In-Kind Creation
The process by which an authorized participant delivers a basket of underlying securities (matching the ETF's holdings) to the issuer and receives newly created ETF shares in return, at NAV. Because the transaction is a security-for-security swap rather than a cash purchase, the issuer never has to buy stock on the open market to back the new shares. This same in-kind structure is what gives ETFs their tax-efficiency edge over mutual funds, since the issuer can also redeem appreciated lots in kind (see In-Kind Redemption).
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