80_FR_58509 80 FR 58322 - Investor Advisory Committee Meeting

80 FR 58322 - Investor Advisory Committee Meeting

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 187 (September 28, 2015)

Page Range58322-58323
FR Document2015-24514

The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, is providing notice that it will hold a public meeting. The public is invited to submit written statements to the Committee.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release Nos. 33-9924; 34-75961; File No. 265-28]


Investor Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission Dodd-
Frank Investor Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory 
Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, is providing notice 
that it will hold a public meeting. The public is invited to submit 
written statements to the Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (ET). Written statements should be received 
on or before October 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Multi-Purpose Room LL-006 at the 
Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. The 
meeting will be webcast on the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov. 
Written statements may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Statements

    [ssquf] Use the Commission's Internet submission form(http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml); or
    [ssquf] Send an email message to rules-comments@sec.gov. Please 
include File No. 265-28 on the subject line; or

Paper Statements

    [ssquf] Send paper statements to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-1090.


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All submissions should refer to File No. 265-28. This file number 
should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help us 
process and review your statement more efficiently, please use only one 
method.
    Statements also will be available for Web site viewing and printing 
in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Room 1580, 
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. All statements received will be posted without 
change; we do not edit personal identifying information from 
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Oorloff Sharma, Senior Special 
Counsel, Office of the Investor Advocate, at (202) 551-3302, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public, 
except during that portion of the meeting reserved for an 
administrative work session during lunch. Persons needing special 
accommodations to take part because of a disability should notify the 
contact person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    The agenda for the meeting includes: Remarks from Commissioners; a 
discussion of recent market structure developments; a discussion of 
exchange-traded fund pricing; a report of the Committee chair regarding 
Committee matters; a discussion of SEC enforcement priorities; and a 
nonpublic administrative work session during lunch.

    Dated: September 22, 2015.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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                                              Exchange does not believe that the                      due, fee, or other charge imposed by ISE              the Commission does not edit personal
                                              proposed changes are unfairly                           Gemini.                                               identifying information from
                                              discriminatory. A Priority Customer is                     At any time within 60 days of the                  submissions. You should submit only
                                              by definition not a broker or dealer in                 filing of such proposed rule change, the              information that you wish to make
                                              securities, and does not place more than                Commission summarily may                              available publicly. All submissions
                                              390 orders in listed options per day on                 temporarily suspend such rule change if               should refer to File Number SR–ISE
                                              average during a calendar month for its                 it appears to the Commission that such                Gemini–2015–16 and should be
                                              own beneficial account(s). This                         action is necessary or appropriate in the             submitted by October 19, 2015.
                                              limitation does not apply to participants               public interest, for the protection of                  For the Commission, by the Division of
                                              whose behavior is substantially similar                 investors, or otherwise in furtherance of             Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                              to that of market professionals,                        the purposes of the Act. If the                       authority.18
                                              including Professional Customers, who                   Commission takes such action, the                     Robert W. Errett,
                                              will generally submit a higher number                   Commission shall institute proceedings
                                                                                                                                                            Deputy Secretary.
                                              of orders (many of which do not result                  to determine whether the proposed rule
                                                                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2015–24515 Filed 9–25–15; 8:45 am]
                                              in executions) than Priority Customers.                 should be approved or disapproved.
                                                                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                              Thus, as has historically been the case,                IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                              Priority Customer orders remain entitled
                                              to more favorable fees than other market                  Interested persons are invited to
                                                                                                      submit written data, views, and                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                              participants.                                                                                                 COMMISSION
                                                                                                      arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                              B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       including whether the proposed rule                   [Release Nos. 33–9924; 34–75961; File No.
                                              Statement on Burden on Competition                      change is consistent with the Act.                    265–28]
                                                In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of                 Comments may be submitted by any of
                                              the Act,15 the Exchange does not believe                the following methods:                                Investor Advisory Committee Meeting
                                              that the proposed rule change will                      Electronic Comments                                   AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange
                                              impose any burden on intermarket or                                                                           Commission.
                                                                                                        • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                              intramarket competition that is not                                                                           ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Securities
                                                                                                      comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                              necessary or appropriate in furtherance                                                                       and Exchange Commission Dodd-Frank
                                                                                                      rules/sro.shtml); or
                                              of the purposes of the Act. The                           • Send an Email to rule-comments@                   Investor Advisory Committee.
                                              proposed fees are competitive with fees                 sec.gov. Please include File No. SR–ISE
                                              offered to orders executed on other                     Gemini–2015–16 on the subject line.                   SUMMARY:   The Securities and Exchange
                                              options exchanges. The Exchange                                                                               Commission Investor Advisory
                                              operates in a highly competitive market                 Paper Comments                                        Committee, established pursuant to
                                              in which market participants can                           • Send paper comments in triplicate                Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
                                              readily direct their order flow to                      to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                 Street Reform and Consumer Protection
                                              competing venues. In such an                            Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                         Act of 2010, is providing notice that it
                                              environment, the Exchange must                          Washington, DC 20549–1090.                            will hold a public meeting. The public
                                              continually review, and consider                        All submissions should refer to File                  is invited to submit written statements
                                              adjusting, its fees to remain competitive               Number SR–ISE Gemini–2015–16. This                    to the Committee.
                                              with other exchanges. For the reasons                   file number should be included on the                 DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                              described above, the Exchange believes                  subject line if email is used. To help the            Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 10:00
                                              that the proposed fee changes reflect                   Commission process and review your                    a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (ET). Written
                                              this competitive environment.                           comments more efficiently, please use                 statements should be received on or
                                              C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       only one method. The Commission will                  before October 15, 2015.
                                              Statement on Comments on the                            post all comments on the Commission’s                 ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
                                              Proposed Rule Change Received From                      Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                Multi-Purpose Room LL–006 at the
                                              Members, Participants or Others                         rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                       Commission’s headquarters, 100 F
                                                                                                      submission, all subsequent                            Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. The
                                                The Exchange has not solicited, and                   amendments, all written statements
                                              does not intend to solicit, comments on                                                                       meeting will be webcast on the
                                                                                                      with respect to the proposed rule                     Commission’s Web site at www.sec.gov.
                                              this proposed rule change. The                          change that are filed with the
                                              Exchange has not received any                                                                                 Written statements may be submitted by
                                                                                                      Commission, and all written                           any of the following methods:
                                              unsolicited written comments from                       communications relating to the
                                              members or other interested parties.                    proposed rule change between the                      Electronic Statements
                                              III. Date of Effectiveness of the                       Commission and any person, other than                   D Use the Commission’s Internet
                                              Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                     those that may be withheld from the                   submission form(http://www.sec.gov/
                                              Commission Action                                       public in accordance with the                         rules/other.shtml); or
                                                 The foregoing rule change has become
                                                                                                      provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                     D Send an email message to rules-
                                                                                                      available for Web site viewing and                    comments@sec.gov. Please include File
                                              effective pursuant to Section
                                                                                                      printing in the Commission’s Public                   No. 265–28 on the subject line; or
                                              19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,16 and
                                                                                                      Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
                                              subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4                                                                             Paper Statements
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                                                                                                      Washington, DC 20549 on official
                                              thereunder,17 because it establishes a
                                                                                                      business days between the hours of                      D Send paper statements to Brent J.
                                                                                                      10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such               Fields, Secretary, Securities and
                                              Tier 1 and $0.81 for Tiers 2–5 and a $0.82 Fee for
                                              Responses to Crossing Orders.                           filing also will be available for                     Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                15 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).                               inspection and copying at the principal               Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                16 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).                        office of the Exchange. All comments
                                                17 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).                            received will be posted without change;                 18 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).



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                                              All submissions should refer to File No.                   thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that                 Currently Rule 503(f) provides that
                                              265–28. This file number should be                         on September 21, 2015, Miami                          when there are quotes and orders that
                                              included on the subject line if email is                   International Securities Exchange LLC                 lock or cross an order, the System will
                                              used. To help us process and review                        (‘‘MIAX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the             use the highest bid and the lowest offer
                                              your statement more efficiently, please                    Securities and Exchange Commission                    among valid width quotations received
                                              use only one method.                                       (‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change               that have a bid/ask differential that is
                                                Statements also will be available for                    as described in Items I, II, and III below,           compliant with Rule 603(b)(4) to
                                              Web site viewing and printing in the                       which Items have been prepared by the                 determine the highest quote bid and
                                              Commission’s Public Reference Room,                        Exchange. The Commission is                           lowest quote offer.3 If that price is
                                              100 F Street NE., Room 1580,                               publishing this notice to solicit                     within the highest valid width quote bid
                                              Washington, DC 20549, on official                          comments on the proposed rule change                  and lowest valid width quote offer and
                                              business days between the hours of                         from interested persons.                              leaves no imbalance, the Exchange will
                                              10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. All statements                                                                          open at that price, executing marketable
                                                                                                         I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     trading interest, as long as the opening
                                              received will be posted without change;
                                                                                                         Statement of the Terms of Substance of                price includes only Exchange interest.
                                              we do not edit personal identifying
                                                                                                         the Proposed Rule Change                              Current Rule 503(f) also provides that
                                              information from submissions. You
                                              should submit only information that                           The Exchange is filing a proposal to               the EQR 4 is only calculated when an
                                              you wish to make available publicly.                       amend Exchange Rule 503.                              imbalance occurs due to insufficient
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                              The text of the proposed rule change               liquidity to satisfy all trading interest
                                              Marc Oorloff Sharma, Senior Special                        is available on the Exchange’s Web site               due an execution at a certain price.5 In
                                              Counsel, Office of the Investor                            at http://www.miaxoptions.com/filter/                 contrast, the System calculates and uses
                                              Advocate, at (202) 551–3302, Securities                    wotitle/rule_filing, at MIAX’s principal              an EQR in all situations during the
                                              and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street                      office, and at the Commission’s Public                Exchange’s Opening Process when there
                                              NE., Washington, DC 20549.                                 Reference Room.                                       are quotes and orders that lock or
                                                                                                                                                               cross—whether the lock or cross
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                             II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    involves an order or a quote and
                                              meeting will be open to the public,                        Statement of the Purpose of, and                      whether or not there is an order
                                              except during that portion of the                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                imbalance.
                                              meeting reserved for an administrative                     Change                                                   While the System calculates EQR in
                                              work session during lunch. Persons                           In its filing with the Commission, the              either situation, it does not necessarily
                                              needing special accommodations to take                     Exchange included statements                          use the EQR in determining the
                                              part because of a disability should                        concerning the purpose of and basis for               calculated opening price where the
                                              notify the contact person listed in FOR                    the proposed rule change and discussed                maximum quantity of contracts may
                                              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                                                                                     trade. For example, proposed Rule
                                                                                                         any comments it received on the
                                                The agenda for the meeting includes:                     proposed rule change. The text of these               503(f)(2)(iii) would state that in
                                              Remarks from Commissioners; a                              statements may be examined at the                     situations where there is matched
                                              discussion of recent market structure                      places specified in Item IV below. The                interest that does not represent an
                                              developments; a discussion of                              Exchange has prepared summaries, set                  imbalance and there is no valid width
                                              exchange-traded fund pricing; a report                     forth in sections A, B, and C below, of               NBBO, the System will calculate a
                                              of the Committee chair regarding                           the most significant aspects of such                  ‘‘quality opening market range’’ (as
                                              Committee matters; a discussion of SEC                     statements.                                           defined in a table to be determined by
                                              enforcement priorities; and a nonpublic
                                              administrative work session during                         A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                        3 See Exchange Rule 603(b)(4). See also Exchange

                                              lunch.                                                     Statement of the Purpose of, and                      Rule 503(e)(3), which states that ‘‘valid width
                                                                                                         Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                quotations’’ are quotations that are compliant with
                                                Dated: September 22, 2015.                                                                                     Rule 603(b)(4) which provides the following
                                                                                                         Change                                                criteria: (i) To price option contracts fairly by,
                                              Brent J. Fields,
                                                                                                                                                               among other things, bidding and offering so as to
                                              Secretary.                                                 1. Purpose                                            create differences of no more than $5 between the
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–24514 Filed 9–25–15; 8:45 am]                  The Exchange proposes to amend                      bid and offer (‘‘bid/ask differentials’’) following the
                                                                                                                                                               opening rotation in an equity option contract; and
                                              BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                     Rule 503 to codify existing functionality             (ii) Exchange may establish differences other than
                                                                                                         during the Exchange’s Opening Process.                the bid/ask differentials described in (i) above for
                                                                                                         Specifically, the Exchange is amending                one or more option series or classes.
                                              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                    Rule 503(f) to address a discrepancy                     4 See Exchange Rule 503(f)(5).

                                              COMMISSION                                                 between the rule text description of how                 5 See Exchange Rule 503(f)(5). Where there is an

                                                                                                                                                               imbalance at the price at which the maximum
                                                                                                         this process works and how it is                      number of contracts can trade that is also at or
                                              [Release No. 34–75962; File No. SR–MIAX–
                                              2015–57]
                                                                                                         actually working in production.                       within the highest valid width quote bid and lowest
                                                                                                         Specifically, the Exchange proposes to                valid width quote offer, the System will calculate
                                                                                                         amend the rule to provide that the                    an EQR. The EQR will be recalculated any time a
                                              Self-Regulatory Organizations: Miami                                                                             Route Timer or Imbalance Timer expires if material
                                              International Securities Exchange LLC;                     System will use the Expanded Quote                    conditions of the market (imbalance size, ABBO
                                              Notice of Filing and Immediate                             Range (‘‘EQR’’) when there are quotes                 price or size, liquidity price or size, etc.) have
                                              Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule                           and orders that lock or cross each other.             changed during the timer. Once calculated, the EQR
                                                                                                         The proposal codifies the actual existing             will represent the limits of the range in which
                                              Change To Amend Exchange Rule 503                                                                                transactions may occur during the opening process.
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                                                                                                         functionality during the Exchange’s                      The EQR calculation itself varies depending upon
                                              September 22, 2015.                                        Opening Process. In addition, the                     the specific situation, as specified in current Rule
                                                Pursuant to the provisions of section                    Exchange proposes to relocate the EQR                 503(f)(5). The EQR calculation will differ depending
                                              19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act                    subsection that is currently in Rule                  upon whether one or more away markets have
                                              of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4                                                                               disseminated valid width quotes in the affected
                                                                                                         503(f)(5) to proposed Rule 503(f)(2)(i).              series (or) no away markets have disseminated valid
                                                                                                                                                               width quotes in the affected series. See Exchange
                                                1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                   2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                               Rule 503(f).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission Dodd- Frank Investor Advisory Committee.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (ET). Written statements should be received on or before October 15, 2015.
ContactMarc Oorloff Sharma, Senior Special Counsel, Office of the Investor Advocate, at (202) 551-3302, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549.
FR Citation80 FR 58322 

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