Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: NYSE Arca, Inc.

Federal Register: March 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 52)

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Release No. 34-61683; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2010-10

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Listing of HTE Global Relative

Value ETF

March 10, 2010.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given that, on February 25, 2010, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or

``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the

``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III 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.

\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

\2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.

\3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.

  1. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade the following Managed Fund

    Shares \4\ (``Shares'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: HTE Global

    Relative Value ETF. The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, the Commission's Public Reference Room, and http:// www.nyse.com.

    \4\ A Managed Fund Share is a security that represents an interest in an investment company registered under the Investment

    Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) (``1940 Act'') organized as an open-end investment company or similar entity that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by its investment advisor consistent with its investment objectives and policies. In contrast, an open-end investment company that issues Investment Company Units, listed and traded on the Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a specific foreign or domestic stock index, fixed income securities index or combination thereof.

  2. 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.

    1. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and

      Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose

      The Exchange proposes to list and trade the following Managed Fund

      Shares \5\ (``Shares'') under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600: HTE Global

      Relative Value ETF (the ``Fund'').\6\ The Shares will be offered by

      AdvisorShares Trust (the ``Trust''), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered with the Commission as an open-end management investment company.\7\

      \5\ A Managed Fund Share is a security that represents an interest in an investment company registered under the Investment

      Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) (``1940 Act'') organized as an open-end investment company or similar entity that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by its investment advisor consistent with its investment objectives and policies. In contrast, an open-end investment company that issues Investment Company Units, listed and traded on the Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3), seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a specific foreign or domestic stock index, fixed income securities index or combination thereof.

      \6\ The Commission previously approved listing and trading on the Exchange of the following actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57619 (April 4, 2008), 73 FR 19544 (April 10, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-25) (order approving Rule 8.600 and Exchange listing and trading of PowerShares

      Active AlphaQ Fund, PowerShares Active Alpha Multi-Cap Fund,

      PowerShares Active Mega-Cap Portfolio and PowerShares Active Low

      Duration Portfolio); 57801 (May 8, 2008), 73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008)

      (SR-NYSEArca-2008-31) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of twelve actively-managed funds of the WisdomTree Trust); 59826

      (April 28, 2009), 74 FR 20512 (May 4, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-22)

      (order approving Exchange listing and trading of Grail American

      Beacon Large Cap Value ETF); 60460 (August 7, 2009), 74 FR 41468

      (August 17, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-55) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of Dent Tactical ETF); 60717 (September 24, 2009), 74 FR 50853 (October 1, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-74 (order approving listing of four Grail Advisors RP ETFs); 60975 (November 10, 2009), 74 FR 59590 (November 18, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-83)

      (order approving listing of Grail American Beacon International

      Equity ETF); 60981 (November 10, 2009), 74 FR 59594 (November 18, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-79) (order approving listing of five fixed income funds of the PIMCO ETF Trust).

      \7\ The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On December 29, 2009, the Trust filed with the Commission Post-Effective Amendment

      No. 2 to Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a) relating to the Fund (File Nos. 333-157876 and 811-22110) (the

      ``Registration Statement''). The description of the operation of the

      Trust and the Fund herein is based on the Registration Statement.

      HTE Global Relative Value ETF

      The investment advisor to the Fund is AdvisorShares Investments,

      LLC (the ``Advisor''). HTE Asset Management, LLC is the sub-advisor to the Fund (``Sub-Advisor''). Foreside Fund Services, LLC is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Fund's Shares. The Bank of

      New York Mellon is the administrator, transfer agent and custodian for the Fund.

      Commentary .07 to Rule 8.600 provides that, if the investment adviser to the Investment Company issuing Managed Fund Shares is affiliated with a broker-dealer, such investment adviser

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      shall erect a ``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer with respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or changes to such Investment Company portfolio.\8\ In addition, Commentary .07 further requires that personnel who make decisions on the open-end fund's portfolio composition must be subject to procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material nonpublic information regarding the open-end fund's portfolio. The

      Advisor and Sub-Advisor are not affiliated with a broker-dealer.\9\ Any additional Fund sub-advisers that are affiliated with a broker-dealer will be required to implement a fire wall with respect to such broker- dealer regarding access to information concerning the composition and/ or changes to a portfolio.

      \8\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers

      Act''). As a result, the investment adviser is subject to the provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act relating to codes of ethics. This Rule requires investment advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as well as compliance with other applicable securities laws.

      Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent the communication and misuse of non-public information by an investment adviser must be consistent with Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act.

      \9\ The Exchange represents that AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, as the investment adviser of the Funds, and HTE Asset Management,

      LLC as the Sub-Advisor, and their respective related personnel, are subject to Investment Advisers Act Rule 204A-1. This Rule specifically requires the adoption of a code of ethics by an investment adviser to include, at a minimum: (i) Standards of business conduct that reflect the firm's/personnel fiduciary obligations; (ii) provisions requiring supervised persons to comply with applicable Federal securities laws; (iii) provisions that require all access persons to report, and the firm to review, their personal securities transactions and holdings periodically as specifically set forth in Rule 204A-1; (iv) provisions requiring supervised persons to report any violations of the code of ethics promptly to the chief compliance officer (``CCO'') or, provided the

      CCO also receives reports of all violations, to other persons designated in the code of ethics; and (v) provisions requiring the investment adviser to provide each of the supervised persons with a copy of the code of ethics with an acknowledgement by said supervised persons. In addition, Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers

      Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to provide investment advice to clients unless such investment adviser has (i) adopted and implemented written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation, by the investment adviser and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act and the Commission rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an annual review regarding the adequacy of the policies and procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness of their implementation; and (iii) designated an individual (who is a supervised person) responsible for administering the policies and procedures adopted under subparagraph (i) above.

      According to the Registration Statement, the investment goal of the

      Fund is average annual returns in excess of the total return of the

      MSCI World Index (the ``Index''), with comparable volatility and little to no correlation with the Index.

      The Fund is considered a ``fund-of-funds'' that seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in both long and short positions in other exchange-traded funds \10\ (the ``Underlying ETFs'') that offer diversified exposure to global regions, countries, styles

      (market capitalization, value, growth, etc.) or sectors, and other exchange-traded products, including but not limited to exchange-traded notes (``ETNs''), exchange-traded currency trusts and closed-end funds.

      In addition, the Fund may use liquid futures contracts tied to broad market indices (e.g., futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index, the

      MSCI EAFE Index and/or the MSCI Emerging Markets Index) when establishing net long or net short exposure on top of the core long/ short portfolio.\11\ According to the Registration Statement, the

      Underlying ETFs in which the Fund will invest will primarily be index- based ETFs that hold substantially all of their assets in securities representing a specific index.

      \10\ The Fund's investment in Underlying ETFs will be consistent with the requirements of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, or any rule, regulation or order of the SEC or interpretation thereof. The

      Fund will only make such investments in conformity with the requirements of Section 817 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

      \11\ The Registration Statement states that the Fund may use futures contracts and related options for bona fide hedging; attempting to offset changes in the value of securities held or expected to be acquired or be disposed of; attempting to gain exposure to a particular market, index or instrument; or other risk management purposes.

      The Sub-Advisor seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by taking long positions in the Underlying ETFs that invest in what it believes to be the most relatively attractive global regions and countries within those regions, and by establishing an equivalent dollar amount of short positions in the Underlying ETFs that invest in what it believes to be the most relatively unattractive global regions and countries within those regions. By maintaining a core portfolio construction of equal long and short dollar exposure, the Sub-Advisor seeks to minimize the influence of directional trends and market exposure (``beta''), and instead seeks to profit from the relative performance between long and short positions in global regions, countries, styles or sectors. From time-to-time, the Sub-Advisor may also add directional exposure of up to 50% net long or net short exposure on top of its core long/short portfolio. In doing so, the Sub-

      Advisor seeks to generate additional profits for the Fund by being net long when stock markets are rising and net short when markets are falling.

      The Fund may invest in futures and options on futures contracts.

      The Fund will reduce the risk that it will be unable to close out a futures contract by only entering into futures contracts that are traded on a national futures exchange regulated by the Commodity

      Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC''). To the extent the Fund uses futures and/or options on futures, it will do so in accordance with

      Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''). According to the

      Registration Statement, the Trust, on behalf of all of its series, including the Fund, has filed a notice of eligibility for exclusion from the definition of the term ``commodity pool operator'' in accordance with Rule 4.5 and, therefore, the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the CEA.

      According to the Registration Statement, while the Fund does not anticipate doing so, the Fund may purchase or hold illiquid securities, including securities that are not readily marketable and securities that are not registered (``restricted securities'') under the 1933 Act, but which can be offered and sold to ``qualified institutional buyers'' under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. The Fund will not invest more than 15% of the Fund's net assets in illiquid securities. If the percentage of the Fund's net assets invested in illiquid securities exceeds 15% due to market activity, the Fund will take appropriate measures to reduce its holdings of illiquid securities. The term ``illiquid securities'' for this purpose means securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the securities.\12\

      \12\ This 15% investment limitation is a non-fundamental policy of the Fund and may be changed with respect to the Fund by the

      Board.

      The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions; may enter into reverse repurchase agreements as referenced in the Registration Statement; \13\ may engage in

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      short sales transactions; may buy and sell stock index futures contracts with respect to any stock index traded on a recognized stock exchange or board of trade; may purchase and write put and call options on indices and enter into related closing transactions; may enter into swap agreements, including, but not limited to, equity index swaps and interest rate swap agreements; may utilize swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the stocks making up an index of securities in a market without actually purchasing those stocks, or to hedge a position; may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis; and may invest in U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds. The Fund, or the ETFs in which it invests, may invest in U.S. government securities.

      \13\ According to the Registration Statement, reverse repurchase agreements involve sales by the Fund of portfolio assets concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the same assets at a later date at a fixed price. Generally, the effect of such a transaction is that the Fund can recover all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, while the Fund will be able to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities.

      Such transactions are advantageous only if the interest cost to the

      Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise.

      To respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, the Fund may invest 100% of its total assets, without limitation, in high-quality short-term debt securities and money market instruments. The Fund may be invested in these instruments for extended periods, depending on the Sub-Advisor's assessment of market conditions. These short-term debt securities and money market instruments include shares of other mutual funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements.

      The Fund is subject to the following investment limitations that are fundamental policies and may not be changed without the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund:

      Diversification. The Fund may not (i) with respect to 75% of its total assets, purchase securities of any issuer (except securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or shares of investment companies) if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer; or (ii) acquire more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer.\14\

      \14\ This diversification standard is contained in Section 5(b)(1) of the 1940 Act.

      Concentration. The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its total assets in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry or group of industries. The Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any investment company that so concentrates. This limitation does not apply to investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.

      Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or shares of investment companies.

      The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing criteria under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The Exchange represents that, for initial and/or continued listing, the Fund will be in compliance with Rule 10A-3 \15\ under the Exchange Act, as provided by

      NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares will be outstanding at the commencement of trading on the Exchange. The

      Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the Shares that the net asset value and the Disclosed Portfolio will be made available to all market participants at the same time.

      \15\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.

      The Underlying ETFs will be traded on a U.S. national securities exchange.\16\ Except for Underlying ETFs that may hold non-US issues, the Fund will not otherwise invest in non-US issues.

      \16\ See e-mail from Michael Cavalier, Chief Counsel, NYSE

      Euronext, to Geoffrey C. Pemble, Special Counsel, Commission, dated

      March 10, 2010.

      Creations and Redemptions of Shares

      The Trust issues and sells Shares of the Fund only in Creation

      Units of 25,000 Shares on a continuous basis through the Distributor, at their NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Registration Statement). The consideration for purchase of a Creation Unit of the Fund generally consists of an in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities--the ``Deposit Securities''-- per each Creation Unit constituting a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in the Fund's portfolio and an amount of cash--the Cash Component--computed as described in the

      Registration Statement. Together, the Deposit Securities and the Cash

      Component constitute the ``Fund Deposit,'' which represents the minimum initial and subsequent investment amount for a Creation Unit of the

      Fund. Creations and redemption of Shares may be effected only by

      Authorized Participants, as defined in the Registration Statement.\17\

      \17\ Terms relating to the Trust and the Shares referred to, but not defined, herein are defined in the Registration Statement.

      Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by the

      Fund through the Administrator and only on a Business Day. The Trust will not redeem shares in amounts less than Creation Units.

      Unless cash redemptions are available or specified for the Fund, the redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit generally consist of Fund

      Securities--as announced by the Administrator on the Business Day of the request for redemption received in proper form--plus cash in an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the shares being redeemed, as next determined after a receipt of a request in proper form, and the value of the Fund Securities (the ``Cash Redemption

      Amount''), less a redemption transaction fee. In the event that the

      Fund Securities have a value greater than the NAV of the shares, a compensating cash payment equal to the differential is required to be made by or through an Authorized Participant by the redeeming shareholder.

      Availability of Information

      The Fund's Web site (http://www.advisorshares.com), which will be publicly available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form of the Prospectus for the Fund that may be downloaded. The

      Fund's Web site will include additional quantitative information updated on a daily basis, including, for the Fund, (1) daily trading volume, the prior business day's reported closing price, NAV and mid- point of the bid/ask spread at the time of calculation of such NAV (the

      ``Bid/Ask Price''),\18\ and a calculation of the premium and discount of the Bid/Ask Price against the NAV, and (2) data in chart format displaying the frequency distribution of discounts and premiums of the daily Bid/Ask Price against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four previous calendar quarters. On each business day, before commencement of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, the Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed

      Portfolio as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.\19\

      \18\ The Bid/Ask Price of the Fund is determined using the highest bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as of the time of calculation of the Fund's NAV. The records relating to Bid/Ask

      Prices will be retained by the Fund and its service providers.

      \19\ Under accounting procedures followed by the Fund, trades made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and reflected in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Accordingly, the Fund will be able to disclose at the beginning of the business day the portfolio that will form the basis for the NAV calculation at the end of the business day.

      On a daily basis, for each portfolio security of the Fund, the Fund will

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      disclose on its Web site the following information: Ticker symbol, name of security, number of shares held in the portfolio, and percentage weighting of the security in the portfolio. On a daily basis, the

      Advisor will disclose for each portfolio security or other financial instrument of the Fund the following information: Ticker symbol (if applicable), name of security or financial instrument, number of shares or dollar value of financial instruments held in the portfolio, and percentage weighting of the security or financial instrument in the portfolio. The Web site information will be publicly available at no charge.

      In addition, a basket composition file, which includes the security names and share quantities required to be delivered in exchange for

      Fund shares, together with estimates and actual cash components, will be publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of the New York

      Stock Exchange (``NYSE'') via the National Securities Clearing

      Corporation. The basket represents one Creation Unit of the Fund. The

      NAV of the Fund will normally be determined as of the close of the regular trading session on the NYSE (ordinarily 4 p.m. Eastern Time) on each business day.

      Investors can also obtain the Trust's Statement of Additional

      Information (``SAI''), the Fund's Shareholder Reports, and its Form N-

      CSR and Form N-SAR, filed twice a year. The Trust's SAI and Shareholder

      Reports are available free upon request from the Trust, and those documents and the Form N-CSR and Form N-SAR may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

      Information regarding market price and trading volume of the Shares is and will be continually available on a real-time basis throughout the day on brokers' computer screens and other electronic services.

      Information regarding the previous day's closing price and trading volume information will be published daily in the financial section of newspapers. Quotation and last sale information for the Shares will be available via the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') high-speed line. In addition, the Portfolio Indicative Value, as defined in NYSE

      Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the Core

      Trading Session. The dissemination of the Portfolio Indicative Value, together with the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors to determine the value of the underlying portfolio of the Fund on a daily basis and to provide a close estimate of that value throughout the trading day.

      Additional information regarding the Trust and the Shares, including investment strategies, risks, creation and redemption procedures, fees, portfolio holdings disclosure policies, distributions and taxes is included in the Registration Statement.

      Trading Halts

      With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend trading in the Shares of the Fund.\20\ Trading in Shares of the Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Equities

      Rule 7.12 have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable. These may include: (1) The extent to which trading is not occurring in the securities comprising the Disclosed Portfolio and/or the financial instruments of the Fund; or (2) whether other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. Trading in the Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth circumstances under which Shares of the Fund may be halted.

      \20\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12, Commentary .04.

      Trading Rules

      The Exchange deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus rendering trading in the Shares subject to the Exchange's existing rules governing the trading of equity securities. Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca Marketplace from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in accordance with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34 (Opening, Core, and Late

      Trading Sessions). The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions in the Shares during all trading sessions. The minimum trading increment for Shares on the Exchange will be $0.01.

      Surveillance

      The Exchange intends to utilize its existing surveillance procedures applicable to derivative products (which include Managed

      Fund Shares) to monitor trading in the Shares. The Exchange represents that these procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading of the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and applicable Federal securities laws.

      The Exchange's current trading surveillance focuses on detecting securities trading outside their normal patterns. When such situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows and investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of all relevant parties for all relevant trading violations.

      The Exchange may obtain information via the Intermarket

      Surveillance Group (``ISG'') from other exchanges that are members of

      ISG or with which the Exchange has entered into a surveillance sharing agreement.\21\

      \21\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see http:// www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all components of the

      Disclosed Portfolio for the Fund may trade on markets that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.

      In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.

      Information Bulletin

      Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its

      Equity Trading Permit (``ETP'') Holders in an Information Bulletin

      (``Bulletin'') of the special characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss the following: (1) The procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit aggregations (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); (2) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which imposes a duty of due diligence on its ETP Holders to learn the essential facts relating to every customer prior to trading the Shares; (3) the risks involved in trading the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading

      Sessions when an updated Portfolio Indicative Value will not be calculated or publicly disseminated; (4) how information regarding the

      Portfolio Indicative Value is disseminated; (5) the requirement that

      ETP Holders deliver a prospectus to investors purchasing newly issued

      Shares prior to or concurrently with the confirmation of a transaction; and (6) trading information.

      In addition, the Bulletin will reference that the Fund is subject to various fees and expenses described in the Registration Statement.

      The Bulletin will discuss any exemptive, no-action, and interpretive relief granted by the Commission from any rules under the Exchange Act.

      The Bulletin will also disclose that the NAV for the Shares will be calculated after 4 p.m. Eastern Time each trading day.

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      1. Statutory Basis

      The basis under the Exchange Act for this proposed rule change is the requirement under Section 6(b)(5) \22\ that an exchange have rules that are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. The

      Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will facilitate the listing and trading of an additional type of actively-managed exchange- traded product that will enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of investors and the marketplace.

      \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

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

      The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

    3. 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.

  3. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for

    Commission Action

    Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the

    Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:

    (A) By order approve the proposed rule change, or

    (B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved.

    The Exchange has requested accelerated approval of this proposed rule change prior to the 30th day after the date of publication of notice in the Federal Register. The Commission is considering granting accelerated approval of the proposed rule change at the end of a 15-day comment period.

  4. 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 Exchange 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 e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include

    File Number SR-NYSEArca-2010-10 on the subject line.

    Paper Comments

    Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,

    Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,

    Washington, DC 20549-1090.

    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2010-10. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used.

    To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F

    Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the

    Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the

    Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-

    NYSEArca-2010-10 and should be submitted on or before April 2, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\23\

    \23\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    Florence E. Harmon,

    Deputy Secretary.

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