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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

          - [Investment Company Act Release No. 35055; 812-15514]

# AGENCY:

Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).

# ACTION:

Notice.

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, 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”).

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*Summary of Application:*                         The requested exemption would permit Applicants to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements with subadvisers without shareholder approval and would grant relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to the subadvisers.                    

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*Applicants:*                         IndexIQ Active ETF Trust and IndexIQ Advisors LLC.                    

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*Filing Dates:*                         The application was filed on October 12, 2023.                    

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*Hearing or Notification of Hearing:*                         An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at                         *Secretarys-Office@sec.gov*                         and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on December 18, 2023, 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                               ( print page 83180)                            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 emailing the Commission's Secretary.                    

# ADDRESSES:

                        The Commission:                         *Secretarys-Office@sec.gov.*                         Applicants: Matthew V. Curtin, Esq., IndexIQ Advisors,                         *mcurtin@indexiq.com*                         and Barry I. Pershkow, Chapman and Cutler LLP,                         *pershkow@chapman.com.*

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trace W. Rakestraw, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    For Applicants' representations, legal analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' application, dated October 12, 2023, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at                     *https://www.sec.gov/​edgar/​searchedgar/​legacy/​companysearch.html.*                     You may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.                

For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority.

J. Matthew DeLesDernier,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2023-26118 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]

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