81_FR_32470 81 FR 32371 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to a Change to the Underlying Index for the PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio

81 FR 32371 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to a Change to the Underlying Index for the PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 99 (May 23, 2016)

Page Range32371-32376
FR Document2016-12016

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 99 (Monday, May 23, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32371-32376]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12016]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-77849; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2016-62]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
of Proposed Rule Change Relating to a Change to the Underlying Index 
for the PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio

May 17, 2016.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that, on May 3, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``NYSE 
Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 
below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. 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\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to: (1) Permit the continued listing and 
trading of shares of the PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio (the 
``Fund'') following a change to the index underlying the Fund, and (2) 
propose changes to the index underlying the Fund and the name of the 
Fund, as described below. The proposed rule change is available on the 
Exchange's Web site at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization 
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the 
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received

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on the proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be 
examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has 
prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the 
most significant parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange currently lists and trades shares (``Shares'') of the 
Fund \4\ under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02, which 
governs the listing and trading of Investment Company Units (``Units'') 
based on fixed income securities indexes.\5\ The Fund is a series of 
the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (``Trust'').\6\
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    \4\ On February 26, 2016, the Trust filed a post-effective 
amendment on Form 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 
77a) (``1933 Act'') to its registration statement on Form N-1A under 
the 1933 Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``1940 Act'') 
(15 U.S.C. 80a-1) (File Nos. 333-138490 and 811-21977) (the 
``Registration Statement''). The description of the operation of the 
Trust and the Fund herein is based, in part, on the Registration 
Statement. In addition, the Commission has issued an order granting 
certain exemptive relief to the Trust under the 1940 Act. See 
Investment Company Act Release No. 27841 (May 25, 2007) (File No. 
812-13335) (``Exemptive Order'').
    \5\ The PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio was initially 
listed on the Exchange on November 17, 2009 pursuant to the generic 
listing criteria of Commentary .02 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
5.2(j)(3).
    \6\ The Commission previously has approved a proposed rule 
change relating to listing and trading on the Exchange of Units 
based on municipal bond indexes. See Securities Exchange Act Release 
Nos. 75376 (July 7, 2015), 80 FR 40113 (July 13, 2015) (SR-NYSEArca-
2015-18) (order approving listing and trading of Vanguard Tax-Exempt 
Bond Index Fund under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary 
.02); 71232 (January 3, 2014), 79 FR 1662 (January 9, 2014) (SR-
NYSEArca-2013-118) (order approving listing and trading of Market 
Vectors Short High-Yield Municipal Index ETF under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02); 63881 (February 9, 2011), 
76 FR 9065 (February 16, 2011) (SR-NYSEArca-2010-120) (order 
approving listing and trading of SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield 
Municipal Bond ETF Fund under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), 
Commentary .02); 67985 (October 4, 2012), 77 FR 61804 (October 11, 
2012) (SR-NYSEArca-2012-92) (order approving proposed rule change 
relating to the listing and trading of iShares 2018 S&P AMT-Free 
Municipal Series and iShares 2019 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series 
under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02)); 75468 
(July 16, 2015), 80 FR 43500 (July 22, 2015) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-25) 
(order approving proposed rule change relating to the listing and 
trading of iShares iBonds Dec 2021 AMT Free Municipal Bond ETF and 
iShares iBonds Dec 2022 AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF under NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02); 72464 (June 25, 2014), 79 
FR 37373 (July 1, 2014) (SR-NYSEArca-2014-45) (order approving 
proposed rule change governing the continued listing and trading of 
Shares of the PowerShares Insured California Municipal Bond 
Portfolio, PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio and 
PowerShares Insured New York Municipal Bond Portfolio under NYSE 
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02).
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    Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is the investment 
adviser (``Adviser'') for the Fund. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the 
Fund's distributor (``Distributor''). The Bank of New York Mellon is 
the administrator, custodian and fund accounting and transfer agent for 
the Fund.
    The Exchange is submitting this proposed rule change (1) to permit 
the continued listing and trading of Shares of the Fund following a 
change to the index underlying the Fund, and (2) to propose changes to 
the index underlying the Fund and the name of the Fund, as described 
below.
    The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the 
price and yield (before fees and expenses) of The BofA Merrill Lynch 
Build America Bond Index (the ``Build America Bond Index''). The Fund 
generally invests at least 80% of its total assets in taxable municipal 
securities eligible to participate in the Build America Bond program 
created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or 
other legislation providing for the issuance of taxable municipal 
securities on which the issuer receives federal support of the interest 
paid (``Build America Bonds'') and that comprise the Build America Bond 
Index. The Build America Bond Index is designed to track the 
performance of U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade taxable 
municipal debt publicly issued under the Build America Bond program by 
U.S. states and territories, and their political subdivisions, in the 
U.S. market. Qualifying securities must have a minimum amount 
outstanding of $1 million, at least 18 months remaining term to final 
maturity at the time of issuance and at least one year remaining term 
to final maturity, a fixed coupon schedule and an investment grade 
rating (based on an average of Moody's Investors Services, Inc. 
(``Moody's''), Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill 
Company, Inc. (``S&P'') and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (``Fitch'').
    As described below, the Trust has proposed to change the index 
underlying the Fund to the BofA Merrill Lynch US Taxable Municipal 
Securities Plus Index (the ``New Index'') and to change the name of the 
Fund to PowerShares Taxable Municipal Bond Portfolio. The New Index 
does not meet the generic listing criteria of NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
5.2(j)(3), as described below. The Exchange is submitting this proposed 
rule change to permit the continued listing of the Fund. The New Index 
meets all of the requirements of the generic listing criteria of NYSE 
Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), except for those set forth in Commentary 
.02(a)(2).\7\ Specifically, as of February 4, 2016, approximately 
60.51% of the New Index weight was composed of individual maturities of 
$100 million or more (determined at the time of issuance).
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    \7\ Commentary .02(a)(2) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) 
provides that components that in the aggregate account for at least 
75% of the weight of the index or portfolio each shall have a 
minimum original principal amount outstanding of $100 million or 
more.
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Changes to Index Underlying the Fund
    As stated in the Registration Statement, the Fund currently has a 
non-fundamental policy to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus 
the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in Build America 
Bonds. Moreover, as stated in the Registration Statement, the Fund 
complies with that non-fundamental policy because it also is required 
generally to invest at least 80% of the value of its total assets in 
the Build America Bonds that comprise the Build America Bond Index, in 
accordance with the terms of the relief set forth in the Trust's 
Exemptive Order.
    However, in response to a changing market environment that includes 
a reduction in the number of Build America Bonds, the Adviser has 
proposed that the Fund's underlying index be changed from one that is 
focused on Build America Bonds to one that is more broadly focused on 
taxable municipal debt in general, and which may include Build America 
Bonds. Changing the Fund's underlying index would require changing the 
non-fundamental policy set forth above; accordingly, before the Fund 
can change its underlying index, the Registration Statement states that 
the Fund's board of trustees (the ``Board'') must approve the 
underlying index change, and the Fund must provide shareholders with 
sixty days written notice of the change.
    Thus, after this proposed rule change is approved, the Trust 
represents that it intends to seek to obtain Board approval and provide 
the requisite shareholder notice. Subject to that Board approval and 
shareholder notice, the Fund intends to change its underlying index to 
one that is composed of taxable municipal securities, including both 
Build America Bonds and non-Build America Bonds. Following such change, 
the proposed underlying index for the Fund will be the New Index.
    According to the Trust, the change in Fund's underlying index is 
designed to

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enable the Fund to expand its range of investments in light of a 
diminishing supply of Build America Bonds; otherwise, there is no other 
change to the Fund's investment strategies or objective. After such 
change, the Fund's investment objective will be to seek investment 
results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the 
price and yield of the New Index.
    In addition, the Fund will adopt a new non-fundamental investment 
policy to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for 
investment purposes) in taxable municipal securities. In addition, the 
Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the 
securities that will compose the New Index, in accordance with the 
terms of the Trust's Exemptive Order. However, the Fund may invest up 
to 20% of its total assets in securities not included in the New Index, 
in money market instruments, including repurchase agreements or other 
funds that invest exclusively in money market instruments (subject to 
applicable limitations under the 1940 Act or exemptions therefrom), 
convertible securities and structured notes (notes on which the amount 
of principal repayment and interest payments is based on the movement 
of one or more specified factors, such as the movement of a particular 
security or securities index), all to the extent that the Adviser 
believes investment in such instruments will facilitate the Fund's 
ability to achieve its new investment objective. In addition, the Fund 
intends to change its name to PowerShares Taxable Municipal Bond 
Portfolio.\8\
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    \8\ The changes described herein with respect to use of the New 
Index will be effective upon: (1) Approval by the Trust's Board; (2) 
shareholders' receipt of sixty days written notice of the proposed 
change; and (3) completing a filing with the Commission of another 
amendment to the Trust's Registration Statement, or a prospectus 
supplement reflecting these changes. The Adviser represents that the 
Adviser has managed and will continue to manage the Fund in the 
manner described in the Registration Statement and will not 
implement the changes described herein until this proposed rule 
change is operative.
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Description of the New Index \9\
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    \9\ The description of the New Index is based on information 
provided by Bank of America (``BofA'') Merrill Lynch. BofA Merrill 
Lynch is the ``Index Provider'' with respect to the Underlying Index 
and the New Index. The Index Provider is a broker-dealer and has 
implemented a firewall with respect to and will maintain procedures 
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material non-public 
information regarding the New Index.
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    The New Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated 
taxable municipal debt publicly issued by U.S. states and territories, 
and their political subdivisions, in the U.S. domestic market. 
Qualifying securities must be subject to U.S. federal taxes and must 
have at least 18 months to maturity at point of issuance, at least one 
year remaining term to final maturity, a fixed coupon schedule 
(including zero coupon bonds) and an investment grade rating (based on 
an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch). The call date on which a pre-
refunded bond will be redeemed is used for purposes of determining 
qualification with respect to final maturity requirements. For Build 
America Bonds the minimum amount outstanding is $1 million, and only 
``direct pay'' (i.e., a direct federal subsidy is paid to the issuer) 
securities qualify for inclusion. ``Tax-Credit'' (i.e., where the 
investor receives a tax credit on the interest payments) Build America 
Bonds are excluded. For all other securities, minimum size requirements 
vary based on the initial term to final maturity at time of issuance. 
Securities with an initial term to final maturity greater than or equal 
to one year and less than five years must have a current amount 
outstanding of at least $10 million. Securities with an initial term to 
final maturity greater than or equal to five years and less than ten 
years must have a current amount outstanding of at least $15 million. 
Securities with an initial term to final maturity of ten years or more 
must have a current amount outstanding of at least $25 million. Local 
bonds issued by U.S. territories within their jurisdictions that are 
tax exempt within the U.S. territory but not elsewhere are excluded 
from the New Index. All Rule 144A securities, both with and without 
registration rights, and securities in legal default are excluded from 
the New Index. New Index constituents are capitalization-weighted based 
on their current amount outstanding times the market price plus accrued 
interest. Accrued interest is calculated assuming next-day settlement. 
Cash flows from bond payments that are received during the month are 
retained in the index until the end of the month and then are removed 
as part of the rebalancing. Cash does not earn any reinvestment income 
while it is held in the New Index.\10\ The index is rebalanced on the 
last calendar day of the month, based on information available up to 
and including the third business day before the last business day of 
the month. No changes are made to constituent holdings other than on 
month end rebalancing dates.
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    \10\ Information concerning constituent bond prices, timing and 
conventions is provided in the BofA Merrill Lynch Bond Index Guide, 
which can be accessed on Bloomberg (IND2[go], 4[go]) [sic].
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    As of February 4, 2016, approximately 84.39% of the weight of the 
New Index components was composed of individual maturities that were 
part of an entire municipal bond offering with a minimum original 
principal amount outstanding of $100 million or more for all maturities 
of the offering. In addition, as of February 4, 2016, the total dollar 
amount outstanding of issues in the New Index was approximately 
$281,589,346,769 and the average dollar amount outstanding of issues in 
the New Index was approximately $27,808,547. Further, the most heavily 
weighted component represents 2.27% of the weight of the Index and the 
five most heavily weighted components represent 6.33% of the weight of 
the New Index.\11\ Therefore, the Exchange believes that, 
notwithstanding that the New Index does not satisfy the criterion in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02(a)(2), the New Index 
is sufficiently broad-based to deter potential manipulation, given that 
it is composed of approximately 10,126 issues and 1,811 unique issuers. 
In addition, the New Index securities are sufficiently liquid to deter 
manipulation in that a substantial portion (84.39%) of the New Index 
weight is composed of maturities that are part of a minimum original 
principal amount outstanding of $100 million or more for all the 
maturities of the offering, and in view of the substantial total dollar 
amount outstanding and the average dollar amount outstanding of New 
Index issues, as referenced above.
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    \11\ Commentary .02(a)(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) 
provides that no component fixed-income security (excluding Treasury 
Securities and GSE Securities, as defined therein) shall represent 
more than 30% of the weight of the index or portfolio, and the five 
most heavily weighted component fixed-income securities in the index 
or portfolio shall not in the aggregate account for more than 65% of 
the weight of the index or portfolio.
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    All components of the New Index have at least an investment grade 
composite rating of BBB3 or higher (based on an average of S&P, Moody's 
and Fitch).
    The Exchange represents that: (1) With respect to the New Index, 
except for Commentary .02(a)(2) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), 
the Shares of the New Index currently satisfy all of the generic 
listing standards under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3); (2) the 
continued listing standards under NYSE Arca Equities Rules 5.2(j)(3) 
and 5.5(g)(2) applicable to Units shall apply to the Shares of the 
Fund; and (3) the Trust is required to comply with Rule 10A-3 \12\ 
under the Act for the initial and continued listing of the Shares of 
the Fund. In addition, the Exchange

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represents that the Shares of the Fund will comply with all other 
requirements applicable to Units including, but not limited to, 
requirements relating to the dissemination of key information such as 
the value of the New Index and the applicable Intraday Indicative Value 
(``IIV''),\13\ rules governing the trading of equity securities, 
trading hours, trading halts, surveillance, information barriers and 
the Information Bulletin to Equity Trading Permit Holders (``ETP 
Holders''), as set forth in Exchange rules applicable to Units and 
prior Commission orders approving the generic listing rules applicable 
to the listing and trading of Units.\14\
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    \12\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.
    \13\ The IIV will be widely disseminated by one or more major 
market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Exchange's 
Core Trading Session of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern time. 
Currently, it is the Exchange's understanding that several major 
market data vendors display and/or make widely available IIVs taken 
from the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') or other data 
feeds.
    \14\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 55783 (May 
17, 2007), 72 FR 29194 (May 24, 2007) (SR-NYSEArca-2007-36) (order 
approving NYSE Arca generic listing standards for Units based on a 
fixed income index); 44551 (July 12, 2001), 66 FR 37716 (July 19, 
2001) (SR-PCX-2001-14) (order approving generic listing standards 
for Units and Portfolio Depositary Receipts); 41983 (October 6, 
1999), 64 FR 56008 (October 15, 1999) (SR-PCX-98-29) (order 
approving rules for listing and trading of Units).
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    The current value of the New Index is widely disseminated by one or 
more major market data vendors at least once per day, as required by 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02(b)(ii). The IIV for 
Shares of the Fund is disseminated by one or more major market data 
vendors, updated at least every 15 seconds during the Exchange's Core 
Trading Session, as required by NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), 
Commentary .02(c). The components and percentage weightings of the New 
Index are also available from major market data vendors. In addition, 
the portfolio of securities held by the Fund is disclosed daily on the 
Fund's Web site at www.invescopowershares.com.
2. Statutory Basis
    The basis under the Act for this proposed rule change is the 
requirement under Section 6(b)(5) \15\ that an exchange have rules that 
are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, 
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market 
and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed to 
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the 
Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the 
initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
5.2(j)(3). The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be 
subject to the existing trading surveillances, administered by the 
Exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') on 
behalf of the Exchange, which are designed to detect violations of 
Exchange rules and federal securities laws applicable to trading on the 
Exchange.\16\ The Exchange represents that these procedures are 
adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading of the Shares in all 
trading sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules 
and federal securities laws applicable to trading on the Exchange. The 
Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as 
needed regarding trading in the Shares with other markets that are 
members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG''). In addition, 
the Exchange will communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares 
with other markets that are members of the ISG or with which the 
Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. 
The Index Provider is a broker-dealer and has implemented a firewall 
and will maintain procedures designed to prevent the use and 
dissemination of material non-public information regarding the New 
Index.
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    \16\ FINRA conducts cross-market surveillances on behalf of the 
Exchange pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The Exchange 
is responsible for FINRA's performance under this regulatory 
services agreement.
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    As discussed above, the Exchange believes that the New Index is 
sufficiently broad-based to deter potential manipulation. As of 
February 4, 2016, approximately 84.39% of the weight of the New Index 
components was composed of individual maturities that were part of an 
entire municipal bond offering with a minimum original principal amount 
outstanding of $100 million or more for all maturities of the offering. 
In addition, as of February 4, 2016, the total dollar amount 
outstanding of issues in the New Index was approximately 
$281,589,346,769 and the average dollar amount outstanding of issues in 
the Index was approximately $27,808,547. Further, the most heavily 
weighted component represents 2.27% of the weight of the New Index and 
the five most heavily weighted components represent 6.33% of the weight 
of the New Index.\17\ Therefore, the Exchange believes that, 
notwithstanding that the New Index does not satisfy the criterion in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02(a)(2), the Index is 
sufficiently broad-based to deter potential manipulation, given that it 
is composed of approximately 10,126 issues and 1,811 unique issuers. In 
addition, the New Index securities are sufficiently liquid to deter 
manipulation in that a substantial portion (84.39%) of the New Index 
weight is composed of maturities that are part of a minimum original 
principal amount outstanding of $100 million or more for all the 
maturities of the offering, and in view of the substantial total dollar 
amount outstanding and the average dollar amount outstanding of New 
Index issues, as referenced above.
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    \17\ Commentary .02(a)(4) to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3) 
provides that no component fixed-income security (excluding Treasury 
Securities and GSE Securities, as defined therein) shall represent 
more than 30% of the weight of the index or portfolio, and the five 
most heavily weighted component fixed-income securities in the index 
or portfolio shall not in the aggregate account for more than 65% of 
the weight of the index or portfolio.
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    The New Index value, calculated and disseminated at least once 
daily, as well as the components of the Index and their percentage 
weightings, will be available from major market data vendors. In 
addition, the portfolio of securities held by the Fund will be 
disclosed on the Fund's Web site. The IIV for Shares of the Fund will 
be disseminated by one or more major market data vendors, updated at 
least every 15 seconds during the Exchange's Core Trading Session.
    The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in 
that a large amount of information is publicly available regarding the 
Fund and the Shares, thereby promoting market transparency. The Fund's 
portfolio holdings will be disclosed on the Fund's Web site daily after 
the close of trading on the Exchange and prior to the opening of 
trading on the Exchange the following day. Moreover, the IIV for Shares 
of the Fund will be widely disseminated by one or more major market 
data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Exchange's Core 
Trading Session. The current value of the New Index will be 
disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at least once per 
day. Information regarding market price and trading volume of the 
Shares will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout 
the day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic services, and 
quotation and last sale information will be available via the CTA high-
speed line. The Web site for the Fund will include the prospectus for 
the Fund and additional data relating to

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net asset value (``NAV'') and other applicable quantitative 
information. Moreover, prior to the commencement of trading, the 
Exchange will inform its ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin of the 
special characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. 
If the Exchange becomes aware that the NAV is not being disseminated to 
all market participants at the same time, it will halt trading in the 
Shares until such time as the NAV is available to all market 
participants. With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider 
all relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares of the Fund. Trading also may be halted because 
of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, 
make trading in the Shares inadvisable. If the applicable IIV, and the 
New Index value are not being disseminated as required, the Corporation 
may halt trading during the day in which the interruption to the 
dissemination of the IIV or New Index value occurs. If the interruption 
to the dissemination of the IIV or New Index value persists past the 
trading day in which it occurred, the Corporation will halt trading. 
Trading in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker 
parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached or because 
of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, 
make trading in the Shares inadvisable, and trading in the Shares will 
be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34, which sets forth 
circumstances under which Shares of the Fund may be halted. In 
addition, investors will have ready access to information regarding the 
applicable IIV, and quotation and last sale information for the Shares. 
Trade price and other information relating to municipal bonds is 
available through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's 
Electronic Municipal Market Access (``EMMA'') system.
    All statements and representations made in this filing regarding 
(a) the description of the Fund's portfolio, (b) limitations on 
portfolio holdings or reference assets, or (c) the applicability of 
Exchange rules and surveillance procedures shall constitute continued 
listing requirements for listing the Shares on the Exchange. The 
Adviser has represented to the Exchange that it will advise the 
Exchange of any failure by the Fund to comply with the continued 
listing requirements, and, pursuant to its obligations under Section 
19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange will monitor for compliance with the 
continued listing requirements. If the Fund is not in compliance with 
the applicable listing requirements, the Exchange will commence 
delisting procedures under NYSE Arca Rule 5.5(m).
    The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the 
public interest in that it will facilitate the continued listing and 
trading of exchange-traded products that principally hold municipal 
bonds and that will enhance competition among market participants, to 
the benefit of investors and the marketplace. The Exchange has in place 
surveillance procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may 
obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG 
or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive 
surveillance sharing agreement. In addition, investors will have ready 
access to information regarding the IIV and quotation and last sale 
information for the Shares.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purpose of the Act. The Exchange notes that the 
proposed rule change will facilitate the continued listing and trading 
of an exchange-traded product that holds municipal securities and will 
enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of 
investors and the marketplace.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

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 (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-62 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-NYSEArca-2016-62. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://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 Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2016-62 and should 
be submitted on or before June 13, 2016.


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                                                Value, the Disclosed Portfolio, and                     IV. Solicitation of Comments                            For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                quotation and last sale information for                                                                       Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                the Shares.                                               Interested persons are invited to                   authority.29
                                                                                                        submit written data, views, and                       Robert W. Errett,
                                                   The proposed rule change is designed
                                                                                                        arguments concerning the foregoing,                   Deputy Secretary.
                                                to perfect the mechanism of a free and
                                                open market and, in general, to protect                 including whether the proposed rule                   [FR Doc. 2016–12014 Filed 5–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                investors and the public interest in that               change is consistent with the Act.                    BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                it will facilitate the listing and trading              Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                of an additional type of actively-                      the following methods:
                                                managed exchange-traded product that                                                                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                                                                        Electronic Comments                                   COMMISSION
                                                will enhance competition among market
                                                participants, to the benefit of investors                 • Use the Commission’s Internet                     [Release No. 34–77849; File No. SR–
                                                and the marketplace. As noted above,                    comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                     NYSEArca–2016–62]
                                                the Exchange has in place surveillance                  rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                procedures that are adequate to properly                                                                      Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
                                                                                                          • Send an email to rule-comments@                   Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed
                                                monitor trading in the Shares in all                    sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                trading sessions and to deter and detect                                                                      Rule Change Relating to a Change to
                                                                                                        NYSEArca–2016–64 on the subject line.                 the Underlying Index for the
                                                violations of Exchange rules and
                                                applicable federal securities laws. In                  Paper Comments                                        PowerShares Build America Bond
                                                addition, as noted above, investors will                                                                      Portfolio
                                                have ready access to information                          • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                                                                                                                              May 17, 2016.
                                                regarding the Fund’s holdings, the                      to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                                                                        Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                            Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the
                                                Portfolio Indicative Value, the Disclosed
                                                                                                        Washington, DC 20549–1090.                            Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
                                                Portfolio, and quotation and last sale
                                                                                                                                                              ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3
                                                information for the Shares.                             All submissions should refer to File                  notice is hereby given that, on May 3,
                                                B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       Number SR–NYSEArca–2016–64. This                      2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’
                                                Statement on Burden on Competition                      file number should be included on the                 or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with the
                                                                                                        subject line if email is used. To help the            Securities and Exchange Commission
                                                  The Exchange does not believe that                    Commission process and review your                    (the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
                                                the proposed rule change will impose                                                                          change as described in Items I and II
                                                                                                        comments more efficiently, please use
                                                any burden on competition that is not                                                                         below, which Items have been prepared
                                                                                                        only one method. The Commission will
                                                necessary or appropriate in furtherance                                                                       by the self-regulatory organization. The
                                                of the purpose of the Act. The Exchange                 post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                                                                        Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                Commission is publishing this notice to
                                                notes that the proposed rule change will                                                                      solicit comments on the proposed rule
                                                facilitate the listing and trading of an                rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                                                                        submission, all subsequent                            change from interested persons.
                                                additional type of actively-managed
                                                exchange-traded product that primarily                  amendments, all written statements                    I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                holds equity securities and that will                   with respect to the proposed rule                     Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                enhance competition among market                        change that are filed with the                        the Proposed Rule Change
                                                participants, to the benefit of investors               Commission, and all written                             The Exchange proposes to: (1) Permit
                                                and the marketplace.                                    communications relating to the                        the continued listing and trading of
                                                                                                        proposed rule change between the                      shares of the PowerShares Build
                                                C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                        Commission and any person, other than                 America Bond Portfolio (the ‘‘Fund’’)
                                                Statement on Comments on the
                                                                                                        those that may be withheld from the                   following a change to the index
                                                Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                Members, Participants, or Others                        public in accordance with the                         underlying the Fund, and (2) propose
                                                                                                        provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                   changes to the index underlying the
                                                  No written comments were solicited                    available for Web site viewing and                    Fund and the name of the Fund, as
                                                or received with respect to the proposed                printing in the Commission’s Public                   described below. The proposed rule
                                                rule change.                                            Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                     change is available on the Exchange’s
                                                III. Date of Effectiveness of the                       Washington, DC 20549 on official                      Web site at www.nyse.com, at the
                                                Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                     business days between the hours of                    principal office of the Exchange, and at
                                                Commission Action                                       10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                the Commission’s Public Reference
                                                                                                        filing also will be available for                     Room.
                                                  Within 45 days of the date of                         inspection and copying at the principal               II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                publication of this notice in the Federal               office of the Exchange. All comments                  Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                Register or within such longer period                   received will be posted without change;               Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may                 the Commission does not edit personal                 Change
                                                designate if it finds such longer period                identifying information from
                                                to be appropriate and publishes its                                                                             In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                                                                        submissions. You should submit only
                                                reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which                                                                    self-regulatory organization included
                                                                                                        information that you wish to make
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                                                the self-regulatory organization                                                                              statements concerning the purpose of,
                                                                                                        available publicly. All submissions
                                                consents, the Commission will:                                                                                and basis for, the proposed rule change
                                                                                                        should refer to File Number SR–                       and discussed any comments it received
                                                  (A) By order approve or disapprove                    NYSEArca–2016–64 and should be
                                                the proposed rule change, or                            submitted on or before June 13, 2016.                   29 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
                                                  (B) institute proceedings to determine                                                                        1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                whether the proposed rule change                                                                                2 15 U.S.C. 78a.

                                                should be disapproved.                                                                                          3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.




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                                                on the proposed rule change. The text                      Invesco PowerShares Capital                        continued listing of the Fund. The New
                                                of those statements may be examined at                  Management LLC is the investment                      Index meets all of the requirements of
                                                the places specified in Item IV below.                  adviser (‘‘Adviser’’) for the Fund.                   the generic listing criteria of NYSE Arca
                                                The Exchange has prepared summaries,                    Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the Fund’s              Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), except for those
                                                set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                distributor (‘‘Distributor’’). The Bank of            set forth in Commentary .02(a)(2).7
                                                of the most significant parts of such                   New York Mellon is the administrator,                 Specifically, as of February 4, 2016,
                                                statements.                                             custodian and fund accounting and                     approximately 60.51% of the New Index
                                                                                                        transfer agent for the Fund.                          weight was composed of individual
                                                A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                           The Exchange is submitting this                    maturities of $100 million or more
                                                Statement of the Purpose of, and the
                                                                                                        proposed rule change (1) to permit the                (determined at the time of issuance).
                                                Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                Change                                                  continued listing and trading of Shares               Changes to Index Underlying the Fund
                                                                                                        of the Fund following a change to the
                                                1. Purpose                                              index underlying the Fund, and (2) to                    As stated in the Registration
                                                                                                        propose changes to the index                          Statement, the Fund currently has a
                                                   The Exchange currently lists and
                                                                                                        underlying the Fund and the name of                   non-fundamental policy to invest at
                                                trades shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the Fund 4
                                                                                                        the Fund, as described below.                         least 80% of its net assets (plus the
                                                under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),
                                                                                                           The Fund seeks investment results                  amount of any borrowings for
                                                Commentary .02, which governs the
                                                                                                        that generally correspond to the price                investment purposes) in Build America
                                                listing and trading of Investment
                                                                                                        and yield (before fees and expenses) of               Bonds. Moreover, as stated in the
                                                Company Units (‘‘Units’’) based on fixed
                                                                                                        The BofA Merrill Lynch Build America                  Registration Statement, the Fund
                                                income securities indexes.5 The Fund is
                                                                                                        Bond Index (the ‘‘Build America Bond                  complies with that non-fundamental
                                                a series of the PowerShares Exchange-
                                                                                                        Index’’). The Fund generally invests at               policy because it also is required
                                                Traded Fund Trust II (‘‘Trust’’).6
                                                                                                        least 80% of its total assets in taxable              generally to invest at least 80% of the
                                                   4 On February 26, 2016, the Trust filed a post-      municipal securities eligible to                      value of its total assets in the Build
                                                effective amendment on Form 485 under the               participate in the Build America Bond                 America Bonds that comprise the Build
                                                Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a) (‘‘1933 Act’’)   program created under the American                    America Bond Index, in accordance
                                                to its registration statement on Form N–1A under                                                              with the terms of the relief set forth in
                                                the 1933 Act and the Investment Company Act of          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
                                                1940 (‘‘1940 Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 80a–1) (File Nos. 333–   or other legislation providing for the                the Trust’s Exemptive Order.
                                                138490 and 811–21977) (the ‘‘Registration               issuance of taxable municipal securities                 However, in response to a changing
                                                Statement’’). The description of the operation of the   on which the issuer receives federal                  market environment that includes a
                                                Trust and the Fund herein is based, in part, on the
                                                                                                        support of the interest paid (‘‘Build                 reduction in the number of Build
                                                Registration Statement. In addition, the                                                                      America Bonds, the Adviser has
                                                Commission has issued an order granting certain         America Bonds’’) and that comprise the
                                                                                                                                                              proposed that the Fund’s underlying
                                                exemptive relief to the Trust under the 1940 Act.       Build America Bond Index. The Build
                                                See Investment Company Act Release No. 27841                                                                  index be changed from one that is
                                                                                                        America Bond Index is designed to track
                                                (May 25, 2007) (File No. 812–13335) (‘‘Exemptive                                                              focused on Build America Bonds to one
                                                Order’’).                                               the performance of U.S. dollar-
                                                                                                                                                              that is more broadly focused on taxable
                                                   5 The PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio       denominated investment grade taxable
                                                                                                                                                              municipal debt in general, and which
                                                was initially listed on the Exchange on November        municipal debt publicly issued under
                                                17, 2009 pursuant to the generic listing criteria of                                                          may include Build America Bonds.
                                                                                                        the Build America Bond program by
                                                Commentary .02 to NYSE Arca Equities Rule                                                                     Changing the Fund’s underlying index
                                                                                                        U.S. states and territories, and their
                                                5.2(j)(3).                                                                                                    would require changing the non-
                                                   6 The Commission previously has approved a           political subdivisions, in the U.S.
                                                                                                                                                              fundamental policy set forth above;
                                                proposed rule change relating to listing and trading    market. Qualifying securities must have
                                                                                                                                                              accordingly, before the Fund can change
                                                on the Exchange of Units based on municipal bond        a minimum amount outstanding of $1
                                                indexes. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.                                                             its underlying index, the Registration
                                                                                                        million, at least 18 months remaining
                                                75376 (July 7, 2015), 80 FR 40113 (July 13, 2015)                                                             Statement states that the Fund’s board
                                                (SR–NYSEArca–2015–18) (order approving listing          term to final maturity at the time of
                                                                                                                                                              of trustees (the ‘‘Board’’) must approve
                                                and trading of Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index           issuance and at least one year remaining
                                                                                                                                                              the underlying index change, and the
                                                Fund under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),           term to final maturity, a fixed coupon
                                                Commentary .02); 71232 (January 3, 2014), 79 FR                                                               Fund must provide shareholders with
                                                                                                        schedule and an investment grade rating
                                                1662 (January 9, 2014) (SR–NYSEArca–2013–118)                                                                 sixty days written notice of the change.
                                                (order approving listing and trading of Market          (based on an average of Moody’s                          Thus, after this proposed rule change
                                                Vectors Short High-Yield Municipal Index ETF            Investors Services, Inc. (‘‘Moody’s’’),               is approved, the Trust represents that it
                                                under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),                Standard & Poor’s, a division of The                  intends to seek to obtain Board approval
                                                Commentary .02); 63881 (February 9, 2011), 76 FR        McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. (‘‘S&P’’)
                                                9065 (February 16, 2011) (SR–NYSEArca–2010–                                                                   and provide the requisite shareholder
                                                120) (order approving listing and trading of SPDR       and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (‘‘Fitch’’).                  notice. Subject to that Board approval
                                                Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF Fund              As described below, the Trust has
                                                                                                                                                              and shareholder notice, the Fund
                                                under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),                proposed to change the index
                                                Commentary .02); 67985 (October 4, 2012), 77 FR                                                               intends to change its underlying index
                                                                                                        underlying the Fund to the BofA Merrill
                                                61804 (October 11, 2012) (SR–NYSEArca–2012–92)                                                                to one that is composed of taxable
                                                                                                        Lynch US Taxable Municipal Securities
                                                (order approving proposed rule change relating to                                                             municipal securities, including both
                                                the listing and trading of iShares 2018 S&P AMT-        Plus Index (the ‘‘New Index’’) and to
                                                                                                                                                              Build America Bonds and non-Build
                                                Free Municipal Series and iShares 2019 S&P AMT-         change the name of the Fund to
                                                Free Municipal Series under NYSE Arca Equities                                                                America Bonds. Following such change,
                                                                                                        PowerShares Taxable Municipal Bond
                                                Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02)); 75468 (July 16,                                                             the proposed underlying index for the
                                                                                                        Portfolio. The New Index does not meet
                                                2015), 80 FR 43500 (July 22, 2015) (SR–NYSEArca–                                                              Fund will be the New Index.
                                                2015–25) (order approving proposed rule change          the generic listing criteria of NYSE Arca                According to the Trust, the change in
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                                                relating to the listing and trading of iShares iBonds   Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), as described                 Fund’s underlying index is designed to
                                                Dec 2021 AMT Free Municipal Bond ETF and                below. The Exchange is submitting this
                                                iShares iBonds Dec 2022 AMT-Free Municipal
                                                Bond ETF under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),       proposed rule change to permit the                      7 Commentary .02(a)(2) to NYSE Arca Equities

                                                Commentary .02); 72464 (June 25, 2014), 79 FR                                                                 Rule 5.2(j)(3) provides that components that in the
                                                37373 (July 1, 2014) (SR–NYSEArca–2014–45)              Portfolio, PowerShares Insured National Municipal     aggregate account for at least 75% of the weight of
                                                (order approving proposed rule change governing         Bond Portfolio and PowerShares Insured New York       the index or portfolio each shall have a minimum
                                                the continued listing and trading of Shares of the      Municipal Bond Portfolio under NYSE Arca              original principal amount outstanding of $100
                                                PowerShares Insured California Municipal Bond           Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary .02).             million or more.



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                                                enable the Fund to expand its range of                  must be subject to U.S. federal taxes and             components was composed of
                                                investments in light of a diminishing                   must have at least 18 months to                       individual maturities that were part of
                                                supply of Build America Bonds;                          maturity at point of issuance, at least               an entire municipal bond offering with
                                                otherwise, there is no other change to                  one year remaining term to final                      a minimum original principal amount
                                                the Fund’s investment strategies or                     maturity, a fixed coupon schedule                     outstanding of $100 million or more for
                                                objective. After such change, the Fund’s                (including zero coupon bonds) and an                  all maturities of the offering. In
                                                investment objective will be to seek                    investment grade rating (based on an                  addition, as of February 4, 2016, the
                                                investment results that generally                       average of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch). The               total dollar amount outstanding of
                                                correspond (before fees and expenses) to                call date on which a pre-refunded bond                issues in the New Index was
                                                the price and yield of the New Index.                   will be redeemed is used for purposes                 approximately $281,589,346,769 and
                                                  In addition, the Fund will adopt a                    of determining qualification with                     the average dollar amount outstanding
                                                new non-fundamental investment                          respect to final maturity requirements.               of issues in the New Index was
                                                policy to invest at least 80% of its net                For Build America Bonds the minimum                   approximately $27,808,547. Further, the
                                                assets (plus borrowings for investment                  amount outstanding is $1 million, and                 most heavily weighted component
                                                purposes) in taxable municipal                          only ‘‘direct pay’’ (i.e., a direct federal           represents 2.27% of the weight of the
                                                securities. In addition, the Fund                       subsidy is paid to the issuer) securities             Index and the five most heavily
                                                generally will invest at least 80% of its               qualify for inclusion. ‘‘Tax-Credit’’ (i.e.,          weighted components represent 6.33%
                                                total assets in the securities that will                where the investor receives a tax credit              of the weight of the New Index.11
                                                compose the New Index, in accordance                    on the interest payments) Build America               Therefore, the Exchange believes that,
                                                with the terms of the Trust’s Exemptive                 Bonds are excluded. For all other                     notwithstanding that the New Index
                                                Order. However, the Fund may invest                     securities, minimum size requirements                 does not satisfy the criterion in NYSE
                                                up to 20% of its total assets in securities             vary based on the initial term to final               Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),
                                                not included in the New Index, in                       maturity at time of issuance. Securities              Commentary .02(a)(2), the New Index is
                                                money market instruments, including                     with an initial term to final maturity                sufficiently broad-based to deter
                                                repurchase agreements or other funds                    greater than or equal to one year and                 potential manipulation, given that it is
                                                that invest exclusively in money market                 less than five years must have a current              composed of approximately 10,126
                                                instruments (subject to applicable                      amount outstanding of at least $10                    issues and 1,811 unique issuers. In
                                                limitations under the 1940 Act or                       million. Securities with an initial term              addition, the New Index securities are
                                                exemptions therefrom), convertible                      to final maturity greater than or equal to            sufficiently liquid to deter manipulation
                                                securities and structured notes (notes on               five years and less than ten years must               in that a substantial portion (84.39%) of
                                                which the amount of principal                           have a current amount outstanding of at               the New Index weight is composed of
                                                repayment and interest payments is                      least $15 million. Securities with an                 maturities that are part of a minimum
                                                based on the movement of one or more                    initial term to final maturity of ten years           original principal amount outstanding
                                                specified factors, such as the movement                 or more must have a current amount                    of $100 million or more for all the
                                                of a particular security or securities                  outstanding of at least $25 million.                  maturities of the offering, and in view
                                                index), all to the extent that the Adviser              Local bonds issued by U.S. territories                of the substantial total dollar amount
                                                believes investment in such instruments                 within their jurisdictions that are tax               outstanding and the average dollar
                                                will facilitate the Fund’s ability to                   exempt within the U.S. territory but not              amount outstanding of New Index
                                                achieve its new investment objective. In                elsewhere are excluded from the New                   issues, as referenced above.
                                                addition, the Fund intends to change its                Index. All Rule 144A securities, both                    All components of the New Index
                                                name to PowerShares Taxable                             with and without registration rights, and             have at least an investment grade
                                                Municipal Bond Portfolio.8                              securities in legal default are excluded              composite rating of BBB3 or higher
                                                Description of the New Index 9                          from the New Index. New Index                         (based on an average of S&P, Moody’s
                                                  The New Index tracks the                              constituents are capitalization-weighted              and Fitch).
                                                performance of U.S. dollar denominated                  based on their current amount                            The Exchange represents that: (1)
                                                taxable municipal debt publicly issued                  outstanding times the market price plus               With respect to the New Index, except
                                                by U.S. states and territories, and their               accrued interest. Accrued interest is                 for Commentary .02(a)(2) to NYSE Arca
                                                political subdivisions, in the U.S.                     calculated assuming next-day                          Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), the Shares of the
                                                domestic market. Qualifying securities                  settlement. Cash flows from bond                      New Index currently satisfy all of the
                                                                                                        payments that are received during the                 generic listing standards under NYSE
                                                  8 The changes described herein with respect to        month are retained in the index until                 Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3); (2) the
                                                use of the New Index will be effective upon: (1)        the end of the month and then are                     continued listing standards under NYSE
                                                Approval by the Trust’s Board; (2) shareholders’        removed as part of the rebalancing. Cash              Arca Equities Rules 5.2(j)(3) and
                                                receipt of sixty days written notice of the proposed    does not earn any reinvestment income                 5.5(g)(2) applicable to Units shall apply
                                                change; and (3) completing a filing with the
                                                Commission of another amendment to the Trust’s
                                                                                                        while it is held in the New Index.10 The              to the Shares of the Fund; and (3) the
                                                Registration Statement, or a prospectus supplement      index is rebalanced on the last calendar              Trust is required to comply with Rule
                                                reflecting these changes. The Adviser represents        day of the month, based on information                10A–3 12 under the Act for the initial
                                                that the Adviser has managed and will continue to       available up to and including the third               and continued listing of the Shares of
                                                manage the Fund in the manner described in the
                                                Registration Statement and will not implement the
                                                                                                        business day before the last business                 the Fund. In addition, the Exchange
                                                changes described herein until this proposed rule       day of the month. No changes are made
                                                change is operative.                                    to constituent holdings other than on                   11 Commentary .02(a)(4) to NYSE Arca Equities
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                                                  9 The description of the New Index is based on
                                                                                                        month end rebalancing dates.                          Rule 5.2(j)(3) provides that no component fixed-
                                                information provided by Bank of America (‘‘BofA’’)                                                            income security (excluding Treasury Securities and
                                                                                                           As of February 4, 2016, approximately              GSE Securities, as defined therein) shall represent
                                                Merrill Lynch. BofA Merrill Lynch is the ‘‘Index
                                                Provider’’ with respect to the Underlying Index and     84.39% of the weight of the New Index                 more than 30% of the weight of the index or
                                                the New Index. The Index Provider is a broker-                                                                portfolio, and the five most heavily weighted
                                                dealer and has implemented a firewall with respect        10 Information concerning constituent bond          component fixed-income securities in the index or
                                                to and will maintain procedures designed to             prices, timing and conventions is provided in the     portfolio shall not in the aggregate account for more
                                                prevent the use and dissemination of material non-      BofA Merrill Lynch Bond Index Guide, which can        than 65% of the weight of the index or portfolio.
                                                public information regarding the New Index.             be accessed on Bloomberg (IND2[go], 4[go]) [sic].       12 17 CFR 240.10A–3.




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                                                represents that the Shares of the Fund                  acts and practices in that the Shares will            Therefore, the Exchange believes that,
                                                will comply with all other requirements                 be listed and traded on the Exchange                  notwithstanding that the New Index
                                                applicable to Units including, but not                  pursuant to the initial and continued                 does not satisfy the criterion in NYSE
                                                limited to, requirements relating to the                listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities                Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),
                                                dissemination of key information such                   Rule 5.2(j)(3). The Exchange represents               Commentary .02(a)(2), the Index is
                                                as the value of the New Index and the                   that trading in the Shares will be subject            sufficiently broad-based to deter
                                                applicable Intraday Indicative Value                    to the existing trading surveillances,                potential manipulation, given that it is
                                                (‘‘IIV’’),13 rules governing the trading of             administered by the Exchange or the                   composed of approximately 10,126
                                                equity securities, trading hours, trading               Financial Industry Regulatory Authority               issues and 1,811 unique issuers. In
                                                halts, surveillance, information barriers               (‘‘FINRA’’) on behalf of the Exchange,                addition, the New Index securities are
                                                and the Information Bulletin to Equity                  which are designed to detect violations               sufficiently liquid to deter manipulation
                                                Trading Permit Holders (‘‘ETP                           of Exchange rules and federal securities              in that a substantial portion (84.39%) of
                                                Holders’’), as set forth in Exchange rules              laws applicable to trading on the                     the New Index weight is composed of
                                                applicable to Units and prior                           Exchange.16 The Exchange represents                   maturities that are part of a minimum
                                                Commission orders approving the                         that these procedures are adequate to                 original principal amount outstanding
                                                generic listing rules applicable to the                 properly monitor Exchange trading of                  of $100 million or more for all the
                                                listing and trading of Units.14                         the Shares in all trading sessions and to             maturities of the offering, and in view
                                                   The current value of the New Index is                deter and detect violations of Exchange               of the substantial total dollar amount
                                                widely disseminated by one or more                      rules and federal securities laws                     outstanding and the average dollar
                                                major market data vendors at least once                 applicable to trading on the Exchange.                amount outstanding of New Index
                                                per day, as required by NYSE Arca                       The Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of                   issues, as referenced above.
                                                Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), Commentary                     the Exchange, will communicate as                        The New Index value, calculated and
                                                .02(b)(ii). The IIV for Shares of the Fund              needed regarding trading in the Shares                disseminated at least once daily, as well
                                                is disseminated by one or more major                    with other markets that are members of                as the components of the Index and
                                                market data vendors, updated at least                   the Intermarket Surveillance Group                    their percentage weightings, will be
                                                every 15 seconds during the Exchange’s                  (‘‘ISG’’). In addition, the Exchange will             available from major market data
                                                Core Trading Session, as required by                    communicate as needed regarding                       vendors. In addition, the portfolio of
                                                NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3),                      trading in the Shares with other markets              securities held by the Fund will be
                                                Commentary .02(c). The components                       that are members of the ISG or with                   disclosed on the Fund’s Web site. The
                                                and percentage weightings of the New                    which the Exchange has in place a                     IIV for Shares of the Fund will be
                                                Index are also available from major                     comprehensive surveillance sharing                    disseminated by one or more major
                                                market data vendors. In addition, the                   agreement. The Index Provider is a                    market data vendors, updated at least
                                                portfolio of securities held by the Fund                broker-dealer and has implemented a                   every 15 seconds during the Exchange’s
                                                is disclosed daily on the Fund’s Web                    firewall and will maintain procedures                 Core Trading Session.
                                                site at www.invescopowershares.com.                     designed to prevent the use and                          The proposed rule change is designed
                                                                                                        dissemination of material non-public                  to promote just and equitable principles
                                                2. Statutory Basis                                                                                            of trade and to protect investors and the
                                                                                                        information regarding the New Index.
                                                   The basis under the Act for this                        As discussed above, the Exchange                   public interest in that a large amount of
                                                proposed rule change is the requirement                 believes that the New Index is                        information is publicly available
                                                under Section 6(b)(5) 15 that an                        sufficiently broad-based to deter                     regarding the Fund and the Shares,
                                                exchange have rules that are designed to                potential manipulation. As of February                thereby promoting market transparency.
                                                prevent fraudulent and manipulative                     4, 2016, approximately 84.39% of the                  The Fund’s portfolio holdings will be
                                                acts and practices, to promote just and                                                                       disclosed on the Fund’s Web site daily
                                                                                                        weight of the New Index components
                                                equitable principles of trade, to remove                                                                      after the close of trading on the
                                                                                                        was composed of individual maturities
                                                impediments to, and perfect the                                                                               Exchange and prior to the opening of
                                                                                                        that were part of an entire municipal
                                                mechanism of a free and open market                                                                           trading on the Exchange the following
                                                                                                        bond offering with a minimum original
                                                and, in general, to protect investors and                                                                     day. Moreover, the IIV for Shares of the
                                                                                                        principal amount outstanding of $100
                                                the public interest.                                                                                          Fund will be widely disseminated by
                                                   The Exchange believes that the                       million or more for all maturities of the
                                                                                                        offering. In addition, as of February 4,              one or more major market data vendors
                                                proposed rule change is designed to                                                                           at least every 15 seconds during the
                                                prevent fraudulent and manipulative                     2016, the total dollar amount
                                                                                                        outstanding of issues in the New Index                Exchange’s Core Trading Session. The
                                                                                                        was approximately $281,589,346,769                    current value of the New Index will be
                                                   13 The IIV will be widely disseminated by one or
                                                                                                                                                              disseminated by one or more major
                                                more major market data vendors at least every 15        and the average dollar amount
                                                                                                                                                              market data vendors at least once per
                                                seconds during the Exchange’s Core Trading              outstanding of issues in the Index was
                                                Session of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern time.                                                              day. Information regarding market price
                                                                                                        approximately $27,808,547. Further, the
                                                Currently, it is the Exchange’s understanding that                                                            and trading volume of the Shares will be
                                                several major market data vendors display and/or        most heavily weighted component
                                                                                                                                                              continually available on a real-time
                                                make widely available IIVs taken from the               represents 2.27% of the weight of the
                                                                                                                                                              basis throughout the day on brokers’
                                                Consolidated Tape Association (‘‘CTA’’) or other        New Index and the five most heavily
                                                data feeds.                                                                                                   computer screens and other electronic
                                                                                                        weighted components represent 6.33%
                                                   14 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.                                                         services, and quotation and last sale
                                                                                                        of the weight of the New Index.17
                                                55783 (May 17, 2007), 72 FR 29194 (May 24, 2007)                                                              information will be available via the
                                                (SR–NYSEArca–2007–36) (order approving NYSE                                                                   CTA high-speed line. The Web site for
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                                                Arca generic listing standards for Units based on a       16 FINRA conducts cross-market surveillances on

                                                fixed income index); 44551 (July 12, 2001), 66 FR       behalf of the Exchange pursuant to a regulatory       the Fund will include the prospectus for
                                                37716 (July 19, 2001) (SR–PCX–2001–14) (order           services agreement. The Exchange is responsible for   the Fund and additional data relating to
                                                approving generic listing standards for Units and       FINRA’s performance under this regulatory services
                                                Portfolio Depositary Receipts); 41983 (October 6,       agreement.                                            more than 30% of the weight of the index or
                                                1999), 64 FR 56008 (October 15, 1999) (SR–PCX–            17 Commentary .02(a)(4) to NYSE Arca Equities
                                                                                                                                                              portfolio, and the five most heavily weighted
                                                98–29) (order approving rules for listing and trading   Rule 5.2(j)(3) provides that no component fixed-      component fixed-income securities in the index or
                                                of Units).                                              income security (excluding Treasury Securities and    portfolio shall not in the aggregate account for more
                                                   15 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                              GSE Securities, as defined therein) shall represent   than 65% of the weight of the index or portfolio.



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                                                                                Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2016 / Notices                                             32375

                                                net asset value (‘‘NAV’’) and other                     applicable listing requirements, the                  IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                applicable quantitative information.                    Exchange will commence delisting
                                                Moreover, prior to the commencement                     procedures under NYSE Arca Rule                         Interested persons are invited to
                                                of trading, the Exchange will inform its                5.5(m).                                               submit written data, views, and
                                                ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin                                                                        arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                                                                           The proposed rule change is designed               including whether the proposed rule
                                                of the special characteristics and risks                to perfect the mechanism of a free and
                                                associated with trading the Shares. If the                                                                    change is consistent with the Act.
                                                                                                        open market and, in general, to protect
                                                Exchange becomes aware that the NAV                                                                           Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                                                                        investors and the public interest in that
                                                is not being disseminated to all market                                                                       the following methods:
                                                                                                        it will facilitate the continued listing
                                                participants at the same time, it will halt
                                                                                                        and trading of exchange-traded products               Electronic Comments
                                                trading in the Shares until such time as
                                                                                                        that principally hold municipal bonds
                                                the NAV is available to all market                                                                              • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                                                                        and that will enhance competition
                                                participants. With respect to trading                                                                         comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                        among market participants, to the
                                                halts, the Exchange may consider all                                                                          rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                relevant factors in exercising its                      benefit of investors and the marketplace.
                                                discretion to halt or suspend trading in                The Exchange has in place surveillance                  • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                the Shares of the Fund. Trading also                    procedures relating to trading in the                 sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                may be halted because of market                         Shares and may obtain information via                 NYSEArca–2016–62 on the subject line.
                                                conditions or for reasons that, in the                  ISG from other exchanges that are
                                                                                                        members of ISG or with which the                      Paper Comments
                                                view of the Exchange, make trading in
                                                the Shares inadvisable. If the applicable               Exchange has entered into a                             • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                IIV, and the New Index value are not                    comprehensive surveillance sharing                    to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                being disseminated as required, the                     agreement. In addition, investors will                Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                Corporation may halt trading during the                 have ready access to information                      Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                day in which the interruption to the                    regarding the IIV and quotation and last
                                                dissemination of the IIV or New Index                   sale information for the Shares.                      All submissions should refer to File
                                                value occurs. If the interruption to the                                                                      Number SR–NYSEArca-2016–62. This
                                                                                                        B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                     file number should be included on the
                                                dissemination of the IIV or New Index                   Statement on Burden on Competition
                                                value persists past the trading day in                                                                        subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                which it occurred, the Corporation will                    The Exchange does not believe that                 Commission process and review your
                                                halt trading. Trading in Shares of the                  the proposed rule change will impose                  comments more efficiently, please use
                                                Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker              any burden on competition that is not                 only one method. The Commission will
                                                parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule                   necessary or appropriate in furtherance               post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                7.12 have been reached or because of                    of the purpose of the Act. The Exchange               Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                market conditions or for reasons that, in               notes that the proposed rule change will              rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                the view of the Exchange, make trading                  facilitate the continued listing and                  submission, all subsequent
                                                in the Shares inadvisable, and trading in               trading of an exchange-traded product                 amendments, all written statements
                                                the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca                 that holds municipal securities and will              with respect to the proposed rule
                                                Equities Rule 7.34, which sets forth                    enhance competition among market                      change that are filed with the
                                                circumstances under which Shares of                     participants, to the benefit of investors             Commission, and all written
                                                the Fund may be halted. In addition,                    and the marketplace.                                  communications relating to the
                                                investors will have ready access to                                                                           proposed rule change between the
                                                information regarding the applicable                    C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                                                                              Commission and any person, other than
                                                IIV, and quotation and last sale                        Statement on Comments on the
                                                                                                                                                              those that may be withheld from the
                                                information for the Shares. Trade price                 Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                                                                                                                              public in accordance with the
                                                and other information relating to                       Members, Participants, or Others
                                                                                                                                                              provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                municipal bonds is available through
                                                                                                          No written comments were solicited                  available for Web site viewing and
                                                the Municipal Securities Rulemaking
                                                Board’s Electronic Municipal Market                     or received with respect to the proposed              printing in the Commission’s Public
                                                Access (‘‘EMMA’’) system.                               rule change.                                          Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                                                                                                                              Washington, DC 20549 on official
                                                   All statements and representations                   III. Date of Effectiveness of the                     business days between the hours of
                                                made in this filing regarding (a) the                   Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                   10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
                                                description of the Fund’s portfolio, (b)                Commission Action
                                                limitations on portfolio holdings or                                                                          filing also will be available for
                                                reference assets, or (c) the applicability                Within 45 days of the date of                       inspection and copying at the principal
                                                of Exchange rules and surveillance                      publication of this notice in the Federal             office of the Exchange. All comments
                                                procedures shall constitute continued                   Register or within such longer period                 received will be posted without change;
                                                listing requirements for listing the                    up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may               the Commission does not edit personal
                                                Shares on the Exchange. The Adviser                     designate if it finds such longer period              identifying information from
                                                has represented to the Exchange that it                 to be appropriate and publishes its                   submissions. You should submit only
                                                will advise the Exchange of any failure                 reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which            information that you wish to make
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                                                by the Fund to comply with the                          the self-regulatory organization                      available publicly. All submissions
                                                continued listing requirements, and,                    consents, the Commission will: (a) By                 should refer to File Number SR–
                                                pursuant to its obligations under                       order approve or disapprove such                      NYSEArca–2016–62 and should be
                                                Section 19(g)(1) of the Act, the Exchange               proposed rule change; or (b) institute                submitted on or before June 13, 2016.
                                                will monitor for compliance with the                    proceedings to determine whether the
                                                continued listing requirements. If the                  proposed rule change should be
                                                Fund is not in compliance with the                      disapproved.


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                                                32376                              Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2016 / Notices

                                                  For the Commission, by the Division of                    institutes proceedings under Section                     Managed Fund Shares,8 Managed
                                                Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                  19(b)(2)(B) of the Act 6 to determine                    Portfolio Shares would differ from
                                                authority.18                                                whether to approve or disapprove the                     Managed Fund Shares in the following
                                                Robert W. Errett,                                           proposed rule change, as modified by                     respects.
                                                Deputy Secretary.                                           Amendment No. 1 thereto.                                    • First, issues of Managed Fund
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–12016 Filed 5–20–16; 8:45 am]                                                                          Shares are required to disseminate their
                                                                                                            I. Summary of the Exchange’s                             ‘‘Disclosed Portfolio’’ at least once
                                                BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                            Description of the Proposed Rule                         daily.9 By contrast, the portfolio for an
                                                                                                            Change                                                   issue of Managed Portfolio Shares
                                                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                        The Exchange proposes to adopt new                    would be disclosed only quarterly.
                                                COMMISSION                                                  NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.900, which                        • Second, in connection with the
                                                                                                            would govern the listing and trading of                  redemption of shares in ‘‘Redemption
                                                [Release No. 34–77845; File No. SR–                         ‘‘Managed Portfolio Shares.’’ 7 The                      Unit’’ size (as described below), the
                                                NYSEArca–2016–08]                                           Exchange also proposes to list and trade                 delivery of any portfolio securities in
                                                Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                         the Shares of the following funds under                  kind would only be effected through a
                                                Arca, Inc.; Order Instituting                               proposed NYSE Arca Equities Rule                         ‘‘Confidential Account’’ (as described
                                                Proceedings To Determine Whether To                         8.900: (1) Precidian U.S. Managed                        below) for the benefit of the redeeming
                                                Approve or Disapprove a Proposed                            Volatility Fund; (2) Precidian Strategic                 authorized participant without
                                                Rule Change, as Modified by                                 Value; (3) Precidian Large Cap Value; (4)                disclosing the identity of the securities
                                                                                                            Precidian Focused Dividend Strategy;                     to the authorized participant.
                                                Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To Adopt
                                                                                                            (5) Precidian U.S. Large Cap Growth; (6)                    • Third, for each series of Managed
                                                NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.900 To
                                                                                                            Precidian U.S. Core Equity; (7)                          Portfolio Shares, a Verified Intraday
                                                Permit Listing and Trading of Managed
                                                                                                            Precidian U.S. Mid Cap Growth; (8)                       Indicative Value (‘‘VIIV’’) would be
                                                Portfolio Shares and To Permit Listing
                                                                                                            Precidian Total Return; (9) Precidian                    disseminated by one or more major
                                                and Trading of Shares of Fifteen
                                                                                                            High Dividend Yield; (10) Precidian                      market-data vendors every second
                                                Issues of the Precidian ETFs Trust                                                                                   during the Exchange’s Core Trading
                                                                                                            Small Cap Dividend Value; (11)
                                                May 17, 2016.                                               Precidian Multi-factor Small Cap Core;                   Session (normally, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00
                                                   On January 27, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc.                     (12) Precidian Multi-factor Small Cap                    p.m., Eastern Time (‘‘E.T.’’)).10 The
                                                (‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed                       Growth; (13) Precidian Large Cap Core                    Exchange states that dissemination of
                                                with the Securities and Exchange                            Plus 130/30; (14) Precidian Mid Cap                      the VIIV will allow investors to
                                                Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant                       Core Plus 130/30; and (15) Precidian                     determine the estimated intra-day value
                                                to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities                       Small Cap Core Plus 130/30 (each a                       of the underlying portfolio of a series of
                                                Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule                   ‘‘Fund,’’ and collectively the ‘‘Funds’’).               Managed Portfolio Shares and will
                                                19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule                          In addition, the Exchange proposes to                    provide a close estimate of that value
                                                change to: (1) Adopt NYSE Arca                              amend NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34                       throughout the trading day.11
                                                Equities Rule 8.900; and (2) approve the                    (Trading Sessions), which relates to                     B. Arbitrage of Managed Portfolio
                                                listing and trading of shares (‘‘Shares’’)                  securities traded on the Exchange                        Shares
                                                of fifteen issues of the Precidian ETFs                     during the Core Trading Session, to add
                                                                                                            a reference to proposed NYSE Arca                          The Exchange asserts that market
                                                Trust (‘‘Trust’’). The proposed rule                                                                                 makers will be able to make efficient
                                                change was published for comment in                         Equities Rule 8.900.
                                                                                                                                                                     and liquid markets priced near the VIIV
                                                the Federal Register on February 18,                        A. Key Features of Managed Portfolio                     even without daily disclosure of a
                                                2016.3 On March 9, 2016, the Exchange                       Shares
                                                filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed                         While Investment Companies issuing                        8 Managed Fund Shares are shares of actively-
                                                rule change.4 The Commission has                            Managed Portfolio Shares would be                        managed Investment Companies listed and traded
                                                received four comments on the                               actively-managed, and in that respect
                                                                                                                                                                     under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600.
                                                                                                                                                                        9 NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) defines the
                                                proposed rule change.5 This order                           would be similar to those issuing                        term ‘‘Disclosed Portfolio’’ as the identities and
                                                  18 17
                                                                                                                                                                     quantities of the securities and other assets held by
                                                         CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                                                                                        the Investment Company that will form the basis for
                                                  1 15
                                                                                                            Asset Management, to Mary Jo White, Chair,
                                                        U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                   Commission (Apr. 15, 2016) (‘‘Sullivan Letter’’).        the Investment Company’s calculation of net asset
                                                   2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
                                                                                                            The comment letters are available on the                 value at the end of the business day. NYSE Arca
                                                   3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76944                                                                   Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(B)(i) requires that, for
                                                                                                            Commission’s Web site at: https://www.sec.gov/
                                                (Feb. 11, 2016), 81 FR 8269 (‘‘Notice’’).                   comments/sr-nysearca-2016-08/                            Managed Fund Shares, the Disclosed Portfolio will
                                                   4 In Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule                nysearca201608.shtml.                                    be disseminated at least once daily and will be
                                                change, the Exchange corrected the citations to the            6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).                             made available to all market participants at the
                                                Trust’s Form N–1A and Exemptive Application,                   7 Proposed NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.900(c)(1)        same time.
                                                which were misstated in the proposal. Because               defines the term ‘‘Managed Portfolio Share’’ as a
                                                                                                                                                                        10 Proposed NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.900(c)(2)

                                                Amendment No. 1 is technical in nature and does             security that (a) is issued by a registered investment   defines the VIIV as the estimated indicative value
                                                not materially alter the substance of the proposed          company organized as an open-end management              of a Managed Portfolio Share based on all of the
                                                rule change or raise any novel regulatory issues, it        investment company (‘‘Investment Company’’) or           issuer’s holdings as of the close of business on the
                                                is not subject to notice and comment. Amendment             similar entity, that invests in a portfolio of           prior business day, priced and disseminated in one
                                                No. 1 to the proposed rule change is available on           securities selected by the Investment Company’s          second intervals, and subject to validation by a
                                                the Commission’s Web site at: http://www.sec.gov/           investment adviser consistent with the Investment        pricing verification agent of the Investment
                                                comments/sr-nysearca-2016-08/nysearca201608-                Company’s investment objectives and policies; and        Company that is responsible for comparing multiple
                                                1.pdf.                                                      (b) when aggregated in a number of shares equal to       independent pricing sources to establish the
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                                                   5 See Letter from Gary L. Gastineau, President,          a Redemption Unit (as defined herein) or multiples       accuracy of the VIIV. The specific methodology for
                                                ETF Consultants.com, Inc., to Brent J. Fields,              thereof, may be redeemed at the request of an            calculating the VIIV will be disclosed on each
                                                Secretary, Commission, dated Mar. 10, 2016                  authorized participant (as defined in the Investment     Fund’s Web site.
                                                (‘‘Gastineau Letter’’); Letter from David Nadig (Mar.       Company’s Form N–1A filed with the Commission),             11 According to the Exchange, the VIIV should not

                                                31, 2016) (‘‘Nadig Letter’’); Letter from Andrew M.         which authorized participant will be paid though         be viewed as a ‘‘real-time’’ update of the NAV per
                                                Gross, Jr. (Apr. 5, 2016) (‘‘Gross Letter’’); Letter from   a confidential account established for its benefit a     Share of each Fund, because the VIIV may not be
                                                Andrew M. Gross, Jr. (Apr. 5, 2016) (‘‘Gross                portfolio of securities and/or cash with a value         calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which
                                                Letter’’); Letter from Joseph A. Sullivan, Chairman         equal to the next determined net asset value             will be computed once a day, generally at the end
                                                and Chief Executive Officer, Legg Mason Global              (‘‘NAV’’).                                               of the business day.



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