85 FR 167 pgs. 53034-53035 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 85Number: 167Pages: 53034 - 53035
Pages: 53034, 53035Docket number: [SEC File No. 270-803, OMB Control No. 3235-0754]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2020-18802 Filed 8-26-20; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-803, OMB Control No. 3235-0754]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736
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Rule 30b1-10, Form N-LIQUID, SEC File No. 270-803, OMB Control No. 3235-0754
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.
17 CFR 270.30b1-10 (Rule 30b1-10) and 17 CFR 274.223 (Form N-LIQUID) require open-end investment companies, including exchange-traded funds that redeem in kind ("In-Kind ETFs") but not including money market funds, to file a current report on Form N-LIQUID on a non-public basis when certain events related to their liquidity occur. The information reported on Form N-LIQUID concerns events under which more than 15% of a fund's or In-Kind ETF's net assets are, or become, illiquid investments that are assets as defined in 17 CFR 270.22e-4 (rule 22e-4) and when holdings in illiquid investments are assets that previously exceeded 15% of a fund's net assets have changed to be less than or equal to 15% of the fund's net assets. 1 The information reported on Form N-LIQUID also regards events under which a fund's holdings in assets that are highly liquid investments fall below the fund's highly liquid investment minimum for more than 7 consecutive calendar days. A report on Form N-LIQUID is required to be filed, as applicable, within one business day of the occurrence of one or more of these events. 2
Footnotes:
1 See Item C.1 and Item C.2 of Part A of Form N-LIQUID.
2 See General Instruction A.2 of Form N-LIQUID.
Based on staff analysis, we estimate that the Commission receives an average of 30 reports per year on Form N-LIQUID. 3 When filing a report on Form N-LIQUID, staff estimates that a fund will spend on average approximately 4 hours of an in-house attorney's time and 1 hour of an in-house accountant's time to prepare, review, and submit Form N-LIQUID, at a total time cost of $1,894. 4 Accordingly, in the aggregate, staff estimates that compliance with rule 30b1-10 and Form N-LIQUID will result in a total annual burden of approximately 150 burden hours and total annual time costs of approximately $56,820. 5
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3 The estimated number of annual filings is based on the number of filings in 2019, adjusted because certain of these filings would no longer be necessary going forward and a subset of funds were not subject to the filing requirement for all of 2019.
4 This estimate is based on the following calculations: (4 hours × $419/hour for an attorney = $1,676), plus (1 hour × $218/hour for a senior accountant = $218), for a combined total of 5 hours at total time costs of $1,894. The estimates concerning the wage rates for attorney and senior accountant time are based on salary information for the securities industry compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The estimated wage figure is based on published rates for in-house attorneys and senior accountants, modified to account for a 1,800-hour work-year and inflation, and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits, and overhead. See Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Report on Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013.
5 This estimate is based on the following calculations: 30 reports filed per year × 5 hours per report = approximately 150 total annual burden hours. 30 reports filed per year × $1,894 in costs per report = $56,820 total annual costs.
Compliance with rule 30b1-10 is mandatory for all open-end investment companies, other than money market funds. Responses to the disclosure requirements will be kept confidential. The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the purposes of the PRA. The estimate is not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules. Complying with this collection of information requirement is necessary to enable the Commission to receive information on fund liquidity events more uniformly and efficiently, and to enhance the Commission's oversight of funds when significant liquidity events occur and its ability to respond to market events. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number.
The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov . Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: August 21, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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