A swath of domestic equity ETFs were impacted by the fragmentation of liquidity across trading venues and by the application of overly tight price collars
during the reopening process.3 In the wake of these trading challenges, industry groups and regulators worked to refine LULD rules and implemented a series of LULD rule amendments in 2017 aimed at improving opening
auction and post-halt reopening
auction processes.4 In addition, the exchanges also adapted their opening mechanism, resulting in a reduction in the number of ETFs and other
securities halted on volatile days.
During a recent conference call, a
securities analyst asked Craig Macnab, the new chief executive of Commercial Net Lease Realty if the Orlando, Fla. - based REIT was on the
auction block?