82_FR_15466 82 FR 15408 - Spinnaker ETF Trust, et al.

82 FR 15408 - Spinnaker ETF Trust, et al.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 58 (March 28, 2017)

Page Range15408-15410
FR Document2017-06085

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15408-15410]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06085]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32568; File No. 812-14397]


Spinnaker ETF Trust, et al.

March 22, 2017.
AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION:  Notice.

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    Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from 
sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 
under the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an 
exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under 
section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 
12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The requested order would

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permit (a) actively-managed series of certain open-end management 
investment companies (``Funds'') to issue shares redeemable in large 
aggregations only (``Creation Units''); (b) secondary market 
transactions in Fund shares to occur at negotiated market prices rather 
than at net asset value (``NAV''); (c) certain Funds to pay redemption 
proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days after the 
tender of shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of a 
Fund to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the Fund 
in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Units; (e) 
certain registered management investment companies and unit investment 
trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the Funds 
(``Funds of Funds'') to acquire shares of the Funds; and (f) certain 
Funds (``Feeder Funds'') to create and redeem Creation Units in-kind in 
a master-feeder structure.

APPLICANTS: OBP Capital, LLC (the ``Initial Adviser''), a Delaware 
limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Spinnaker ETF Trust (the ``Trust''), a 
Delaware statutory trust that is registered under the Act as an open-
end management investment company with multiple series, and Capital 
Investment Group, Inc. (the ``Initial Distributor''), a North Carolina 
corporation and broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act'').

FILING DATES: The application was filed on December 5, 2014, and 
amended on April 6, 2015, April 10, 2015, January 13, 2017, and 
February 14, 2017.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's 
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally 
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 
5:30 p.m. on April 17, 2017, and should be accompanied by proof of 
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or for lawyers, a 
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090; Applicants: 
the Initial Adviser and the Trust, 116 South Franklin Street, Rocky 
Mount, NC 27804; and the Initial Distributor, 100 E. Forks Road, Suite 
200, Raleigh, NC 27609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, 
at (202) 551-6812, or Robert H. Shapiro at (202) 551-6821 (Division of 
Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained via the 
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an 
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.

Summary of the Application

    1. Applicants request an order that would allow Funds to operate as 
actively-managed exchange traded funds (``ETFs'').\1\ Fund shares will 
be purchased and redeemed at their NAV in Creation Units only. All 
orders to purchase Creation Units and all redemption requests will be 
placed by or through an ``Authorized Participant'', which will have 
signed a participant agreement with the Distributor. Shares will be 
listed and traded individually on a national securities exchange, where 
share prices will be based on the current bid/offer market. Certain 
Funds may operate as Feeder Funds in a master-feeder structure. Any 
order granting the requested relief would be subject to the terms and 
conditions stated in the application.
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    \1\ Applicants request that the order apply to the initial 
series of the Trust and any future series of the Trust offering 
exchange-traded shares, as well as other existing or future open-end 
management companies or existing or future series thereof offering 
exchange-traded shares (and their respective existing or future 
Master Funds, as defined below), that will utilize active management 
investment strategies (collectively, ``Future Funds''). Any Future 
Fund will (a) be advised by the Initial Adviser or an entity 
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Initial 
Adviser (each, an ``Adviser'') and (b) comply with the terms and 
conditions of the application.
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    2. Each Fund will consist of a portfolio of securities and other 
assets and investment positions (``Portfolio Holdings''). Each Fund 
will disclose on its Web site the identities and quantities of the 
Portfolio Holdings that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation 
of NAV at the end of the day.
    3. Shares will be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units and 
generally on an in-kind basis. Except where the purchase or redemption 
will include cash under the limited circumstances specified in the 
application, purchasers will be required to purchase Creation Units by 
depositing specified instruments (``Deposit Instruments''), and 
shareholders redeeming their shares will receive specified instruments 
(``Redemption Instruments''). The Deposit Instruments and the 
Redemption Instruments will each correspond pro rata to the positions 
in the Fund's portfolio (including cash positions) except as specified 
in the application.
    4. Because shares will not be individually redeemable, applicants 
request an exemption from section 5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the 
Act that would permit the Funds to register as open-end management 
investment companies and issue shares that are redeemable in Creation 
Units only.
    5. Applicants also request an exemption from section 22(d) of the 
Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act as secondary market trading in shares 
will take place at negotiated prices, not at a current offering price 
described in a Fund's prospectus, and not at a price based on NAV. 
Applicants state that (a) secondary market trading in shares does not 
involve a Fund as a party and will not result in dilution of an 
investment in shares, and (b) to the extent different prices exist 
during a given trading day, or from day to day, such variances occur as 
a result of third-party market forces, such as supply and demand. 
Therefore, applicants assert that secondary market transactions in 
shares will not lead to discrimination or preferential treatment among 
purchasers. Finally, applicants represent that share market prices will 
be disciplined by arbitrage opportunities, which should prevent shares 
from trading at a material discount or premium from NAV.
    6. With respect to Funds that hold non-U.S. Portfolio Holdings and 
that effect creations and redemptions of Creation Units in kind, 
applicants request relief from the requirement imposed by section 22(e) 
in order to allow such Funds to pay redemption proceeds within fifteen 
calendar days following the tender of Creation Units for redemption. 
Applicants assert that the requested relief would not be inconsistent 
with the spirit and intent of section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable, 
undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the actual payment of redemption 
proceeds.
    7. Applicants request an exemption to permit Funds of Funds to 
acquire Fund shares beyond the limits of section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 
Act; and the Funds,

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and any principal underwriter for the Funds, and/or any broker or 
dealer registered under the Exchange Act, to sell shares to Funds of 
Funds beyond the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The 
application's terms and conditions are designed to, among other things, 
help prevent any potential (i) undue influence over a Fund through 
control or voting power, or in connection with certain services, 
transactions, and underwritings, (ii) excessive layering of fees, and 
(iii) overly complex fund structures, which are the concerns underlying 
the limits in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
    8. Applicants request an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 
17(a)(2) of the Act to permit persons that are Affiliated Persons, or 
Second Tier Affiliates, of the Funds, solely by virtue of certain 
ownership interests, to effectuate purchases and redemptions in-kind. 
The deposit procedures for in-kind purchases of Creation Units and the 
redemption procedures for in-kind redemptions of Creation Units will be 
the same for all purchases and redemptions and Deposit Instruments and 
Redemption Instruments will be valued in the same manner as those 
Portfolio Holdings currently held by the Funds. Applicants also seek 
relief from the prohibitions on affiliated transactions in section 
17(a) to permit a Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its shares from 
a Fund of Funds, and to engage in the accompanying in-kind transactions 
with the Fund of Funds.\2\ The purchase of Creation Units by a Fund of 
Funds directly from a Fund will be accomplished in accordance with the 
policies of the Fund of Funds and will be based on the NAVs of the 
Funds.
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    \2\ The requested relief would apply to direct sales of shares 
in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of Funds and redemptions of 
those shares. Applicants, moreover, are not seeking relief from 
section 17(a) for, and the requested relief will not apply to, 
transactions where a Fund could be deemed an Affiliated Person, or a 
Second-Tier Affiliate, of a Fund of Funds because an Adviser or an 
entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with an 
Adviser provides investment advisory services to that Fund of Funds.
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    9. Applicants also request relief to permit a Feeder Fund to 
acquire shares of another registered investment company managed by the 
Adviser having substantially the same investment objectives as the 
Feeder Fund (``Master Fund'') beyond the limitations in section 
12(d)(1)(A) and permit the Master Fund, and any principal underwriter 
for the Master Fund, to sell shares of the Master Fund to the Feeder 
Fund beyond the limitations in section 12(d)(1)(B).
    10. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the Commission to exempt any 
persons or transactions from any provision of the Act if such exemption 
is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with 
the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the 
policy and provisions of the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act 
provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or 
transaction, or any class or classes of persons, securities, or 
transactions, from any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the exemption 
is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors. 
Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to grant an order 
permitting a transaction otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) if it 
finds that (a) the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and 
reasonable and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person 
concerned; (b) the proposed transaction is consistent with the policies 
of each registered investment company involved; and (c) the proposed 
transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the Act.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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                                                section 12(d)(1) of the Act given that the              prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds                 Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 5 provides
                                                Funds are part of the same group of                     that (a) the terms of the proposed                    that within 45 days of the publication of
                                                investment companies and there will be                  transaction are fair and reasonable and               notice of the filing of a proposed rule
                                                no duplicative costs or fees to the                     do not involve overreaching on the part               change, or within such longer period up
                                                Funds.5 Applicants also assert that the                 of any person concerned; (b) the                      to 90 days as the Commission may
                                                proposed transactions do not raise the                  proposed transaction is consistent with               designate if it finds such longer period
                                                concerns underlying sections 17(a)(1),                  the policies of each registered                       to be appropriate and publishes its
                                                17(a)(3), 17(d) and 21(b) of the Act as                 investment company involved; and (c)                  reasons for so finding, or as to which the
                                                the Funds would not engage in lending                   the proposed transaction is consistent                self-regulatory organization consents,
                                                transactions that unfairly benefit                      with the general purposes of the Act.                 the Commission shall either approve the
                                                insiders or are detrimental to the Funds.               Rule 17d–1(b) under the Act provides                  proposed rule change, disapprove the
                                                Applicants state that the facility will                 that in passing upon an application filed             proposed rule change, or institute
                                                offer both reduced borrowing costs and                  under the rule, the Commission will                   proceedings to determine whether the
                                                enhanced returns on loaned funds to all                 consider whether the participation of                 proposed rule change should be
                                                participating Funds and each Fund                       the registered investment company in a                disapproved. The 45th day after
                                                would have an equal opportunity to                      joint enterprise, joint arrangement or                publication of the notice for this
                                                borrow and lend on equal terms based                    profit sharing plan on the basis                      proposed rule change is March 26, 2017.
                                                on an interest rate formula that is                     proposed is consistent with the                       The Commission is extending this 45-
                                                objective and verifiable. With respect to               provisions, policies and purposes of the              day time period.
                                                the relief from section 17(a)(2) of the                 Act and the extent to which such                        The Commission finds it appropriate
                                                Act, applicants note that any collateral                participation is on a basis different from            to designate a longer period within
                                                pledged to secure an interfund loan                     or less advantageous than that of the                 which to take action on the proposed
                                                would be subject to the same conditions                 other participants.                                   rule change so that it has sufficient time
                                                imposed by any other lender to a Fund                     For the Commission, by the Division of              to consider the proposed rule change.
                                                that imposes conditions on the quality                  Investment Management, under delegated                Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant
                                                of or access to collateral for a borrowing              authority.                                            to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6
                                                (if the lender is another Fund) or the                  Eduardo A. Aleman,                                    designates May 10, 2017, as the date by
                                                same or better conditions (in any other                 Assistant Secretary.                                  which the Commission shall either
                                                circumstance).6                                         [FR Doc. 2017–06084 Filed 3–27–17; 8:45 am]           approve or disapprove, or institute
                                                   5. Applicants also believe that the                                                                        proceedings to determine whether to
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                limited relief from section 18(f)(1) of the                                                                   disapprove, the proposed rule change
                                                Act that is necessary to implement the                                                                        (File No. SR–NYSEArca–2017–06).
                                                facility (because the lending Funds are                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                not banks) is appropriate in light of the               COMMISSION                                            Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                conditions and safeguards described in                                                                        authority.7
                                                the application and because the open-                   [Release No. 34–80297; File No. SR–
                                                                                                        NYSEArca–2017–06]                                     Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                end Funds would remain subject to the                                                                         Assistant Secretary.
                                                requirement of section 18(f)(1) that all                Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                   [FR Doc. 2017–06054 Filed 3–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                borrowings of the open-end Fund,                        Arca, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a                BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                including combined interfund loans and                  Longer Period for Commission Action
                                                bank borrowings, have at least 300%                     on a Proposed Rule Change Relating
                                                asset coverage.                                         to the Listing and Trading of Shares of               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                   6. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the
                                                                                                        the Bitcoin Investment Trust Under                    COMMISSION
                                                Commission to exempt any persons or
                                                                                                        NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201                         [Investment Company Act Release No.
                                                transactions from any provision of the
                                                Act if such exemption is necessary or                   March 22, 2017.                                       32568; File No. 812–14397]
                                                appropriate in the public interest and                     On January 25, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc.
                                                consistent with the protection of                                                                             Spinnaker ETF Trust, et al.
                                                                                                        filed with the Securities and Exchange
                                                investors and the purposes fairly                       Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant                 March 22, 2017.
                                                intended by the policy and provisions of                to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities                 AGENCY: Securities and Exchange
                                                the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act                 Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule             Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
                                                provides that the Commission may                        19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule                    ACTION: Notice.
                                                exempt any person, security, or                         change to list and trade shares of Bitcoin
                                                transaction, or any class or classes of                 Investment Trust under NYSE Arca                        Notice of an application for an order
                                                persons, securities, or transactions, from              Equities Rule 8.201. The proposed rule                under section 6(c) of the Investment
                                                any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the                change was published for comment in                   Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) for an
                                                exemption is consistent with the public                 the Federal Register on February 9,                   exemption from sections 2(a)(32),
                                                interest and the protection of investors.               2017.3 The Commission has received                    5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and
                                                Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the                 three comment letters on the proposed                 rule 22c–1 under the Act, under
                                                Commission to grant an order                            rule change.4                                         sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an
                                                permitting a transaction otherwise                                                                            exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
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                                                                                                          1 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                             17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section
                                                  5 Applicants  state that the obligation to repay an     2 17  CFR 240.19b–4.                                12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from
                                                interfund loan could be deemed to constitute a             3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79955
                                                                                                                                                              sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of
                                                security for the purposes of sections 17(a)(1) and      (Jan. 3, 2017), 82 FR 7891.
                                                12(d)(1) of the Act.                                       4 All comments on the proposed rule change as
                                                                                                                                                              the Act. The requested order would
                                                  6 Applicants state that any pledge of securities to   of March 15, 2017 are available on the
                                                                                                                                                                5 15    U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
                                                secure an interfund loan could constitute a             Commission’s Web site at: https://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                                                                                6 Id.
                                                purchase of securities for purposes of section          comments/sr-nysearca-2017-06/
                                                17(a)(2) of the Act.                                    nysearca201706.htm.                                     7 17    CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).



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                                                permit (a) actively-managed series of                   ADDRESSES:   Brent J. Fields, Secretary,                generally on an in-kind basis. Except
                                                certain open-end management                             Securities and Exchange Commission,                     where the purchase or redemption will
                                                investment companies (‘‘Funds’’) to                     100 F Street NE., Washington, DC                        include cash under the limited
                                                issue shares redeemable in large                        20549–1090; Applicants: the Initial                     circumstances specified in the
                                                aggregations only (‘‘Creation Units’’); (b)             Adviser and the Trust, 116 South                        application, purchasers will be required
                                                secondary market transactions in Fund                   Franklin Street, Rocky Mount, NC                        to purchase Creation Units by
                                                shares to occur at negotiated market                    27804; and the Initial Distributor, 100 E.              depositing specified instruments
                                                prices rather than at net asset value                   Forks Road, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC                      (‘‘Deposit Instruments’’), and
                                                (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain Funds to pay                     27609.                                                  shareholders redeeming their shares
                                                redemption proceeds, under certain                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        will receive specified instruments
                                                circumstances, more than seven days                     Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel,                   (‘‘Redemption Instruments’’). The
                                                after the tender of shares for                          at (202) 551–6812, or Robert H. Shapiro                 Deposit Instruments and the
                                                redemption; (d) certain affiliated                      at (202) 551–6821 (Division of                          Redemption Instruments will each
                                                persons of a Fund to deposit securities                 Investment Management, Chief                            correspond pro rata to the positions in
                                                into, and receive securities from, the                  Counsel’s Office).                                      the Fund’s portfolio (including cash
                                                Fund in connection with the purchase                                                                            positions) except as specified in the
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                and redemption of Creation Units; (e)                                                                           application.
                                                                                                        following is a summary of the
                                                certain registered management                                                                                      4. Because shares will not be
                                                                                                        application. The complete application
                                                investment companies and unit                                                                                   individually redeemable, applicants
                                                                                                        may be obtained via the Commission’s
                                                investment trusts outside of the same                                                                           request an exemption from section
                                                                                                        Web site by searching for the file
                                                group of investment companies as the                                                                            5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the Act
                                                                                                        number, or for an applicant using the
                                                Funds (‘‘Funds of Funds’’) to acquire                                                                           that would permit the Funds to register
                                                                                                        Company name box, at http://
                                                shares of the Funds; and (f) certain                                                                            as open-end management investment
                                                                                                        www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
                                                Funds (‘‘Feeder Funds’’) to create and                                                                          companies and issue shares that are
                                                                                                        calling (202) 551–8090.
                                                redeem Creation Units in-kind in a                                                                              redeemable in Creation Units only.
                                                master-feeder structure.                                Summary of the Application                                 5. Applicants also request an
                                                                                                           1. Applicants request an order that                  exemption from section 22(d) of the Act
                                                APPLICANTS:   OBP Capital, LLC (the                                                                             and rule 22c–1 under the Act as
                                                ‘‘Initial Adviser’’), a Delaware limited                would allow Funds to operate as
                                                                                                        actively-managed exchange traded                        secondary market trading in shares will
                                                liability company registered as an                                                                              take place at negotiated prices, not at a
                                                investment adviser under the                            funds (‘‘ETFs’’).1 Fund shares will be
                                                                                                                                                                current offering price described in a
                                                Investment Advisers Act of 1940,                        purchased and redeemed at their NAV
                                                                                                                                                                Fund’s prospectus, and not at a price
                                                Spinnaker ETF Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’), a                  in Creation Units only. All orders to
                                                                                                                                                                based on NAV. Applicants state that (a)
                                                Delaware statutory trust that is                        purchase Creation Units and all
                                                                                                                                                                secondary market trading in shares does
                                                registered under the Act as an open-end                 redemption requests will be placed by
                                                                                                                                                                not involve a Fund as a party and will
                                                management investment company with                      or through an ‘‘Authorized Participant’’,
                                                                                                                                                                not result in dilution of an investment
                                                multiple series, and Capital Investment                 which will have signed a participant
                                                                                                                                                                in shares, and (b) to the extent different
                                                Group, Inc. (the ‘‘Initial Distributor’’), a            agreement with the Distributor. Shares
                                                                                                                                                                prices exist during a given trading day,
                                                North Carolina corporation and broker-                  will be listed and traded individually on
                                                                                                                                                                or from day to day, such variances occur
                                                dealer registered under the Securities                  a national securities exchange, where
                                                                                                                                                                as a result of third-party market forces,
                                                Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Exchange                    share prices will be based on the current               such as supply and demand. Therefore,
                                                Act’’).                                                 bid/offer market. Certain Funds may                     applicants assert that secondary market
                                                                                                        operate as Feeder Funds in a master-                    transactions in shares will not lead to
                                                FILING DATES: The application was filed                 feeder structure. Any order granting the
                                                on December 5, 2014, and amended on                                                                             discrimination or preferential treatment
                                                                                                        requested relief would be subject to the                among purchasers. Finally, applicants
                                                April 6, 2015, April 10, 2015, January                  terms and conditions stated in the
                                                13, 2017, and February 14, 2017.                                                                                represent that share market prices will
                                                                                                        application.                                            be disciplined by arbitrage
                                                HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:      An                2. Each Fund will consist of a
                                                                                                                                                                opportunities, which should prevent
                                                order granting the requested relief will                portfolio of securities and other assets                shares from trading at a material
                                                be issued unless the Commission orders                  and investment positions (‘‘Portfolio                   discount or premium from NAV.
                                                a hearing. Interested persons may                       Holdings’’). Each Fund will disclose on                    6. With respect to Funds that hold
                                                request a hearing by writing to the                     its Web site the identities and quantities              non-U.S. Portfolio Holdings and that
                                                Commission’s Secretary and serving                      of the Portfolio Holdings that will form                effect creations and redemptions of
                                                applicants with a copy of the request,                  the basis for the Fund’s calculation of                 Creation Units in kind, applicants
                                                personally or by mail. Hearing requests                 NAV at the end of the day.                              request relief from the requirement
                                                should be received by the Commission                       3. Shares will be purchased and                      imposed by section 22(e) in order to
                                                by 5:30 p.m. on April 17, 2017, and                     redeemed in Creation Units and                          allow such Funds to pay redemption
                                                should be accompanied by proof of                         1 Applicants request that the order apply to the
                                                                                                                                                                proceeds within fifteen calendar days
                                                service on applicants, in the form of an                initial series of the Trust and any future series of    following the tender of Creation Units
                                                affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of             the Trust offering exchange-traded shares, as well      for redemption. Applicants assert that
                                                service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the                 as other existing or future open-end management         the requested relief would not be
                                                Act, hearing requests should state the                  companies or existing or future series thereof
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                                                                                                                                                                inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
                                                                                                        offering exchange-traded shares (and their
                                                nature of the writer’s interest, any facts              respective existing or future Master Funds, as          section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable,
                                                bearing upon the desirability of a                      defined below), that will utilize active management     undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the
                                                hearing on the matter, the reason for the               investment strategies (collectively, ‘‘Future           actual payment of redemption proceeds.
                                                request, and the issues contested.                      Funds’’). Any Future Fund will (a) be advised by           7. Applicants request an exemption to
                                                                                                        the Initial Adviser or an entity controlling,
                                                Persons who wish to be notified of a                    controlled by, or under common control with the
                                                                                                                                                                permit Funds of Funds to acquire Fund
                                                hearing may request notification by                     Initial Adviser (each, an ‘‘Adviser’’) and (b) comply   shares beyond the limits of section
                                                writing to the Commission’s Secretary.                  with the terms and conditions of the application.       12(d)(1)(A) of the Act; and the Funds,


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                                                and any principal underwriter for the                      10. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the            409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050,
                                                Funds, and/or any broker or dealer                      Commission to exempt any persons or                   Washington, DC 20416.
                                                registered under the Exchange Act, to                   transactions from any provision of the                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                sell shares to Funds of Funds beyond                    Act if such exemption is necessary or                 hereby given that as a result of the
                                                the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the                appropriate in the public interest and                Administrator’s disaster declaration,
                                                Act. The application’s terms and                        consistent with the protection of                     applications for disaster loans may be
                                                conditions are designed to, among other                 investors and the purposes fairly                     filed at the address listed above or other
                                                things, help prevent any potential (i)                  intended by the policy and provisions of              locally announced locations.
                                                undue influence over a Fund through                     the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act                  The following areas have been
                                                control or voting power, or in                          provides that the Commission may                      determined to be adversely affected by
                                                connection with certain services,                       exempt any person, security, or                       the disaster:
                                                transactions, and underwritings, (ii)                   transaction, or any class or classes of               Primary Counties: Colusa, Lake, Lassen,
                                                excessive layering of fees, and (iii)                   persons, securities, or transactions, from               Plumas, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz.
                                                overly complex fund structures, which                   any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the              Contiguous Counties:
                                                are the concerns underlying the limits                  exemption is consistent with the public                  California: Alameda, Butte, Glenn,
                                                in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the                  interest and the protection of investors.                  Mendocino, Merced, Modoc,
                                                Act.                                                    Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the                    Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San
                                                   8. Applicants request an exemption                   Commission to grant an order                               Joaquin, San Mateo, Shasta, Sierra,
                                                from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the              permitting a transaction otherwise                         Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter,
                                                Act to permit persons that are Affiliated               prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds                    Tehama, Yolo, Yuba.
                                                Persons, or Second Tier Affiliates, of the              that (a) the terms of the proposed                       Nevada: Washoe.
                                                Funds, solely by virtue of certain                      transaction are fair and reasonable and                  The Interest Rates are:
                                                ownership interests, to effectuate                      do not involve overreaching on the part
                                                purchases and redemptions in-kind. The                  of any person concerned; (b) the                                                                        Percent
                                                deposit procedures for in-kind                          proposed transaction is consistent with
                                                purchases of Creation Units and the                     the policies of each registered                       For Physical Damage:
                                                redemption procedures for in-kind                       investment company involved; and (c)                    Homeowners with Credit Avail-
                                                redemptions of Creation Units will be                   the proposed transaction is consistent                    able Elsewhere ......................           3.750
                                                the same for all purchases and                          with the general purposes of the Act.                   Homeowners without Credit
                                                                                                                                                                  Available Elsewhere ..............              1.875
                                                redemptions and Deposit Instruments                       For the Commission, by the Division of                Businesses with Credit Avail-
                                                and Redemption Instruments will be                      Investment Management, under delegated                    able Elsewhere ......................           6.300
                                                valued in the same manner as those                      authority.                                              Businesses        without          Credit
                                                Portfolio Holdings currently held by the                Eduardo A. Aleman,                                        Available Elsewhere ..............               3.150
                                                Funds. Applicants also seek relief from                 Assistant Secretary.                                    Non-Profit Organizations with
                                                the prohibitions on affiliated                          [FR Doc. 2017–06085 Filed 3–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                  Credit Available Elsewhere ...                   2.500
                                                transactions in section 17(a) to permit a                                                                       Non-Profit Organizations with-
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its                                                                         out Credit Available Else-
                                                shares from a Fund of Funds, and to                                                                               where .....................................      2.500
                                                                                                                                                              For Economic Injury:
                                                engage in the accompanying in-kind
                                                                                                        SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                           Businesses & Small Agricultural
                                                transactions with the Fund of Funds.2                                                                             Cooperatives without Credit
                                                The purchase of Creation Units by a                     [Disaster Declaration #15092 and #15093]                  Available Elsewhere ..............              3.150
                                                Fund of Funds directly from a Fund will                                                                         Non-Profit Organizations with-
                                                be accomplished in accordance with the                  California Disaster #CA–00263                             out Credit Available Else-
                                                policies of the Fund of Funds and will                                                                            where .....................................      2.500
                                                be based on the NAVs of the Funds.                      AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
                                                   9. Applicants also request relief to                 Administration.                                         The number assigned to this disaster
                                                permit a Feeder Fund to acquire shares                  ACTION: Notice.                                       for physical damage is 15092 6 and for
                                                of another registered investment                                                                              economic injury is 15093 0.
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:   This is a notice of an                       The States which received an EIDL
                                                company managed by the Adviser
                                                                                                        Administrative declaration of a disaster              Declaration # are California, Nevada.
                                                having substantially the same
                                                                                                        for the State of California dated 03/20/
                                                investment objectives as the Feeder                                                                           (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                                                                                        2017.
                                                Fund (‘‘Master Fund’’) beyond the                                                                             Number 59008)
                                                                                                          Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
                                                limitations in section 12(d)(1)(A) and                                                                          Dated: March 20, 2017.
                                                                                                          Incident Period: 02/01/2017 through
                                                permit the Master Fund, and any                                                                               Linda E. McMahon,
                                                                                                        02/25/2017.
                                                principal underwriter for the Master
                                                                                                        DATES: Effective Date: 03/20/2017.                    Administrator.
                                                Fund, to sell shares of the Master Fund
                                                to the Feeder Fund beyond the                             Physical Loan Application Deadline                  [FR Doc. 2017–06031 Filed 3–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                limitations in section 12(d)(1)(B).                     Date: 05/19/2017.                                     BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
                                                                                                          Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
                                                   2 The requested relief would apply to direct sales   Application Deadline Date: 12/20/2017.
                                                of shares in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of      ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan                      SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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                                                Funds and redemptions of those shares. Applicants,      applications to: U.S. Small Business                  [Disaster Declaration #15090 and #15091]
                                                moreover, are not seeking relief from section 17(a)
                                                for, and the requested relief will not apply to,
                                                                                                        Administration, Processing and
                                                transactions where a Fund could be deemed an            Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport                  Kentucky Disaster #KY–00064
                                                Affiliated Person, or a Second-Tier Affiliate, of a     Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
                                                Fund of Funds because an Adviser or an entity                                                                 AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.                   Administration.
                                                controlling, controlled by or under common control
                                                with an Adviser provides investment advisory            Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,               ACTION: Notice.
                                                services to that Fund of Funds.                         U.S. Small Business Administration,


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Document Created: 2017-03-28 00:32:20
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe application was filed on December 5, 2014, and amended on April 6, 2015, April 10, 2015, January 13, 2017, and February 14, 2017.
ContactCourtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551-6812, or Robert H. Shapiro at (202) 551-6821 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
FR Citation82 FR 15408 

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