to settle the transaction
through DTC, it will need to be
resubmitted.
DTC currently processes transactions
in real-time from approximately 8:30
p.m. Eastern Time (‘‘ET’’) on the night
before settlement day until 3:30 p.m. ET
on settlement day for valued
transactions and until 6:35 p.m. ET for
free transactions.16 The Night Cycle
starts at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET on
the Business Day prior to settlement
date and runs until approximately 10
p.m. ET each Business Day.
Transactions that cannot satisfy DTC’s
controls at the time they are introduced
to DTC will recycle throughout the day
and be continuously reattempted until
approximately 3:10 p.m. for valued
transactions, and 6:35 p.m. for free
transactions.17 Transactions that satisfy
DTC’s controls are processed
immediately as described above. The
end-of-day settlement process for valued
transactions typically concludes
between approximately 4 p.m. and 4:30
p.m.18
Proposed Night Cycle Reengineering
Processing Rules
Other than a limited look-ahead
process as described below, DTC does
not employ a processing mechanism
that is designed to proactively optimize
the percentage of available transactions
that are processed for settlement on
15 Id.
16 Valued transactions are processed as Deliveries
Versus Payment, as defined in Rule 1, supra note
3, with the related payments settled through endof-day settlement. Free transactions do not have an
associated payment. Processing of valued
transactions must be completed earlier on
settlement date than free transactions so that DTC
can settle the related payments of funds in
accordance with established timeframes for the DTC
end-of-day settlement process as set forth in the
Settlement Guide. See Settlement Guide, supra note
3, at 17–20. In accordance with the Settlement
Processing Schedule, valued transactions must be
approved in RAD by the Receiver by 3:30 p.m. ET.
Any valued transactions not approved by the
Receiver by this time are removed from the system.
See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 24–27.
17 Certain Participants manage their securities
inventory by controlling when securities
transactions are submitted to DTC for processing,
i.e., they may hold off submitting outgoing
transactions (deliveries) until incoming transactions
(receives) are processed. The window between 3:10
p.m. ET and 3:30 p.m. ET provides such
Participants with an opportunity to react to receive
transactions and submit applicable delivery
transactions. The cutoff for all valued transactions
is 3:30 p.m. ET, which allows DTC to calculate final
settlement balances and complete end of day funds
settlement. Free transactions are allowed to recycle
until 6:35 p.m. ET since many free transactions are
blocked intraday by the Collateral Monitor until
end of day funds settlement is complete and the
Collateral Monitor controls are ‘‘released.’’ See
Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 24–27.
18 See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 17–20.
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settlement date. As described below,
DTC proposes to implement a process
that would facilitate a higher percentage
of available transactions being
processed for settlement during the
Night Cycle.19
Pursuant to the proposed rule change,
DTC would introduce an algorithm that
would test multiple scenarios that
would incorporate all transactions
available for processing at the start of
the Night Cycle as a single batch (‘‘Night
Batch Process’’), to determine the order
of processing of those transactions that
allows for the optimal percentage of the
transactions to satisfy risk and position
controls (i.e., the Collateral Monitor and
Net Debit Cap controls), and therefore
be processed for settlement in the Night
Cycle. Consistent with DTC’s existing
processing environment, the scenarios
used would only involve processing of
the transactions on a bilateral basis (i.e.,
no netting of Deliveries).20 Once the
optimal order of processing has been
identified, the results reflecting this
optimal processing order would be
incorporated into DTC’s core processing
environment on a transaction-bytransaction basis, and member output
would be produced using existing DTC
output facilities. Delivery instructions
provided to DTC after the Night Batch
Process has begun would be submitted
for daytime processing.
Inventory Management System
Submission Order
Participants can use a profile in the
Inventory Management System (‘‘IMS’’)
that allows them to define the order in
which their transactions get submitted
for processing during the Night Cycle.21
Specifically, IMS provides
Participants with two (2) different types
of transaction ordering: Submission
ordering and recycle ordering. The
submission ordering allows Participants
to control the order in which different
transaction types are submitted into
DTC’s core processing system. The
19 Approximately 50 percent of transactions
available for processing at the start of the Night
Cycle are processed for settlement during the Night
Cycle. DTC anticipates that the proposal would
increase the percentage of transactions processed
for settlement during the Night Cycle to
approximately 65 percent.
20 The proposed rule change relates only to the
processing order of Deliveries and does not impact
DTC’s funds settlement process, by which
associated funds debits and credits in the
Participant’s settlement account are netted intraday
to calculate, at any time, a net debit balance or net
credit balance, resulting in an end-of-day settlement
obligation or right to receive payment.
21 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52450
(September 15, 2005), 70 FR 55641 (September 22,
2005) (File No. SR–DTC–2005–07) and Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 50944 (December 29,
2004), 70 FR 1927 (January 11, 2005) (File No. SR–
DTC–2004–10).
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submission order functionality allows
Participants to prioritize transactions by
transaction types. The recycle ordering
allows Participants to control how DTC
attempts to process recycling, or
pending, transactions. Similar to the
submission ordering, Participants can
also prioritize transactions by
transaction types under recycle
ordering. Additionally, Participants can
instruct DTC to (i) attempt transactions
in the defined order but complete any
transaction that can be completed, (ii)
only complete transactions in the
defined order, or (iii) not complete any
transactions until instructed to do so.
Because the proposed Night Batch
Process would attempt to maximize
settlement regardless of transaction
type, the IMS profile would become
obsolete with respect to transactions
processed in the Night Cycle.
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Look-Ahead Processing
Pursuant to the Settlement Guide,
DTC’s look-ahead process (‘‘Look-Ahead
Process’’) runs throughout the
processing day at fifteen-minute
intervals and selects pairs of
transactions that when processed
simultaneously will not violate the
involved Participants’ Net Debit Cap,
Collateral Monitor and other risk
management system controls.22
The Look-Ahead Process reduces
transaction blockage for Securities by
identifying a receive transaction
pending due to a Net Debit Cap
insufficiency, and determines whether
the processing of an offsetting delivery
transaction pending because of a
quantity deficiency in the same Security
would permit both transactions to be
completed in compliance with DTC’s
risk management system controls.23
DTC’s processing system calculates the
net effect to the Collateral Monitor and
Net Debit Cap controls for all three
Participants involved and if the net
effect will not result in a deficit in the
Collateral Monitor or Net Debit Cap for
any of the three Participants, the system
processes the transactions
simultaneously.24
Pursuant to the proposed rule change,
because the Night Batch Process would
provide an algorithm to maximize
settlement for all transactions processed
in the Night Cycle, the Look-Ahead
Process would become obsolete for
Night Cycle processing and would not
be utilized for processing of transactions
in the Night Batch Process.
22 See
Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 43.
23 Id.
24 Id.
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(ii) Proposed Rule Changes
Pursuant to the proposed rule change,
DTC would add a section to the
Settlement Guide titled ‘‘Batch
Processing’’ that would set forth the
following text:
During the Night Batch Process, DTC
evaluates each Participant’s available
positions, transaction priority and risk
management controls and identifies the
transaction processing order that
optimizes the number of transactions
processed for settlement. The Night
Batch Process allows DTC to run
multiple processing scenarios until it
identifies an optimal processing
scenario.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on S–1,
DTC will subject all transactions eligible
for processing to the Night Batch
Process. The Night Batch Process will be
run in an ‘‘off-line’’ batch that will not
be visible to Participants, allowing DTC
to run multiple processing scenarios
until the optimal processing scenario is
identified. Once the optimal scenario is
identified, the results of the Night Batch
Process will be incorporated back into
DTC’s core processing environment on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, and
Participant output will be produced
using existing DTC output facilities.
In addition, the proposed rule change
would add a definition for the Night
Batch Process to the Settlement Guide to
state that it is a process that operates to
control the order of processing of
transactions in the Night Cycle.
The proposed rule change would also
add a sentence to the section of the
Settlement Guide describing the LookAhead Process to state that the LookAhead Process would not be utilized
during the Night Batch Process.
As described above, the IMS profile
that allows Participants to define the
order in which their transactions get
submitted for settlement during the
Night Cycle would become obsolete.
DTC’s Procedures relating to the
implementation of rule changes relating
to this profile were set forth in two DTC
Important Notices 25 (‘‘IMS Important
Notices’’) that were included in the
applicable rule filings cited above,26 and
these Procedures were not added to the
text of any other DTC Rule or Procedure,
including the Rules and Settlement
Guide. Therefore, no amendment to the
text of the Rules or a service guide is
proposed with respect to the proposed
rule change relating to this IMS profile.
DTC would describe the proposed
change relating to IMS in an Important
25 See DTC Important Notice No. B#6329
(September 7, 2004) and DTC Important Notice No.
B#7594 (April 25, 2005).
26 See supra note 21.
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Notice issued at the time of
implementation of the proposed rule
change with a citation to the two IMS
Important Notices, cited above.
(iii) Participant Outreach
Beginning in March 2018, DTC has
conducted ongoing outreach with
Participants to provide them with notice
of the proposed changes. As of the date
of this filing, no written comments
relating to the proposed changes have
been received in response to this
outreach. The Commission will be
notified of any written comments
received.
(iv) Implementation Timeframe
Pending Commission approval, DTC
expects to implement this proposal by
September 26, 2019 and would
announce the effective date of the
proposed change by an Important Notice
posted to its website. As proposed, a
legend would be added to the
Settlement Guide stating there are
changes that have been approved by the
Commission but have not yet been
implemented. The proposed legend also
would include a date by which such
changes would be implemented and the
file number of this proposal, and state
that, once this proposal is implemented,
the legend would automatically be
removed from the Settlement Guide.
2. Statutory Basis
DTC believes this proposal is
consistent with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a registered
clearing agency. Specifically, DTC
believes this proposal is consistent with
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act 27 for the
reasons described below.
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act
requires, in part, that the Rules be
designed to promote the prompt and
accurate clearance and settlement of
Securities transactions.28 DTC believes
that the proposed changes to implement
the Night Batch Process, which would
test the entire batch of transactions
available for processing at the start of
the Night Batch Process to determine
the optimal order to process
transactions in the Night Cycle, such
that they may satisfy risk and position
controls, would help maximize the
number of transactions processed for
settlement during the Night Cycle.
Therefore, DTC believes that the
proposed changes to implement the
Night Batch Process would promote the
prompt and accurate clearance and
settlement of Securities transactions,
27 15
U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F).
28 Id.
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consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of
the Act.
(B) Clearing Agency’s Statement on
Burden on Competition
DTC believes the proposed changes
could burden competition. This is
because by implementing the Night
Batch Process, Participants would no
longer be able to use IMS to direct the
prioritization of the processing of their
transactions in the Night Cycle. DTC
does not believe any burden on
competition presented by the proposal
would be significant, because the
benefit that would be realized from the
processing of a higher percentage of
transactions during the Night Cycle
through the optimized process
described above would offset the burden
of a Participant not being able to
determine the order of processing on its
own, and therefore render as
insignificant any residual burden of a
Participant no longer being able to use
IMS to direct prioritization of
transactions.
DTC believes any burden on
competition that is created by these
proposed changes would be necessary
and appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act, as permitted by
Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act.29
The proposed changes to implement
the Night Batch Process would be
necessary in furtherance of the purposes
of the Act because the Rules must be
designed to promote the prompt and
accurate clearance and settlement of
Securities transactions.30 As described
above, DTC believes that the proposed
changes would promote the prompt and
accurate clearance and settlement of
Securities transactions by maximizing
the number of settled transactions
during the Night Cycle. As such, DTC
believes these proposed changes would
be necessary in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act, as permitted by
Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act.31
DTC believes any burden on
competition that is created by the
proposed changes to implement the
Night Batch Process would also be
appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. The proposed
changes would enable DTC to optimize
the available Securities positions and
their settlement order. Having the
ability to optimize the available
Securities positions and their settlement
order would help DTC to maximize the
number of settled transactions during
the Night Cycle. As such, DTC believes
these proposed changes would be
29 15
U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(I).
U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F).
31 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(I).
appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act, as permitted by
Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act.32
(C) Clearing Agency’s Statement on
Comments on the Proposed Rule
Change Received From Members,
Participants, or Others
Written comments relating to this
proposed rule change have not been
solicited or received. DTC will notify
the Commission of any written
comments received by DTC.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change, and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 45 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period
up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which
the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove
such proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
DTC–2019–005 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–DTC–2019–005. 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 website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549 on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of DTC and on DTCC’s website
(https://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rulefilings.aspx). All comments 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 submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–DTC–
2019–005 and should be submitted on
or before August 29, 2019.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.33
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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Capital Formation Advisory Committee
will hold a public meeting on Tuesday
August 13, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. (CT)
PLACE: The meeting will be held at
Creighton University, in The President’s
Fitzgerald Boardroom on the fourth
floor of the Mike and Josie Harper
Center, located at 602 North 20th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska 68178.
STATUS: The meeting will be open to the
public. Seating will be on a first-come,
first-served basis. The meeting will be
webcast on the Commission’s website at
www.sec.gov.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: On July 9,
2019, the Commission issued a press
release indicating where the meeting
would be held and that it would open
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39025-39028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16939]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-86554; File No. SR-DTC-2019-005]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Settlement Guide
To Implement a New Algorithm for Transactions Processed in the Night
Cycle
August 2, 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 July 22, 2019, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been
prepared by the clearing agency. The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the
Proposed Rule Change
The proposed rule change \3\ of DTC consists of amendments to the
Procedures \4\ set forth in the Settlement Guide \5\ to implement a new
processing algorithm for book-entry Deliveries \6\ and Payment Orders
\7\ processed in the DTC night cycle (``Night Cycle''), as described in
greater detail below.
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\3\ Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the
Rules, By-Laws and Organization Certificate of DTC (``Rules''),
available at www.dtcc.com/~/media/Files/Downloads/legal/rules/
dtc_rules.pdf, and the DTC Settlement Service Guide (``Settlement
Guide''), available at https://www.dtcc.com/~/media/Files/Downloads/
legal/service-guides/Settlement.pdf.
\4\ Pursuant to the Rules, the term ``Procedures'' means the
Procedures, service guides, and regulations of DTC adopted pursuant
to Rule 27, as amended from time to time. See Rule 1, Section 1,
supra note 3. Pursuant to Rule 27, each Participant and DTC is bound
by the Procedures and any amendment thereto in the same manner as it
is bound by the Rules. See Rule 27, supra note 3.
\5\ Supra note 3.
\6\ Pursuant to Rule 1, the term ``Delivery'' as used with
respect to a Security held in the form of a Security Entitlement on
the books of DTC, means debiting the Security from an Account of the
Deliverer and crediting the Security to an Account of the Receiver.
Supra note 3.
\7\ Pursuant to the Settlement Guide, ``Payment Order'' means a
transaction in which a Participant charges another Participant for
changes in value for outstanding stock loans or option contract
premiums. See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 5.
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the clearing agency 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 clearing agency has prepared summaries,
set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant
aspects of such statements.
(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of this proposed rule change is to amend the Settlement
Guide to implement a new processing algorithm for Deliveries and
Payment Orders processed in the Night Cycle.
(i) Background
Pursuant to the proposed rule change, DTC is proposing to make
enhancements to its processing of transactions in the Night Cycle
(``Night Cycle Reengineering''), as more fully described below. Night
Cycle Reengineering is designed to maximize transaction throughput by
optimizing available positions and controlling the order in which
transactions are attempted for settlement within existing Night Cycle
timeframes. The reengineered Night Cycle would introduce a new,
advanced settlement processing algorithm capable of evaluating each
Participant's transaction obligations, available positions, transaction
priorities and risk management controls, including Net Debit Cap and
Collateral Monitor,\8\ to identify the transaction processing order
that maximizes Night Cycle settlement rates. DTC believes that the
proposed rule change would facilitate more efficient processing of
Deliveries and Payment Orders in the Night Cycle and increase the
percentage of transactions that have been processed for settlement
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\8\ In managing its credit risk, DTC uses the Collateral Monitor
and Net Debit Cap. These two controls work together to protect the
DTC settlement system in the event of Participant default. The
Collateral Monitor requires net debit settlement obligations, as
they accrue intraday, to be fully collateralized; the Net Debit Cap
limits the amount of any Participant's net debit settlement
obligation to an amount that can be satisfied with DTC liquidity
resources (the Participants Fund and the committed line of credit
from a consortium of lenders). See Settlement Guide, supra note 3,
at 64-67.
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DTC Transaction Processing
When a Deliver Order \9\ or Payment Order has been submitted to DTC
for processing, the transaction must be approved by the Receiver
through the Receiver Authorized Delivery function (``RAD''), before it
will be staged for DTC settlement processing in accordance with the
Rules and the Settlement Guide.\10\ After a Receiver approves a
Delivery or Payment Order using RAD, DTC checks risk controls,
including the Net Debit Cap and Collateral Monitor of the Participants
to the transaction.\11\ DTC also checks whether or not the Participant
that would make the Delivery has a sufficient position in the subject
Securities available in the Participant's Account.\12\ If a transaction
satisfies DTC risk controls, namely the Net Debit Cap and Collateral
Monitor, and the Delivering Participant has sufficient position in the
applicable Securities, then the transaction will be processed by DTC
and will become complete if the Receiver satisfies its end-of-day funds
settlement obligation.\13\ If a transaction is not processed, i.e.,
because DTC risk controls are not met, or if the Deliverer has
insufficient position in the applicable Securities, this would result
in an Exception such that the transaction will pend in DTC's system and
recycle until the condition causing the pend is satisfied.\14\
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\9\ Pursuant to the Settlement Guide, ``Deliver Order'' is the
term used to define a book-entry movement of shares of a particular
Security between two DTC Participants. See Settlement Guide, supra
note 3, at 4. DTC acts in accordance with duly authorized
instructions from a Participant to effect transfers by a Participant
of its Deposited Securities to another Participant or Participants.
See Rule 6, supra note 3. Any Participant making a Delivery Versus
Payment of Securities through the facilities of DTC shall provide
DTC with an instruction specifying the amount of the payment
therefor in accordance with the Procedures. After receipt of such
instruction, DTC is authorized to, and shall (subject to the right
of DTC to cease to act for a Participant pursuant to the Rules and
the Procedures), credit the Account of the Deliverer with the amount
specified and debit the Account of the Receiver with the same
amount. See Rule 9(A), Section 1, supra note 3.
\10\ RAD allows Participants to review and either approve or
reject incoming Deliveries before they are processed. See Settlement
Guide, supra note 3, at 53. RAD limits a Participant's exposure from
misdirected or erroneously entered transactions. See Settlement
Guide, supra note 3, at 5.
\11\ See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 64-68.
\12\ See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 55.
\13\ See Rules 9(A) and 9(B), supra note 3.
\14\ See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 55.
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An incomplete transaction recycles in DTC's system until the end of
the day, and if it remains incomplete at the end of the day it will not
be processed, will be removed from processing and will not settle.\15\
If the Participants to the transaction wish to settle the transaction
through DTC, it will need to be resubmitted.
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DTC currently processes transactions in real-time from
approximately 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time (``ET'') on the night before
settlement day until 3:30 p.m. ET on settlement day for valued
transactions and until 6:35 p.m. ET for free transactions.\16\ The
Night Cycle starts at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET on the Business Day
prior to settlement date and runs until approximately 10 p.m. ET each
Business Day. Transactions that cannot satisfy DTC's controls at the
time they are introduced to DTC will recycle throughout the day and be
continuously reattempted until approximately 3:10 p.m. for valued
transactions, and 6:35 p.m. for free transactions.\17\ Transactions
that satisfy DTC's controls are processed immediately as described
above. The end-of-day settlement process for valued transactions
typically concludes between approximately 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.\18\
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\16\ Valued transactions are processed as Deliveries Versus
Payment, as defined in Rule 1, supra note 3, with the related
payments settled through end-of-day settlement. Free transactions do
not have an associated payment. Processing of valued transactions
must be completed earlier on settlement date than free transactions
so that DTC can settle the related payments of funds in accordance
with established timeframes for the DTC end-of-day settlement
process as set forth in the Settlement Guide. See Settlement Guide,
supra note 3, at 17-20. In accordance with the Settlement Processing
Schedule, valued transactions must be approved in RAD by the
Receiver by 3:30 p.m. ET. Any valued transactions not approved by
the Receiver by this time are removed from the system. See
Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 24-27.
\17\ Certain Participants manage their securities inventory by
controlling when securities transactions are submitted to DTC for
processing, i.e., they may hold off submitting outgoing transactions
(deliveries) until incoming transactions (receives) are processed.
The window between 3:10 p.m. ET and 3:30 p.m. ET provides such
Participants with an opportunity to react to receive transactions
and submit applicable delivery transactions. The cutoff for all
valued transactions is 3:30 p.m. ET, which allows DTC to calculate
final settlement balances and complete end of day funds settlement.
Free transactions are allowed to recycle until 6:35 p.m. ET since
many free transactions are blocked intraday by the Collateral
Monitor until end of day funds settlement is complete and the
Collateral Monitor controls are ``released.'' See Settlement Guide,
supra note 3, at 24-27.
\18\ See Settlement Guide, supra note 3, at 17-20.
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Proposed Night Cycle Reengineering Processing Rules
Other than a limited look-ahead process as described below, DTC
does not employ a processing mechanism that is designed to proactively
optimize the percentage of available transactions that are processed
for settlement on settlement date. As described below, DTC proposes to
implement a process that would facilitate a higher percentage of
available transactions being processed for settlement during the Night
Cycle.\19\
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\19\ Approximately 50 percent of transactions available for
processing at the start of the Night Cycle are processed for
settlement during the Night Cycle. DTC anticipates that the proposal
would increase the percentage of transactions processed for
settlement during the Night Cycle to approximately 65 percent.
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Pursuant to the proposed rule change, DTC would introduce an
algorithm that would test multiple scenarios that would incorporate all
transactions available for processing at the start of the Night Cycle
as a single batch (``Night Batch Process''), to determine the order of
processing of those transactions that allows for the optimal percentage
of the transactions to satisfy risk and position controls (i.e., the
Collateral Monitor and Net Debit Cap controls), and therefore be
processed for settlement in the Night Cycle. Consistent with DTC's
existing processing environment, the scenarios used would only involve
processing of the transactions on a bilateral basis (i.e., no netting
of Deliveries).\20\ Once the optimal order of processing has been
identified, the results reflecting this optimal processing order would
be incorporated into DTC's core processing environment on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, and member output would be produced
using existing DTC output facilities. Delivery instructions provided to
DTC after the Night Batch Process has begun would be submitted for
daytime processing.
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\20\ The proposed rule change relates only to the processing
order of Deliveries and does not impact DTC's funds settlement
process, by which associated funds debits and credits in the
Participant's settlement account are netted intraday to calculate,
at any time, a net debit balance or net credit balance, resulting in
an end-of-day settlement obligation or right to receive payment.
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Inventory Management System Submission Order
Participants can use a profile in the Inventory Management System
(``IMS'') that allows them to define the order in which their
transactions get submitted for processing during the Night Cycle.\21\
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\21\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52450 (September
15, 2005), 70 FR 55641 (September 22, 2005) (File No. SR-DTC-2005-
07) and Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50944 (December 29,
2004), 70 FR 1927 (January 11, 2005) (File No. SR-DTC-2004-10).
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Specifically, IMS provides Participants with two (2) different
types of transaction ordering: Submission ordering and recycle
ordering. The submission ordering allows Participants to control the
order in which different transaction types are submitted into DTC's
core processing system. The
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submission order functionality allows Participants to prioritize
transactions by transaction types. The recycle ordering allows
Participants to control how DTC attempts to process recycling, or
pending, transactions. Similar to the submission ordering, Participants
can also prioritize transactions by transaction types under recycle
ordering. Additionally, Participants can instruct DTC to (i) attempt
transactions in the defined order but complete any transaction that can
be completed, (ii) only complete transactions in the defined order, or
(iii) not complete any transactions until instructed to do so.
Because the proposed Night Batch Process would attempt to maximize
settlement regardless of transaction type, the IMS profile would become
obsolete with respect to transactions processed in the Night Cycle.
Look-Ahead Processing
Pursuant to the Settlement Guide, DTC's look-ahead process (``Look-
Ahead Process'') runs throughout the processing day at fifteen-minute
intervals and selects pairs of transactions that when processed
simultaneously will not violate the involved Participants' Net Debit
Cap, Collateral Monitor and other risk management system controls.\22\
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The Look-Ahead Process reduces transaction blockage for Securities
by identifying a receive transaction pending due to a Net Debit Cap
insufficiency, and determines whether the processing of an offsetting
delivery transaction pending because of a quantity deficiency in the
same Security would permit both transactions to be completed in
compliance with DTC's risk management system controls.\23\ DTC's
processing system calculates the net effect to the Collateral Monitor
and Net Debit Cap controls for all three Participants involved and if
the net effect will not result in a deficit in the Collateral Monitor
or Net Debit Cap for any of the three Participants, the system
processes the transactions simultaneously.\24\
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Pursuant to the proposed rule change, because the Night Batch
Process would provide an algorithm to maximize settlement for all
transactions processed in the Night Cycle, the Look-Ahead Process would
become obsolete for Night Cycle processing and would not be utilized
for processing of transactions in the Night Batch Process.
(ii) Proposed Rule Changes
Pursuant to the proposed rule change, DTC would add a section to
the Settlement Guide titled ``Batch Processing'' that would set forth
the following text:
During the Night Batch Process, DTC evaluates each Participant's
available positions, transaction priority and risk management controls
and identifies the transaction processing order that optimizes the
number of transactions processed for settlement. The Night Batch
Process allows DTC to run multiple processing scenarios until it
identifies an optimal processing scenario.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on S-1, DTC will subject all
transactions eligible for processing to the Night Batch Process. The
Night Batch Process will be run in an ``off-line'' batch that will not
be visible to Participants, allowing DTC to run multiple processing
scenarios until the optimal processing scenario is identified. Once the
optimal scenario is identified, the results of the Night Batch Process
will be incorporated back into DTC's core processing environment on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, and Participant output will be
produced using existing DTC output facilities.
In addition, the proposed rule change would add a definition for
the Night Batch Process to the Settlement Guide to state that it is a
process that operates to control the order of processing of
transactions in the Night Cycle.
The proposed rule change would also add a sentence to the section
of the Settlement Guide describing the Look-Ahead Process to state that
the Look-Ahead Process would not be utilized during the Night Batch
Process.
As described above, the IMS profile that allows Participants to
define the order in which their transactions get submitted for
settlement during the Night Cycle would become obsolete. DTC's
Procedures relating to the implementation of rule changes relating to
this profile were set forth in two DTC Important Notices \25\ (``IMS
Important Notices'') that were included in the applicable rule filings
cited above,\26\ and these Procedures were not added to the text of any
other DTC Rule or Procedure, including the Rules and Settlement Guide.
Therefore, no amendment to the text of the Rules or a service guide is
proposed with respect to the proposed rule change relating to this IMS
profile. DTC would describe the proposed change relating to IMS in an
Important Notice issued at the time of implementation of the proposed
rule change with a citation to the two IMS Important Notices, cited
above.
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\25\ See DTC Important Notice No. B#6329 (September 7, 2004) and
DTC Important Notice No. B#7594 (April 25, 2005).
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(iii) Participant Outreach
Beginning in March 2018, DTC has conducted ongoing outreach with
Participants to provide them with notice of the proposed changes. As of
the date of this filing, no written comments relating to the proposed
changes have been received in response to this outreach. The Commission
will be notified of any written comments received.
(iv) Implementation Timeframe
Pending Commission approval, DTC expects to implement this proposal
by September 26, 2019 and would announce the effective date of the
proposed change by an Important Notice posted to its website. As
proposed, a legend would be added to the Settlement Guide stating there
are changes that have been approved by the Commission but have not yet
been implemented. The proposed legend also would include a date by
which such changes would be implemented and the file number of this
proposal, and state that, once this proposal is implemented, the legend
would automatically be removed from the Settlement Guide.
2. Statutory Basis
DTC believes this proposal is consistent with the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a
registered clearing agency. Specifically, DTC believes this proposal is
consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act \27\ for the reasons
described below.
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\27\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act requires, in part, that the Rules
be designed to promote the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement
of Securities transactions.\28\ DTC believes that the proposed changes
to implement the Night Batch Process, which would test the entire batch
of transactions available for processing at the start of the Night
Batch Process to determine the optimal order to process transactions in
the Night Cycle, such that they may satisfy risk and position controls,
would help maximize the number of transactions processed for settlement
during the Night Cycle. Therefore, DTC believes that the proposed
changes to implement the Night Batch Process would promote the prompt
and accurate clearance and settlement of Securities transactions,
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition
DTC believes the proposed changes could burden competition. This is
because by implementing the Night Batch Process, Participants would no
longer be able to use IMS to direct the prioritization of the
processing of their transactions in the Night Cycle. DTC does not
believe any burden on competition presented by the proposal would be
significant, because the benefit that would be realized from the
processing of a higher percentage of transactions during the Night
Cycle through the optimized process described above would offset the
burden of a Participant not being able to determine the order of
processing on its own, and therefore render as insignificant any
residual burden of a Participant no longer being able to use IMS to
direct prioritization of transactions.
DTC believes any burden on competition that is created by these
proposed changes would be necessary and appropriate in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act, as permitted by Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the
Act.\29\
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The proposed changes to implement the Night Batch Process would be
necessary in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the Rules
must be designed to promote the prompt and accurate clearance and
settlement of Securities transactions.\30\ As described above, DTC
believes that the proposed changes would promote the prompt and
accurate clearance and settlement of Securities transactions by
maximizing the number of settled transactions during the Night Cycle.
As such, DTC believes these proposed changes would be necessary in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as permitted by Section
17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act.\31\
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\30\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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DTC believes any burden on competition that is created by the
proposed changes to implement the Night Batch Process would also be
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed
changes would enable DTC to optimize the available Securities positions
and their settlement order. Having the ability to optimize the
available Securities positions and their settlement order would help
DTC to maximize the number of settled transactions during the Night
Cycle. As such, DTC believes these proposed changes would be
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as permitted by
Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act.\32\
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(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change
Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments relating to this proposed rule change have not
been solicited or received. DTC will notify the Commission of any
written comments received by DTC.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change, and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-DTC-2019-005 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-DTC-2019-005. 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 website (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of DTC and on DTCC's website
(https://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx). All comments 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 submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-DTC-2019-005 and should be submitted on
or before August 29, 2019.
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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Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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