DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) hosted an ETF Liquidity Provision workshop for the financial industry participants including the QE broker members, custodians and asset managers.
The David Murtagh, former head of European ETF trading desk at Susquehanna International Group (SIG) made presentations. David’s presentation covered an introduction on the ETF products, the creation and redemption process for ETF’s, the management of the ETF positions and the arbitrage opportunities for the Liquidity Providers.
The interactive workshop had active participation from the attendees who also discussed the ETF products for the Qatari market and the benefits it would bring to the investors by allowing them to diversify their holdings and to allow them new investment opportunities.
Liquidity provision (LP) is very critical for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). In ETFS, LPs do not only provide liquidity allowing investors to buy and sell, but are also instrumental in the creation and redemption of units, which allows the ETF to grow, whilst ensuring that the ETF units pricing is adequately balanced against the value of the fund , the so called net asset value or NAV, he said.
ETFs provide investors with the ability to buy and sell individual units, just like shares, of a fund which is designed to mimic a particular asset class or market sector. This allows investors to enjoy the benefits of asset diversification, without the associated costs of building the portfolio themselves.
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