ETFs trade intraday (i.e. at any time during trading hours) and any time the price diverges too far from the underlying assets, one
of the authorized participants has an incentive to make a small profit by creating or destroying units of the ETF, also intraday.
Large and active funds tend to have a greater number
of authorized participants.
The Initial Purchaser will not act as an Authorized Participant with respect to the initial Baskets, and its activities with respect to the initial Baskets will be distinct from
those of an Authorized Participant.
The Trustee will create Shares only in Baskets (a Basket equals a block of [50,000] Shares) and only upon the order
of an Authorized Participant.
acting on behalf of either which the Trustee believes is given as authorized by the Trust Agreement or a custody agreement, respectively, or (2) from or on behalf
of any Authorized Participant which the Trustee believes is given pursuant to, or is authorized by, an Authorized Participant Agreement (provided that the Trustee has complied with the verification procedures specified in the Authorized Participant Agreement).
A copy
of the Authorized Participant Agreement may be obtained by potential Authorized Participants from the Trustee.
Not exact matches
Unlike Bitcoin, JPMorgan's blockchain Quorum is private, or «permissioned,» meaning that only
authorized participants can join the network
of machines that maintains it.
Except for those executives who have an employment agreement that expressly provides for payment
of an Award under the Bonus Plan in limited circumstances, in the event a
participant's employment is terminated for any reason prior to the date
of payment
of an Award under the Bonus Plan, such
participant will not be entitled to any bonus under the Bonus Plan, provided that in the event that a
participant's employment terminates during the performance period due to (i) death or (ii) disability, the Committee may, at its sole discretion,
authorize the Company to pay, on a prorated basis, an Award determined in accordance with the terms and conditions
of Bonus Plan.
When
authorized participants — the special ETF market makers who have the ability to make and destroy ETF shares — wish to redeem their ETF shares, they can do so by trading them in to the issuer, which delivers an equivalent amount
of the ETF's underlying holdings in an «in - kind» transaction.
Authorized participants may wish to invest in the ETF shares long - term, but usually act as market makers on the open market, using their ability to exchange creation units with their basic securities to provide liquidity
of the ETF shares and help ensure that their intraday market price approximates to the net asset value
of the underlying assets.
ETF shares are created when an
authorized participant deposits a portfolio
of stocks into the fund in exchange for an institutional block
of ETF shares (usually 50,000).
As
of the date
of this prospectus, -LSB--RSB- have each signed an
Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trust and, upon the effectiveness
of such agreement, may create and redeem Baskets as described above.
The Trustee will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the transfer
of Bitcoins to the Trust Custody Account prior to the time by which the Trustee is to credit the Basket to the
Authorized Participant's DTC account.
In the event that one or more
Authorized Participants having substantial interests in Shares or otherwise responsible for a significant portion
of the Shares» daily trading volume on the [EXCHANGE] withdraw from participation, the liquidity
of the Shares will likely decrease, which could adversely affect the market price
of the Shares and adversely affect an investment in the Shares.
Holders
of Shares
of the Trust may redeem their Shares at any time acting through an
Authorized Participant and in the prescribed aggregations
of [50,000] Shares; provided, however, that redemptions
of Shares may be suspended during any period in which regular trading on the [EXCHANGE] is suspended or restricted, or in which an emergency exists as a result
of which delivery, disposal or evaluation
of Bitcoins is not reasonably practicable.
Authorized Participants are cautioned that some of their activities will result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which would render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus - delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended («Securities Act»), as described in «Plan of Distribu
Participants are cautioned that some
of their activities will result in their being deemed
participants in a distribution in a manner which would render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus - delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended («Securities Act»), as described in «Plan of Distribu
participants in a distribution in a manner which would render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus - delivery and liability provisions
of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended («Securities Act»), as described in «Plan
of Distribution.»
Prior to the delivery
of the redemption distribution for a redemption order, the
Authorized Participant must also have wired to the Trustee the non-refundable Transaction Fee due for the redemption order.
Under each agreement between the Trustee and an
Authorized Participant to establish an
Authorized Participant Custody Account («
Authorized Participant Custody Account Agreement»), the Trustee is not contractually or otherwise liable for any losses suffered by any
Authorized Participant or Shareholder that are not the direct result
of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful default in the performance
of its duties under such agreement, and in no event will its liability exceed the market value
of the Bitcoins in the
Authorized Participant Custody Account at the time such gross negligence, fraud or willful default is discovered by the Trustee.
An
Authorized Participant Custody Account will be used to facilitate the deposit and withdrawal
of Bitcoins by an
Authorized Participant in the process through which they directly create and redeem Shares
of the Trust.
The procedures by which an
Authorized Participant can redeem one or more Baskets will mirror the procedures for the creation
of Baskets.
To the extent that aggregate short exposure exceeds the number
of Shares available for purchase (for example, in the event that large redemption requests by
Authorized Participants dramatically affect Share liquidity), investors with short exposure may have to pay a premium to repurchase Shares for delivery to Share lenders.
A transfer
of Bitcoins from the Trust Custody Account may only be made as follows: (1) by transferring Bitcoins to an
Authorized Participant Custody Account in connection with a redemption
of one or more Baskets; (2) by transferring Bitcoins to the Sponsor's Custody Account to pay the Sponsor's Fee; (3) by delivering the Bitcoins to such party as the
Neither the
Authorized Participants nor the Initial Purchaser will receive from the Trust or the Sponsor any compensation in connection with an offering or reoffering
of the Shares.
In addition to, and independent
of, the initial purchases by the Initial Purchaser (described below), the Trust will issue Shares in Baskets to
Authorized Participants in exchange for deposits
of Bitcoins on a continuous basis.
When in the opinion
of the Director
of Purchase it will not create any burden or hardship upon the County and the anticipated prices will not be adversely affected thereby, the Director is
authorized when he deems appropriate and as may be requested by the
participants to provide in any particular County bid specification that the
participants in Erie County shall have the right to make purchases based upon the bids received by the County.
As an
authorized user
of the Formative Assessment for Michigan Educators (FAME) website, I understand any and all materials and resources I access through this website are for my personal use and for use with my Learning Team, as a registered
participant in the Formative Assessment for Michigan Educators (FAME) project.
Authorized participants receive the same value
of the underlying security in the fund after selling shares.
Issuers can use the services
of one or more
authorized participants for a fund.
If it is an exchange - traded fund, then the question becomes how well are
authorized participants taking advantage
of the spread to make the fund track the index well?
When market makers and other large investors accumulate sufficient shares
of a NextShares fund, they can redeem their shares from the fund by transacting through intermediaries called
Authorized Participants.
Mauro: Creations and redemptions are done primarily using an «in - kind» process where
authorized participants (APs, or bond broker - dealers) deliver bonds in order to create shares or redeem bonds out
of the ETF to redeem shares.
Each Business Day, Fund portfolio holdings information will be provided to the Distributor or other agent for dissemination through the facilities
of the NSCC and / or other fee - based subscription services to NSCC members and / or subscribers to those other fee - based subscription services, including
Authorized Participants, and to entities that publish and / or analyze such information in connection with the process
of purchasing or redeeming Creation Units or trading shares
of the Fund in the secondary market.
The underlying securities that form the index actually come from folks who are called
Authorized Participants (basically a market maker or a large institutional investor who has access to large amounts
of those securities).
Daily access to information concerning the Fund's portfolio holdings also is permitted (i) to certain personnel
of those service providers that are involved in portfolio management and providing administrative, operational, risk management, or other support to portfolio management, including affiliated broker - dealers and / or
Authorized Participants, and (ii) to other personnel
of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor, and other service providers, such as the Administrator, and fund accountant, who deal directly with, or assist in, functions related to investment management, administration, custody and fund accounting, as may be necessary to conduct business in the ordinary course in a manner consistent with agreements with the Fund and / or the terms
of the Fund's current registration statement.
Authorized participants (APs) were net purchasers
of domestic equity ETFs (+ $ 5.7 billion), adding money to the group also for a first week in four.
Authorized participants (APs) were net redeemers
of domestic equity ETFs -LRB-- $ 0.5 billion), removing money from the group for the first week in three.
The process
of creation / redemption involves a few large specialized investors, known as
authorized participants (APs).
When I search for explanations
of how index - tracking ETFs avoid tracking error, the following explanation is normally given: ETFs allow certain
Authorized Participants to trade the underlying assets...
A special class
of institutional investors known as «
authorized participants» (APs) have the ability to create or destroy shares
of the ETF at any time.
Validly submitted orders to purchase and redeem Creation Units are accepted from
Authorized Participants until the close
of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, generally 4:00 pm eastern time, on the business day that the order is placed.
A NextShares fund may permit cash to be substituted for some or all
of the Basket instruments when: (a) the instruments are, for the purchase
of a Creation Unit, not available in sufficient quantity; (b) the instruments are not eligible for trading by the
Authorized Participant or the investor on whose behalf the
Authorized Participant is acting; or (c) a holder
of Fund shares investing in foreign instruments would be subject to unfavorable income tax treatment if the holder receives redemption proceeds in kind.
The
authorized participant makes most
of his or her commissions from the bid - ask spread
of the ETF and on price differences between the stocks making up the ETF and the ETF itself.
Authorized participants (APs) were net purchasers
of domestic equity ETFs (+ $ 18.7 billion), injecting money into the group also for the second week in three.
The ETFs are managed by an
authorized participant (also referred to as a market maker or specialist), with the stocks themselves typically loaned out
of different pension funds.
Because ETFs are created from a large pool
of equities, the
authorized participant is typically a leading money management firm such as Barclays Global Investors.
Authorized Participants This term typically refers to large financial institutions, such as specialist firms and market makers, which are involved in the creation and redemption activity
of exchange - traded funds.
In the event the Depository or the U.S. bank
of which it is a branch becomes insolvent, the Depository's assets might not be adequate to satisfy a claim by the Trust or any
Authorized Participant for the amount
of Swiss Francs deposited by the Trust or the
Authorized Participant, in such event, the Trust and any
Authorized Participant will generally have no right in or to assets other than those
of the Depository.
Fund sponsors are responsible for providing that information only to
authorized participants who are the direct owners
of creation units.
Hartford Funds has partnered with some
of the most experienced lead market makers and
authorized participants (APs) in the country to help investors achieve better execution prices when trading Hartford Multifactor ETFs.
While closed - end funds often trade at a premium or discount because they have a fixed number
of shares outstanding, market makers work with
authorized participants (APs) to strive to keep the price
of ETF shares close to fair value (i.e., in line with the ETF's underlying net asset value (NAV)-RRB-.