82_FR_58706 82 FR 58469 - Calvert Research and Management and Calvert ETF Trust

82 FR 58469 - Calvert Research and Management and Calvert ETF Trust

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 237 (December 12, 2017)

Page Range58469-58470
FR Document2017-26700

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58469-58470]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26700]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32935; 812-14820]


Calvert Research and Management and Calvert ETF Trust

December 6, 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 permit (a) index-
based 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; and (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.

Applicants: Calvert Research and Management (the ``Initial Adviser''), 
a Massachusetts business trust, that is registered as an investment 
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Calvert ETF Trust 
(the ``Trust''), a Massachusetts business trust that intends to 
register under the Act as an open-end management investment company 
with multiple series.

Filing Date: The application was filed on September 20, 2017 and 
amended on November 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 January 2, 2018, 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: Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090; Applicants: 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW, 
Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, 
at (202) 551-6821, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, 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 website 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 
index 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. Any order 
granting the requested relief would be subject to the

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terms and conditions stated in the application.
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    \1\ Applicants request that the order apply to the new series of 
the Trust, any additional series of the Trust, and any other open-
end management investment company or series thereof (each, included 
in the term ``Fund''), each of which will operate as an ETF and will 
track a specified index comprised of domestic or foreign equity and/
or fixed income securities (each, an ``Underlying Index''). Any Fund 
will (a) be advised by the Initial Adviser or an entity controlling, 
controlled by, or under common control with the Initial Adviser or 
any successor thereto (each, an ``Adviser'') and (b) comply with the 
terms and conditions of the application. For purposes of the 
requested Order, ``successor'' is limited to an entity that results 
from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the 
type of business organization.
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    2. Each Fund will hold investment positions selected to correspond 
generally to the performance of an Underlying Index. Certain of the 
Funds will track an Underlying Index that is compiled, created, 
sponsored, or maintained by an affiliated person, as defined in section 
2(a)(3) of the Act (``Affiliated Person''), or an affiliated person of 
an Affiliated Person (``Second-Tier Affiliate''), of the Trust or a 
Fund, of the Adviser, of any sub-adviser to or promoter of a Fund, or 
of the Distributor (each a ``Self-Indexing Fund'').\2\
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    \2\ Each Self-Indexing Fund will post on its website the 
identities and quantities of the investment positions that will form 
the basis for the Fund's calculation of its NAV at the end of the 
day. Applicants believe that requiring Self-Indexing Funds to 
maintain full portfolio transparency will help address, together 
with other protections, conflicts of interest with respect to such 
Funds.
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    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 effect creations and redemptions of 
Creation Units in kind and that are based on certain Underlying Indexes 
that include foreign securities, 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, 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 
investment positions 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.\3\ 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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    \3\ 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 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. 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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                                               and underwriting discounts incurred in                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                               should be received by the Commission
                                               the offering. The information provided                  COMMISSION                                            by 5:30 p.m. on January 2, 2018, and
                                               on Form 2–E assists the staff in                                                                              should be accompanied by proof of
                                                                                                       [Investment Company Act Release No.
                                               monitoring the progress of the offering                 32935; 812–14820]
                                                                                                                                                             service on applicants, in the form of an
                                               and in determining whether the offering                                                                       affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of
                                               has stayed within the limits set for an                 Calvert Research and Management and                   service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the
                                               offering exempt under Regulation E.                     Calvert ETF Trust                                     Act, hearing requests should state the
                                                 There has not been a Form 2–E filing                                                                        nature of the writer’s interest, any facts
                                                                                                       December 6, 2017.                                     bearing upon the desirability of a
                                               since calendar year 2010, when there
                                               was one filing of Form 2–E by one                       AGENCY: Securities and Exchange                       hearing on the matter, the reason for the
                                               respondent. The Commission has                          Commission (‘‘Commission’’).                          request, and the issues contested.
                                               previously estimated that the total                     ACTION: Notice.                                       Persons who wish to be notified of a
                                               annual burden associated with                                                                                 hearing may request notification by
                                                                                                          Notice of an application for an order              writing to the Commission’s Secretary.
                                               information collection and Form 2–E                     under section 6(c) of the Investment
                                               preparation and submission is four                      Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) for an              ADDRESSES:  Secretary, Securities and
                                               hours per filing. Although there have                   exemption from sections 2(a)(32),                     Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE,
                                               been no filings made under this rule                    5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the Act and              Washington, DC 20549–1090;
                                               since 2010, we are requesting one                       rule 22c–1 under the Act, under                       Applicants: 1825 Connecticut Avenue
                                               annual response and an annual burden                    sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an             NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009.
                                               of one hour for administrative purposes.                exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                 Estimates of average burden hours are                 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section                Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel,
                                               made solely for the purposes of the                     12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from                     at (202) 551–6821, or Robert H. Shapiro,
                                               Paperwork Reduction Act and are not                     sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of               Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6821
                                               derived from a comprehensive or even                    the Act. The requested order would                    (Division of Investment Management,
                                               representative survey or study of the                   permit (a) index-based series of certain              Chief Counsel’s Office).
                                               costs of Commission rules and forms.                    open-end management investment
                                               The collection of information under rule                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The
                                                                                                       companies (‘‘Funds’’) to issue shares
                                               609 and Form 2–E is mandatory. The                                                                            following is a summary of the
                                                                                                       redeemable in large aggregations only
                                               information provided under rule 609                                                                           application. The complete application
                                                                                                       (‘‘Creation Units’’); (b) secondary market
                                               and Form 2–E will not be kept                                                                                 may be obtained via the Commission’s
                                                                                                       transactions in Fund shares to occur at
                                               confidential. An agency may not                                                                               website by searching for the file
                                                                                                       negotiated market prices rather than at
                                               conduct or sponsor, and a person is not                                                                       number, or for an applicant using the
                                                                                                       net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain
                                               required to respond to, a collection of                                                                       Company name box, at http://
                                                                                                       Funds to pay redemption proceeds,
                                               information unless it displays a                                                                              www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
                                                                                                       under certain circumstances, more than
                                               currently valid OMB control number.                                                                           calling (202) 551–8090.
                                                                                                       seven days after the tender of shares for
                                                 Written comments are invited on: (a)                  redemption; (d) certain affiliated                    Summary of the Application
                                               Whether the proposed collection of                      persons of a Fund to deposit securities
                                                                                                       into, and receive securities from, the                   1. Applicants request an order that
                                               information is necessary for the proper                                                                       would allow Funds to operate as index
                                               performance of the functions of the                     Fund in connection with the purchase
                                                                                                       and redemption of Creation Units; and                 exchange traded funds (‘‘ETFs’’).1 Fund
                                               agency, including whether the                                                                                 shares will be purchased and redeemed
                                               information will have practical utility;                (e) certain registered management
                                                                                                       investment companies and unit                         at their NAV in Creation Units only. All
                                               (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate                                                                     orders to purchase Creation Units and
                                               of the burden of the collection of                      investment trusts outside of the same
                                                                                                       group of investment companies as the                  all redemption requests will be placed
                                               information; (c) ways to enhance the                                                                          by or through an ‘‘Authorized
                                               quality, utility, and clarity of the                    Funds (‘‘Funds of Funds’’) to acquire
                                                                                                       shares of the Funds.                                  Participant’’, which will have signed a
                                               information collected; and (d) ways to                                                                        participant agreement with the
                                               minimize the burden of the collection of                APPLICANTS: Calvert Research and
                                                                                                                                                             Distributor. Shares will be listed and
                                               information on respondents, including                   Management (the ‘‘Initial Adviser’’), a               traded individually on a national
                                               through the use of automated collection                 Massachusetts business trust, that is                 securities exchange, where share prices
                                               techniques or other forms of information                registered as an investment adviser                   will be based on the current bid/offer
                                               technology. Consideration will be given                 under the Investment Advisers Act of                  market. Any order granting the
                                               to comments and suggestions submitted                   1940 and Calvert ETF Trust (the                       requested relief would be subject to the
                                               in writing within 60 days of this                       ‘‘Trust’’), a Massachusetts business trust
                                               publication.                                            that intends to register under the Act as                1 Applicants request that the order apply to the

                                                 Please direct your written comments                   an open-end management investment                     new series of the Trust, any additional series of the
                                               to Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief                         company with multiple series.                         Trust, and any other open-end management
                                                                                                       FILING DATE: The application was filed                investment company or series thereof (each,
                                               Information Officer, Securities and                                                                           included in the term ‘‘Fund’’), each of which will
                                               Exchange Commission, C/O Remi                           on September 20, 2017 and amended on                  operate as an ETF and will track a specified index
                                               Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE,                          November 14, 2017.                                    comprised of domestic or foreign equity and/or
                                               Washington, DC 20549; or send an email                  HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An                fixed income securities (each, an ‘‘Underlying
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                                                                                                                                                             Index’’). Any Fund will (a) be advised by the Initial
                                               to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.                                order granting the requested relief will              Adviser or an entity controlling, controlled by, or
                                                 Dated: December 6, 2017.
                                                                                                       be issued unless the Commission orders                under common control with the Initial Adviser or
                                                                                                       a hearing. Interested persons may                     any successor thereto (each, an ‘‘Adviser’’) and (b)
                                               Eduardo A. Aleman,                                      request a hearing by writing to the                   comply with the terms and conditions of the
                                               Assistant Secretary.                                                                                          application. For purposes of the requested Order,
                                                                                                       Commission’s Secretary and serving                    ‘‘successor’’ is limited to an entity that results from
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–26671 Filed 12–11–17; 8:45 am]            applicants with a copy of the request,                a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a
                                               BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                  personally or by mail. Hearing requests               change in the type of business organization.



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                                               terms and conditions stated in the                      discrimination or preferential treatment              transactions with the Fund of Funds.3
                                               application.                                            among purchasers. Finally, applicants                 The purchase of Creation Units by a
                                                  2. Each Fund will hold investment                    represent that share market prices will               Fund of Funds directly from a Fund will
                                               positions selected to correspond                        be disciplined by arbitrage                           be accomplished in accordance with the
                                               generally to the performance of an                      opportunities, which should prevent                   policies of the Fund of Funds and will
                                               Underlying Index. Certain of the Funds                  shares from trading at a material                     be based on the NAVs of the Funds.
                                               will track an Underlying Index that is                  discount or premium from NAV.                            9. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the
                                               compiled, created, sponsored, or                                                                              Commission to exempt any persons or
                                                                                                          6. With respect to Funds that effect
                                               maintained by an affiliated person, as                                                                        transactions from any provision of the
                                               defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act                   creations and redemptions of Creation
                                                                                                                                                             Act if such exemption is necessary or
                                               (‘‘Affiliated Person’’), or an affiliated               Units in kind and that are based on
                                                                                                                                                             appropriate in the public interest and
                                               person of an Affiliated Person (‘‘Second-               certain Underlying Indexes that include
                                                                                                                                                             consistent with the protection of
                                               Tier Affiliate’’), of the Trust or a Fund,              foreign securities, applicants request
                                                                                                                                                             investors and the purposes fairly
                                               of the Adviser, of any sub-adviser to or                relief from the requirement imposed by
                                                                                                                                                             intended by the policy and provisions of
                                               promoter of a Fund, or of the Distributor               section 22(e) in order to allow such                  the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act
                                               (each a ‘‘Self-Indexing Fund’’).2                       Funds to pay redemption proceeds                      provides that the Commission may
                                                  3. Shares will be purchased and                      within fifteen calendar days following                exempt any person, security, or
                                               redeemed in Creation Units and                          the tender of Creation Units for                      transaction, or any class or classes of
                                               generally on an in-kind basis. Except                   redemption. Applicants assert that the                persons, securities, or transactions, from
                                               where the purchase or redemption will                   requested relief would not be                         any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the
                                               include cash under the limited                          inconsistent with the spirit and intent of            exemption is consistent with the public
                                               circumstances specified in the                          section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable,                interest and the protection of investors.
                                               application, purchasers will be required                undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the               Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the
                                               to purchase Creation Units by                           actual payment of redemption proceeds.                Commission to grant an order
                                               depositing specified instruments                           7. Applicants request an exemption to              permitting a transaction otherwise
                                               (‘‘Deposit Instruments’’), and                          permit Funds of Funds to acquire Fund                 prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds
                                               shareholders redeeming their shares                     shares beyond the limits of section                   that (a) the terms of the proposed
                                               will receive specified instruments                      12(d)(1)(A) of the Act; and the Funds,                transaction are fair and reasonable and
                                               (‘‘Redemption Instruments’’). The                       and any principal underwriter for the                 do not involve overreaching on the part
                                               Deposit Instruments and the                             Funds, and/or any broker or dealer                    of any person concerned; (b) the
                                               Redemption Instruments will each                        registered under the Exchange Act, to                 proposed transaction is consistent with
                                               correspond pro rata to the positions in                 sell shares to Funds of Funds beyond                  the policies of each registered
                                               the Fund’s portfolio (including cash                    the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the              investment company involved; and (c)
                                               positions) except as specified in the                   Act. The application’s terms and                      the proposed transaction is consistent
                                               application.                                            conditions are designed to, among other               with the general purposes of the Act.
                                                  4. Because shares will not be
                                                                                                       things, help prevent any potential (i)                  For the Commission, by the Division of
                                               individually redeemable, applicants
                                                                                                       undue influence over a Fund through                   Investment Management, under delegated
                                               request an exemption from section                                                                             authority.
                                               5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the Act                 control or voting power, or in
                                                                                                       connection with certain services,                     Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                               that would permit the Funds to register
                                               as open-end management investment                       transactions, and underwritings, (ii)                 Assistant Secretary.
                                               companies and issue shares that are                     excessive layering of fees, and (iii)                 [FR Doc. 2017–26700 Filed 12–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                               redeemable in Creation Units only.                      overly complex fund structures, which                 BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                  5. Applicants also request an                        are the concerns underlying the limits
                                               exemption from section 22(d) of the Act                 in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the
                                               and rule 22c–1 under the Act as                         Act.                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                               secondary market trading in shares will                    8. Applicants request an exemption                 COMMISSION
                                               take place at negotiated prices, not at a               from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the            [Release No. 34–82227; File No. SR–
                                               current offering price described in a                   Act to permit persons that are Affiliated             CboeBZX–2017–007]
                                               Fund’s prospectus, and not at a price                   Persons, or Second Tier Affiliates, of the
                                               based on NAV. Applicants state that (a)                 Funds, solely by virtue of certain                    Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
                                               secondary market trading in shares does                 ownership interests, to effectuate                    BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing
                                               not involve a Fund as a party and will                  purchases and redemptions in-kind. The                and Immediate Effectiveness of a
                                               not result in dilution of an investment                 deposit procedures for in-kind                        Proposed Rule Change Applicable to
                                               in shares, and (b) to the extent different              purchases of Creation Units and the                   Its Equity Options Platform
                                               prices exist during a given trading day,                redemption procedures for in-kind                     December 6, 2017.
                                               or from day to day, such variances occur                redemptions of Creation Units will be
                                               as a result of third-party market forces,                                                                       Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
                                                                                                       the same for all purchases and                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                               such as supply and demand. Therefore,                   redemptions and Deposit Instruments
                                               applicants assert that secondary market                 and Redemption Instruments will be                      3 The requested relief would apply to direct sales
                                               transactions in shares will not lead to                 valued in the same manner as those                    of shares in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of
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                                                                                                       investment positions currently held by                Funds and redemptions of those shares. Applicants
                                                 2 Each Self-Indexing Fund will post on its website                                                          are not seeking relief from section 17(a) for, and the
                                                                                                       the Funds. Applicants also seek relief
                                               the identities and quantities of the investment                                                               requested relief will not apply to, transactions
                                               positions that will form the basis for the Fund’s       from the prohibitions on affiliated                   where a Fund could be deemed an Affiliated
                                               calculation of its NAV at the end of the day.           transactions in section 17(a) to permit a             Person, or a Second-Tier Affiliate, of a Fund of
                                               Applicants believe that requiring Self-Indexing         Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its             Funds because an Adviser or an entity controlling,
                                               Funds to maintain full portfolio transparency will                                                            controlled by or under common control with an
                                               help address, together with other protections,
                                                                                                       shares from a Fund of Funds, and to                   Adviser provides investment advisory services to
                                               conflicts of interest with respect to such Funds.       engage in the accompanying in-kind                    that Fund of Funds.



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SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe application was filed on September 20, 2017 and amended on November 14, 2017.
ContactCourtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551-6821, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, at (202) 551- 6821 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
FR Citation82 FR 58469 

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