83_FR_5526 83 FR 5500 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Provide Users With Access to Two Additional Third Party Systems and Connectivity to One Additional Third Party Data Feed

83 FR 5500 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Provide Users With Access to Two Additional Third Party Systems and Connectivity to One Additional Third Party Data Feed

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 26 (February 7, 2018)

Page Range5500-5504
FR Document2018-02399

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5500-5504]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02399]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82617; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2018-06]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Provide Users 
With Access to Two Additional Third Party Systems and Connectivity to 
One Additional Third Party Data Feed

February 1, 2018.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given 
that, on January 19, 2018, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``NYSE 
Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and 
II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to provide Users with access to two 
additional third party systems and connectivity to one additional third 
party data feed. In addition, the Exchange proposes to change its NYSE 
Arca Options Fees and Charges (the ``Options Fee Schedule'') and the 
NYSE Arca Equities Fees and Charges (the ``Equities Fee Schedule'' and, 
together with the Options Fee Schedule, the ``Fee Schedules'') related 
to these co-location services, and to update its Fee Schedules to 
eliminate obsolete text. The proposed rule change is available on the 
Exchange's website at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization 
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the 
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the 
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at 
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared 
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most 
significant parts of such statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend the co-location \4\ services offered 
by the Exchange to provide Users \5\ with access to two additional 
third party systems and connectivity to one additional third party data 
feed. In addition the Exchange proposes to make the corresponding 
changes to the Exchange's Fee Schedules related to these co-location 
services, and to update its Fee Schedules to eliminate obsolete text.
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    \4\ The Exchange initially filed rule changes relating to its 
co-location services with the Commission in 2010. See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 63275 (November 8, 2010), 75 FR 70048 
(November 16, 2010) (SR-NYSEArca-2010-100) (the ``Original Co-
location Filing''). The Exchange operates a data center in Mahwah, 
New Jersey (the ``data center'') from which it provides co-location 
services to Users.
    \5\ For purposes of the Exchange's co-location services, a 
``User'' means any market participant that requests to receive co-
location services directly from the Exchange. See Securities 
Exchange Act Release No. 76010 (September 29, 2015), 80 FR 60197 
(October 5, 2015) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-82). As specified in the Fee 
Schedules, a User that incurs co-location fees for a particular co-
location service pursuant thereto would not be subject to co-
location fees for the same co-location service charged by the 
Exchange's affiliates New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE LLC'') and 
NYSE American LLC (``NYSE American and, together with NYSE LLC, the 
``Affiliate SROs''). See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70173 
(August 13, 2013), 78 FR 50459 (August 19, 2013) (SR-NYSEArca-2013-
80).
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    As set forth in the Fee Schedules, the Exchange charges fees for 
connectivity to the execution systems of third party markets and other 
content service providers (``Third Party Systems''), and data feeds 
from third party markets and other content service providers (``Third 
Party Data Feeds'').\6\ The lists of Third Party Systems and Third 
Party Data Feeds are set forth in the Fee Schedules.
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    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80310 (March 24, 
2017), 82 FR 15763 (March 30, 2017) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-89).
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    The Exchange now proposes to make the following changes:
     Add two content service providers to the list of Third 
Party Systems: Miami International Securities Exchange and MIAX PEARL 
(together, the ``Additional Third Party Systems'' or ``ATPS''); and
     add one feed to the list of Third Party Data Feeds: Miami 
International Securities Exchange/MIAX PEARL (the ``Additional Third 
Party Data Feed'' or ``ATPD'').
    The Exchange would provide access to the Additional Third Party 
Systems (``Access'') and connectivity to the Additional Third Party 
Data Feed (``Connectivity'') as conveniences to Users. Use of Access or 
Connectivity would be completely voluntary. The Exchange is not aware 
of any impediment to third parties offering Access or Connectivity.
    The Exchange does not have visibility into whether third parties 
currently offer, or intend to offer, Users access to the Additional 
Third Party Systems and connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data 
Feed, as such third parties are not required to make that information 
public. However, if one or more third parties presently offer, or in 
the future opt to offer, such Access and Connectivity to Users, a User 
may utilize the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (``SFTI'') 
network, a third party telecommunication network, third party wireless 
network, a cross connect, or a combination thereof to access such 
services and products through a connection to an access center outside 
the data center (which could be a SFTI access center, a third-party 
access center, or both), another User, or a third party vendor.
    The proposed rule change would become operative when the Additional 
Third Party Systems and the Additional Third Party Data Feed become 
available, which is expected to be no later than March 31, 2018. The 
Exchange will announce the dates that each Product is available through 
customer notices disseminated to all Users simultaneously.
Connectivity to Additional Third Party Systems
    The Exchange proposes to revise the Fee Schedules to provide that 
Users may obtain connectivity to the two Additional Third Party Systems 
for a fee. As with the current Third Party Systems, Users would connect 
to the Additional Third Party Systems over the internet protocol 
(``IP'') network, a local area network available in the data center.\7\
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    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74219 (February 6, 
2015), 80 FR 7899 (February 12, 2015) (SR-NYSEArca-2015-03) (notice 
of filing and immediate effectiveness of proposed rule change to 
include IP network connections).
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    As with the current Third Party Systems, in order to obtain access 
to an Additional Third Party System, the User would enter into an 
agreement with the relevant third party content service provider, 
pursuant to which the third party content service provider would charge 
the User for access to the Additional Third Party System. The Exchange 
would then establish a unicast connection between the User and the

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relevant third party content service provider over the IP network.\8\ 
The Exchange would charge the User for the connectivity to the 
Additional Third Party System. A User would only receive, and only be 
charged for, access to Additional Third Party Systems for which it 
enters into agreements with the third party content service provider.
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    \8\ Information flows over existing network connections in two 
formats: ``unicast'' format, which is a format that allows one-to-
one communication, similar to a phone line, in which information is 
sent to and from the Exchange; and ``multicast'' format, which is a 
format in which information is sent one-way from the Exchange to 
multiple recipients at once, like a radio broadcast.
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    The Exchange has no ownership interest in the Additional Third 
Party Systems. Establishing a User's access to an Additional Third 
Party System would not give the Exchange any right to use the 
Additional Third Party Systems. Connectivity to an Additional Third 
Party System would not provide access or order entry to the Exchange's 
execution system, and a User's connection to an Additional Third Party 
System would not be through the Exchange's execution system.
    As with the existing connections to Third Party Systems, the 
Exchange proposes to charge a monthly recurring fee for connectivity to 
an Additional Third Party System. Specifically, when a User requests 
access to an Additional Third Party System, it would identify the 
applicable content service provider and what bandwidth connection it 
required.
    The Exchange proposes to modify its Fee Schedules to add the 
Additional Third Party Systems to its existing list of Third Party 
Systems. The additional items would be as follows:

                           Third Party Systems
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Miami International Securities Exchange.
MIAX PEARL.
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    The Exchange does not propose to change the monthly recurring fee 
the Exchange charges Users for unicast connectivity to each Third Party 
System, including the Additional Third Party Systems.
Connectivity to Additional Third Party Data Feed
    The Exchange proposes to revise the Fee Schedules to provide that 
Users may obtain connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data Feed 
for a fee. The Exchange would receive the Additional Third Party Data 
Feed from the content service provider, at its data center. It would 
then provide connectivity to that data to Users for a fee. Users would 
connect to the Additional Third Party Data Feed over the IP network.\9\
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    \9\ See supra note 7, at 7899 (``The IP network also provides 
Users with access to away market data products'').
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    In order to connect to the Additional Third Party Data Feed, a User 
would enter into a contract with the content service provider, pursuant 
to which the content service provider would charge the User for the 
Third Party Data Feed. The Exchange would receive the Third Party Data 
Feed over its fiber optic network and, after the content service 
provider and User entered into the contract and the Exchange received 
authorization from the content service provider, the Exchange would re-
transmit the data to the User over the User's port. The Exchange would 
charge the User for the connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data 
Feed. A User would only receive, and would only be charged for, 
connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data Feed for which it 
entered into contracts.
    The Exchange has no affiliation with the seller of the Additional 
Third Party Data Feed. It would have no right to use the Additional 
Third Party Data Feed other than as a redistributor of the data. The 
Additional Third Party Data Feed would not provide access or order 
entry to the Exchange's execution system. The Additional Third Party 
Data Feed would not provide access or order entry to the execution 
systems of the third parties generating the feed. The Exchange would 
receive the Additional Third Party Data Feed via arms-length agreements 
and it would have no inherent advantage over any other distributor of 
such data.
    As it does with the existing Third Party Data Feeds, the Exchange 
proposes to charge a monthly recurring fee for connectivity to the 
Additional Third Party Data Feed. Depending on its needs and bandwidth, 
a User may opt to receive all or some of the feeds or services included 
in the Additional Third Party Data Feed.
    The Exchange proposes to add the connectivity fees for the 
Additional Third Party Data to its existing list in the Fee Schedules. 
The additional item would be as follows:

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                                                            recurring
                 Third party data feed                     connectivity
                                                          fee per third
                                                         party data feed
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Miami International Securities Exchange/MIAX PEARL.....          $2,000
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Elimination of Obsolete Rule Language
    The Exchange proposes to delete obsolete text from both the lists 
of Third Party Data Feeds and Third Party Systems in the Fee Schedules. 
More specifically, the Exchange proposes to make the following changes: 
\10\
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    \10\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81013 (June 23, 
2017), 82 FR 29604 (June 29, 2017) (SR-NYSEArca-2017-62).
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     From both lists, remove the asterisk and note stating that 
the asterisked service is expected to be available no later than 
September 30, 2017, as the relevant services are currently available; 
and
     from the list of Third Party Data Feeds, remove the 
asterisks and note stating that the Euronext Optiq Compressed 
Derivatives is expected to be offered in place of Euronext no later 
than September 30, 2017, as such change has occurred, and remove 
Euronext as a Third Party Data Feed.
    This proposed change would have no impact on pricing.
General
    As is the case with all Exchange co-location arrangements, (i) 
neither a User nor any of the User's customers would be permitted to 
submit orders directly to the Exchange unless such User or customer is 
a member organization, a Sponsored Participant or an agent thereof 
(e.g., a service bureau providing order entry services); (ii) use of 
the co-location services proposed herein would be completely voluntary 
and available to all Users on a non-discriminatory basis; \11\ and 
(iii) a User would only incur one charge for the particular co-location 
service described herein, regardless of whether the User connects only 
to the Exchange or to the Exchange and one or both the Affiliate 
SROs.\12\
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    \11\ As is currently the case, Users that receive co-location 
services from the Exchange will not receive any means of access to 
the Exchange's trading and execution systems that is separate from, 
or superior to, that of other Users. In this regard, all orders sent 
to the Exchange enter the Exchange's trading and execution systems 
through the same order gateway, regardless of whether the sender is 
co-located in the data center or not. In addition, co-located Users 
do not receive any market data or data service product that is not 
available to all Users, although Users that receive co-location 
services normally would expect reduced latencies in sending orders 
to, and receiving market data from, the Exchange.
    \12\ See SR-NYSEArca-2013-80, supra note 5 at 50459. The 
Affiliate SROs have also submitted substantially the same proposed 
rule change to propose the changes described herein. See SR-NYSE-
2018-05 and SR-NYSEAMER-2018-02.
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    The proposed change is not otherwise intended to address any other 
issues relating to co-location services and/or related fees, and the 
Exchange is not aware of any problems that Users would have in 
complying with the proposed change.

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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed fee change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\13\ in general, and furthers the 
objectives of Sections 6(b)(5) of the Act,\14\ in particular, because 
it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and 
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster 
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, 
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and 
facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to, and 
perfect the mechanisms of, a free and open market and a national market 
system and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest 
and because it is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed changes would remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a free and open market 
and a national market system and, in general, protect investors and the 
public interest because, by offering additional services, the Exchange 
would give each User additional options for addressing its access and 
connectivity needs, responding to User demand for access and 
connectivity options. Providing additional services would help each 
User tailor its data center operations to the requirements of its 
business operations by allowing it to select the form and latency of 
access and connectivity that best suits its needs.
    The Exchange would provide Access and Connectivity as conveniences 
to Users. Use of Access or Connectivity would be completely voluntary. 
The Exchange is not aware of any impediment to third parties offering 
Access or Connectivity. The Exchange does not have visibility into 
whether third parties currently offer, or intend to offer, Users access 
to the Additional Third Party Systems and connectivity to the 
Additional Third Party Data Feed. However, if one or more third parties 
presently offer, or in the future opt to offer, such Access and 
Connectivity to Users, a User may utilize the SFTI network, a third 
party telecommunication network, third party wireless network, a cross 
connect, or a combination thereof to access such services and products 
through a connection to an access center outside the data center (which 
could be a SFTI access center, a third-party access center, or both), 
another User, or a third party vendor.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed changes would remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a free and open market 
and a national market system and, in general, protect investors and the 
public interest because, by offering access to the Additional Third 
Party Systems and connectivity to the Additional Third Party Data Feed 
to Users when available, the Exchange would give Users additional 
options for connectivity and access to new services as soon as they are 
available, responding to User demand for access and connectivity 
options.
    The Exchange also believes that the proposed fee change is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\15\ in particular, because 
it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 
other charges among its members, issuers and other persons using its 
facilities and does not unfairly discriminate between customers, 
issuers, brokers or dealers.
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed fee changes are consistent 
with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act for multiple reasons. The Exchange 
operates in a highly competitive market in which exchanges offer co-
location services as a means to facilitate the trading and other market 
activities of those market participants who believe that co-location 
enhances the efficiency of their operations. Accordingly, fees charged 
for co-location services are constrained by the active competition for 
the order flow of, and other business from, such market participants. 
If a particular exchange charges excessive fees for co-location 
services, affected market participants will opt to terminate their co-
location arrangements with that exchange, and adopt a possible range of 
alternative strategies, including placing their servers in a physically 
proximate location outside the exchange's data center (which could be a 
competing exchange), or pursuing strategies less dependent upon the 
lower exchange-to-participant latency associated with co-location. 
Accordingly, the exchange charging excessive fees would stand to lose 
not only co-location revenues but also the liquidity of the formerly 
co-located trading firms, which could have additional follow-on effects 
on the market share and revenue of the affected exchange.
    The Exchange believes that the additional services and fees 
proposed herein would be equitably allocated and not unfairly 
discriminatory because, in addition to the services being completely 
voluntary, they would be available to all Users on an equal basis 
(i.e., the same products and services would be available to all Users). 
All Users that voluntarily selected to receive Access or Connectivity 
would be charged the same amount for the same services. Users that 
opted to use Access or Connectivity would not receive access or 
connectivity that is not available to all Users, as all market 
participants that contracted with the relevant market or content 
provider would receive access or connectivity.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed charges would be 
reasonable, equitably allocated and not unfairly discriminatory because 
the Exchange would offer the Access and Connectivity as conveniences to 
Users, but in order to do so must provide, maintain and operate the 
data center facility hardware and technology infrastructure. The 
Exchange must handle the installation, administration, monitoring, 
support and maintenance of such services, including by responding to 
any production issues. Since the inception of co-location, the Exchange 
has made numerous improvements to the network hardware and technology 
infrastructure and has established additional administrative controls. 
The Exchange has expanded the network infrastructure to keep pace with 
the increased number of services available to Users, including 
resilient and redundant feeds. In addition, in order to provide Access 
and Connectivity, the Exchange would maintain multiple connections to 
each ATPD and ATPS, allowing the Exchange to provide resilient and 
redundant connections; adapt to any changes made by the relevant third 
party; and cover any applicable fees charged by the relevant third 
party, such as port fees. In addition, Users would not be required to 
use any of their bandwidth for Access and Connectivity unless they wish 
to do so.
    The Exchange believes the proposed fees for Access and Connectivity 
would be reasonable because they would allow the Exchange to defray or 
cover the costs associated with offering Users access to Additional 
Third Party Systems and connectivity to Additional Third Party Data 
Feed while providing Users the convenience of receiving such Access and 
Connectivity within co-location, helping them tailor their data center 
operations to the requirements of their business operations.
    The Exchange also believes that the proposal to delete obsolete 
text from the list of Third Party Data Feeds and the list of Third 
Party Systems would remove impediments to, and perfect the

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mechanisms of, a free and open market and a national market system and, 
in general, protect investors and the public interest because the 
proposed fee changes would remove obsolete text from the Fee Schedules, 
reducing the complexity and any potential ambiguity and providing 
clarification concerning the availability and the costs of products and 
services available to Users. Further, the Exchange believes that that 
the proposed modifications and updates to its Fee Schedules would be 
consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors 
because the public and investors would not be harmed and, in fact, 
would benefit from this updating and clarification.
    For the reasons above, the proposed changes would not unfairly 
discriminate between or among market participants that are otherwise 
capable of satisfying any applicable co-location fees, requirements, 
terms and conditions established from time to time by the Exchange.
    For these reasons, the Exchange believes that the proposal is 
consistent with the Act.

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

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\16\ the Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change will not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act because all of the proposed services are completely 
voluntary.
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    The Exchange believes that providing Users with additional options 
for connectivity and access to new services would not impose any burden 
on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of 
the purposes of the Act because such proposed Access and Connectivity 
would satisfy User demand for access and connectivity options. The 
Exchange would provide Access and Connectivity as conveniences equally 
to all Users. The Exchange does not have visibility into whether third 
parties currently offer, or intend to offer, Users access to the 
Additional Third Party Systems and connectivity to the Additional Third 
Party Data Feed, as such third parties are not required to make that 
information public. However, if one or more third parties presently 
offer, or in the future opt to offer, such Access and Connectivity to 
Users, a User may utilize the SFTI network, a third party 
telecommunication network, third party wireless network, a cross 
connect, or a combination thereof to access such services and products 
through a connection to an access center outside the data center (which 
could be a SFTI access center, a third-party access center, or both), 
another User, or a third party vendor. Users that opt to use the 
proposed Access or Connectivity would not receive access or 
connectivity that is not available to all Users, as all market 
participants that contract with the content provider may receive access 
or connectivity. In this way, the proposed changes would enhance 
competition by helping Users tailor their Access and Connectivity to 
the needs of their business operations by allowing them to select the 
form and latency of access and connectivity that best suits their 
needs.
    The proposed deletion of obsolete text from the list of Third Party 
Data Feeds and the list of Third Party Systems would update the 
information and increase the clarity of the Fee Schedules concerning 
the availability and cost of products and services available to Users. 
Accordingly, the proposed change would not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act, as the public and investors would benefit from 
this updating and clarification.
    The Exchange operates in a highly competitive market in which 
exchanges offer co-location services as a means to facilitate the 
trading and other market activities of those market participants who 
believe that co-location enhances the efficiency of their operations. 
Accordingly, fees charged for co-location services are constrained by 
the active competition for the order flow of, and other business from, 
such market participants. If a particular exchange charges excessive 
fees for co-location services, affected market participants will opt to 
terminate their co-location arrangements with that exchange, and adopt 
a possible range of alternative strategies, including placing their 
servers in a physically proximate location outside the exchange's data 
center (which could be a competing exchange), or pursuing strategies 
less dependent upon the lower exchange-to-participant latency 
associated with co-location. Accordingly, the exchange charging 
excessive fees would stand to lose not only co-location revenues but 
also the liquidity of the formerly co-located trading firms, which 
could have additional follow-on effects on the market share and revenue 
of the affected exchange. For the reasons described above, the Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change reflects this competitive 
environment.

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

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

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \17\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\18\ 
Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the 
protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 
30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as 
the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.\19\
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \18\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \19\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at 
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed 
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. 
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \20\ normally 
does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the 
filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\21\ the Commission 
may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange requests 
that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that the 
proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Exchange 
represents that the proposed rule changes present no new or novel 
issues. According to the Exchange, waiver of the operative delay would 
allow Users to access the Additional Third Party Systems and the 
Additional Third Party Data Feeds without delay, which would assist 
Users in tailoring their data center operations to the requirements of 
their business operations. The Exchange also represents that the 
proposed changes to the Price List would provide Users with more 
complete information regarding their Access and Connectivity options. 
The Commission believes that waiving

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the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest. Accordingly, the Commission waives 
the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed rule change 
operative upon filing.\22\
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    \20\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \21\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \22\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule 
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule 
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) \23\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2018-06 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2018-06. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with 
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed 
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those 
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions 
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection 
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments 
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are 
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying 
information from comment submissions. You should submit only 
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions 
should refer to File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2018-06 and should be submitted 
on or before February 28, 2018.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\24\
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02399 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                  of the most significant parts of such                    (‘‘Access’’) and connectivity to the
                                                COMMISSION                                               statements.                                              Additional Third Party Data Feed
                                                                                                                                                                  (‘‘Connectivity’’) as conveniences to
                                                [Release No. 34–82617; File No. SR–                      A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                                                                                  Users. Use of Access or Connectivity
                                                NYSEARCA–2018–06]                                        Statement of the Purpose of, and the
                                                                                                                                                                  would be completely voluntary. The
                                                                                                         Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                                                                               Exchange is not aware of any
                                                                                                         Change
                                                Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and                                                                                  impediment to third parties offering
                                                Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed                      1. Purpose                                               Access or Connectivity.
                                                Rule Change To Provide Users With                           The Exchange proposes to amend the                       The Exchange does not have visibility
                                                Access to Two Additional Third Party                     co-location 4 services offered by the                    into whether third parties currently
                                                Systems and Connectivity to One                          Exchange to provide Users 5 with access                  offer, or intend to offer, Users access to
                                                Additional Third Party Data Feed                         to two additional third party systems                    the Additional Third Party Systems and
                                                                                                         and connectivity to one additional third                 connectivity to the Additional Third
                                                February 1, 2018.                                        party data feed. In addition the                         Party Data Feed, as such third parties
                                                   Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                 Exchange proposes to make the                            are not required to make that
                                                Securities Exchange Act of 1934                          corresponding changes to the                             information public. However, if one or
                                                (‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                  Exchange’s Fee Schedules related to                      more third parties presently offer, or in
                                                notice is hereby given that, on January                  these co-location services, and to update                the future opt to offer, such Access and
                                                19, 2018, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’                  its Fee Schedules to eliminate obsolete                  Connectivity to Users, a User may
                                                or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with the                         text.                                                    utilize the Secure Financial Transaction
                                                Securities and Exchange Commission                          As set forth in the Fee Schedules, the                Infrastructure (‘‘SFTI’’) network, a third
                                                (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                       Exchange charges fees for connectivity                   party telecommunication network, third
                                                change as described in Items I and II                    to the execution systems of third party                  party wireless network, a cross connect,
                                                below, which Items have been prepared                    markets and other content service                        or a combination thereof to access such
                                                by the self-regulatory organization. The                 providers (‘‘Third Party Systems’’), and                 services and products through a
                                                Commission is publishing this notice to                  data feeds from third party markets and                  connection to an access center outside
                                                solicit comments on the proposed rule                    other content service providers (‘‘Third                 the data center (which could be a SFTI
                                                change from interested persons.                          Party Data Feeds’’).6 The lists of Third                 access center, a third-party access
                                                                                                         Party Systems and Third Party Data                       center, or both), another User, or a third
                                                I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                                                                                 party vendor.
                                                Statement of the Terms of Substance of                   Feeds are set forth in the Fee Schedules.
                                                                                                            The Exchange now proposes to make                        The proposed rule change would
                                                the Proposed Rule Change                                                                                          become operative when the Additional
                                                                                                         the following changes:
                                                   The Exchange proposes to provide                         • Add two content service providers                   Third Party Systems and the Additional
                                                Users with access to two additional                      to the list of Third Party Systems: Miami                Third Party Data Feed become available,
                                                third party systems and connectivity to                  International Securities Exchange and                    which is expected to be no later than
                                                one additional third party data feed. In                 MIAX PEARL (together, the ‘‘Additional                   March 31, 2018. The Exchange will
                                                addition, the Exchange proposes to                       Third Party Systems’’ or ‘‘ATPS’’); and                  announce the dates that each Product is
                                                change its NYSE Arca Options Fees and                       • add one feed to the list of Third                   available through customer notices
                                                Charges (the ‘‘Options Fee Schedule’’)                   Party Data Feeds: Miami International                    disseminated to all Users
                                                and the NYSE Arca Equities Fees and                      Securities Exchange/MIAX PEARL (the                      simultaneously.
                                                Charges (the ‘‘Equities Fee Schedule’’                   ‘‘Additional Third Party Data Feed’’ or                  Connectivity to Additional Third Party
                                                and, together with the Options Fee                       ‘‘ATPD’’).                                               Systems
                                                Schedule, the ‘‘Fee Schedules’’) related                    The Exchange would provide access
                                                to these co-location services, and to                    to the Additional Third Party Systems                      The Exchange proposes to revise the
                                                update its Fee Schedules to eliminate                                                                             Fee Schedules to provide that Users
                                                obsolete text. The proposed rule change                     4 The Exchange initially filed rule changes           may obtain connectivity to the two
                                                is available on the Exchange’s website at                relating to its co-location services with the            Additional Third Party Systems for a
                                                www.nyse.com, at the principal office of                 Commission in 2010. See Securities Exchange Act          fee. As with the current Third Party
                                                                                                         Release No. 63275 (November 8, 2010), 75 FR 70048        Systems, Users would connect to the
                                                the Exchange, and at the Commission’s                    (November 16, 2010) (SR–NYSEArca–2010–100)
                                                Public Reference Room.                                   (the ‘‘Original Co-location Filing’’). The Exchange
                                                                                                                                                                  Additional Third Party Systems over the
                                                                                                         operates a data center in Mahwah, New Jersey (the        internet protocol (‘‘IP’’) network, a local
                                                II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       ‘‘data center’’) from which it provides co-location      area network available in the data
                                                Statement of the Purpose of, and                         services to Users.                                       center.7
                                                                                                            5 For purposes of the Exchange’s co-location
                                                Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                                                                              As with the current Third Party
                                                                                                         services, a ‘‘User’’ means any market participant
                                                Change                                                   that requests to receive co-location services directly
                                                                                                                                                                  Systems, in order to obtain access to an
                                                   In its filing with the Commission, the                from the Exchange. See Securities Exchange Act           Additional Third Party System, the User
                                                self-regulatory organization included                    Release No. 76010 (September 29, 2015), 80 FR            would enter into an agreement with the
                                                                                                         60197 (October 5, 2015) (SR–NYSEArca–2015–82).           relevant third party content service
                                                statements concerning the purpose of,                    As specified in the Fee Schedules, a User that
                                                and basis for, the proposed rule change                  incurs co-location fees for a particular co-location
                                                                                                                                                                  provider, pursuant to which the third
                                                and discussed any comments it received                   service pursuant thereto would not be subject to co-     party content service provider would
                                                on the proposed rule change. The text                    location fees for the same co-location service           charge the User for access to the
                                                                                                         charged by the Exchange’s affiliates New York            Additional Third Party System. The
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                                                of those statements may be examined at                   Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE LLC’’) and NYSE
                                                the places specified in Item IV below.                   American LLC (‘‘NYSE American and, together with
                                                                                                                                                                  Exchange would then establish a unicast
                                                The Exchange has prepared summaries,                     NYSE LLC, the ‘‘Affiliate SROs’’). See Securities        connection between the User and the
                                                                                                         Exchange Act Release No. 70173 (August 13, 2013),
                                                set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                 78 FR 50459 (August 19, 2013) (SR–NYSEArca–                7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74219
                                                                                                         2013–80).                                                (February 6, 2015), 80 FR 7899 (February 12, 2015)
                                                  1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                    6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80310       (SR–NYSEArca–2015–03) (notice of filing and
                                                  2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                       (March 24, 2017), 82 FR 15763 (March 30, 2017)           immediate effectiveness of proposed rule change to
                                                  3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                    (SR–NYSEArca–2016–89).                                   include IP network connections).



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                                                relevant third party content service                    fee. Users would connect to the                             Elimination of Obsolete Rule Language
                                                provider over the IP network.8 The                      Additional Third Party Data Feed over                          The Exchange proposes to delete
                                                Exchange would charge the User for the                  the IP network.9                                            obsolete text from both the lists of Third
                                                connectivity to the Additional Third                       In order to connect to the Additional                    Party Data Feeds and Third Party
                                                Party System. A User would only                         Third Party Data Feed, a User would                         Systems in the Fee Schedules. More
                                                receive, and only be charged for, access                enter into a contract with the content                      specifically, the Exchange proposes to
                                                to Additional Third Party Systems for                   service provider, pursuant to which the                     make the following changes: 10
                                                which it enters into agreements with the                content service provider would charge                          • From both lists, remove the asterisk
                                                third party content service provider.                   the User for the Third Party Data Feed.                     and note stating that the asterisked
                                                   The Exchange has no ownership                        The Exchange would receive the Third                        service is expected to be available no
                                                interest in the Additional Third Party                  Party Data Feed over its fiber optic                        later than September 30, 2017, as the
                                                Systems. Establishing a User’s access to                network and, after the content service                      relevant services are currently available;
                                                an Additional Third Party System                        provider and User entered into the                          and
                                                would not give the Exchange any right                   contract and the Exchange received                             • from the list of Third Party Data
                                                to use the Additional Third Party                       authorization from the content service                      Feeds, remove the asterisks and note
                                                Systems. Connectivity to an Additional                  provider, the Exchange would re-                            stating that the Euronext Optiq
                                                Third Party System would not provide                    transmit the data to the User over the                      Compressed Derivatives is expected to
                                                access or order entry to the Exchange’s                 User’s port. The Exchange would charge                      be offered in place of Euronext no later
                                                execution system, and a User’s                          the User for the connectivity to the                        than September 30, 2017, as such
                                                connection to an Additional Third Party                 Additional Third Party Data Feed. A                         change has occurred, and remove
                                                System would not be through the                         User would only receive, and would                          Euronext as a Third Party Data Feed.
                                                Exchange’s execution system.                            only be charged for, connectivity to the                       This proposed change would have no
                                                   As with the existing connections to                  Additional Third Party Data Feed for                        impact on pricing.
                                                Third Party Systems, the Exchange                       which it entered into contracts.
                                                                                                           The Exchange has no affiliation with                     General
                                                proposes to charge a monthly recurring
                                                fee for connectivity to an Additional                   the seller of the Additional Third Party                      As is the case with all Exchange co-
                                                Third Party System. Specifically, when                  Data Feed. It would have no right to use                    location arrangements, (i) neither a User
                                                a User requests access to an Additional                 the Additional Third Party Data Feed                        nor any of the User’s customers would
                                                Third Party System, it would identify                   other than as a redistributor of the data.                  be permitted to submit orders directly to
                                                the applicable content service provider                 The Additional Third Party Data Feed                        the Exchange unless such User or
                                                and what bandwidth connection it                        would not provide access or order entry                     customer is a member organization, a
                                                required.                                               to the Exchange’s execution system. The                     Sponsored Participant or an agent
                                                   The Exchange proposes to modify its                  Additional Third Party Data Feed would                      thereof (e.g., a service bureau providing
                                                Fee Schedules to add the Additional                     not provide access or order entry to the                    order entry services); (ii) use of the co-
                                                Third Party Systems to its existing list                execution systems of the third parties                      location services proposed herein would
                                                of Third Party Systems. The additional                  generating the feed. The Exchange                           be completely voluntary and available
                                                items would be as follows:                              would receive the Additional Third                          to all Users on a non-discriminatory
                                                                                                        Party Data Feed via arms-length                             basis; 11 and (iii) a User would only
                                                           THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS                          agreements and it would have no                             incur one charge for the particular co-
                                                                                                        inherent advantage over any other                           location service described herein,
                                                Miami International Securities Exchange.                distributor of such data.                                   regardless of whether the User connects
                                                MIAX PEARL.                                                As it does with the existing Third                       only to the Exchange or to the Exchange
                                                                                                        Party Data Feeds, the Exchange                              and one or both the Affiliate SROs.12
                                                  The Exchange does not propose to                      proposes to charge a monthly recurring                        The proposed change is not otherwise
                                                change the monthly recurring fee the                    fee for connectivity to the Additional                      intended to address any other issues
                                                Exchange charges Users for unicast                      Third Party Data Feed. Depending on its                     relating to co-location services and/or
                                                connectivity to each Third Party                        needs and bandwidth, a User may opt                         related fees, and the Exchange is not
                                                System, including the Additional Third                  to receive all or some of the feeds or                      aware of any problems that Users would
                                                Party Systems.                                          services included in the Additional                         have in complying with the proposed
                                                                                                        Third Party Data Feed.                                      change.
                                                Connectivity to Additional Third Party                     The Exchange proposes to add the
                                                Data Feed                                               connectivity fees for the Additional
                                                                                                                                                                       10 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81013

                                                                                                                                                                    (June 23, 2017), 82 FR 29604 (June 29, 2017) (SR–
                                                  The Exchange proposes to revise the                   Third Party Data to its existing list in                    NYSEArca–2017–62).
                                                Fee Schedules to provide that Users                     the Fee Schedules. The additional item                         11 As is currently the case, Users that receive co-

                                                may obtain connectivity to the                          would be as follows:                                        location services from the Exchange will not receive
                                                Additional Third Party Data Feed for a                                                                              any means of access to the Exchange’s trading and
                                                                                                                                                                    execution systems that is separate from, or superior
                                                fee. The Exchange would receive the                                                                    Monthly
                                                                                                                                                                    to, that of other Users. In this regard, all orders sent
                                                Additional Third Party Data Feed from                                                                 recurring
                                                                                                                                                                    to the Exchange enter the Exchange’s trading and
                                                                                                                                                    connectivity
                                                the content service provider, at its data                     Third party data feed                 fee per third   execution systems through the same order gateway,
                                                center. It would then provide                                                                                       regardless of whether the sender is co-located in the
                                                                                                                                                     party data     data center or not. In addition, co-located Users do
                                                connectivity to that data to Users for a                                                                feed        not receive any market data or data service product
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                                                                                                                                                                    that is not available to all Users, although Users that
                                                  8 Information flows over existing network             Miami International Securi-                                 receive co-location services normally would expect
                                                connections in two formats: ‘‘unicast’’ format,           ties Exchange/MIAX                                        reduced latencies in sending orders to, and
                                                which is a format that allows one-to-one                  PEARL ..............................        $2,000        receiving market data from, the Exchange.
                                                communication, similar to a phone line, in which                                                                       12 See SR–NYSEArca–2013–80, supra note 5 at

                                                information is sent to and from the Exchange; and                                                                   50459. The Affiliate SROs have also submitted
                                                ‘‘multicast’’ format, which is a format in which          9 See supra note 7, at 7899 (‘‘The IP network also        substantially the same proposed rule change to
                                                information is sent one-way from the Exchange to        provides Users with access to away market data              propose the changes described herein. See SR–
                                                multiple recipients at once, like a radio broadcast.    products’’).                                                NYSE–2018–05 and SR–NYSEAMER–2018–02.



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                                                2. Statutory Basis                                         center, or both), another User, or a third              addition to the services being
                                                                                                           party vendor.                                           completely voluntary, they would be
                                                   The Exchange believes that the                             The Exchange believes that the                       available to all Users on an equal basis
                                                proposed fee change is consistent with                     proposed changes would remove                           (i.e., the same products and services
                                                Section 6(b) of the Act,13 in general, and                 impediments to, and perfect the                         would be available to all Users). All
                                                furthers the objectives of Sections                        mechanisms of, a free and open market                   Users that voluntarily selected to
                                                6(b)(5) of the Act,14 in particular,                       and a national market system and, in                    receive Access or Connectivity would be
                                                because it is designed to prevent                          general, protect investors and the public               charged the same amount for the same
                                                fraudulent and manipulative acts and                       interest because, by offering access to                 services. Users that opted to use Access
                                                practices, to promote just and equitable                   the Additional Third Party Systems and                  or Connectivity would not receive
                                                principles of trade, to foster cooperation                 connectivity to the Additional Third                    access or connectivity that is not
                                                and coordination with persons engaged                      Party Data Feed to Users when                           available to all Users, as all market
                                                in regulating, clearing, settling,                         available, the Exchange would give                      participants that contracted with the
                                                processing information with respect to,                    Users additional options for                            relevant market or content provider
                                                and facilitating transactions in                           connectivity and access to new services                 would receive access or connectivity.
                                                securities, to remove impediments to,                      as soon as they are available, responding                  The Exchange believes that the
                                                and perfect the mechanisms of, a free                      to User demand for access and                           proposed charges would be reasonable,
                                                and open market and a national market                      connectivity options.                                   equitably allocated and not unfairly
                                                system and, in general, to protect                            The Exchange also believes that the                  discriminatory because the Exchange
                                                investors and the public interest and                      proposed fee change is consistent with                  would offer the Access and Connectivity
                                                because it is not designed to permit                       Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,15 in                        as conveniences to Users, but in order
                                                unfair discrimination between                              particular, because it provides for the                 to do so must provide, maintain and
                                                customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.                   equitable allocation of reasonable dues,                operate the data center facility hardware
                                                   The Exchange believes that the                          fees, and other charges among its                       and technology infrastructure. The
                                                proposed changes would remove                              members, issuers and other persons                      Exchange must handle the installation,
                                                impediments to, and perfect the                            using its facilities and does not unfairly              administration, monitoring, support and
                                                mechanisms of, a free and open market                      discriminate between customers,                         maintenance of such services, including
                                                and a national market system and, in                       issuers, brokers or dealers.                            by responding to any production issues.
                                                general, protect investors and the public                     The Exchange believes that the                       Since the inception of co-location, the
                                                interest because, by offering additional                   proposed fee changes are consistent                     Exchange has made numerous
                                                services, the Exchange would give each                     with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act for                     improvements to the network hardware
                                                                                                           multiple reasons. The Exchange                          and technology infrastructure and has
                                                User additional options for addressing
                                                                                                           operates in a highly competitive market                 established additional administrative
                                                its access and connectivity needs,
                                                                                                           in which exchanges offer co-location                    controls. The Exchange has expanded
                                                responding to User demand for access
                                                                                                           services as a means to facilitate the                   the network infrastructure to keep pace
                                                and connectivity options. Providing
                                                                                                           trading and other market activities of                  with the increased number of services
                                                additional services would help each
                                                                                                           those market participants who believe                   available to Users, including resilient
                                                User tailor its data center operations to
                                                                                                           that co-location enhances the efficiency                and redundant feeds. In addition, in
                                                the requirements of its business
                                                                                                           of their operations. Accordingly, fees                  order to provide Access and
                                                operations by allowing it to select the
                                                                                                           charged for co-location services are                    Connectivity, the Exchange would
                                                form and latency of access and
                                                                                                           constrained by the active competition                   maintain multiple connections to each
                                                connectivity that best suits its needs.                    for the order flow of, and other business               ATPD and ATPS, allowing the Exchange
                                                   The Exchange would provide Access                       from, such market participants. If a                    to provide resilient and redundant
                                                and Connectivity as conveniences to                        particular exchange charges excessive                   connections; adapt to any changes made
                                                Users. Use of Access or Connectivity                       fees for co-location services, affected                 by the relevant third party; and cover
                                                would be completely voluntary. The                         market participants will opt to terminate               any applicable fees charged by the
                                                Exchange is not aware of any                               their co-location arrangements with that                relevant third party, such as port fees.
                                                impediment to third parties offering                       exchange, and adopt a possible range of                 In addition, Users would not be
                                                Access or Connectivity. The Exchange                       alternative strategies, including placing               required to use any of their bandwidth
                                                does not have visibility into whether                      their servers in a physically proximate                 for Access and Connectivity unless they
                                                third parties currently offer, or intend to                location outside the exchange’s data                    wish to do so.
                                                offer, Users access to the Additional                      center (which could be a competing                         The Exchange believes the proposed
                                                Third Party Systems and connectivity to                    exchange), or pursuing strategies less                  fees for Access and Connectivity would
                                                the Additional Third Party Data Feed.                      dependent upon the lower exchange-to-                   be reasonable because they would allow
                                                However, if one or more third parties                      participant latency associated with co-                 the Exchange to defray or cover the
                                                presently offer, or in the future opt to                   location. Accordingly, the exchange                     costs associated with offering Users
                                                offer, such Access and Connectivity to                     charging excessive fees would stand to                  access to Additional Third Party
                                                Users, a User may utilize the SFTI                         lose not only co-location revenues but                  Systems and connectivity to Additional
                                                network, a third party                                     also the liquidity of the formerly co-                  Third Party Data Feed while providing
                                                telecommunication network, third party                     located trading firms, which could have                 Users the convenience of receiving such
                                                wireless network, a cross connect, or a                    additional follow-on effects on the                     Access and Connectivity within co-
                                                combination thereof to access such
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                                                                                                           market share and revenue of the affected                location, helping them tailor their data
                                                services and products through a                            exchange.                                               center operations to the requirements of
                                                connection to an access center outside                        The Exchange believes that the                       their business operations.
                                                the data center (which could be a SFTI                     additional services and fees proposed                      The Exchange also believes that the
                                                access center, a third-party access                        herein would be equitably allocated and                 proposal to delete obsolete text from the
                                                                                                           not unfairly discriminatory because, in                 list of Third Party Data Feeds and the
                                                  13 15   U.S.C. 78f(b).                                                                                           list of Third Party Systems would
                                                  14 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                                  15 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).                             remove impediments to, and perfect the


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                                                mechanisms of, a free and open market                      services and products through a                       C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                and a national market system and, in                       connection to an access center outside                Statement on Comments on the
                                                general, protect investors and the public                  the data center (which could be a SFTI                Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                interest because the proposed fee                          access center, a third-party access                   Members, Participants, or Others
                                                changes would remove obsolete text                         center, or both), another User, or a third              No written comments were solicited
                                                from the Fee Schedules, reducing the                       party vendor. Users that opt to use the               or received with respect to the proposed
                                                complexity and any potential ambiguity                     proposed Access or Connectivity would                 rule change.
                                                and providing clarification concerning                     not receive access or connectivity that is
                                                the availability and the costs of products                 not available to all Users, as all market             III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                and services available to Users. Further,                  participants that contract with the                   Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                the Exchange believes that that the                        content provider may receive access or                Commission Action
                                                proposed modifications and updates to                      connectivity. In this way, the proposed                  The Exchange has filed the proposed
                                                its Fee Schedules would be consistent                      changes would enhance competition by                  rule change pursuant to Section
                                                with the public interest and the                           helping Users tailor their Access and                 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 17 and Rule
                                                protection of investors because the                        Connectivity to the needs of their                    19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.18 Because the
                                                public and investors would not be                          business operations by allowing them to               proposed rule change does not: (i)
                                                harmed and, in fact, would benefit from                    select the form and latency of access                 Significantly affect the protection of
                                                this updating and clarification.                           and connectivity that best suits their                investors or the public interest; (ii)
                                                   For the reasons above, the proposed                     needs.                                                impose any significant burden on
                                                changes would not unfairly discriminate                       The proposed deletion of obsolete text             competition; and (iii) become operative
                                                between or among market participants                       from the list of Third Party Data Feeds               prior to 30 days from the date on which
                                                that are otherwise capable of satisfying                   and the list of Third Party Systems                   it was filed, or such shorter time as the
                                                any applicable co-location fees,                           would update the information and                      Commission may designate, if
                                                requirements, terms and conditions                         increase the clarity of the Fee Schedules             consistent with the protection of
                                                established from time to time by the                       concerning the availability and cost of               investors and the public interest, the
                                                Exchange.                                                  products and services available to Users.             proposed rule change has become
                                                   For these reasons, the Exchange
                                                                                                           Accordingly, the proposed change                      effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)
                                                believes that the proposal is consistent
                                                                                                           would not impose any burden on                        of the Act and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii)
                                                with the Act.
                                                                                                           competition that is not necessary or                  thereunder.19
                                                B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                          appropriate in furtherance of the                        A proposed rule change filed under
                                                Statement on Burden on Competition                         purposes of the Act, as the public and                Rule 19b–4(f)(6) 20 normally does not
                                                   In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of                   investors would benefit from this                     become operative prior to 30 days after
                                                the Act,16 the Exchange believes that the                  updating and clarification.                           the date of the filing. However, pursuant
                                                proposed rule change will not impose                          The Exchange operates in a highly                  to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii),21 the
                                                any burden on competition that is not                      competitive market in which exchanges                 Commission may designate a shorter
                                                necessary or appropriate in furtherance                    offer co-location services as a means to              time if such action is consistent with the
                                                of the purposes of the Act because all of                  facilitate the trading and other market               protection of investors and the public
                                                the proposed services are completely                       activities of those market participants               interest. The Exchange requests that the
                                                voluntary.                                                 who believe that co-location enhances                 Commission waive the 30-day operative
                                                   The Exchange believes that providing                    the efficiency of their operations.                   delay so that the proposal may become
                                                Users with additional options for                          Accordingly, fees charged for co-                     operative immediately upon filing. The
                                                connectivity and access to new services                    location services are constrained by the              Exchange represents that the proposed
                                                would not impose any burden on                             active competition for the order flow of,             rule changes present no new or novel
                                                competition that is not necessary or                       and other business from, such market                  issues. According to the Exchange,
                                                appropriate in furtherance of the                          participants. If a particular exchange                waiver of the operative delay would
                                                purposes of the Act because such                           charges excessive fees for co-location                allow Users to access the Additional
                                                proposed Access and Connectivity                           services, affected market participants                Third Party Systems and the Additional
                                                would satisfy User demand for access                       will opt to terminate their co-location               Third Party Data Feeds without delay,
                                                and connectivity options. The Exchange                     arrangements with that exchange, and                  which would assist Users in tailoring
                                                would provide Access and Connectivity                      adopt a possible range of alternative                 their data center operations to the
                                                as conveniences equally to all Users.                      strategies, including placing their                   requirements of their business
                                                The Exchange does not have visibility                      servers in a physically proximate                     operations. The Exchange also
                                                into whether third parties currently                       location outside the exchange’s data                  represents that the proposed changes to
                                                offer, or intend to offer, Users access to                 center (which could be a competing                    the Price List would provide Users with
                                                the Additional Third Party Systems and                     exchange), or pursuing strategies less                more complete information regarding
                                                connectivity to the Additional Third                       dependent upon the lower exchange-to-                 their Access and Connectivity options.
                                                Party Data Feed, as such third parties                     participant latency associated with co-               The Commission believes that waiving
                                                are not required to make that                              location. Accordingly, the exchange
                                                                                                                                                                   17 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
                                                information public. However, if one or                     charging excessive fees would stand to
                                                                                                                                                                   18 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
                                                more third parties presently offer, or in                  lose not only co-location revenues but                  19 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b–
                                                                                                           also the liquidity of the formerly co-
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                                                the future opt to offer, such Access and                                                                         4(f)(6) requires a self-regulatory organization to give
                                                Connectivity to Users, a User may                          located trading firms, which could have               the Commission written notice of its intent to file
                                                utilize the SFTI network, a third party                    additional follow-on effects on the                   the proposed rule change at least five business days
                                                telecommunication network, third party                     market share and revenue of the affected              prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule
                                                                                                                                                                 change, or such shorter time as designated by the
                                                wireless network, a cross connect, or a                    exchange. For the reasons described                   Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this
                                                combination thereof to access such                         above, the Exchange believes that the                 requirement.
                                                                                                           proposed rule change reflects this                      20 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
                                                  16 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).                                competitive environment.                                21 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii).




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                                                5504                       Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2018 / Notices

                                                the 30-day operative delay is consistent                those that may be withheld from the                    DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                                with the protection of investors and the                public in accordance with the
                                                                                                                                                               [Public Notice: 10296]
                                                public interest. Accordingly, the                       provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                Commission waives the 30-day                            available for website viewing and                      Notice of Receipt of an Application
                                                operative delay and designates the                      printing in the Commission’s Public                    From the California Department of
                                                proposed rule change operative upon                     Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,                       Transportation for Issuance of a
                                                filing.22                                               Washington, DC 20549 on official                       Presidential Permit Authorizing the
                                                   At any time within 60 days of the                    business days between the hours of                     Construction, Connection, Operation,
                                                filing of such proposed rule change, the
                                                                                                        10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                 and Maintenance of a New Border
                                                Commission summarily may
                                                                                                        filing also will be available for                      Crossing at Otay Mesa East
                                                temporarily suspend such rule change if
                                                it appears to the Commission that such                  inspection and copying at the principal
                                                                                                                                                               AGENCY: Department of State.
                                                action is necessary or appropriate in the               office of the Exchange. All comments
                                                                                                                                                               ACTION:Notice of availability; request
                                                public interest, for the protection of                  received will be posted without change.
                                                                                                                                                               for comments.
                                                investors, or otherwise in furtherance of               Persons submitting comments are
                                                the purposes of the Act. If the                         cautioned that we do not redact or edit                SUMMARY:   The Department of State
                                                Commission takes such action, the                       personal identifying information from                  (DOS) hereby gives notice that on
                                                Commission shall institute proceedings                  comment submissions. You should                        November 22, 2017, it received an
                                                under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 23 of the Act to              submit only information that you wish                  application from the California
                                                determine whether the proposed rule                     to make available publicly. All                        Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
                                                change should be approved or                            submissions should refer to File                       for a Presidential permit authorizing the
                                                disapproved.                                            Number SR–NYSEARCA–2018–06 and                         construction, connection, operation, and
                                                                                                        should be submitted on or before                       maintenance of a new border crossing at
                                                IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                                                                        February 28, 2018.                                     Otay Mesa East to serve the San Diego,
                                                  Interested persons are invited to                                                                            California and Tijuana, Baja California
                                                submit written data, views, and                           For the Commission, by the Division of               areas, called the Otay Mesa East Port of
                                                arguments concerning the foregoing,                     Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                                                                                                                               Entry. A new port of entry in San Diego
                                                including whether the proposed rule                     authority.24
                                                                                                                                                               County could alleviate strain on the
                                                change is consistent with the Act.                      Eduardo A. Aleman,                                     existing ports of entry and the local and
                                                Comments may be submitted by any of                     Assistant Secretary.                                   regional transportation infrastructure.
                                                the following methods:                                  [FR Doc. 2018–02399 Filed 2–6–18; 8:45 am]             DATES: Comments must be submitted no
                                                Electronic Comments                                     BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                 later than March 9, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.
                                                   • Use the Commission’s internet                                                                             ADDRESSES: For reasons of efficiency,
                                                comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                                                                              the State Department encourages the
                                                rules/sro.shtml); or                                                                                           electronic submission of comments
                                                   • Send an email to rule-comments@                    SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                          through the Federal Government’s
                                                sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–                                                                        eRulemaking Portal (http://
                                                NYSEARCA–2018–06 on the subject                         Surrender of License of Small                          www.regulations.gov), enter Docket No.
                                                line.                                                   Business Investment Company                            DOS–2018–0007, and follow the
                                                                                                                                                               prompts to submit a comment. The State
                                                Paper Comments                                            Pursuant to the authority granted to                 Department also will accept comments
                                                   • Send paper comments in triplicate                  the United States Small Business                       submitted in hard copy by mail and
                                                to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                   Administration under the Small                         postmarked no later than March 9, 2018.
                                                Commission, 100 F Street NE,                            Business Investment Act of 1958, as                    Please note that standard mail delivery
                                                Washington, DC 20549–1090.                              amended, under Section 309 of the Act                  to the State Department can be delayed
                                                All submissions should refer to File                    and Section 107.1900 of the Small                      due to security screening. To submit
                                                Number SR–NYSEARCA–2018–06. This                        Business Administration Rules and                      comments by mail, use the following
                                                file number should be included on the                   Regulations (13 CFR 107.1900) to                       address: Office of Mexican Affairs,
                                                subject line if email is used. To help the              function as a small business investment                Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs,
                                                Commission process and review your                      company under the Small Business                       Room 3924, Department of State, 2201
                                                comments more efficiently, please use                   Investment Company License No. 04/                     C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520.
                                                only one method. The Commission will                    04–0297 issued to BB&T Capital                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                post all comments on the Commission’s                   Partners/Windsor Mezzanine Fund, LLC                   Litah N. Miller, Office of Mexican
                                                internet website (http://www.sec.gov/                   said license is hereby declared null and               Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere
                                                rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                         void.                                                  Affairs, via email at WHA-
                                                submission, all subsequent                                                                                     BorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at
                                                amendments, all written statements                      United States Small Business
                                                                                                                                                               202–647–9894; or by mail at Office of
                                                with respect to the proposed rule                       Administration.
                                                                                                                                                               Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Western
                                                change that are filed with the                          A. Joseph Shepard,                                     Hemisphere Affairs, Room 3924,
                                                Commission, and all written                             Associate Administrator for Investment and             Department of State, 2201 C St. NW,
                                                communications relating to the                          Innovation.                                            Washington, DC 20520.
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                                                proposed rule change between the                        [FR Doc. 2018–02391 Filed 2–6–18; 8:45 am]             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deputy
                                                Commission and any person, other than                   BILLING CODE P                                         Secretary of State John D. Negroponte
                                                                                                                                                               issued a Presidential permit for a port of
                                                  22 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day
                                                                                                                                                               entry in the same location November 20,
                                                operative delay, the Commission has considered the
                                                proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition,                                                             2008. That permit is expected to expire
                                                and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).                                                                   November 20, 2018. Caltrans requested
                                                  23 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).                              24 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                         a new permit on November 22, 2017.


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FR Citation83 FR 5500 

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