Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq GEMX, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Schedule of Fees
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)
Notices
Pages 7522-7524
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2018-03448
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Release No. 34-82708; File No. SR-GEMX-2018-04
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq GEMX, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Schedule of Fees
February 14, 2018.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on February 1, 2018, Nasdaq GEMX, LLC (``GEMX'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III, below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's Schedule of Fees to eliminate obsolete text related to Gateway Fees.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's website at http://nasdaqgemx.cchwallstreet.com/, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
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Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for
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the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these 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 aspects of such statements.
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Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
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Purpose
The Exchange proposes to remove the current pricing related to gateways at IV, D of the Schedule of Fees and reserve ``D.'' The Exchange's gateway pricing at IV, D applied to connections to the legacy T7 system and are no longer relevant. In 2017, GEMX migrated its technology to INET. Prior to the technology migration, GEMX assessed a Shared Gateway fee for DTI Ports \3\ and a paired Dedicated Gateway offering. The Shared Gateway was assessed at $750 per gateway, per month for DTI ports. The paired Dedicated Gateway fee was assessed at $2,250 per gateway pair, per month. These gateways provided connectivity to both Nasdaq GEMX, LLC and Nasdaq ISE, LLC. The Exchange decommissioned the legacy gateways in July 2017. The gateway pricing is obsolete. As of the decommissioning of the legacy T7 connections, no GEMX Member has been billed for use of a gateway. Today, the Exchange does not assess a shared gateway fee for its order entry ports and does not offer a dedicated option to any Member.
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\3\ DTI was an order entry protocol offered on GEMX. DTI is no longer offered on INET.
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Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act,\4\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\5\ in particular, in that it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any facility, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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The Exchange believes that removing the current pricing related to gateways is reasonable because the pricing applied to connections to legacy T7 and the pricing is no longer applicable. As of the decommissioning of the legacy T7 connections, no GEMX Member has been billed for use of a gateway. Today, the Exchange does not assess a shared gateway fee for its order entry ports and does not offer a dedicated option.
The Exchange believes that removing the current pricing related to gateways is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because, today, the Exchange does not bill any Member for use of a shared gateway and GEMX does not offer a dedicated option to any Member.
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Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In terms of inter-market competition, the Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive with other exchanges and with alternative trading systems that have been exempted from compliance with the statutory standards applicable to exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own fees in response, and because market participants may readily adjust their order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to which fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition is extremely limited. In terms of intra-market competition the Exchange does not bill any Member for use of a shared gateway and GEMX does not offer a dedicated option to any Member.
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Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either solicited or received.
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Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\6\ At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
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\6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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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-GEMX-2018-04 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-GEMX-2018-04. 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-GEMX-2018-04 and
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should be submitted on or before March 14, 2018.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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\7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
FR Doc. 2018-03448 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am
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