[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52490-52491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18683]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 32201; 812-14585]
Managed Portfolio Series and Port Street Investments, LLC; Notice
of Application
August 2, 2016.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of
the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain
disclosure requirements in rule 20a-1 under the Act, Item 19(a)(3) of
Form N-1A, Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of
Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and sections 6-
07(2)(a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S-X (``Disclosure Requirements'').
The requested exemption would permit an investment adviser to hire and
replace certain subadvisers without shareholder approval and grant
relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to
the subadvisers.
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Applicants: Managed Portfolio Series (the ``Trust''), a Delaware
statutory trust registered under the Act as an open-end management
investment company, and Port Street Investments, LLC (the ``Initial
Adviser''), a California limited liability company registered as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, on behalf
of each series of the Trust that is a Fund (as defined below)
(collectively, with the Trust and the Initial Adviser, the
``Applicants'').
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was filed on December 8, 2015 and
amended on May 3, 2016.
Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the application
will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested
persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's Secretary
and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by
mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30
p.m. on August 29, 2016, and should be accompanied by proof of service
on the applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the
Commission's Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F
Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: Jeanine M. Bajczyk,
Esq., Managed Portfolio Series, 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI
53202; Graham B. Pierce, Port Street Investments, LLC, 24 Corporate
Plaza, Suite 150, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551-6876, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6814
(Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant
using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or
by calling (202) 551-8090.
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Summary of the Application
1. The Adviser will serve as the investment adviser to the Funds
pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (the
``Advisory Agreement'').\1\ The Adviser will provide the Funds with
continuous and comprehensive investment management services, subject to
the supervision of, and policies established by, each Fund's board of
trustees (``Board''). The Advisory Agreement permits the Adviser,
subject to the approval of the Board, to delegate to one or more
subadvisers (each, a ``Subadviser'' and collectively, the
``Subadvisers'') the responsibility to provide the day-to-day portfolio
investment management of each Fund, subject to the supervision and
direction of the Adviser. The primary responsibility for managing the
Funds will remain vested in the Adviser. The Adviser will hire,
evaluate, allocate assets to and oversee the Subadvisers, including
determining whether a Subadviser should be terminated, at all times
subject to the authority of the Board.
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\1\ Applicants request relief with respect to any future series
of the Trust and other existing or future registered open-end
management company or series thereof that: (a) is advised by the
Initial Adviser, or any person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Initial Adviser or its successor (each, also
an ``Adviser''); (b) uses the manager of managers structure
described in the application; and (c) complies with the terms and
conditions of the application (any such series, a ``Fund'' and
collectively, the ``Funds''). For purposes of the requested order,
``successor'' is limited to an entity that results from a
reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of
business organization.
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2. Applicants request an exemption to permit the Adviser, subject
to Board approval, to hire certain Subadvisers pursuant to Subadvisory
Agreements and materially amend existing Subadvisory Agreements without
obtaining the shareholder approval required under section 15(a) of the
Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.\2\ Applicants also seek an exemption
from the Disclosure Requirements to permit a Fund to disclose (as both
a dollar amount and a percentage of the Fund's net assets): (a) The
aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and any Affiliated Subadviser; and
(b) the aggregate fees paid to Subadvisers other than Affiliated
Subadvisers (collectively, ``Aggregate Fee Disclosure''). For any Fund
that employs an Affiliated Subadviser, the Fund will provide separate
disclosure of any fees paid to the Affiliated Subadviser.
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\2\ The requested relief will not extend to any Subadviser that
is an affiliated person, as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act,
of the Trust or the Adviser, other than by reason of serving as a
subadviser to one or more of the Funds, or as an adviser or
subadviser to any series of the Trust other than the Funds
(``Affiliated Subadviser'').
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3. Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief
will be subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application.
Such terms and conditions provide for, among other safeguards,
appropriate disclosure to Fund shareholders and notification about
subadvisory changes and enhanced Board oversight to protect the
interests of the Funds' shareholders.
4. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt
any person, security, or transaction or any class or classes of
persons, securities, or transactions from any provisions of the Act, or
any rule thereunder, if such relief is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and
purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.
Applicants believe that the requested relief meets this standard
because, as further explained in the application, the Advisory
Agreements will remain subject to shareholder approval while the role
of the Subadvisers is substantially similar to that of individual
portfolio managers, so that requiring shareholder approval of
Subadvisory Agreements would impose unnecessary delays and expenses on
the Funds. Applicants believe that the requested relief from the
Disclosure Requirements meets this standard because it will improve the
Adviser's ability to negotiate fees paid to the Subadvisers that are
more advantageous for the Funds.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18683 Filed 8-5-16; 8:45 am]
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