The market at the time was 25.25 (bid) – 25.29 (ask) and the client was able to sell the entire block—all 277,375 shares—in one piece on the bid at 25.25. The client traded substantially more shares than the average daily volume for the previous two months. If the underlying securities are accessible and liquid, then that liquidity can easily translate to instantaneous ETF liquidity.
This exemplifies the power of the ETF structure, since the client was able to trade almost 400% of the average daily volume (ADV) in one trade. When we structure and launch our ETFs, we keep close watch on liquidity in the underlying markets that can directly affect the liquidity available in the ETF. The strength of the ETF structure is that it makes average daily volume essentially irrelevant, as long as investors have access to liquidity providers or traders that can transfer the liquidity in the underlying markets into the ETF.
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