81 FR 55513 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Nasdaq Rule 7047
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 161 (August 19, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 55513-55517] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-19799] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-78578; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2016-109] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Nasdaq Rule 7047 August 15, 2016. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on August 3, 2016, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') a proposed rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change Nasdaq is proposing to amend Rule 7047 (Nasdaq Basic) \3\ with language indicating the removal of certain credits that a Distributor \4\ is eligible to receive in respect to Nasdaq Basic.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ References to rules are to Nasdaq rules, unless otherwise noted. \4\ The term ``Distributor'' refers to any entity that receives Nasdaq Basic data directly from Nasdaq or indirectly through another entity and then distributes it to one or more Subscribers. Rule 7047 (d)(1). \5\ Nasdaq Basic, which is discussed below, is a proprietary data product that provides a low cost alternative to other Level 1 offerings. Rule 7047. Level 1 provides primary market data such as bid/ask price and size and last price and size. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- While changes pursuant to this proposal are effective upon filing, the Exchange has designated these changes to be operative on September 1, 2016. The text of the proposed rule change is available at nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com, at Nasdaq's principal office, 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, Nasdaq included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of 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 Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose The purpose of this proposal is to amend Rule 7047(c) with language indicating that the Distributor fee for Nasdaq Basic will be uniformly applied to all Distributors, regardless of any user fees, immediately after approval to receive Nasdaq Basic, at the current fee of $1,500 per month.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ Now, as discussed below, each Distributor is eligible to receive a credit against its monthly Distributor Fee for Nasdaq Basic equal to the amount of its monthly user fees for Nasdaq Basic up to a maximum of $1,500. Rule 7047(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Basic is a proprietary data product that provides a low cost alternative to the other Level 1 offerings. Nasdaq Basic provides the best bid and offer and last sale information for all U.S. exchange- listed securities based on liquidity within the Nasdaq market center, as well as trades reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility\TM\ (TRF\TM\) (``FINRA/Nasdaq TRF'').\7\ Thus, Nasdaq Basic provides [[Page 55514]] Nasdaq Last Sale (``NLS'') together with best bid and offer information from Nasdaq. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ ``FINRA'' is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NLS was approved by the Commission in June of 2008. NLS is a non- core market data product designed for distribution through internet portals and broadcast television, as well as distribution to individuals that access the data via a username/password-identified account and/or quote-counting mechanisms.\8\ NLS includes two data elements: (1) Last sale transaction reports from the Nasdaq Market Center, and (2) last sale transaction reports from the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF.\9\ As such, NLS is a ``non-core'' product that provides a subset of the ``core'' quotation and last sale data provided by securities information processors (``SIPs'') under the CQ/CT Plan and the Nasdaq Unlisted Trading Privileges (``UTP'') Plan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57965 (June 16, 2008), 73 FR 35178 (June 20, 2008) (SR-NASDAQ-2006-060) (approval order establishing NLS pilot). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71351 (January 17, 2014), 79 FR 4200 (January 24, 2014) (SR-NASDAQ-2014-006) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness regarding permanent approval of NLS pilot). \9\ See Rule 7039(a)-(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Basic, another non-core market data product, was approved by the Commission about a year later in March of 2009.\10\ As originally proposed, the Nasdaq Basic product was to provide two data feeds: (1) A feed carrying the best bid and offer on the Nasdaq Market Center, and (2) a feed containing NLS which carries last sale transaction reports from Nasdaq and from the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59582 (March 16, 2009), 74 FR 12423 (March 24, 2009) (SR-NASDAQ-2008-102) (order approving Nasdaq Basic pilot and finding it to be consistent with Sections 6(b)(4), (5) and (8) of the Act and Rule 603(a) under Regulation NMS). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65527 (October 11, 2011), 76 FR 64147 (October 17, 2011) (SR-NASDAQ-2011- 129) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness re permanent approval of Nasdaq Basic pilot). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nasdaq Basic, which is described in current Rule 7047, was expanded to three separate components, which may be purchased individually or in combination.\11\ The Nasdaq Basic components are: (i) Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, which contains the best bid and offer on the Nasdaq Market Center and last sale transaction reports for Nasdaq and the FINRA/ Nasdaq TRF for Nasdaq-listed stocks, (ii) Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, which contains the best bid and offer on the Nasdaq Market Center and last sale transaction reports for Nasdaq and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for NYSE- listed stocks, and (iii) Nasdaq Basic for NYSE MKT, which contains the best bid and offer on the Nasdaq Market Center and last sale transaction reports for Nasdaq and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for stocks listed on NYSE MKT and other listing venues whose quotes and trade reports are disseminated on Tape B.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ See Rule 7047. \12\ Tape A and Tape B securities are disseminated pursuant to the Security Industry Automation Corporation's (``SIAC'') Consolidated Tape Association Plan/Consolidated Quotation System, or CTA/CQS (``CTA''). Tape C securities are disseminated pursuant to the UTP Plan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The fee structure for Nasdaq Basic features a fee for Professional Subscribers and a reduced fee for Non-Professional Subscribers.\13\ The current monthly fees for Non-Professional Subscribers are $0.50 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, $0.25 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and $0.25 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE MKT. The current monthly fees for Professional Subscribers are $13 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, $6.50 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and $6.50 per Subscriber for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE MKT. There is also a per query option for use cases that do not require a monthly subscription for unlimited usage, a distributor fee for internal and external distribution, and certain credits for Nasdaq Basic users.\14\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ Per Rule 7047(d)(3): (A) A ``Non-Professional Subscriber'' is a natural person who is not (i) registered or qualified in any capacity with the Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or (ii) any commodities or futures contract market or association; engaged as an ``investment adviser'' as that term is defined in Section 201(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); or (iii) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt. (B) A ``Professional Subscriber'' is any Subscriber other than a Non-Professional Subscriber. \14\ See Rule 7047. See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72620 (July 16, 2014), 79 FR 42572 (July 22, 2014) (SR-NASDAQ-2014- 070) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness regarding Nasdaq Basic fees). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also a separate Distributor fee for Nasdaq Basic.\15\ Currently, each Distributor of any Nasdaq Basic product shall pay a fee of $1,500 per month for either internal or external distribution or both.\16\ Currently, each Distributor is eligible to receive a credit against its monthly Distributor Fee for Nasdaq Basic equal to the amount of its monthly user fees for Nasdaq Basic up to a maximum of $1,500 (the ``credit''). The Exchange now proposes to eliminate the credit from subsection (c)(2) of Rule 7047.\17\ Going forward, the Exchange proposes to apply the Distributor Fee (currently $1,500 per month) for all Distributors of Nasdaq Basic immediately after the Exchange approves a Distributor for the product. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \15\ In addition, there is also an enterprise license available for certain Nasdaq Basic recipients. Rule 7047(b)(4) states in part, for example: (4) As an alternative to (b)(1), a broker-dealer may purchase an enterprise license for internal Professional Subscribers to receive Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and Nasdaq Basic for NYSE MKT. The fee will be $365,000 per month; provided, however, that if the broker-dealer obtains the license with respect to usage of Nasdaq Basic provided by an External Distributor that controls display of the product, the fee will be $365,000 per month for up to 16,000 internal Professional Subscribers, plus $2 for each additional internal Professional Subscriber over 16,000; and provided further that the broker-dealer must obtain a separate enterprise license for each External Distributor that controls display of the product if it wishes such External Distributor to be covered by an enterprise license rather than per-Subscriber fees. \16\ Internal distribution is where a Distributor receives Nasdaq Basic data and then distributes that data to one or more Subscribers within the Distributor's own entity. External distribution is where a Distributor receives Nasdaq Basic data and then distributes that data to one or more Subscribers outside the Distributor's own entity. Rule 7047(d)(1). \17\ Subsection (c)(3) of Rule 7047 will be re-numbered to subsection (c)(2), and will continue to state: A Distributor may pay $1,500 per month to distribute data derived from Nasdaq Basic to an unlimited number of non-professional subscribers. This fee is in addition to the Distributor Fee listed in (c)(1). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is reasonable and proper. This is because Distributors will not be disadvantaged by the rule change because this would be applied to all Distributors after approval to receive Nasdaq Basic data. The credit was implemented in order to incentivize new firms to subscribe to Nasdaq Basic and grow the product. Due to strong product growth and continued overall industry cost savings with Nasdaq Basic compared to Level 1 data, as well as the administrative burden of maintaining the credit, the Exchange believes the change to remove the Distributor fee credit as described will not deter new subscribers or be unfairly discriminatory. Charging a monthly fixed fee without a credit available to all eligible Distributors makes this product similar to nearly all other Nasdaq data products and makes its administration less burdensome on the Exchange. 2. Statutory Basis Nasdaq believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\18\ in general, and with Sections 6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,\19\ in particular, in that it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its members, issuers and other [[Page 55515]] persons using its facilities, and does not unfairly discriminate between customers, issuers, brokers or dealers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f. \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nasdaq Basic product provides a subset of the data that is also provided by the Level 1 data feed available under the Nasdaq UTP Plan. Moreover, the current fees for Nasdaq Basic, similarly to the fees for NLS and NLS Plus, having been previously established, and the Commission has either specifically determined them to be consistent with the Act or has permitted them to become effective on an immediately effective basis.\20\ Thus, this proposed rule change does not change a fee of the Exchange, but rather eliminates the Distributor fee credit, such that going forward the Exchange will uniformly apply the Distributor fee for all subscribers of Nasdaq Basic. However, to the extent that the proposed rule change is effectively a proposed fee that has already been approved, Nasdaq believes that this also provides further justification that the proposed credit elimination provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any facility or system which Nasdaq operates or controls, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers,\21\ in that the change reflects the full value of the product without increase in its cost. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \20\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 59582 (March 16, 2009), 74 FR 12423 (March 24, 2009) (SR-NASDAQ-2008-102) (finding current per user and per subscriber fees to be consistent with the Act); 59933 (May 15, 2009), 74 FR 24889 (May 26, 2009) (SR- NASDAQ-2009-208[sic]) (finding current distributor fees for Nasdaq Basic to be consistent with the Act); 64994 (July 29, 2011), 76 FR 47621 (August 5, 2011) (SR-NASDAQ-2011-091) (immediate effectiveness of optional derived data fee); and 65526 (October 11, 2011), 76 FR 64137 (October 17, 2011) (SR-NASDAQ-2011-130) (immediate effectiveness of enterprise license fee). Similarly, Non- Professional, as opposed to Professional, fees have been established and approved. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 21856 (March 15, 1985), 50 FR 11472 (March 21, 1985) (SR-NASD-85-1); and 57965 (June 16, 2008), 73 FR 35178 (June 20, 2008) (SR-NASDAQ-2006-060). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 72620 (July 16, 2014), 79 FR 42572 (July 22, 2014) (SR-NASDAQ-2014-070) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness regarding Nasdaq Basic fees). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75600 (August 4, 2015), 80 FR 47968 (August 10, 2015) (SR-NASDAQ-2015-88) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness regarding NLS fees). \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4), (5). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposed credit elimination continues to reflect an equitable allocation and continues to be not unfairly discriminatory. Nasdaq Basic, like NLS and NLS Plus, are voluntary products for which market participants can readily substitute core data feeds that provide quotation and last sale information. Accordingly, Nasdaq is constrained from pricing such products in a manner that would be inequitable or unfairly discriminatory. The distinction between fees for professional and non-professional users, and between Distributors and other users, is consistent with the distinction made under Commission-approved fees for core data, and the applicable fees are lower than applicable fees for core data to reflect the lesser quantum of data made available. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly discriminatory. This is because current Distributors will not be disadvantaged by the rule change, because even if the credit deletion could be seen in the nature of a fee increase, current Distributors have been able to take advantage of the credit under current Rule 7047. And, on a going forward basis the monthly Distributor fee would be applied uniformly to all Distributors after approval to receive Nasdaq Basic data, which would help with the administration of costs by the Exchange. In adopting Regulation NMS, the Commission granted SROs and broker- dealers (``BDs'') increased authority and flexibility to offer new and unique market data to the public. It was believed that this authority would expand the amount of data available to consumers, and also spur innovation and competition for the provision of market data. Nasdaq believes that its Nasdaq Basic, as also NLS and NLS Plus, market data products are precisely the sort of market data product that the Commission envisioned when it adopted Regulation NMS. The Commission concluded that Regulation NMS--by deregulating the market in proprietary data--would itself further the Act's goals of facilitating efficiency and competition: [E]fficiency is promoted when broker-dealers who do not need the data beyond the prices, sizes, market center identifications of the NBBO and consolidated last sale information are not required to receive (and pay for) such data. The Commission also believes that efficiency is promoted when broker-dealers may choose to receive (and pay for) additional market data based on their own internal analysis of the need for such data.\22\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \22\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting Release''). By removing unnecessary regulatory restrictions on the ability of exchanges to sell their own data, Regulation NMS advanced the goals of the Act and the principles reflected in its legislative history. If the free market should determine whether proprietary data is sold to BDs at all, it follows that the price at which such data is sold should be set by the market as well. Moreover, fee liable data products such as Nasdaq Basic, and also NLS and NLS Plus, are a means by which exchanges compete to attract order flow, and this proposal simply codifies the relevant fee structure into an Exchange rule. To the extent that exchanges are successful in such competition, they earn trading revenues and also enhance the value of their data products by increasing the amount of data they are able to provide. Conversely, to the extent that exchanges are unsuccessful, the inputs needed to add value to data products are diminished. Accordingly, the need to compete for order flow places substantial pressure upon exchanges to keep their fees for both executions and data reasonable. The Exchange believes that data products are a means by which exchanges compete to attract order flow. To the extent that exchanges are successful in such competition, they earn trading revenues and also enhance the value of their data products by increasing the amount of data they are able to provide. Conversely, to the extent that exchanges are unsuccessful, the inputs needed to add value to data products are diminished. Accordingly, the need to compete for order flow places substantial pressure upon exchanges to keep their fees for both executions and data reasonable. The fee structure for Nasdaq Basic, similarly to NLS and NLS Plus, also continues to reflect an equitable allocation and continues not be unfairly discriminatory, because these are voluntary products which market participants can readily substitute (or put together themselves).\23\ Accordingly, Nasdaq is constrained from providing such products in a manner that would be inequitable or unfairly discriminatory. Moreover, the fee schedules for Nasdaq Basic, as also for NLS and NLS Plus, are designed to ensure that the fees charged are tailored to the specific usage patterns of a range of potential customers. Thus, for example, Professional Subscriber fees provide a means for brokerage customers to use the information internally; and the distinction between fees for Professional and Non-Professional users, as also Distributors, [[Page 55516]] is consistent with the distinction made under Commission-approved fees for core data, and the applicable fees are lower than applicable fees for core data to reflect the lesser quantum of data made available. The range of fee options further ensures that customers are not charged a fee that is inequitably disproportionate to the use that they make of the product. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \23\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75257 (June 22, 2015), 80 FR 36862 (June 26, 2015) (SR-NASDAQ-2015-055) (order approving NLS Plus), wherein the Exchange notes that NLS Plus is a data product that a competing market data vendor could create and sell on his own without being in a disadvantaged position relative to the Exchange. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In summary, deletion of the Distributor credit so that the Distributor fee for Nasdaq Basic will be uniformly applied to all Distributors, regardless of any user fees, will help to protect a free and open market by continuing to provide additional non-core data (offered on an optional basis for a fee) to the marketplace and by providing investors with greater choices.\24\ Additionally, the proposal would not permit unfair discrimination because Basic will be available to all Distributors as discussed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \24\ See Sec. Indus. Fin. Mkts. Ass'n (SIFMA), Initial Decision Release No. 1015, 2016 SEC LEXIS 2278 (ALJ June 1, 2016) (finding the existence of vigorous competition with respect to non-core market data). See also the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (``NetCoalition I'') (upholding the Commission's reliance upon competitive markets to set reasonable and equitably allocated fees for market data). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed fee structure is designed to ensure a fair and reasonable use of Exchange resources by allowing the Exchange to recoup costs while continuing to offer its data products at competitive rates to firms. The market for data products is extremely competitive and firms may freely choose alternative venues and data vendors based on the aggregate fees assessed, the data offered, and the value provided. This rule proposal does not burden competition, which continues to offer alternative data products and, like the Exchange, set fees, but rather reflects the competition between data feed vendors and will further enhance such competition. Nasdaq Basic, like NLS and NLS Plus, compete directly with existing similar products and potential products of market data vendors. Nasdaq Basic, like NLS and NLS Plus, are part of the existing market for proprietary last sale data products that is currently competitive and inherently contestable because there is fierce competition for the inputs necessary to the creation of proprietary data and strict pricing discipline for the proprietary products themselves. Numerous exchanges compete with each other for listings, trades, and market data itself, providing virtually limitless opportunities for entrepreneurs who wish to produce and distribute their own market data. This proprietary data is produced by each individual exchange, as well as other entities, in a vigorously competitive market. Similarly, with respect to the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF data that is a component of Nasdaq Basic, NLS, and NLS Plus, allowing exchanges to operate TRFs has permitted them to earn revenues by providing technology and data in support of the non-exchange segment of the market. This revenue opportunity has also resulted in fierce competition between the two current TRF operators, with both TRFs charging extremely low trade reporting fees and rebating the majority of the revenues they receive from core market data to the parties reporting trades. Transaction execution and proprietary data products are complementary in that market data is both an input and a byproduct of the execution service. In fact, market data and trade execution are a paradigmatic example of joint products with joint costs. The decision whether and on which platform to post an order will depend on the attributes of the platform where the order can be posted, including the execution fees, data quality and price, and distribution of its data products. Without trade executions, exchange data products cannot exist. Moreover, data products are valuable to many end users only insofar as they provide information that end users expect will assist them or their customers in making trading decisions. The costs of producing market data include not only the costs of the data distribution infrastructure, but also the costs of designing, maintaining, and operating the exchange's transaction execution platform and the cost of regulating the exchange to ensure its fair operation and maintain investor confidence. The total return that a trading platform earns reflects the revenues it receives from both products and the joint costs it incurs. Moreover, the operation of the exchange is characterized by high fixed costs and low marginal costs. This cost structure is common in content and content distribution industries such as software, where developing new software typically requires a large initial investment (and continuing large investments to upgrade the software), but once the software is developed, the incremental cost of providing that software to an additional user is typically small, or even zero (e.g., if the software can be downloaded over the internet after being purchased).\25\ In Nasdaq's case, it is costly to build and maintain a trading platform, but the incremental cost of trading each additional share on an existing platform, or distributing an additional instance of data, is very low. Market information and executions are each produced jointly (in the sense that the activities of trading and placing orders are the source of the information that is distributed) and are each subject to significant scale economies. In such cases, marginal cost pricing is not feasible because if all sales were priced at the margin, Nasdaq would be unable to defray its platform costs of providing the joint products. Similarly, data products cannot make use of TRF trade reports without the raw material of the trade reports themselves, and therefore necessitate the costs of operating, regulating,\26\ and maintaining a trade reporting system, costs that must be covered through the fees charged for use of the facility and sales of associated data. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \25\ See William J. Baumol and Daniel G. Swanson, ``The New Economy and Ubiquitous Competitive Price Discrimination: Identifying Defensible Criteria of Market Power,'' Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3 (2003). \26\ It should be noted that the costs of operating the FINRA/ Nasdaq TRF borne by Nasdaq include regulatory charges paid by Nasdaq to FINRA. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Competition among trading platforms can be expected to constrain the aggregate return each platform earns from the sale of its joint products, but different platforms may choose from a range of possible, and equally reasonable, pricing strategies as the means of recovering total costs. Nasdaq pays rebates and credits to attract orders, charges relatively low prices for market information and charges relatively high prices for accessing posted liquidity. Other platforms may choose a strategy of paying lower liquidity rebates to attract orders, setting relatively low prices for accessing posted liquidity, and setting relatively high prices for market information. Still others may provide most data free of charge and rely exclusively on transaction fees to recover their costs. Finally, some platforms may incentivize use by providing opportunities for equity ownership, which may allow them to charge lower direct fees for executions and data. In this environment, there is no economic basis for regulating maximum prices for one of the joint products in an industry in which suppliers face [[Page 55517]] competitive constraints with regard to the joint offering. Such regulation is unnecessary because an ``excessive'' price for one of the joint products will ultimately have to be reflected in lower prices for other products sold by the firm, or otherwise the firm will experience a loss in the volume of its sales that will be adverse to its overall profitability. In other words, an increase in the price of data will ultimately have to be accompanied by a decrease in the cost of executions, or the volume of both data and executions will fall.\27\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \27\ Moreover, the level of competition and contestability in the market is evident in the numerous alternative venues that compete for order flow, including eleven SRO markets, as well as internalizing BDs and various forms of alternative trading systems (``ATSs''), including dark pools and electronic communication networks (``ECNs''). Each SRO market competes to produce transaction reports via trade executions, and two FINRA-regulated TRFs compete to attract internalized transaction reports. It is common for BDs to further and exploit this competition by sending their order flow and transaction reports to multiple markets, rather than providing them all to a single market. Competitive markets for order flow, executions, and transaction reports provide pricing discipline for the inputs of proprietary data products. The large number of SROs, TRFs, BDs, and ATSs that currently produce proprietary data or are currently capable of producing it provides further pricing discipline for proprietary data products. Each SRO, TRF, ATS, and BD is currently permitted to produce proprietary data products, and many currently do or have announced plans to do so, including Nasdaq, NYSE, NYSE MKT, NYSE Arca, and BATS/Direct Edge. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposed fee structure is designed to ensure a fair and reasonable use of Exchange resources by allowing the Exchange to recoup costs and ease administrative burden while continuing to offer its data products at competitive rates to firms. C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others Written comments were neither solicited nor received. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action The foregoing change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\28\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \28\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 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 CommentsUse 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-NASDAQ-2016-109 on the subject line. Paper comments Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2016-109. 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 such 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-NASDAQ-2016-109, and should be submitted on or before September 9, 2016. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\29\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \29\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-19799 Filed 8-18-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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underwriter of the ABS. Applicants which the applicant serves as trustee to that a Distributor 4 is eligible to receive
submit that the concern that affiliation the Issuer. in respect to Nasdaq Basic.5
could lead to a trustee monitoring the 6. All of an affiliated underwriter’s While changes pursuant to this
activities of an affiliate also is not contractual obligations pursuant to the proposal are effective upon filing, the
implicated by a trustee’s affiliation with Exchange has designated these changes
underwriting agreement will be
an underwriter, because, in practice, a to be operative on September 1, 2016.
enforceable by the sponsor.
trustee for an Issuer does not monitor The text of the proposed rule change
the distribution of securities or any 7. Consistent with the requirements of is available at
other activity performed by rule 3a–7(a)(4)(i), the applicant will nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com, at Nasdaq’s
underwriters. Applicants further state resign as trustee for the Issuer if the principal office, and at the
that the requested relief would be applicant becomes obligated to enforce Commission’s Public Reference Room.
consistent with the broader purpose of any of an affiliated underwriter’s
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
rule 3a–7 of not hampering the growth obligations to the Issuer. Statement of the Purpose of, and
and development of the ABS market, to 8. The applicant will not price its Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
the extent consistent with investor services as trustee in a manner designed Change
protection. to facilitate its affiliate being named
8. Applicants state that the conditions In its filing with the Commission,
underwriter. Nasdaq included statements concerning
set forth below provide additional
protections against conflicts and For the Commission, by the Division of the purpose of, and basis for, the
overreaching. For example, the Investment Management, under delegated proposed rule change and discussed any
conditions ensure that an applicant will authority. comments it received on the proposed
continue to act as an independent party Brent J. Fields, rule change. The text of those
safeguarding the assets of an Issuer Secretary. statements may be examined at the
regardless of an affiliation with an [FR Doc. 2016–19855 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am]
places specified in Item IV below. The
underwriter of the ABS and would not Exchange has prepared summaries, set
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allow the underwriter any greater access forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
to the assets, or cash flows derived from the most significant parts of such
the assets, of the Issuer than if there statements.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
were no affiliation. COMMISSION A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Applicants’ Conditions Statement of the Purpose of, and
[Release No. 34–78578; File No. SR– Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Each applicant agrees that any order Change
NASDAQ–2016–109]
granting the requested relief will be
subject to the following conditions: 1. Purpose
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
1. The applicant will not be affiliated The purpose of this proposal is to
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
with any person involved in the amend Rule 7047(c) with language
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
organization or operation of the Issuer indicating that the Distributor fee for
in an ABS Transaction other than the Proposed Rule Change To Amend
Nasdaq Basic will be uniformly applied
underwriter. Nasdaq Rule 7047
to all Distributors, regardless of any user
2. The applicant’s relationship to an August 15, 2016. fees, immediately after approval to
affiliated underwriter will be disclosed receive Nasdaq Basic, at the current fee
in writing to all parties involved in an Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the of $1,500 per month.6
ABS Transaction, including the rating Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Nasdaq Basic is a proprietary data
agencies and the ABS holders. (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 product that provides a low cost
3. An underwriter affiliated with the notice is hereby given that on August 3, alternative to the other Level 1 offerings.
applicant will not be involved in the 2016, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC Nasdaq Basic provides the best bid and
operation of an Issuer, and its (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the offer and last sale information for all
involvement in the organization of an Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. exchange-listed securities based on
Issuer will extend only to determining (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) a proposed liquidity within the Nasdaq market
the assets to be pooled, assisting in rule change as described in Items I, II center, as well as trades reported to the
establishing the terms of the ABS to be and III below, which Items have been FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting
underwritten, and providing the prepared by the Exchange. The FacilityTM (TRFTM) (‘‘FINRA/Nasdaq
sponsor with a warehouse line of credit Commission is publishing this notice to TRF’’).7 Thus, Nasdaq Basic provides
for the assets to be transferred to the solicit comments on the proposed rule
Issuer in connection with, and prior to, change from interested persons. 4 The term ‘‘Distributor’’ refers to any entity that
the related securitization. receives Nasdaq Basic data directly from Nasdaq or
4. An affiliated person of the I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s indirectly through another entity and then
distributes it to one or more Subscribers. Rule 7047
applicant, including an affiliated Statement of the Terms of Substance of (d)(1).
underwriter, will not provide credit or the Proposed Rule Change 5 Nasdaq Basic, which is discussed below, is a
credit enhancement to an Issuer if the proprietary data product that provides a low cost
Nasdaq is proposing to amend Rule alternative to other Level 1 offerings. Rule 7047.
applicant serves as trustee to the Issuer.
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7047 (Nasdaq Basic) 3 with language Level 1 provides primary market data such as bid/
5. An underwriter affiliated with the ask price and size and last price and size.
indicating the removal of certain credits
applicant will not engage in any 6 Now, as discussed below, each Distributor is
remarketing agent activities, including eligible to receive a credit against its monthly
involvement in any auction process in 1 15
Distributor Fee for Nasdaq Basic equal to the
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). amount of its monthly user fees for Nasdaq Basic
which ABS interest rates, yields, or 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. up to a maximum of $1,500. Rule 7047(c).
dividends are reset at designated 3 References to rules are to Nasdaq rules, unless 7 ‘‘FINRA’’ is the Financial Industry Regulatory
intervals in any ABS Transaction for otherwise noted. Authority.
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persons using its facilities, and does not information. Accordingly, Nasdaq is determine whether proprietary data is
unfairly discriminate between constrained from pricing such products sold to BDs at all, it follows that the
customers, issuers, brokers or dealers. in a manner that would be inequitable price at which such data is sold should
The Nasdaq Basic product provides a or unfairly discriminatory. The be set by the market as well.
subset of the data that is also provided distinction between fees for professional Moreover, fee liable data products
by the Level 1 data feed available under and non-professional users, and such as Nasdaq Basic, and also NLS and
the Nasdaq UTP Plan. Moreover, the between Distributors and other users, is NLS Plus, are a means by which
current fees for Nasdaq Basic, similarly consistent with the distinction made exchanges compete to attract order flow,
to the fees for NLS and NLS Plus, under Commission-approved fees for and this proposal simply codifies the
having been previously established, and core data, and the applicable fees are relevant fee structure into an Exchange
the Commission has either specifically lower than applicable fees for core data rule. To the extent that exchanges are
determined them to be consistent with to reflect the lesser quantum of data successful in such competition, they
the Act or has permitted them to made available. The Exchange believes earn trading revenues and also enhance
become effective on an immediately that the proposed rule change is the value of their data products by
effective basis.20 Thus, this proposed reasonable, equitable and not unfairly increasing the amount of data they are
rule change does not change a fee of the discriminatory. This is because current able to provide. Conversely, to the
Exchange, but rather eliminates the Distributors will not be disadvantaged extent that exchanges are unsuccessful,
Distributor fee credit, such that going by the rule change, because even if the the inputs needed to add value to data
forward the Exchange will uniformly credit deletion could be seen in the products are diminished. Accordingly,
apply the Distributor fee for all nature of a fee increase, current the need to compete for order flow
subscribers of Nasdaq Basic. However, Distributors have been able to take places substantial pressure upon
to the extent that the proposed rule advantage of the credit under current exchanges to keep their fees for both
change is effectively a proposed fee that Rule 7047. And, on a going forward executions and data reasonable.
has already been approved, Nasdaq basis the monthly Distributor fee would The Exchange believes that data
believes that this also provides further be applied uniformly to all Distributors products are a means by which
justification that the proposed credit after approval to receive Nasdaq Basic exchanges compete to attract order flow.
elimination provides for the equitable data, which would help with the To the extent that exchanges are
allocation of reasonable dues, fees and administration of costs by the Exchange. successful in such competition, they
other charges among members and In adopting Regulation NMS, the earn trading revenues and also enhance
issuers and other persons using any Commission granted SROs and broker- the value of their data products by
facility or system which Nasdaq dealers (‘‘BDs’’) increased authority and increasing the amount of data they are
operates or controls, and is not designed flexibility to offer new and unique able to provide. Conversely, to the
to permit unfair discrimination between extent that exchanges are unsuccessful,
market data to the public. It was
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers,21 the inputs needed to add value to data
believed that this authority would
in that the change reflects the full value products are diminished. Accordingly,
expand the amount of data available to
of the product without increase in its the need to compete for order flow
consumers, and also spur innovation
cost. places substantial pressure upon
and competition for the provision of
The proposed credit elimination exchanges to keep their fees for both
market data. Nasdaq believes that its
continues to reflect an equitable executions and data reasonable.
Nasdaq Basic, as also NLS and NLS
allocation and continues to be not The fee structure for Nasdaq Basic,
Plus, market data products are precisely
unfairly discriminatory. Nasdaq Basic, similarly to NLS and NLS Plus, also
the sort of market data product that the
like NLS and NLS Plus, are voluntary continues to reflect an equitable
Commission envisioned when it
products for which market participants allocation and continues not be unfairly
adopted Regulation NMS. The
can readily substitute core data feeds discriminatory, because these are
Commission concluded that Regulation
that provide quotation and last sale voluntary products which market
NMS—by deregulating the market in
participants can readily substitute (or
proprietary data—would itself further
20 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. put together themselves).23 Accordingly,
59582 (March 16, 2009), 74 FR 12423 (March 24, the Act’s goals of facilitating efficiency
Nasdaq is constrained from providing
2009) (SR–NASDAQ–2008–102) (finding current and competition:
per user and per subscriber fees to be consistent
such products in a manner that would
with the Act); 59933 (May 15, 2009), 74 FR 24889
[E]fficiency is promoted when broker- be inequitable or unfairly
(May 26, 2009) (SR–NASDAQ–2009–208[sic]) dealers who do not need the data beyond the discriminatory. Moreover, the fee
(finding current distributor fees for Nasdaq Basic to prices, sizes, market center identifications of schedules for Nasdaq Basic, as also for
be consistent with the Act); 64994 (July 29, 2011), the NBBO and consolidated last sale
NLS and NLS Plus, are designed to
76 FR 47621 (August 5, 2011) (SR–NASDAQ–2011– information are not required to receive (and
091) (immediate effectiveness of optional derived pay for) such data. The Commission also ensure that the fees charged are tailored
data fee); and 65526 (October 11, 2011), 76 FR believes that efficiency is promoted when to the specific usage patterns of a range
64137 (October 17, 2011) (SR–NASDAQ–2011–130) broker-dealers may choose to receive (and of potential customers. Thus, for
(immediate effectiveness of enterprise license fee).
Similarly, Non-Professional, as opposed to
pay for) additional market data based on their example, Professional Subscriber fees
Professional, fees have been established and own internal analysis of the need for such provide a means for brokerage
approved. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. data.22 customers to use the information
21856 (March 15, 1985), 50 FR 11472 (March 21, internally; and the distinction between
1985) (SR–NASD–85–1); and 57965 (June 16, 2008),
By removing unnecessary regulatory
73 FR 35178 (June 20, 2008) (SR–NASDAQ–2006– restrictions on the ability of exchanges fees for Professional and Non-
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060). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. to sell their own data, Regulation NMS Professional users, as also Distributors,
72620 (July 16, 2014), 79 FR 42572 (July 22, 2014) advanced the goals of the Act and the
(SR–NASDAQ–2014–070) (notice of filing and 23 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No.
immediate effectiveness regarding Nasdaq Basic
principles reflected in its legislative
75257 (June 22, 2015), 80 FR 36862 (June 26, 2015)
fees). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. history. If the free market should (SR–NASDAQ–2015–055) (order approving NLS
75600 (August 4, 2015), 80 FR 47968 (August 10, Plus), wherein the Exchange notes that NLS Plus is
2015) (SR–NASDAQ–2015–88) (notice of filing and 22 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 a data product that a competing market data vendor
immediate effectiveness regarding NLS fees). (June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005) could create and sell on his own without being in
21 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4), (5). (‘‘Regulation NMS Adopting Release’’). a disadvantaged position relative to the Exchange.
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competitive constraints with regard to IV. Solicitation of Comments For the Commission, by the Division of
the joint offering. Such regulation is Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
unnecessary because an ‘‘excessive’’ Interested persons are invited to authority.29
price for one of the joint products will submit written data, views, and Robert W. Errett,
ultimately have to be reflected in lower arguments concerning the foregoing, Deputy Secretary.
prices for other products sold by the including whether the proposed rule [FR Doc. 2016–19799 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am]
firm, or otherwise the firm will change is consistent with the Act. BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
experience a loss in the volume of its Comments may be submitted by any of
sales that will be adverse to its overall the following methods:
profitability. In other words, an increase DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Electronic Comments
in the price of data will ultimately have
to be accompanied by a decrease in the • Use the Commission’s Internet Federal Aviation Administration
cost of executions, or the volume of both comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ [Summary Notice No. 2016–92]
data and executions will fall.27 rules/sro.shtml); or
The proposed fee structure is • Send an email to rule-comments@ Petition for Exemption; Summary of
designed to ensure a fair and reasonable Petition Received; Delta Engineering
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
use of Exchange resources by allowing NASDAQ–2016–109 on the subject line. AGENCY: Federal Aviation
the Exchange to recoup costs and ease
Administration (FAA), DOT.
administrative burden while continuing Paper comments
to offer its data products at competitive ACTION: Notice.
rates to firms. • Send paper comments in triplicate
to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities SUMMARY: This notice contains a
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street summary of a petition seeking relief
Statement on Comments on the NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. from specified requirements of title 14
Proposed Rule Change Received From of the Code of Federal Regulations. The
Members, Participants or Others All submissions should refer to File purpose of this notice is to improve the
Number SR–NASDAQ–2016–109. This public’s awareness of, and participation
Written comments were neither file number should be included on the in, the FAA’s exemption process.
solicited nor received. subject line if email is used. To help the Neither publication of this notice nor
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Commission process and review your the inclusion or omission of information
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for comments more efficiently, please use in the summary is intended to affect the
Commission Action only one method. The Commission will legal status of the petition or its final
post all comments on the Commission’s disposition.
The foregoing change has become Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ DATES: Comments on this petition must
effective pursuant to Section rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the identify the petition docket number and
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.28 submission, all subsequent must be received on or before
At any time within 60 days of the amendments, all written statements September 8, 2016.
filing of the proposed rule change, the with respect to the proposed rule ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
Commission summarily may change that are filed with the by docket number FAA–2016–8687
temporarily suspend such rule change if Commission, and all written using any of the following methods:
it appears to the Commission that such communications relating to the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
action is necessary or appropriate in the proposed rule change between the http://www.regulations.gov and follow
public interest, for the protection of Commission and any person, other than the online instructions for sending your
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of those that may be withheld from the comments electronically.
the purposes of the Act. public in accordance with the • Mail: Send comments to Docket
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
27 Moreover, the level of competition and
available for Web site viewing and Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
contestability in the market is evident in the Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West
numerous alternative venues that compete for order printing in the Commission’s Public
flow, including eleven SRO markets, as well as Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
internalizing BDs and various forms of alternative Washington, DC 20549 on official 20590–0001.
trading systems (‘‘ATSs’’), including dark pools and
business days between the hours of • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
electronic communication networks (‘‘ECNs’’). Each comments to Docket Operations in
SRO market competes to produce transaction 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
Room W12–140 of the West Building
reports via trade executions, and two FINRA- filing also will be available for
regulated TRFs compete to attract internalized Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
inspection and copying at the principal
transaction reports. It is common for BDs to further Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
and exploit this competition by sending their order office of the Exchange. All comments a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
flow and transaction reports to multiple markets, received will be posted without change; Friday, except Federal holidays.
rather than providing them all to a single market. the Commission does not edit personal
Competitive markets for order flow, executions, and • Fax: Fax comments to Docket
transaction reports provide pricing discipline for identifying information from Operations at 202–493–2251.
the inputs of proprietary data products. The large submissions. You should submit only Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
number of SROs, TRFs, BDs, and ATSs that information that you wish to make 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
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currently produce proprietary data or are currently
capable of producing it provides further pricing
available publicly. All submissions public to better inform its rulemaking
discipline for proprietary data products. Each SRO, should refer to File Number SR– process. DOT posts these comments,
TRF, ATS, and BD is currently permitted to NASDAQ–2016–109, and should be without edit, including any personal
produce proprietary data products, and many submitted on or before September 9,
currently do or have announced plans to do so,
information the commenter provides, to
including Nasdaq, NYSE, NYSE MKT, NYSE Arca, 2016. http://www.regulations.gov, as
and BATS/Direct Edge.
28 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 29 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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