Authorized Participants
Financial institutions contractually permitted to create or redeem large blocks of ETF shares by exchanging designated baskets of securities, assets, or cash with the fund.
ETF, ETP, authorized participant, creation-redemption, tracker fund, smart beta, HOLDR, and zombie ETF terms.
ETF Structure, Creation, and Trading terms describe exchange-traded funds, index products, ETF trading mechanics, creation and redemption, and specialized exchange-traded exposures.
Use this branch when the fund trades on an exchange or tracks an index, commodity, currency, sector, country, leveraged, inverse, or specialty exposure.
| Term | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Authorized Participants | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
| Exchange-Traded Fund | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
| Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
| Holding Company Depository Receipt (HOLDR) | A fund structure, regulation, pooled-vehicle, or investment-company term. |
| Smart Beta ETF | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
| Tracker Fund | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
| Zombie ETF | An ETF or exchange-traded product term tied to structure, exposure, trading, or index tracking. |
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Financial institutions contractually permitted to create or redeem large blocks of ETF shares by exchanging designated baskets of securities, assets, or cash with the fund.
An exchange-traded fund pools assets while its shares trade intraday; compare holdings, NAV, spreads, fees, tracking, liquidity, and risks.
An exchange-traded product is a listed investment vehicle that trades on an exchange and tracks assets, indexes, or strategies.
A smart beta ETF tracks an alternatively weighted index; evaluate its factor rules, holdings, turnover, costs, benchmark fit, and risks.