Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 60503-60504 [2020-21242]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 187 / Friday, September 25, 2020 / Notices and protects investors and the public interest, because even with the decrease, the Exchange’s proposed Simple Maker rebates for such orders still remain highly competitive with certain other options exchanges offering comparable pricing models, and should enable the Exchange to continue to attract order flow and maintain market share.29 The Exchange believes that the amount of such fees, as proposed to be decreased, will continue to encourage those market participants to send orders to the Exchange. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Burden on Competition The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule changes will impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes that the proposed changes in the specified Simple Maker rebates for the applicable market participants should continue to encourage the provision of liquidity that enhances the quality of the Exchange’s market and increases the number of trading opportunities on the Exchange for all participants who will be able to compete for such opportunities. The proposed rule changes should enable the Exchange to continue to attract and compete for order flow with other exchanges. However, this competition does not create an undue burden on competition but rather offers all market participants the opportunity to receive the benefit of competitive pricing. The proposed decreases for certain Simple Maker rebates are intended to keep the Exchange’s fees highly competitive with those of other exchanges, and to encourage liquidity and should enable the Exchange to continue to attract and compete for order flow with other exchanges. The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be excessive. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its rebates and fees to remain competitive with other exchanges and to attract order flow. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes reflect this competitive environment because they modify the Exchange’s fees in a manner that encourages market participants to continue to provide liquidity and to send order flow to the Exchange. C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others Written comments were neither solicited nor received. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,30 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2) 31 thereunder. 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: 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– EMERALD–2020–07 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–EMERALD–2020–07. 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 30 15 29 See id. VerDate Sep<11>2014 31 17 18:25 Sep 24, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60503 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 the Exchange. 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–EMERALD–2020–07 and should be submitted on or before October 16, 2020. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.32 J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–21141 Filed 9–24–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [SEC File No. 270–485, OMB Control No. 3235–0547] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Extension: ‘‘Investor Form’’ Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) a request to approve the collection of information discussed below. Each year the Commission receives several thousand contacts from investors who have complaints or questions on a wide range of investment-related issues. To make it easier for the public to contact the agency electronically, the Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (‘‘OIEA’’) created an electronic form (the Investor Form) that provides drop down options to choose from in order to categorize the investor’s complaint or question, and may also 32 17 E:\FR\FM\25SEN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 25SEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 60504 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 187 / Friday, September 25, 2020 / Notices provide the investor with automated information about their issue. The Investor Form asks investors to provide information concerning, among other things, their names, how they can be reached, the names of the individuals or entities involved, the nature of their complaint or tip, what documents they can provide, and what, if any, actions they have taken. Use of the Investor Form is voluntary. Absent the forms, the public still has several ways to contact the agency, including telephone, facsimile, letters, and email. Investors can access the Investor Form through the consolidated Investor Complaint and Question web page. The dual purpose of the Investor Form is to make it easier for the public to contact the agency with complaints, questions, tips, or other feedback and to streamline the workflow of Commission staff that record, process, and respond to investor contacts. Investors who submit complaints, ask questions, or provide tips do so voluntarily. Although the Investor Form provides a structured format for incoming investor correspondence, the Commission does not require that investors use any particular form or format when contacting the agency. Investors who choose not to use the Investor Form will receive the same level of service as those who do. OIEA receives approximately 20,000 contacts each year through the Investor Form. Investors who choose not to use the Investor Form receive the same level of service as those who do. The Commission uses the information that investors supply on the Investor Form to review and process the contact (which may, in turn, involve responding to questions, processing complaints, or, as appropriate, initiating enforcement investigations), to maintain a record of contacts, to track the volume of investor complaints, and to analyze trends. The staff of the Commission estimates that the total reporting burden for using the Investor Form is 5,000 hours. The calculation of this estimate depends on the number of investors who use the forms each year and the estimated time it takes to complete the forms: 20,000 respondents × 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours. Members of the public should be aware that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless a currently valid OMB control number is displayed. The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following website: <www.reginfo.gov>. Find this particular information collection by selecting VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:25 Sep 24, 2020 Jkt 250001 ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to (i) <www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain> and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/ o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549–0213. Resolution of litigation claims; and Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings. At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting agenda items that may consist of adjudicatory, examination, litigation, or regulatory matters. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information; please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. Dated: September 22, 2020. J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary. BILLING CODE 8011–01–P [FR Doc. 2020–21242 Filed 9–24–20; 8:45 am] Dated: September 22, 2020. Vanessa A. Countryman, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–21296 Filed 9–23–20; 11:15 am] SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. PLACE: The meeting will be held via remote means and/or at the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters also may be present. In the event that the time, date, or location of this meeting changes, an announcement of the change, along with the new time, date, and/or place of the meeting will be posted on the Commission’s website at https:// www.sec.gov. The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10), permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed meeting. The subject matter of the closed meeting will consist of the following topic: Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; TIME AND DATE: PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [Release No. 34–89931; File No. SR–CBOE– 2020–055] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 2 and Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, To Amend Rule 5.24 September 21, 2020. I. Introduction On June 12, 2020, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘CBOE’’) 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 adopt Rule 5.24(e)(3) to make available an audio and video communication program to serve as a ‘‘virtual trading floor’’ in one or more option classes during regular trading hours. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on June 29, 2020.3 On July 23, 2020, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.4 On August 10, 2020, the Commission designated a longer period for Commission action on the proposed rule 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89131 (June 29, 2020), 85 FR 38951 (‘‘Notice’’). 4 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange revised the proposal to: (i) Clarify that if the virtual trading floor is available in a class, the temporary rules in CBOE Rule 5.24(e)(1) will not apply to that class and (ii) permit clerks to access the virtual trading floor. Amendment No. 1 is available at: https:// www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2020-055/ srcboe2020055-7470763-221281.pdf. 2 17 E:\FR\FM\25SEN1.SGM 25SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60503-60504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21242]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-485, OMB Control No. 3235-0547]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Extension:
    ``Investor Form''

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (``OMB'') a request to approve the collection of information 
discussed below.
    Each year the Commission receives several thousand contacts from 
investors who have complaints or questions on a wide range of 
investment-related issues. To make it easier for the public to contact 
the agency electronically, the Commission's Office of Investor 
Education and Advocacy (``OIEA'') created an electronic form (the 
Investor Form) that provides drop down options to choose from in order 
to categorize the investor's complaint or question, and may also

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provide the investor with automated information about their issue. The 
Investor Form asks investors to provide information concerning, among 
other things, their names, how they can be reached, the names of the 
individuals or entities involved, the nature of their complaint or tip, 
what documents they can provide, and what, if any, actions they have 
taken. Use of the Investor Form is voluntary. Absent the forms, the 
public still has several ways to contact the agency, including 
telephone, facsimile, letters, and email. Investors can access the 
Investor Form through the consolidated Investor Complaint and Question 
web page.
    The dual purpose of the Investor Form is to make it easier for the 
public to contact the agency with complaints, questions, tips, or other 
feedback and to streamline the workflow of Commission staff that 
record, process, and respond to investor contacts. Investors who submit 
complaints, ask questions, or provide tips do so voluntarily. Although 
the Investor Form provides a structured format for incoming investor 
correspondence, the Commission does not require that investors use any 
particular form or format when contacting the agency. Investors who 
choose not to use the Investor Form will receive the same level of 
service as those who do.
    OIEA receives approximately 20,000 contacts each year through the 
Investor Form. Investors who choose not to use the Investor Form 
receive the same level of service as those who do. The Commission uses 
the information that investors supply on the Investor Form to review 
and process the contact (which may, in turn, involve responding to 
questions, processing complaints, or, as appropriate, initiating 
enforcement investigations), to maintain a record of contacts, to track 
the volume of investor complaints, and to analyze trends.
    The staff of the Commission estimates that the total reporting 
burden for using the Investor Form is 5,000 hours. The calculation of 
this estimate depends on the number of investors who use the forms each 
year and the estimated time it takes to complete the forms: 20,000 
respondents x 15 minutes = 5,000 burden hours.
    Members of the public should be aware that an agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless a currently valid OMB control number 
is displayed.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: <www.reginfo.gov>. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to (i) <www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain> and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: [email protected].
    Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

    Dated: September 22, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-21242 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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